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[13] A Treatise of the Relative Rights and Duties of Belligerent and Neutral Powers, in Maritime Affairs, by Robert Ward, Esq., Barrister at Law, (London, 1801,) p. 166.

[14] Commentaries upon International Law, Vol. III. p. 282.

[15] Ibid., p. 427.

[16] Phases et Causes Célèbres. Tom. II. p. 407.

[17] Speech on the Report of the Foreign Enlistment Bill, April 16, 1823: Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, N. S., Vol. VIII. col. 1056.

[18] Occasional Productions, pp. 176, 177. See the letter to William H. Trescott upon Public and Diplomatic Subjects.

[19] This dispatch, after remaining unquestioned for more than a month and for several weeks after the date of this speech, was finally contradicted by the French authorities. See Telegram from Minister Washburne to Secretary Fish, March 19, and Note from the French Chargé at Washington, M. de Bellonet, to same, March 30, 1872: Report of Committee on Sale of Ordnance Stores,--Senate Reports, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., No. 183, pp. 524, 604.

[20] Speech of February 14th: Congressional Globe, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., pp. 1008, 1013. This important letter may be found in the Report of the Select Committee on the Sales of Ordnance Stores by the United States Government during the Fiscal Year 1871-72: Senate Reports, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., No. 183.

[21] _Ante_, p. 12.

[22] Joint Resolution, July 20, 1868: Statutes at Large, Vol. XV. p. 259.

[23] Executive Documents, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., H. of R., No. 1, Part 2, pp. 250, 251.

[24] De l’Esprit des Lois, Liv. III. chs. iii. vi.

[25] Senate Reports, 36th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 278, pp. 140, 253.

[26] Law of Evidence, Part II. ch. xiii.

[27] Ibid., p. 250 (_Rex_ v. _Hardy_, 24 Howell’s State Trials, 808).

[28] Ibid.

[29] _Ante_, p. 5.

[30] D’Ewes, Journals of all the Parliaments during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, p. 629.

[31] Page 146.

[32] Gray’s Debates of the House of Commons, Vol. V. p. 145.

[33] Ibid., Vol. VI. p. 373.

[34] Manual of Parliamentary Practice, Sec. XXVI.

[35] Ibid.

[36] Ibid.

[37] Lex Parl. Amer., pp. 729-30.

[38] Ibid., p. 732.

[39] Lex Parl. Amer., p. 383.

[40] Congressional Globe, 26th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 231. Cushing, Lex Parl. Amer., App. XIV., p. 1009.

[41] Entitled, “The Struggles (Social, Financial, and Political) of Petroleum V. Nasby,”--DAVID ROSS LOCKE, editor of the Toledo [Ohio] Blade, where most of these Letters, one hundred and eighty-eight in number, first appeared, during the period from March 21, 1861, to May 12, 1870.

[42] Fourth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fairmount Park, pp. 15-16.

[43] Ibid., p. 17.

[44] Works, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 476.

[45] Duties of Massachusetts at the Present Crisis: Formation of the Republican Party. _Ante_, Vol. IV. p. 267.

[46] For the text of this passage see _ante_, Vol. VI. pp. 336-7.

[47] The Federalist, No. XLVII.

[48] Letter to Richard Henry Lee, November 15, 1775: Works, Vol. IV. p. 186.

[49] Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States,--Preface: Ibid., p. 296.

[50] Statutes at Large, ed. Hening, Vol. IX. p. 114.

[51] Constitution of Massachusetts, Part I.: Declaration of Rights, Art. XXX.

[52] History of Civilization in England, (London, 1868,) Vol. I. pp. 199, 200.

[53] Ibid., p. 200.

[54] Ibid., p. 201.

[55] Ibid.

[56] Sir H. L. Bulwer, Historical Characters, (4th edit.,) Vol. II. p. 331.

[57] Speech at Great Falls, N. H., February 24, 1872, pp. 6, 7.

[58] June 6th, Mr. Sumner reiterated in debate, with much emphasis, his statement of Mr. Stanton’s expressed opinion of the President, and added the testimony of a letter of Horace White, editor of the Chicago Tribune.--See Congressional Globe, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., p. 4283.

[59] Letter to Benjamin Adams, April 22, 1799: Works, Vol. VIII. p. 636.

[60] Letter to George Jefferson, March 27, 1801: Writings, Vol. IV. p. 388.

[61] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I. p. 34.

[62] Ibid., pp. 41, 60.

[63] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I. p. 60.

[64] Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire et de Géographie.

[65] Appleton’s New American Cyclopædia.

[66] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I. p. 68.

[67] Ibid., p. 89.

[68] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I., p. 80.

[69] Ibid., pp. 82, 83; Parte II. p. 17.

[70] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I. pp. 99-100.

[71] Ibid., p. 94.

[72] Ibid., Parte II. p. 132.

[73] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I. p. 114.

[74] Ibid., Parte II. p. 162.

