Adams, John, 24, 60, 61, 63, 87, 221, 336, 337
Adams, John Quincy, 14, 31, 76, 94, 98, 102, 139, 140, 147, 154, 159, 178, 194, 307 Aldrich, Senator, 24
Alien and Sedition Laws, 79 Allen, John, 268-272
Allison, Senator, 227
Alschuler, Hon. Samuel, 302 Ames, Fisher, 159
Amnesty Bill, General, 12, 19, 23 André, Major, 20
Archer, Representative, 39 Armstrong, W., 247, 249 Arnold, Benedict, 20, 22
Arrington, Judge A. W., 251-255 Arthur, Chester A., 61, 62 Ashburton Treaty, 310
Bingham, John A., 263, 266, 267 Bissell, Governor, 171, 420 Black, Judge, 13
Blackburn, J. C. S., 18, 36-38 Bladensburg, Md., 146-154
Blaine, James G., 12, 18-21, 23, 109, 112, 124, 134, 227, 240 Blair, Francis P., 138
"Blind Preacher," see Milburn, Rev. W. H.
Blodgett, Judge, 205 "Bloody Island," 171
Bloomington, Ill., 401, 414-417
Blount, Representative, 159 Boggs, Governor, 205
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 84, 85, 88
Bond, Governor Shadrack, 171, 184 Booth, Edwin, 303, 305 Booth, Wilkes, 303, 304 Boutwell, George S., 263, 265 Boyd, Linn, 98, 227
Branch, John, 141, 143, 144 Brandon, Vt., 92, 93
Breckenridge, Senator John C., 36, 61, 121, 125, 339
Breckenridge, Rev. Dr., 407 Breese, Sidney, 98, 102, 104, 339 Broderick, David C., 167, 422 Brown, Judge, 334
Brown, Welcome P., 379
Browning, Hon. Orville H., 93, 96, 213, 409
Bryan, William J., 315-317 Buchanan, James, 106, 107, 114, 194, 339
Buena Vista, battle of, 95, 171, 214, 216, 256, 420
Bullock, Rev. Dr., 29
Burgess, Tristram, 55
Burns, John, 274
Beck, Senator James B., 36, 384, Burr, Aaron, 60, 63, 75, 76, 79,
Bell, John, 102, 194, 339
Benjamin, Senator, 114, 423
Bennett, William, 170, 185, 186, 431 Benton, Thomas H., 102, 138, 154, 194, 220, 222, 339
Berrien, J. M., 141, 143, 144
158, 160-166
Burr, Rev. Aaron, 161
Burr, Mrs. Edith, 161
Burr, Theodosia, 166
Butler, Benjamin F., 80, 125, 263, 266, 267
Butler, Rev. Dr., 37
Butterfield, Justin, 408–410
Butterworth, Hon. Benjamin, 52,
Bynum, Representative, 151
Cadwallader, Colonel, 156
Calhoun, John C., 61, 102, 104, 143, 144, 154, 194, 339, 381, 382 Calhoun, Rev. John Y., 19 California, 103, 125, 168 Campbell, Alexander, 322
Campbell, David B., 402 Campbell, Thompson, 170 Cannon, Hon. Frank J., 197 Cannon, George Q., 197, 198
Cannon, Hon. Joseph G., 23, 24, 246
Carlin, Governor, 195
Carlisle, Representative, 53, 54, 355
Carpenter, Hon. Matthew H., 13 Carthage, Ill., 209, 210
Cartwright, Peter, 229-238, 290, 322, 332
Cass, Senator, 154, 194, 224, 339, 381
Caton, John D., 97
Chandler, Senator, 37
Charleston convention of 1860, 108, 124, 125
Chase, Justice, 79
Chase, Senator, 114, 339, 423 Chicago, Ill., 183, 432
Chickamauga National Park, 376 Choate, Rufus, 134, 311, 312, 313, 339
Cilley, Jonathan, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154
Clark, Daniel, 136
