Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln (59 page)

     
death of,
3

     
as president,
44
,
85
,
157
,
185

     
on slavery,
2–3
,
5
,
223

Maine,
91

“Man of Audacity,”
22–23

Manufacturing,
95
,
211

Marion, Francis,
65

Martineau, Harriet,
2
,
45–46

Marx, Karl,
244

Maryland,
223

     
elections in,
122
,
255

     
voting in,
2
,
17–18

     
See also
McCulloch v. Maryland

Mason, George,
26

Matheny, James,
55–56

Matteson, Joel,
120
,
128

McClellan, George (Little Napoleon),
205
,
213
,
254

     
as general,
213
,
215
,
255

     
as presidential candidate,
254–255

McCormick, Cyrus,
140
,
197
,
205

McCulloch v. Maryland
,
125

McCullough, Fanny,
257

McCullough, William,
257
,
281

McDowell, Irvin,
212

McIntosh, Francis,
62

McLean, John,
122

Meade, George,
238–239

Mexican War,
85
,
122
,
185
,
247

Mexico,
80
,
82–83
,
264

Michigan,
47–48
,
122

Militia Act of 1792,
202
,
250

Minnesota,
187

Minnesota Territory,
123

Mississippi,
4
,
62
,
65
,
146
,
187
,
238–239
,
247

Mississippi River,
38–39
,
47

Missouri,
4
,
62
,
223
,
255

     
line,
96–97
,
130

     
state of,
91
,
111

Missouri Compromise,
5
,
99
,
123

     
repeal of,
105
,
110–118

     
restoration of,
112

Mob,
67

     
lynchings,
4–5
,
62–63

     
violence,
62–63
,
67

Monroe, James,
44–45
,
92
,
157

Moore, Thomas,
159

Morris, Gouverneur,
147
,
154

     
characteristics and qualities of,
233–234

     
Preamble to the Constitution and,
233–235

Morris, Robert,
154

Morrison, Toni,
205

“Mortality” (Knox),
59

Mount Vernon,
27
,
83

Napoleon,
62
,
63–65
,
67
,
84
,
215

Napoleon III,
169
,
264

Napoleonic Wars,
126

National Democrats,
132

Nebraska,
109

     
See also
Kansas-Nebraska Act

Necessity,
115
,
116

Negroes,
38
,
58
,
114–115

     
views regarding,
73

     
voting of,
125

Nevada,
255

New Jersey,
31
,
255

     
See also
Battle of Trenton

New Mexico,
83
,
96–97
,
106–107

     
slavery and,
130
,
220

     
as territory,
109
,
193

New Orleans,
38–39

     
See also
Battle of New Orleans

New Salem,
38–39

New York,
46–47
,
122
,
163

     
Cooper Union debates of,
144–148
,
151–154
,
158
,
171
,
233–234
,
280

     
manumission of,
161

     
See also
Erie Canal

New York Evening Post
,
133

New York Tribune
,
128
,
148
,
208
,
244

Nicolay, John G.,
181
,
271

North Carolina,
155
,
203

Northwest Ordinance,
18
,
118
,
136
,
142–143
,
262–263

     
application of,
37–38
,
113

     
confirmation of,
146
,
152

     
mistake about,
115–116

Northwest Territory,
18

Notes on State of Virginia
(Jefferson),
137
,
158

Nullification Crisis of 1832,
96
,
99
,
186

Offutt, Denton,
38–39
,
183

Ohio,
122

Old Hickory.
See
Jackson, Andrew

The Old Soldier
,
70

Oregon,
187

Orwell, George,
241

Ottawa,
132
,
134

Our American Cousin
(play),
294

Owens, Mary,
42–43
,
44
,
72
,
74
,
126

Paine, Thomas,
7
,
156
,
273

     
characteristics of,
58–59

     
death of,
52

     
narrative of,
51–53
,
54

     
writings of,
51–59
,
77
,
267–269

Papers
(Madison, James),
154

Parker, Theodore,
167

Pater patriae. See
Father of his country

Perceval, Spencer,
293

“The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions,”
3–4

Petersburg,
285–286

Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby.
See
Locke, David Ross

Pierce, Franklin,
107
,
108
,
110
,
214

Pierce, Henry,
140–141

Plutarch,
201

Political institutions

     
founding fathers and,
64–65

     
liberty and,
61–64

Politics,
296

     
abolitionists and,
49–50
,
101

     
as career,
39
,
43–50
,
67
,
78–87
,
203

     
Clay, Henry, and,
80–81
,
89–94

     
Douglas and,
108–110
,
114
,
123
,
128–138
,
141–142
,
176–180

     
Hamilton and,
45
,
85
,
95–96
,
147
,
184

     
in Illinois,
44–50
,
69–71

     
Jefferson and,
2
,
44
,
116
,
158

     
Long Nine of,
48

     
principles and,
119–120

     
reelection,
252–256

     
Seward and,
144–145
,
172
,
175

     
Shields and,
120
,
128

     
Stuart and,
43–44
,
49
,
75
,
78
,
121

“Politics and the English Language,”
241

Polk, James,
80–84

Pope, John,
213
,
225
,
271

Popular sovereignty,
109–110
,
114–115
,
141–142
,
177

“The Prayer of Twenty Millions,”
224

Preamble to Constitution,
7
,
8
,
101
,
190
,
227

     
first three words of,
229
,
233–235

     
Special Message to Congress and,
231–237
,
245

     
See also
Gettysburg Address

Presidential election of 1840,
68

Presidential election of 1856,
121–122

Presidential election of 1860,
139–140
,
171–178

     
founding fathers and,
142–148
,
154

     
itinerary during,
141

     
results of,
179–180

Presidential election of 1864,

Protest on Slavery (1837),
50
,
66
,
86

Quakers,
155
,
261
,
272–276

Race mixing,
58
,
126

Racism,
124
,
254

Radical Republicans,
254–255

Railroads,
47
,
108–110
,
211
,
222

Read, George,
153

Read, Jacob,
153

Reading,
16–17
,
19–20

Reasoning,
65–66
,
282–283

Reductio ad absurdum
,
57–58
,
76
,
114

Religion,
7
,
54–56
,
79

Republican National Committee,
174–175

Republican Party,
2
,
45
,
95
,
131
,
156
,
263
,
287

     
Bloomington convention of,
121

     
formation and purpose of,
121
,
123–124

     
goals and principles of,
219
,
221–222
,
249–250

     
Illinois,
129
,
166
,
174–175

     
name change of,
236–237

     
rebellions in,
250–253

     
support of,
127–128
,
217–218

     
See also
Radical Republicans

Republicanism, democratic,
4–5

Revolution, principle of,
115

Rhetoric,
8

Richmond,
285–286

“Rip Van Winkle,”
26–27

Rivers,
46

     
of Illinois,
47–49

     
transportation along,
47

Rogers, John,
260