[75] Ibid., pp. 167-68.

[76] Ibid., Parte I. p. 103.

[77] Ibid., pp. 94, 95.

[78] Ibid., p. 94.

[79] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I. pp. 179-80.

[80] Ibid., pp. 92-93.

[81] Ibid., Parte II. p. 132.

[82] Ibid., p. 75.

[83] Ibid., p. 142.

[84] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte II. p. 145.

[85] Ibid., p. 152.

[86] Ibid., p. 11.

[87] Ibid., p. 18.

[88] Irving’s Life of Washington, Vol. V. p. 22. See also the writings of Washington, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 479, note.

[89] Letter to Benjamin Harrison, March 9, 1789: Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 476.

[90] Washington to Adams, February 20, 1797: Works of John Adams, Vol. VIII. p. 530.

[91] Letter to Madison, March 23, 1813.

[92] Letter to George Jefferson, March 27, 1801: Writings, Vol. IV. p. 388.

[93] Letter to J. Garland Jefferson, January 25, 1810: Writings, Vol. V. p. 498.

[94] Works of John Adams, Vol. IX. p. 63.

[95] _Ante_, p. 103.

[96] Works of John Adams, Vol. VIII. pp. 529-30, note.

[97] Historic Americans, p. 211.

[98] Letter to John Jebb, August 21, 1785: Works, Vol. IX. p. 535.

[99] Letter to Edward Cole, August 29, 1834: Letters and other Writings, Vol. IV. p. 357.

[100] Memoirs, by Thomas Bartlett, (London, 1839,) p. 200.

[101] Deuteronomy, xvi. 19.

[102] Plutarch’s Lives,--_Cleomenes_, ed. Clough: Vol. IV. p. 479.

[103] “Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.”--VIRGIL, _Æneid_. Lib. II. 49.

[104] Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham, London, 1870, Vol. II. pp. 29-32.

[105] Letter of Benjamin Harrison, January 6, 1785: Washington’s Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 83.

[106] Life of Washington, Vol. IV. p. 448.

[107] Letter to Harrison, January 22, 1785: Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 85.

[108] September 26, 1785: Ibid., p. 133.

[109] Forney’s Anecdotes of Public Men, p. 240.

[110] Guizot, Histoire de France, Tom. I. p. 519.

[111] See Memoirs, Vol. III. p. 528.

[112] King Henry VI., Third Part, Act V. Sc. 1.

[113] Timon of Athens, Act I. Sc. 1.

[114] Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. XII. p. 1.

[115] Writings, Vol. VIII. p. 1.

[116] Congressional Globe, 41st Cong. 1st Sess., p. 1.

[117] Sir H. L. Bulwer, Historic Characters, Vol. II. p. 324.

[118] Boswell’s Life of Johnson, ed. Croker, April, 1781.

[119] Act of September 2, 1789, Section 8: Statutes at Large, Vol. I. p. 67.

[120] Congressional Globe, 41st Cong. 1st Sess., p. 22.

[121] Congressional Globe, 41st Cong. 1st Sess., p. 22.

[122] Ibid., p. 34.

[123] Daily Morning Chronicle, March 16, 1869.

[124] Writings, Vol. VIII. p. 4.

[125] Act of July 23, 1866: Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV. pp. 206-7.

[126] Statutes at Large, Vol. XV. p. 96.

[127] Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 736.

[128] Ibid., Vol. XIV. p. 174.

[129] Ibid., p. 336.

[130] Ibid., Vol. XVI. p. 320.

[131] Statutes at Large, Vol. V. p. 260.

[132] Ibid., Vol. XV. p. 58.

[133] Ibid., Vol. XVI. p. 319.

[134] General Orders, No. 10.

[135] General Orders, No. 11.

[136] Ibid., No. 12.

[137] Ibid., No. 28.

[138] Congressional Globe, 40th Cong. 3d Sess., p. 754, Feb. 1, 1869.

[139] General Orders, No. 49.

[140] Statutes at Large, Vol. IV. p. 736.

[141] _Ante_, p. 135.

[142] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., H. of R., No. 1, Part 2, p. 37.

[143] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., H. of R., No. 1, Part 2, p. 4.

[144] Inaugural Address, March 4, 1869: Congressional Globe, 41st Cong. 1st Sess., p. 1.

[145] Daily Morning Chronicle, March 17, 1869.

[146] New York Custom-House Investigation,--Testimony of Gen. G. W. Palmer: Senate Reports, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., No. 227, Vol. III. p. 581.

[147] Testimony of William Atkinson: Ibid., p. 626.

[148] Private letter to Mr. Sumner, quoted in Speech of March 27, 1871: _Ante_, Vol. XIX. p. 32.

[149] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 17, p. 79; No. 45, p. 3. Senate Reports, 41st Cong. 2d Sess., No. 234, pp. 38, 39.

[150] Senate Reports, 41st Cong. 2d Sess., No. 234, p. 188.