Clark, George Rogers, 84, 356, 428 Clarke, Professor, 175
Clay, Henry, 6, 19, 31, 36, 54, 75,
86, 94, 95, 97, 98, 103, 104, 106, 114, 120, 124, 134, 139, 140, 147, 154, 194, 216, 223, 224, 286, 288, 310, 339, 381, 382, 407, 411, 422 Clayton, Senator, 102
Cleveland, Grover, 51, 54, 239-245, 334, 368, 369
Clinton, DeWitt, 157, 158, 159 Clinton, George, 61, 63 Clôture, 73, 74
Cobb, Howell, 98
Code of honor, the 146-173 Colfax, Schuyler, 61
Collins, General, 285
Colquitt, Senator, 66
Columbus, Christopher, 342, 343, 364 "Compromise measures of 1850," 2 Confederation, Articles of, 68-70 Conference Bill, 15
Conger, Representative, 32 Congress:
27th, 130-134 28th, 98
44th, 1st Session, 12, 13
44th, 2nd Session, 13-46 46th, 47-56, 128
Constitution of the United States,
the, 67, 69-73; twelfth amend- ment to, 76
Convention of 1787, 67, 69-72 Conway Cabal, the, 155, 156, 157 Cook, Daniel P., 96, 139, 419, 432 Cooper, Dr., 161, 162 Corcoran, W. W., 219 Corwin, Senator, 102
Covert, Hon. James W., 48, 49 Cox, Samuel S. ("Sunset"), 26, 38- 41, 133
Crawford, William H., 76, 94, 139, 339
Crisp, Speaker, 334
Crittenden, Senator John J., 36, 97, 102, 151, 194, 339, 381, 407, 422 Cummins, J., 248, 249
Curtis, Benjamin R., 80, 264 Cushing, Caleb, 125, 348
Dallas, George M., 61, 102, 129 Davis, Hon. David, 3, 227, 274, 286, 287, 402, 421
Davis, Jefferson, 19, 102, 114, 171,
260, 266, 272, 325, 381, 423 Dayton, Senator, 102, 114, 158 Decatur, Stephen, 85, 148-150 Depew, Hon. Chauncey, 342, 343 Dickinson, Charles, 141 Dix, Senator, 102
Donnelly, Hon. Ignatius, 217 Dorshemer, William, 394 Douglas, Stephen A., 9, 92-127, 154, 205, 213, 226, 238, 246, 247, 274, 339, 381, 419, 422, 423, 432, 433
Drake Constitution, 295-301 Dred Scott Decision, 111, 119, 122 Drummond, Judge, 252
Duels, notable, 147-173
Fairbanks, Charles W., 61 Fell, Hon. Jesse W., 9 Fellows, John R., 271, 272 Ferguson, William I., 170 Fessenden, Senator, 339 Ficklin, Representative, 98 Field, Cyrus W., 32, 33 Field, Dr. Henry M., 32 Field, Hon. David Dudley, 32 Field, Stephen J., 32, 167, 386 Fifer, Joseph W., 250, 346, 347 Fillmore, Millard, 61, 62, 194 Fish, Hon. Hamilton, 20, 98 Florida, 15-17, 76, 125 Flower, Representative, 285 "Flush Times, The," 386 Flynn, Dennis, 53
Foltz, Dr., 151
Force Bill, 29, 31, 242
Ford Governor, 3, 186, 198, 202,
204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213
Ford, Judge, 97
Forrest, Edwin, 303, 304, 305 Forrest, General, 257
Franklin, Benjamin, 69, 132, 147, 337
Freeport, Ill., 119, 121, 122 Fremont, John C., 106, 114, 169 Fry, General S. S., 258-261 Frye, Senator, 24
Fugitive Slave Law, 103, 115, 119, 120
Fuller, Melville W., 240, 252
Gaines, General Edmund P., 136, 137
Gaines, Myra Clark, 136, 137 Gallatin, Albert, 220 Gardner, Mr., 222
Gardner, Miss, 222, 223
Garfield, James A., 12, 21, 22, 62, 227
Garland, Senator, 240
