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Rh Anti-Grant and pro-Greeley—Continued 417; desires reëlection, 420; subjection of the Republican party, 421, 425; Grant's fondness for amusements, 422; his faults those of ignorance and self-will, 423; danger in apathy, 427; nomination of Greeley and Brown, 428; overthrow of party despotism, 430; defeat of Grant, first step toward reform, 432; tariff and civil service reform under Greeley, 434, 435; the benefit and the evil of enfranchising the colored man of the South, 437; attitude of the young South, 438; National reconciliation the great desideratum, 440; the era of new political parties, 441; the result, a non-partisan Administration, 442

Anti-Imperialist League, American, VI., platform of, 77 n.; Chicago Conference of, 121; Philadelphia Conference, 150; should issue an address, 275

Anti-Imperialist League of N. Y., VI., petition of, 302; Moorfield Storey becomes president of, 428

Anti-imperialistic Executive Committee, VI., to call a meeting, 266; the purpose of, 289 n. Anti-imperialists, VI., crusade and speakers, 192; to speak only on important occasions, 444

Anti-Lecompton Democrat, I., 90

Antilles, Confederation of, V., 519

Anti-reform movement in Democratic party, IV., 409

Anti- and pro-slavery parties, I., 29

Anti-slavery, I., 36, 42, 44, 77; old chieftain of, 116; sentiment strong in St. Louis, 122; Schurz an advocate of, 123, 146, 153, 154, 155, 170, 190; policy of, 233; advocated by every European nation, 236; III., 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 42, 46, 53, 330; IV., 24, 181, 220, 249, 269, 273; championed by Franklin, 342; V., 405, 419, 443; supporters of, turn against Webster, 444; VI., party of, joined by Schurz, 42, 189, 302; its betrayal by President Johnson suspected, 326

Anti-Tammany Democrats, V., supporting Hill for governor, 237

Anti-Tammany organizations, V., 233

Appleton & Co., III., 116

Arbitration, International, V., 260; disputes settled by, have stayed settled, 261; eternal watchfulness the price of European peace, 262; practically unassailable position of United States, 263; not more war-ships but more merchant vessels, 267; importance of permanent system of, between Great Britain and the United States, 269; Alabama case settled by, 271; United States natural champion of, 275; VI., additional views on, 424, 436 n., 437 et seq. Arbitration Treaty, V., signing of, 339, 367; VI., between Germany and the United States, 445

Arco, Count, V., conversation of, with Schurz on the Samoan business, 1-7, 9, 10

Armed or unarmed peace, V., 398; building of big Navy urged as peace measure, 399; peace long continued promotes effeminacy and destroys patriotism, 400; United States does not need a great Navy, 401; needs only enough for police duty, 402

Armenian atrocities, VI., 434, 437

Armstrong, Captain, IV., 134

Arthur, Chester A., IV., 146, 147, 201, 202, 203, 365; V., 83, 149, 150

Ashburton treaty, V., 442

Astyanax, II., 309

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé R. R., IV., 177, 189

Atkinson, Edward, III., to, 481, 498; VI., to, 430

Autobiography, Schurz, IV., suggested by Hayes, 479; begun, 480

Babcock (General), Orville E., II., 431

Bacon, Captain, IV., 407, 408 n.

Bacon, Dr., III., 232

Bacon, Theodore, V., 521, 525

Baez (President), Buenaventura, II., government of, upheld by United States, 72; the logical consequence, 78; treaty with,