[151] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 17., pp. 80-82.

[152] Same, No. 34, p. 9.

[153] Congressional Globe, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., pp. 6, 7.

[154] Message, April 5, 1871: Cong. Globe, 42d Congr. 1st Sess., pp. 469-70.

[155] See Letter to Hon. Andrew D. White, _post_, p. 205.

[156] Titus Andronicus, Act I. Sc. 2.

[157] Cymbeline, Act III. Sc. 4.

[158] “Le roi de France ne venge pas les injures du duc d’Orléans.” LOUIS XII.--Fournier, L’Esprit dans l’Histoire, (Paris, 1860,) p. 121.

[159] Raoul de Caën, Faits et Gestes du Prince Tancrède: Guizot, Mémoires relatifs à l’Histoire de France, Tom. XXIII. p. 6.

[160] Third Satire of Juvenal, 454-55, 468-69: Dryden’s Works, ed. Scott, Vol. XIII. p. 146.

[161] Gifford, (2d edit., London, 1806,) 407-10.

[162]

“Larges estoit et volentis,
Mès n’estoit pas bien ententis,
En ce que ou royaume failloit,
Si comme reson li bailloit.”

GODEFROY DE PARIS, _Chronique Métrique_, 8047-50.

[163] “Selon le droit de nature chacun doit naître franc.”--_Ord. 3 Juillet, 1315_: Ordonances des Roys de France de la troisième Race, Tom. I. p. 583. Sismondi, Histoire des Français, Tom. IX. pp. 321-22.

[164] Annual Message, 21st Cong. 2d Sess., December 7, 1830.

[165] Speech at the Dayton Convention, September 10, 1840: Niles’s Register, Vol. LIX. p. 70.

[166] Speech at Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., June 27, 1840: Works, Vol. VI. p. 421.

[167] Speech in the Senate, February 20, 1866: Congressional Globe, 39th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 932.

[168] New York Custom-House Investigation,--Testimony of Gen. G. W. Palmer: Senate Reports, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., No. 227, Vol. III., pp. 581, 582.

[169] Hansard, Parliamentary History, Vol. XXI. col. 247, 267,--April 6, 1780.

[170] Hansard, Parliamentary History, Vol. XXI., col. 247.

[171] Daily Morning Chronicle, May 10, 1872.

[172] Josiah Quincy, Speech in the House of Representatives, January 30, 1811: Annals of Congress, 11th Cong. 3d Sess., col. 851.

[173] Livy, XXXVIII. 51.

[174] General Henry Lee, Oration before the Two Houses of Congress on the Death of Washington, December 26, 1799: Annals of Congress, 6th Cong., App., col. 1310.

[175] Daily Morning Chronicle, May 10, 1872.

[176] Speech at the Republican State Convention in Worcester, September 14, 1865. _Ante_, Vol. XII. p. 339.

[177] See Speech entitled “Republicanism _vs._ Grantism,”--_ante_, pp. 83-171.

[178] Vol. IV. p. 121.

[179] Proverbs, xxix. 4.

[180] Documents relative to the Colonial History of New York, ed. O’Callaghan, Vol. IV. p. 1040.

[181] Self-Help, (Boston, 1860,) pp. 391-92.

[182] Pearce, Memoirs and Correspondence, (London, 1846,) Vol. III. pp. 424-25.

[183] Annual Message, 21st Cong. 2d Sess., December 7, 1830.

[184] Speech at the Dayton Convention, September 10, 1840: Niles’s Register, Vol. LIX. p. 70.

[185] Speech at Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., June 27, 1840: Works, Vol. VI. p. 421.

[186] Speech in the Senate, February 20, 1866: Congressional Globe, 39th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 932.

[187] June 3, 1869.

[188] July 14, 1869.

[189] Democracy in America, ed. Bowen, (Cambridge, 1863,) Ch. VIII. Vol. I. pp. 172-73.

[190] Letter to Madison, March 15, 1789: Writings, Vol. III. p. 5.

[191] New York Custom-House Investigation: Senate Reports, 42d Cong. 2d Sess. No. 227, Vol. III. pp. 582, 626.

[192] See Report on Affairs in Louisiana: House Reports, 42d Cong. 2d Sess. No. 92.

[193] House Reports, 40th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 7, p. 41.

[194] Ibid., as there condensed from the original: Two Treatises on Government, Book II. § 222.

[195] American Annual Cyclopædia, 1872, p. 778.

[196] Speech of Mr. Sawyer, of South Carolina, on the Supplementary Civil Rights Bill as an Amendment to the Amnesty Bill: Congressional Globe, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., p. 490.

[197] Dante, De Monarchia, Lib. I. cap. 4.

[198] Ovid, Metamorphoses, ed. Garth, Book VII.: _The Dragon’s Teeth transformed to Men_, vv. 31-34.

[199] _Ante_, Vol. VII. p. 268.

[200] _Ante_, Vol. VII. p. 351.