Gates, General Horatio, 155, 156 George the Third, 85 Gerry, Elbridge, 61, 63 Giddings, Joshua R., 98
Giles, Senator William B., 219–221 Gilmer, Hon. Thomas W., 221, 222 Gilmer, Miss, 219
Gordon, General, 285, 325
Grady, Henry W., 285
Graham, Miss, 219, 220
Grant, Ulysses S., 101
Graves, William J., 150, 151, 152 Greeley, Horace, 294, 391, 392 Greene, Nathaniel, 155 Gridley, General, 274
Grundy, Felix, 138, 194, 216
Gwin, William M., 169, 170 Gwinett, Button, 154, 155
Hale, Senator, 24, 36, 102 Hamilton, Alexander, 63, 69, 75, 76, 157, 160-166, 297, 336 Hamilton, Gail, 20
Hamlin, Hannibal, 61, 98 Hancock, Gen. Winfield Scott, 19, 20, 101
Hardin, Ben, 194
Hardin, John J., 93, 96, 173, 213, 214, 409, 420
Harlan, John Marshall, 29
Harrison, Benjamin, 242 Harrison, Hon. Carter H., 27 Harrison, William Henry, 62, 98, 106, 114, 311
Hawaiian Annexation Treaty, 242 Hayes, Rutherford B., 13, 14, 16, 17, 76
Hayes-Tilden contest, 13-18, 33, 76, 77
Hayne, Robert Young, 13, 339, 382 Haynie, Col. W. D., 395 Heise, John, 247, 249 Henderson, Hon. John B., 352 Hendricks, Thomas A., 61, 288 Hennepin, Louis, 425-427 Henry, Hon. Gustavus A., 321, 322 Henry, Hon. William Wirt, 334 Henry, Patrick, 87, 334, 357, 365, 429
Henry, Prof. Joseph, 174, 180 Hill, Hon. David B., 285 Hill, Gen. A. P., 101 Hill, Representative, 12 Hoar, Hon. George F., 13, 25, 26 Hobart, Garrett A., 61 Hoge, Joseph P., 205-207 Holman, Hon. William S., 23, 24, 34-36
Homestead law, 5
House of Representatives, the, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 79, 80 House of Representatives
trasted with British House of Commons, 47, 48
Houston, Sam, 101, 102, 130, 339 Howe, Mrs. Julia Ward, 342 Hubbard, Gardner, 308, 310, 312, 313
Hungerford, Henry James, 177 Hunt, Washington, 98
Illinois, 84, 182, 183, 356, 357, 425, 426-433
Illinois Central Railroad, 104 Illinois Constitutional Convention of 1847, 170
Illinois Tenth General Assembly, 96 Impeachment, of Belknap, 13, 79;
of Chase, 79; of Johnson, 62, 79, 80, 263–266; of Tyler, 62 Ingalls, John J., 314 Ingersoll, Clark, 227 Ingersoll, Robert G., 45, 225-228, 273, 274, 313, 378
Ingham, Secretary, 141, 143, 144 Ireland, a tribute to, 329-331 Irving, Henry, 305
Jackson, Andrew, 6, 76, 94, 95, 97, 99, 124, 136, 138, 139, 141, 143, 144, 169, 177, 178, 189, 194, 246, 321, 379, 382
Jackson, Dr. Charles S., 131 Jackson, Gen. Stonewall, 101, 259 Jackson, Mrs. Andrew, 141 Jamestown Exposition, 355, 357 Jamestown, Va., 357, 361, 363 Jay, John, 336
Jefferson, Joe, 304, 305
Jefferson, Thomas, 14, 60, 61, 63, 73, 75, 84, 119, 124, 160, 221, 336, 337, 357, 365, 429
John, Doctor, 274-284 Johnson, Andrew, 61, 62, 79, 97, 98, 263, 321, 322
Johnson, Hon. Cave, 349 Johnson, Representative, 130 Johnson, Richard M., 61, 75 Johnson, Sen. Reverdy, 102 Johnston, Gen. Joseph E., 49,
