All the Powers of Earth
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Douglas and, 389, 391–92, 403, 453, 454
Douglas speech on, 1857, 293–97, 313–14
fate of individuals involved in, 286
Lecompton Constitution and, 321, 322
legislative codification of, 509
Lincoln-Douglas Senate race and, 364, 380, 386, 389, 391–92, 403, 405, 407, 411–12
Lincoln’s “All the powers of earth” speech on, June 26, 1857, xii, 297–304
Lincoln’s objections to, 364, 411, 532
popular sovereignty and, 286, 293–94, 330, 542
Slave Power and, 357
Taney and, xii, 273–88, 357
Dubois, Jesse K., xvii, 196, 196, 199, 200, 204, 351, 425, 523
Chicago convention and, 577, 582, 587, 590
DuBois, W. E. B., 118
Dubuque Daily Express and Herald, 451
Dudley, Thomas H., 589, 591
Dunaway, John, 235
“Duty of the Free States, The” (Channing), 63
“Duty of the Soldier, The” (Forbes), 466
Dwight, Louis, 66–67
Dyer, Thomas, 546
Eastman, Zebina, xvii, 190–91, 622
Edmundson, Henry A., xvi, 125, 132–34, 138, 140, 149, 152
Edwards, Benjamin S., 220, 377, 379
Edwards, Jonathan, the Younger, 161
Edwards, Ninian, Jr., xxii, 220, 377
“Effect of Slavery on the American People, The” (Parker), 350–51
Eliot, Samuel A., 67, 69, 75, 76
Elliot, Jonathan, 526
Elliott, R. G., 170
Elmer, Rufus, 166
Emancipation Proclamation, 262, 439
Emerson, Irene, 275, 276, 286
Emerson, John, 274–75
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, xviii, 59, 74, 75, 127, 147, 177, 476, 494, 495, 498
Emery, James S., 200–201
Engels, Friedrich, 257, 623
English, William H., 343
Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races (Gobineau), 283
Essays (Bacon), 183, 194
Evanston, Ill., 575
Evarts, William M., 584, 593
Everett, Edward, xiv, xviii, 39, 67, 149, 559, 608
Ewing, Thomas, 500
“Execution of John Brown, The” (Strother), 489
Federalist Party, 60
Fee, John G., 499
Fell, Jesse W., xvii, 253, 254, 263, 423, 518–19, 527
Chicago convention and, 577, 583, 592, 594
Lincoln and, 253, 423–24, 442, 518, 522
Lincoln’s autobiographical sketch and, 517–19
Felton, Cornelius, 62
Fessenden, William Pitt, xv, 441, 585
Ficklin, Orlando B., 397
Field, David Dudley, 527, 530
Field, Henry Martyn, 530
Fillmore, Millard, xv, 31, 38, 75–78, 149, 217, 218–22, 377, 438, 523, 559, 590
Electoral College vote and, 261, 559
legacy of, 261–62
Lincoln’s opposition to, 255–56
nativism and, 220–21
presidential run, 1856, 218–23, 228, 238–39, 249–50, 255–56, 261
Fitch, Graham N., 447
Fitzhugh, George, xix, 260, 264, 356, 357, 381
Fitzpatrick, Benjamin, 604, 605
Fleurville, William de “Billy the Barber,” 304
Florville, Varveel, 399
Floyd, John B., xxii, 323, 343, 454, 477, 479, 548, 625
Foote, Henry S., xv, 209–10, 321, 326
Forbes, Hugh, xx, 465–67, 471–72, 476, 491–92
Forbes, John Murray, 475, 476
Forney, John W., xxii, 205–6, 211, 213, 268–69, 270, 278, 333, 343, 346, 495, 548, 610
Buchanan and, 268–70, 278, 327, 451–53, 548
Philadelphia Press and, 270, 326–27, 381, 451, 453
Forsyth, John, xvi, 452, 541, 552, 614
Foster, Henry D., 269
Founding Fathers, 283, 285, 436
Douglas on, as proslavery, 294, 295, 380, 381, 383, 453–54, 526, 532
Lincoln on, as antislavery, 200, 304, 386, 393, 403, 408, 531–32
Francis, Simeon, 617
Franklin, Benjamin, 41, 115–16, 311, 531
Franklin, John Hope, 85
free blacks, 4, 130–31, 226
John Brown and, 163
citizenship and, 61, 272, 278, 282, 285, 287, 294, 295, 364, 381, 393, 399, 493
Dred Scott decision and, 274
school segregation and, 73–74, 107
Shelby case and, 304–6
in Springfield, Ill., 304
voting issue, 300–301