[201] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 1982.

[202] _Ante_, Vol. VIII. p. 361. Congressional Globe, _ut supra_, p. 2010.

[203] Congressional Globe, _ut supra_, p. 2083.

[204] _Ante_, Vol. IX. pp. 70, 73, 74, and note. Congressional Globe, _ut supra_, pp. 2195, 2196.

[205] _Ante_, Vol. IX. p. 146. Congressional Globe, _ut supra_, p. 2965.

[206] Ibid., p. 208.

[207] _Ante_, Vol. XI. p. 320. Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 2800.

[208] _Ante_, Vol. XII. p. 76. Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 381.

[209] Ibid., p. 331. Congressional Globe, _ut supra_, p. 1091.

[210] _Ante_, Vol. XII. p. 203. Congressional Globe, _ut supra_, p. 1126.

[211] Ibid.

[212] _Ante_, Vol. XII. pp. 291, 292.

[213] Ibid., p. 471.

[214] Ibid., p. 492.

[215] _Ante_, Vol. XIV. p. 204.

[216] _Ante_, Vol. XII. pp. 406-7.

[217] _Ante_, Vol. XIII. pp. 228-29. Congressional Globe, 39th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 686.

[218] _Ante_, Vol. XIV. p. 185.

[219] _Ante_, Vol. XIV. pp. 185-6.

[220] Ibid., pp. 146, 158-59, 163. Congressional Globe, 40th Cong. 1st Sess., pp. 165, 167, 170.

[221] _Ante_, Vol. XV. p. 208. Congressional Globe, _ut supra_, p. 625.

[222] _Ante_, Vol. XVI. p. 64.

[223] _Ante_, Vol. XVII. pp. 115-16.

[224] American Annual Cyclopædia, 1872, p. 778.

[225] Ibid., p. 782.

[226] “Nec Deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit.”--HORAT., _De Arte Poetica_, 191-92.

[227] Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., during the last Twenty Years of his Life, by Hesther Lynch Piozzi, (London, Cadell, 1786,) p. 83.

[228] “Cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares; sed omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est.”--CICERO, _De Officiis_, Lib. I. cap. 17.

[229] Dr. William Drennan’s Hymn,

“All Nature feels attractive power.”

[230] For this bill, see, _ante_, Vol. XIX. pp. 213, 214.

[231] Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation, ed. Deane, p. 90.

[232] Winslow’s Brief Narration: Young, Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers, (2d ed.) p. 397.

[233] Prince, Chronological History of New England, (ed. 1826,) p. 160. Bradford, pp. 57, 72.

[234] Prince, p. 237. “With much adooe (and spent a good deal of it in expences)”: Bradford, p. 204.

[235] Bradford, p. 211. Prince, p. 242.

[236] Neal, History of the Puritans, (London, 1733,) Vol. II. p. 20.

[237] Galatians, v. 9.

[238] Milton, Sonnet XII.

[239] Statutes at Large, Vol. XVIII. Part 3, pp. 335-36.

INDEX.

A.

Abolition of Slavery, not prevented by the Constitution, I. 310.
Franklin petitions for, I. 312; II. 68, 231, 294; III. 17, 293;
VI. 203.
Jefferson’s desire for, I. 312; III. 15, 288.
Washington on, I. 312; II. 230; III. 17, 49 _et seq._, 286; V. 96;
VII. 129; VIII. 281.
A duty, I. 316.
In England, III. 302; IV. 313; VIII. 279.
Speech on bill for, in District of Columbia, VIII. 251.
In West Virginia, IX. 122.
Constitutional Amendment for, XI. 211 _et seq._
In America, advocated by Hartley, XV. 351, 352.
See _Constitutional Amendment_ and _Emancipation_.

Abolition Societies petition 1st Congress to abolish slavery, II. 68;
III. 17, 293; XII. 155.
Formation of, in the different States, XII. 154.

Abolitionists, need of, I. 314.
Jefferson, Franklin, and Washington were such, I. 314; III. 19;
VI. 213.
Not responsible for the Civil War, VII. 342-344.

Academy, Naval, appointments to, IX. 301.
National, of literature and art; also of moral and political sciences,
XI. 401.

Adams, Charles Francis, nominated for Vice-President in 1848, II. 295
_et seq._

Adams, John, on the Stamp Act, III. 130, 344.
On slavery, III. 287.
Supports equality of representation, IV. 54.
Author of Massachusetts Constitution and Bill of Rights, IV. 63, 70.
On opposition of the South to republican government, IV. 199; VII. 318.
On British impressment of American seamen, VIII. 50.
On effect of freeing slaves in Revolution, IX. 222.
On meaning of “republic,” XI. 192; XIII. 147, 152.
On republican government, XIII. 185; XX. 93.
His predictions concerning America, XIII. 185; XV. 42, 306-317, 364.
On Hartley, XV. 348.
On Cérisier, XV. 387.
His appointment of relations to office, XX. 103, 112, 113.
His refutation of an apology for nepotism, XX. 115.