Johnston, Hon. Stoddart, 45 Joliet, Louis, 425-427 Jones, John Rice, 171
Jones, Senator, 151, 152, 153
Kane, Senator, 420
Kansas, 105, 107, 108, 115, 117, 122
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 9, 105, 106, 119, 121, 122, 123
Kaskaskia, Ill., 182, 183, 356, 428, 429, 431, 432
Keifer, Representative, 53, 54, 246, 355
Kelley, Hon. William D., 23 Kellogg, Judge, 226
Kendall, Amos, 138
Kenna, Hon. John E., 49, 52 Kennan, Commodore, 222 Kennedy, Hon. John P., 7, 130 Kentucky House of Representa- tives, 6
Kerr, Hon. Michael C., 18, 31 King, William R., 61, 63, 102 Kinney, Rev. William, 189 Knott, Hon. J. Proctor, 13, 26, 29, 30, 36, 39, 41-46, 148, 244, 306, 344, 387, 397 Knox, Henry, 336
La Salle, Robert de, 425-427 Lake Front Bill, 249, 250 Lamar, Lucius Q. C., 12, 28-30, Lamont, Daniel S., 239, 244 Langley, S. P., 174, 176, 181 Latta, James, 417 Laurens, Col. John, 157 Law, William, 206, 209 Law, Wilson, 209 Lawrence, James, 85, 148 "Lecompton Constitution," 107, 108 Lee, Arthur, 357, 429
Lee, Gen. Charles, 155, 156, 157 Lee, Col. Phil, 410-412
Lee, Gen. Robert E., 101, 260, 288 Lewis, Meriwether, 84
Lincoln, Abraham, 2, 3, 6, 8–9, 62, 79, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 96, 98, 102, 107, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 171-173, 225, 226, 237, 246, 272, 274, 275, 286, 288, 304, 314, 322, 352–354, 377, 386, 402, 409, 419, 423, 433 Lincoln Centenary, 82 Linder, V. F., 409 Lockwood, Judge, 97, 422 Logan, Gen. John A., 93, 96 Longstreet, Gen. James, 101 Lord, Representative, 13 Louisiana, 15-17, 76, 125 Louisiana Purchase, 84, 102, 430
McCrary, Hon. George W., 23 McCullough, John, 45, 303, 305 McDougall, Sen. James A., 213, 401, 402, 422
McDuffie, Senator, 325 McIntosh, General, 154
McKenzie, Hon. James, 36, 49, 50, 51, 148, 321
McKibben, Joseph C., 166, 167 McKinley, William, 55, 56, 62, 246 McLean, John, 96, 417-420, 432 McLean County, 413-432
Menifee, Representative, 150, 151, 216, 407
Merryman, Dr., 172, 173
Metamora, Ill., 225, 273, 274, 281 Mexican War, 8, 101,
Milburn, Rev. W. H., 27, 332, 333 Mills, Senator Roger Q., 322 Mirabeau, Charles Maurice, 88, 307 Missouri Compromise, 2, 103, 105, 115, 117
Money, Senator, 24 Monroe, James, 76, 94, 139, 357, 429
Monroe Doctrine, 242, 243, 367 Montgomery, Richard, 330 Moore, A., 248, 249 Morehead, Governor, 321
Morgan, John, 257
Mormon exodus from
Mormonism, and the Mormon war, 197-215
Morrison, Hon. William R., 26, 27, 227
Morse, Samuel F. B., 129-135 Morton, Hon. Levi P., 48, 61 Morton, Sterling, 244, 368, 369
National Hotel, Bloomington, Ill., 9 Nauvoo, Ill., 202-204, 207, 209- 211
Nebraska, 105, 107, 115, 117 New Mexico, 103
New Orleans, battle of, 85, 99, 136, 137
Norwich, Conn., 22
O'Connor, Michael, 53
Oglesby, Gov. Richard J., 346, 347 O'Hara, Theodore, 216
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