Freeport, Ill., 388, 389
“Freeport Doctrine,” 391, 392, 422
Lincoln-Douglas debate at, 388–92
Free Soil Party, 9, 10, 38, 39, 46, 71, 81, 89, 93, 94, 96, 129, 175, 199, 233, 246, 259, 345, 399, 435, 573, 585
founders of, 527
Sumner and, 57, 59, 70–72, 75, 76, 79–81, 89
Free State, 124
Free West, xvii, 191
Freie Presse, 434
Frémont, Charles (Louis-Rene Fremon), 240–41
Frémont, Jessie Benton, xxi, 240–43, 579
Frémont, John C., xv, xxi, 149, 230, 237, 237–47, 571, 578, 579
birther attacks on, 238–42, 240
campaign slogan, 237
Catholic smear, 239, 243–44
“disunionism” used against, 244–46
Electoral College vote and, 261
Lincoln campaigning for, 258–59
as Republican candidate, xii, 96, 99, 174, 226, 228–31, 233–35, 238–39, 242–43, 255, 420, 579
running mate for, 234–35
secession threat and, 496
Fremont, Lily, 243
French, Benjamin B., 205
F Street Mess, 23, 25, 77, 78, 105, 116, 123, 132, 207, 269, 271, 276, 542, 543
Fugitive Slave Act, 55, 58, 75–76, 85, 87, 89, 90, 105, 112, 120
Christiana Riot case, 232
Clements case, 436–37
Douglas and, 545
Hossack case, 437
impact in Springfield, Mass., 165–66
Lincoln’s views on, 436, 437
Republican opposition, 197, 436, 440, 504
Sumner and repeal, 77, 78–79, 89–90, 108
Supreme Court upholds, 226–27
Fuller, Margaret, 59
Funk, Isaac, 252
Gaines, John P., 112
Gale, George Washington, 399
Galesburg, Ill., 399
Lincoln-Douglas debate at, 399–401
Galloway, Samuel, 440–42, 462
Garner, Margaret, xix, 105, 112
Garnet, Henry Highland, 163
Garrison, William Lloyd, xx, 61–63, 65, 77, 94, 381, 399, 402, 478, 620, 621
American Anti-Slavery Society and, 61
John Brown and, 176, 498
as pacifist, 159, 176, 478
Geary, John W., xviii, 308, 309–10, 315
Geyer, Henry S., 276–77, 278
Giddings, Joshua, 38, 45, 46, 69, 107, 131, 229, 271, 381, 399, 402, 500, 588, 620
John Brown and, 485, 496
Edmundson attempts attack on, 132
Lincoln and, 463
Gihon, John H., 308, 309
Gillespie, Joseph, xvii, 219, 220, 370, 376–77, 425, 567
Gist, William, 499
Gobineau, Arthur de, 283
Goodrich, Grant, 575
Goodrich, John Z., 577
Grant, Ulysses S., 275, 616
Gray, J. W., 547, 550
Gray, Jim (slave), 437
Greeley, Horace, xix, 35, 36, 51, 100, 230, 244, 249, 286, 428, 496, 504, 527, 581
backing Bates, 524, 527, 580–82, 594
backing Douglas, 334, 348, 350, 351, 352, 361, 376, 425, 426–27, 456, 527
backing Lincoln, 386–87, 537
John Brown and, 466
Chicago convention and, 591, 594
Green
, Bowling, 187
Green, Duff, 271
Green, Shields, xx
Greene, Israel, 482, 483
Greenhow, Rose, 292
Gridley, Asahel, 252, 253, 254
Grier, Robert C., xxii, 280–81, 287
Grimké, Angelina and Sarah, 92
Grimshaw, Jackson, xvii, 425, 523, 567
Grover, A. J., 437
Grow, Galusha, xvi, 335, 337
Gue, David J., 477
Guesses at the Beautiful (Realf), 472
Gurley, John A., 460
Gurley, Phineas, 453
Guthrie, James, 540, 558, 560
Gwin, William M., xiv, xv, 454–55, 560
Haines, Elijah M., 425–26
Haiti, 60, 61, 478
Hale, John P., xv, 38, 95, 145, 260, 496
Hall, Prince, 86
Hallock, Jeremiah, 161
Halstead, Murat, 103, 205, 208, 214, 229, 231, 234–35, 562
Baltimore convention, 1860, and, 602, 603
Charleston convention, 1860 and, 547, 549, 550, 551, 552, 556, 558
Chicago convention, 1860 and, 576, 584, 585–86, 588, 590, 593, 594
on Constitutional Union Party convention, 559
Hamilton, Alexander, 41, 179, 531
Hamlin, Hannibal, 594
Hammond, James Henry, xv, 127, 128, 155, 341–42, 342, 344, 428, 541, 553, 560
“Cotton is king” speech, xiii, xxiv, 340, 342, 399, 455
“mud-sill theory” of labor, 341, 399, 462