Adams, John Quincy, on abolishing war, II. 412.
Treatment of, by slave-masters in Congress, VI. 204-206.
Influence of, VI. 305.
His opinions on, and efforts against, slavery, VI. 306; VII. 16, 55.
On restraints of popular sovereignty, as declared in Declaration of
Independence, VII. 55-57.
Proclaims war-powers of Congress to emancipate slaves, VII. 259-263;
IX. 142.
On privateering, VIII. 77; IX. 290.
On mutual right of search against slave-trade, VIII. 342.
His early argument against liberation of slaves by armies, IX. 141.
On the metric-system, XIV. 150.
On appointment of relations to office, XX. 114.
His opinion on acceptance of gifts, XX. 121.

Adams, Samuel, letter of, desiring Congressional action to abolish war,
II. 404.
On limited power of national government, III. 296.
Frees a female slave, VII. 14.
On republican government, XIII. 184.

Adjournments of Congress, protests against, IX. 176; XI. 405; XIV. 348;
XV. 172, 240.
Memorandum of, 1846-62, XI. 405 _et seq._

Administration, duty and strength of the coming (in 1861), VII. 213.
Stand by the, IX. 116.

Admiral, rank of, IX. 150.

Africa, reasons for the condition of, XVII. 170.

African Race, alleged inferiority of, VI. 220; XVII. 171.
Merits and capacities of, VI. 297; IX. 226; XVII. 172-176.
See _Colored Persons_ and _Colored Race_.

Agriculture, in slave and free States, VI. 147.
In United States in 1850, IX. 250 _et seq._

Alabama, case of the, X. 27 _et seq._; XVII. 65-69.
Claims, XVII. 53, 124-127; XX. 12.

Alaman, Lucas, career and works of, XV. 425 _et seq._
His prophecy concerning Mexico, XV. 426-428.

Alaska. See _Russian America_.

Alembert, M. d’, letter of, on Latin verse applied to Franklin, X. 236.

Alexandreïs, the, origin and history of, XII. 380-385, 388-393.
Author of, XII. 385-388.
Analysis of, XII. 394-404.

Algerine Captive, the, quoted, II. 65; III. 292; VIII. 292.

Algerine Slavery, illustrations of, in literature, II. 8-12, 83-90.
Compared to American, II. 63-69.
Efforts of United States against, II. 69-76; VIII. 283-298.
Abolished, II. 80; VIII. 297; X. 73.
Influence of religion on, II. 92.
Descriptions of, by travellers and captives, II. 94-99.
Evil effects of, II. 100.
See _Algiers_, _Barbary States_, _Tripoli_, and _Tunis_.

Algiers, described by old English writers, II. 21.
War of United States with, II. 74; VIII. 297.
Expeditions of Lord Exmouth against, II. 77-80; VIII. 297; IX. 398.
Abolition of white slavery in, II. 80; VIII. 297; X. 73.

Allston, Washington, tribute to, as the artist, in Phi Beta Kappa oration
of 1846, I. 272-284.
Mrs. Jameson on, I. 273.

Ambassadors, seizure of, on neutral ships, according to English
authorities, VIII. 55 _et seq._;
testimony to American policy on same, VIII. 57-62;
policy of Continental Europe on same, VIII. 63.

Ambulance and hospital corps, IX. 255.

America, prophetic voices concerning, XV. 251.
Allusions to, by early English and American poets, XV. 260-264.
Early designation of United States, XV. 431; XVI. 48-50;
and perhaps its future name, XVI. 50.
Geographical unity of, XVI. 51 _et seq._

Ames, Adelbert, Gen., remarks on admission of, as Senator from
Mississippi, XVIII. 11.

Amherst College, Commencement oration at, II. 153.

Amnesty, must not be granted to Rebels too soon, XVIII. 301; XIX. 318.
Must be united with equal rights for colored persons, XIX. 215, 259,
263, 317; XX. 69, 290.

Ancients and Moderns, battle of, II. 259.

Andrew, John A., appeal for election of, as Governor of Massachusetts,
VI. 379.
His merits, VII. 18.
Opposes all compromise in 1861, VII. 179.
Letters to, Jan. 17-Feb. 20, 1861, VII. 186-199.
Extract from letter to, on emancipation, VIII. 14.
On pay and enlistment of colored troops, X. 316 _et seq._

Anti-Lucretius, the, X. 249-251.

Antislavery Duties, our immediate, III. 122.

Antislavery Enterprise, the, its necessity, practicability, etc., V. 1;
its origin and growth, V. 7-9.
Defined, V. 10.
Its object, V. 24.
Not dangerous to masters, V. 28;
or injurious to slaves, V. 30.
Good results of, V. 32-34.
Aspersions upon the, V. 36-38.
Its prospects, V. 48.
Appeals to all by every argument, V. 49.

