Presidential nomination, 310; in-
fluence of, in Reconstruction, 362,
366; purchase of Alaska, 418
Silver, in the campaign of 1896, 340,
408; coinage of, 408; the "crime
of 1873," 412
Slavery, beginning of agitation
against, 157, 162; friends of, in
control of Democratic national
convention, 176, 182, 193, 300;
Whig attitude in 1848 toward, 185;
relation of, to equilibrium of the
Senate, 186, 279; a sectional issue,
200, 205, 278, 298, 338; prepon-
derant influence of, 223; introduc-
tion into America, 269; action of
the states toward, 271; com-
promises on, in Federal conven-
tion, 271; forbidden in Northwest
Territory, 272, 273; greatest in-
creases in, 273; promoted by cot-
ton culture, 274; civilization of
South influenced by, 275, 278;
opposition to, 275; colonization
proposed, 276; boundary line be-
tween free and slave states, 278;
Supreme Court on, 288; Republi-
can attitude towards, 309; abolition
of, 331, 390; influence of, on par-
ties, 341
Slaves, number of, 270, 272, 388;
prices, 274; insurrections, 388
Socialism, 258, 259
Socialist Labor Party, 259
South, early government in, 20; state
sovereignty advocated, 13, 19, 22,
32; tariff opposed by, 112; attitude
toward slavery, 270; the "solid
South," 313, 338, 340, 387, 403; at
close of the Civil War, 373; oppo-
sition of, to the Constitutional
amendments, 397; effects of the
15th amendment, 403
South Carolina, in the Bank contro-
versy, 104; explanation of political
views in, 108; in the controversies
over a tariff and internal improve-
ments, 110, 116; state sovereignty
in, 113; doctrine of secession an-
nounced, 115, 117; Ordinance of
Nullification, 116; secession of, 283
Spanish-American War, sectional
feeling softened by, 313; expan-
sion problems arising from, 419
State sovereignty, in the Articles of
Confederation, 4; in the Constitu-
tional Convention, 6, 18, 24; de-
fined by Virginia and Kentucky
Resolutions, II, 30; advocated in
South, 13, 19, 22, 32; in Georgia,
27; in New Hampshire, 28; in
Pennsylvania, 38; in New England,
36, 42; in the Bank discussions,
102, 105; attitude of Democratic
Party on, 204, 340; Calhoun's views
on, 211; Webster's views on, 232;
Lincoln's views on, 327
Suffrage, right of, 393, 397; limited,
398
Supreme Court, and Georgia, 27;
New Hampshire case, 28; Peters
case, 38, 90; influential position
gained under Marshall, 88, 103;
Dred Scott decision, 288; decisions
affecting rights of Negroes, 399
Tariff, 101; bill of 1828, 111; revision
of 1832, 115; favored by Whigs,
151, 170; compromise toward rev-
enue basis, 221; as an issue, 412;
bill of 1857, for revenue only, 413
Taylor, Zachary, nominated for Pres-
idency, 180, 184, 246; elected,
185
Temperance agitation, 250
Texas, question of annexation, 174,
280, 418
Tories, in the Revolution,*3
Townships, 20
Trusts, 419
Tyler, John, nominated for Vice
Presidency, 161; elected, 166; be-
comes President, 167; break with
Whigs, 168; political downfall, 177
Unit rule, 300
United Labor Party, 258
Van Buren, Martin, supported by
Jackson for Presidency, 153; nom-
inated, 155; elected, 158; candi-
date for reëlection, 165, 175, 181;
as a politician, 173; opposition to
annexation of Texas, 174
Virginia, assertion of state sovereignty,
III; opposition to nullification, 119;
mother of Presidents, 139
Virginia Resolutions, 11, 31, 104
War of 1812, 40; action of New Eng-
land, 47; declaration of, forced
upon Madison, 131
Washington, George, unanimously
elected President, 6, 23; subjected
to bitter abuse, 9; influence in the
controversy over centralization and
state rights, 22, 25; policy in ap-
pointments to office, 33; vote cast
in second election of, as President,
124; attitude toward slavery, 271;
military dictatorship of, 421
Webster, Daniel, opposition to a pro-
tective tariff, 106, 226; debate with
Hayne, 113, 231; triumvirate with
Clay and Calhoun, 156; candidate
for Presidency, 158, 184, 194; in
Tyler's Cabinet, 168, 169; Seventh
of March speech, 190, 194, 238; de-
bate with Calhoun, 219, 234; parti-
sanship, 226; support of tariff, 227;
early influences, 228; a broad con-
structionist, 229; Dartmouth Col-
lege case, 229; "Defender of the
Constitution," 234; opposition to
Jackson, 236; views on slavery, 237;
theories of, compared with Cal-
houn's, 240; efforts against the
spoils system, 416
Whigs, in the Revolution, 3; first na-
tional convention of, 150; opposi-
tion to Jackson, 157; convention of
1840, 160; convention of 1844, 170;
convention of 1848, 183; disinte-
gration of, 186, 196, 247, 248; con-
vention of 1852, 193; acquiescence
in Compromise of 1850, 195; last
convention, 202; not a sectional
party, 337; opposition to expan-
sion, 418; rule of, 437; debt owed
to, 438
Wilmot Proviso, 282
Woman's Rights movement, 260
Wythe, George, 135
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