Hampton, Wade, II, 341, 342
Hanks, John, xxii, 567, 568, 570
Hanscom, Simon P., 618–19
Hanway, Castner, 280
Harper’s (Weekly; Monthly), 314, 447
Brady photograph of Lincoln, 529
Douglas campaign biography and, 539
“Popular Sovereignty in the Territories” (Douglas), xiv, 453–54, 458, 526, 529
“Prominent Candidates for the Republican Nomination,” 571, 572
Harpers Ferry, Va., 166, 478
John Brown’s raid, xiv, 464, 466, 468, 473, 474, 478–82
Douglas blames Republicans for raid, 508, 533
“Floyd letter,” 477
hanging of Brown’s followers, 482
Jefferson Guards and, 481
Lee and, 464, 482
Lincoln on, 534
Maryland Volunteers and, 481
newspaper coverage of Brown’s trial, 487
political consequences of raid, 525
Seward’s presidential chances and, 512, 525
Southern reaction to raid, 497–99
survivors of raid, 479
victims of raid, 480–81, 482
Harris, James, 168
Harris, Thomas, xvi, 23, 102, 214, 336, 345, 351, 379, 424, 509
Harrison, William Henry, 35, 230, 251, 312, 375, 500, 559
Hartford Press, xxi, 585
Hatch, Ozias, 353, 388, 417, 425, 523, 577
Hawkins, Taylor, 577
Hawkins, Tom, 447
Hawley, Joseph R., 89
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 7, 67
Hay, John Milton, 626
Hayden, Lewis, 478–79
Hayne, Robert Y., 358
Hayward, Shepherd, 480, 481, 482
Hazlett, Albert, xx, 482
Headley, Joel Tyler, 473, 483
Healy, George Peter Alexander, 205, 451
Hecker, Friedrich, xvii, 257
Helm, Emilie Todd, 221
Helper, Hinton Rowan, xxi, 491, 500–505, 526, 528, 534
Hempden County Antislavery Society, 163
Henry, Anson G., 416
Henry, James Buchanan, 453
Henry, Patrick, 117
Herald of Freedom, xviii, 48, 124, 167
Herbert, Philemon T., 51, 132
Herndon, Archie, 365–66
Herndon, William Henry, xvii, 6, 18, 49, 51, 189, 190–91, 255, 260, 294, 426, 434, 437
abolitionist Parker and, 51, 191, 347, 350, 355, 375, 426–27, 437, 620
biography of Lincoln, 387
on Douglas, 347, 375
Douglas meeting with, 350
fact-finding tour of the East, 349–51, 621
on Greeley, 426–27
on Lincoln, 194, 217, 420
Lincoln’s Bloomington speech and, 202–3
Lincoln’s “House Divided” speech and, 258, 355–56, 357
Lincoln’s political career and, 522
Lincoln’s presidential nomination and, 523, 577, 590
Lincoln’s presidential path and, 463–64
on Lincoln’s research, 526
Lincoln’s Senate run and, 348, 353, 365, 375
Seward and, 427, 428
Shelby case and, 305, 306
Hickman, John, 153
Higgins, Patrick, 480, 481
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, xviii, 77, 158, 469, 470, 471, 479, 494, 620
Hillard, George, 75
Hindman, Thomas C., 504
Hinton, Richard J., 162, 473, 620
History of Spanish Literature (Ticknor), 67
Hoar, George F., 127
Hoar, Samuel, 127, 128
Hodges, Willis, 164, 165
Holland, Josiah G., 305
Holt, Michael, 228
Holzer, Harold, 526
Homer, Winslow, 143
Hossack, John, 437
House of Representatives, U.S. See U.S. Congress
Houston, Sam, 96, 559
Howard, W. H., 211–12
Howard, William A., 46, 47, 49
Howe, Julia Ward, xx, 470, 560
Howe, Samuel Gridley, 59, 66, 67, 81, 469, 471, 475, 476, 478, 494, 507
Hoyt, George H., xx, 487
Hughes, John, 239
Humboldt, Alexander von, 230
Hunter, David, 624, 625
Hunter, Robert M. T., xv, 78, 132, 213, 269, 297, 496, 497, 540, 558, 560
Hurd, Harvey B., 575
Hutchinson, William, 474
Hyer, Tom, 584, 588, 589, 592
Ida May (Pike), 91
Illinois
antislavery movement in, 188
Archer as state legislator, 234
balance of power in, 250
Bissell for governor, 198–200, 262
Buchanan loss in, 261
Buchanan’s lack of patronage to, 330
Calhoun and Democratic Party, 48
David Davis and, 250