Antislavery Society, American, letters to, XIV. 51; XVIII. 45.

Anxieties and prospects during the winter of 1860-61, VII. 186.

Appropriation Bills, origination of, V. 83;
debates in National Convention on same, V. 84-87, 88 _et seq._
Example of England as to, V. 90.

Aranda, Pedro, Count, XV. 395.
American ministers on, XV. 396.
His predictions concerning America, XV. 397-400.
Ideas resembling his, XV. 401.

Arbitration, a substitute for war, I. 51; II. 416; XX. 80.
Established by Switzerland and German Confederation, II. 380.
Advocated by Cobden, II. 409.
Efforts to establish, II. 421.
Stipulated, or a congress of nations, with disarmament, III. 117.
Recommended for settlement of San Juan boundary question, VII. 216.
Suggested by England in 1870 to obviate Franco-German War, XVIII. 190.
International, XX. 273.

Architecture, changes in, I. 114.

Arctic Expeditions, XVIII. 54.

Argenson, René, Marquis d’, on equality, XIII. 198.
Career of, XV. 286-288.
His writings, XV. 288-291.
His prophecy concerning America, XV. 291.

Aristocracy, defined, XIII. 208.

Aristotle, testifies to opposition to slavery, II. 15.
On coinage, XI. 271.
On government, XIII. 145.
On citizenship, XIII. 330.
His definition of equity, XVIII. 36.

Arkansas, territorial organization of, IV. 103.
Speech on recognition of, XI. 351;
reasons for opposition to same, XI. 355-360.
Sources of Congressional power over, XI. 362-372.

Arlington, Massachusetts, celebration at, on assuming its new name,
XV. 181.

Arlington, Virginia, the patriot dead at, XVIII. 254.

Armies, standing, of Europe in 1845, I. 75.
Not necessary in United States, I. 86.
Power of Congress over, I. 354.
Testimony of Frederick of Prussia to effect of, II. 370 (and _note_);
XVIII. 226.
The national, and fugitive slaves, VIII. 7.
Sir Thomas More on, XVIII. 225.
Montesquieu on, XVIII. 247.

Armories, civil superintendents of, IV. 12.

Arms, results of wearing, I. 99; VI. 179; XVIII. 226;
Judge Jay on same, I. 100.
Sale of, by United States to France in war of 1870, XX. 5.

Army, distinguished from militia, I. 355.
Of United States composed of volunteers, I. 356;
of same in Rebellion, IX. 212.
No exclusion of retired officers of, from civil service, XVIII. 51.

Art, importance of expression in, I. 278.
Battles not subjects for, I. 281.
In the National Capitol, XIV. 164.
American, XIV. 175-178.
See _Engraving_.

Ashley, James M., and Reconstruction, XII. 7.

Assailants, reply to, IV. 172.

Atchison, David R., V. 160.
Speech of, quoted, V. 173.

Atheists, declared, not allowed to take oath, VIII. 220 _et seq._

Auburn System of prison discipline explained, I. 171; II. 117.
Propagates vice, I. 173.
Supported by Boston Prison-Discipline Society, I. 178, II. 125.
Compared to Pennsylvania system, II. 144-146.

Augustine, St., protests against war-preparations in time of peace,
I. 107.
On unjust laws, III. 362; XI. 207.

Austria, army of, before 1845, I. 75.
Navy of, before 1840, I. 76.
Relative expenditure of, for war-preparations, I. 78.
Numbers of its Parliaments, XX. 2.

Authors, in slave and free States, VII. 284.

B.

Babcock, Orville E., his management of negotiation for annexion of San
Domingo, XVIII. 267-270; XIX. 37, 54-57; XX. 145 _et seq._
His assumption of title of aide-de-camp to the President, XVIII. 268
_et seq._; XX. 145.
Supported by U. S. ships, XIX. 53 _et seq._; XX. 145, 146.

Bacon, Lord, his definition of war, I. 14.
On philanthropy, I. 286; V. 34.
Ideas of, on progress, II. 265.
On settlement of Virginia, XI. 456.
His definition of equity, XVIII. 36.

Bacon, Roger, legend of, I. 212.

Baez, Buenaventura, XVIII. 267; XX. 144.
His associates, XVIII. 267; XIX. 37; XX. 144.
Sustained by U. S. ships of war, XVIII. 271, 303; XIX. 27 _et seq._
His career, XIX. 31-36.
Testimony to his support by U. S. navy, XIX. 42-45, 56-64.

Bailey, Goldsmith F., Representative from Massachusetts, speech on death
of, VIII. 366.

Baker, Edward D., Senator from Oregon, speech on death of, with call for
emancipation, VII. 370-376.

Ballot, importance of the, V. 171; XIV. 325.

Baltimore, attack on the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment at, April 19, 1861,
VII. 227.

Banks. See _Free Banking_, _National Banks_, and _State Banks_.

Banks, Nathaniel P., letter on commemoration of his election as Speaker
of the House of Representatives, V. 97.

Barbary States, white slavery in the, II. 1.
Gibbon on origin of their name, II. 6.
Compared to slave States of America, II. 7; VI. 159-161.
Military expeditions against, II. 22-33.
Treaties of, with Great Britain, II. 30,--and with United States, II.
70, 73, 74; VIII. 294 _et seq._
Efforts to ransom white slaves in, II. 33-37, 57; VIII. 282, 286-296.
Efforts of slaves to escape from, II. 39.
Narratives of escapes from slavery in, II. 41-50, 55.
Records of American slaves in, II. 50-55; VIII. 285.
Wars of, with United States, II. 71-76; VIII. 296.
Abolition of white slavery in, II. 78, 80; VIII. 297; X. 73.
Testimony to condition of white slaves in, II. 91-99; VIII. 284.
Black slavery in, II. 101.
See _Algerine Slavery_, _Algiers_, _Tripoli_, and _Tunis_.

Bates, Edward, Attorney-General, opinion of, on enlistment of colored
troops, X. 321 _et seq._
Opinion of, declaring colored persons citizens of United States, XIII.
278, 368.
Anecdote of, concerning colored officers, XVIII. 159.

Bayard, Chevalier, conduct of, in a duel, I. 66; XVIII. 178.

Bayard, James A., argument of, to prove that a Senator is a United States
officer, quoted, X. 287-289.

Belgium, the mission to, XI. 43.

Bell, John, party in support of, in 1860, VI. 357; VII. 74.
Plan of same, VI. 357-359;
same, in 1864, XI. 419.

Bellièvre, Pomponne de, engraved portrait of, XIX. 187.
Dr. Thies on same, XIX. 187, 188.
His career, XIX. 188-191.

Belligerence, rule for recognition of, X. 126 _et seq._; XVII. 60,
121-124.
Requisites for concession of ocean, X. 126-133; XVII. 59 _et seq._,
122,--authorities declaring same, X. 129-131;
British precedents, illustrating same, X. 133-135.
No neutrality possible without recognition of, XVII. 65, 203.

Bentham, Jeremy, his plan for universal peace, II. 397.

Berkeley, Bishop, XV. 275-278.
His prophecy concerning America, XV. 278;
Webster on same, XV. 278;
predictions resembling same, XV. 279-281.

Bills of Rights, their history and policy, IV. 62.
Adoption of one in Massachusetts, IV. 69-71.

Bingham, Kingsley S., Senator from Michigan, speech on death of, VII.
364;
protests against slavery in same, VII. 365.

Binney, Horace, XVIII. 315.

Bismarck, Count, XVIII. 230 _et seq._

Black Code, the, must be abolished, VII. 362; XII. 310.

Blackstone, Sir William, on the English militia, I. 357.
On trial by battle, II. 349.
Influence of his commentaries in America, III. 332; XVI. 84.
On recovery of escaped villeins, III. 333.
On fugitive slaves in England, IV. 303 (see _note_, 304).
On unlimited authority of governments, VII. 51.
On levying war, VIII. 125.
On power of Speaker of House of Lords, XVI. 103.
On the post-office as a source of revenue, XVIII. 64.

Blaine, James G., letter to, on Presidential election of 1872, XX. 196.

Blaine Amendment to the Constitution, speeches on, XIII. 115, 282, 338.
Objections to, XIII. 120-123, 284-315, 375 _et seq._
Boston Recorder on, XIII. 291-293.
John E. King on, XIII. 303.
Substitutes for, XIII. 315-323.
Opposite sides on meaning of the, XIII. 338.
Opinion of Gerrit Smith and others on, XIII. 340-342.

Blockade, commercial, should be abandoned, VIII. 78.
British complaints of, during Rebellion, X. 17-19.
Lincoln’s proclamation of, XVII. 62-64.
Instances of pacific, XVII. 63.

Blount, William, impeachment of, X. 286; XVI. 94.

Bonds, national taxation of, XVI. 269-271, 356 _et seq._; XVII. 108.
Payment of, by greenbacks, XVI. 271-277, 358-362; XVII. 107.
Reasons for reducing interest on, XVII. 288 _et seq._
See _Five-twenties_ and _Ten-forties_.

Books, increased tax on, opposed, IX. 166 _et seq._
No tax on, XI. 297; XII. 204; XIV. 266-270.
Cheap, and public libraries, XIV. 263.
On the free list, XVIII. 141; XX. 61.

Boston, should demand withdrawal of troops from Mexico, I. 376.
Leadership of, in generous actions, I. 376.
School Committee of, has no power to make color-distinctions, III.
82-86.
Opposition of, to Stamp Act, III. 342-344, IV. 167 _et seq._
Petition for repeal of Fugitive-Slave Bill, speech on, IV. 159-171;
origin of same, IV. 160.
Vote of, against slavery, in 1701, IV. 189; VI. 26; VII. 13; XII. 145.
Importance of, in Revolution, IV. 199; XVII. 98.
Public reception of Mr. Sumner at, in 1856, VI. 22.
The city of, and Mr. Sumner, XIII. 280.
Relief of, after great fire of 1872, XX. 258.
Its proper boundaries, XX. 279.