Democratic Party in, 29, 101–2, 188, 189, 345
Democrats for Lincoln in, 586
Douglas’s political power in, 413
free blacks in, 394
Frémont’s votes in, 262
German Americans in, 189, 218, 231, 256, 257, 262, 368, 579
industrial revolution and, 223
Lincoln in state legislature, 6, 218–19
Lincoln’s arrival in, 1830, 186
political corruption in, 29
race laws in, 296
Republican Party in, 30, 174, 189, 262
Republican Party, Bloomington convention, xii, 50, 186–87, 191–92, 196–204
social composition of, 189
Trumbull and, 31, 32, 102
Whigs in, 189
Illinois Anti-Slavery Society, 399
Illinois Central Railroad, 213, 223, 314
Illinois Central Railroad Act, 14, 413, 450
Illinois Gazette, “Abraham Lincoln for President in 1860,” xiii, 422
Illinois Staats-Anzeiger, xiii, xvii, 434–35, 580, 623
Illinois Staats-Zeitung, xvii, 191, 231, 257, 435
Illinois State Journal, xvi, 102, 125, 215, 218, 345, 361, 379, 415–16, 517, 589, 596, 617
“Don’t Like It” editorial, 253
editorial on threats made by Douglas, 146
Harris’s death reported, 424
Lincoln for president and, 522, 564
Lincoln letter to Canisius in, 434
Illinois State Register, 218, 253, 256, 258, 260, 294, 304, 336, 344–45, 418,
508
“Another Ally of Lincoln” article, 390
Douglas presidential campaign and, 608–9
Douglas Senate race and, 366, 370, 371
Lincoln’s “negro equality” and, 394
Impending Crisis of the South, The (Helper), 500–506, 526, 528, 534
Indiana, 245, 256, 261, 333, 342, 398, 407, 439, 447
Douglas and, 206, 207, 213, 363, 540, 550, 610
Frémont and, 246
Lincoln early years and, 186, 567
Lincoln in Indianapolis, 462
Lincoln’s presidential nomination and, 565, 578, 582, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593
Republicans in, 444, 582, 610
See also Bright, Jesse; Lane, Henry S.
“Injustice and Impolicy of the Slave Trade, The” (Edwards), 161
Inman, Henry, 35
Iowa, 79, 259, 451, 573, 596
John Brown in, 466, 477
delegation, Chicago convention, 577, 583
Frémont and, 261
Republican party, 462, 579–80, 610
Iowa Staats-Zeitung, 257
Irving, Washington, 255
Iverson, Alfred, 428
Jackson, Andrew, 7, 26, 96, 97, 100–101, 208, 211, 230, 241, 286, 311, 326, 331, 332, 455
judicial appointments, 272, 279
Kitchen Cabinet of, 96, 229–30, 272
Proclamation Against Nullification, 26, 96
“to the victor belong the spoils,” 10, 227
Jackson, Francis, 478
Jackson, Thomas “Stonewall,” xx, 489
Jacob, Relief, 60
Jay, John, 41
Jay, William, 51
Jayne, William A., 577
Jefferson, Thomas, 4, 7, 39, 60, 61, 62, 113, 241, 399–400, 431–32, 605
Douglas invokes, 399–400
Lincoln invokes, 400, 458, 526
Northwest Ordinance and, 69, 97, 458, 526
Johnson, Andrew, 541, 558
Johnson, Herschel V., 604, 610
Johnson, Reverdy, xxii, 277, 278, 288, 451
Johnson, Richard M., 396
Johnston, William S., 574
Jonas, Abraham, xvii, 305, 306
Jonas, Benjamin, 305
Jones, James C., 392
Jones, J. Glancy, 213, 269, 280
Jones, Peyton, 320
Jones, Samuel J., xviii, 17, 46, 47, 124, 319
Jones, William, 574
Jonesboro, Ill., 392
Lincoln-Douglas debate at, 392–94
Jones v. Van Zandt, 226
Judd, Norman, xvii, 197, 204, 417, 425, 520, 520
Chicago convention and, 576, 583, 587–88, 589, 593, 595–96
gubernatorial nomination try, 568, 569, 576
as Illinois Republican chair, 330, 435
Lincoln as business partner, 573
Lincoln’s debating tactic and, 388
Lincoln’s presidential nomination, 521, 523–25, 564–66, 569–70, 577
Lincoln’s Senate run, 361, 370, 371, 520, 521
political intelligence about Douglas, 330–31
Republican Party and, 525
Wentworth conflict with, 519–21, 564, 566