Boston Common, and its extension, VI. 96.
The first treasure of Boston, XX. 73.

Boston Prison-Discipline Society, supports Auburn system, I. 178; II.
125.
Injustice of, to Pennsylvania system, I. 179; II. 108, 124 _et seq._
Speech before, II. 104.
Mr. Sumner’s relations to, II. 108, 112.
Letter of Dr. Wayland on, II. 109.
Reports and discussions of, II. 111 _et seq._
Management of, criticised, II. 113, 124, 140 _et seq._
Its report of 1843 criticised, II. 125-138;
foreign comments on same, II. 125;
same quoted, II. 126, 128, 130.
Duty of, II. 138.
Increased usefulness needed in, II. 140-143.
Letter of De Tocqueville on, II. 148 (_note_).

Boston Public Library, foundation of, X. 272.

Bounty Lands for soldiers out of real estate of Rebels, VIII. 363.

Bourbons, Massachusetts Whigs in 1855 compared to, V. 74.

Boutwell, George S., course of, in the Treasury, defended, XVII. 112.
On intriguing for the President by office-holders, XX. 225 _et seq._

Breckenridge, John C., claims of party in support of, in 1860, VI. 359.
Effect of vote for, VI. 360.

Bright, Jesse D., of Indiana, expulsion of, from Senate, VIII. 114;
facts in case of, VIII. 123-135.

Bright, John, on English assistance to rebel States, XVII. 72.

Brooks, Preston S., his assault on Mr. Sumner, V. 257-271 (_Appendix_);
defence of same by the South, V. 271-280 (_Appendix_);
sentiment of the North on same, V. 302-328 (_Appendix_).
Mr. Sumner’s feelings towards, XX. 197.

Brougham, Lord, on equality, III. 55.
On slavery, IV. 315; VIII. 262.
On privilege of Parliament, VI. 94.
On untrustworthiness of slave-masters to legislate for freedmen, IX.
225; XIV. 213.
His mistake in quoting Latin verse applied to Franklin, X. 221.
On apprenticeship in British West Indies, XI. 317; XIII. 286.
His advice to a young lawyer, XVIII. 315.
His refusal of a gift, XX. 119.

Browne, John W., tribute to, as a college classmate, VI. 348.

Browne, Sir Thomas, prophecy of, concerning America, XV. 268-270.

Buchanan, James, on interpretation of the Constitution, IV. 181.
On power of Congress to abrogate treaties, V. 119.
Defends irregular proceedings in Michigan before its admission as a
State, V. 224, 229, 234.
Effect of a vote for, VI. 13.
Corruption in his election and administration, VI. 308-310, 335.
Recognizes Lecompton constitution for Kansas, VI. 310, 333.
Denounced, VI. 311.
Favors Crittenden compromise, VII. 179.
Mr. Sumner’s interview with, in 1861, VII. 180 _et seq._
His inactivity against Rebellion, VII. 324; X. 192.
On surplus of Chinese indemnity fund, XVIII. 120.

Buffalo Convention of 1848, speech at meeting to ratify its nominations,
II. 291.
Described, II. 293.
Principles of, II. 294.
Candidates of, II. 295.

Burke, Edmund, on the American War, I. 346.
On glory, II. 181.
On recognition of the French Republic, X. 111 _et seq._, 119.
On extinction of States, X. 199.
On untrustworthiness of slave-masters in regard to freedmen, XII. 293;
XIII. 56; XIV. 212.
On impeachment, XVI. 106 _et seq._, 144, 151, 153, 156, 158, 160, 214.

Burlingame, Anson, duty to vote for, VI. 20; VII. 73.
Congratulation on his reëlection in 1856, VI. 41.
Regret for his defeat in 1860, VII. 80.
Tribute to, XVI. 319.
On disposition of surplus of Chinese indemnity fund, XVIII. 122-123.

Burns, Anthony, surrender of, IV. 261; V. 189.

Burns, Robert, prediction by, concerning America, XV. 404.

Butler, Andrew P., Senator from South Carolina, attacks of, answered,
IV. 175-212; V. 145-149.
Compared to Don Quixote, V. 144.
His hostility to Kansas denounced, V. 239-242.
On the fugitive clause in the Constitution, X. 371.

Butler, Benj. F., Gen., care of, for fugitive slaves, VII. 256.

Buxton, Thomas F., course of, in moving emancipation, XVIII. 149
_et seq._

Bynkershoek, his definition of war, I. 15.
On confiscation of property in war, IX. 36; XVII. 13.
On seizures in neutral waters, XII. 13.
On reprisals, XVI. 301.