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Rh Secession movements in the South, I., 164

Secession sympathizers, I., 220

Secessionists, I., 178

Senator, United States, Remarks on being chosen, I., 474; Missouri's progressive spirit, 475; why the negro should vote, 476; how the Republican party can retain its ascendancy, 478; advantages offered by Missouri, 479

Serrano, General, I., 200

“Seventh of March,” speech, V., Webster's undoing, 443, 447; helps check anti-slavery movement in the North, 445

Seventieth-birthday celebrations: Schurz, VI., 38; Jacobi, VI., 192; White, VI., 357

Sewall, VI., selection of, for Hawaiian mission, 270

Seward, William H., I., 72; as possible Presidential nominee, 108, 111, 113, 114, 116, 119; to, 185; from, 191; to, 200; Schurz disapproves of policy of, 375; II., protests against French troops in Mexico, 216; III., anti-slavery man, 24; V., prediction as to city of Mexico, 193, 205

Seymour, Horatio, I., 462, 463

Shannon, II., 192, 194, 205, 239

Sharkey (Governor), William Lewis, I., 269, 275, 292

Sheehan, William V., 141, 167, 240

Shepard, Edward M., V., to, 121; to, 122; to, 231; to, 232; VI., to, 256; to, 277; from, 278 n.; on condition of the Philippines, 303; an acceptable Democratic nominee for governor, 358

Sheppard, Isaac, II., 48, 49

Sheridan (General), Philip Henry, I., 234, 235, 391, 440; III., and the Louisiana “revolution,” 116, 124, 125, 133, 145, 150; IV., 41

Sherman (Senator), John, II., powers of the President, 184; gold standard, 522; III., Hayes election, 346, 365; Secretary of Treasury, 388, 401 n., 402, 403; loyalty of Sherman delegates, 506; IV., and the Treasury, 81; as possible Presidential nominee, 200, 203; V., Samoan affair, 3, 8; to, 10; on tariff reform, 52, 62, 63, 64; on demonetization of silver, 281

Sherman, L. A., III., 228 n.; to, 230; to, 239

Sherman, W. G., IV., to, 196

Sherman (General), William Tecumseh, I., 235, 251, 253, 301, 312, 379, 416, 423; IV., from, 197 n.; V., moving upon Atlanta, 55; characterization of war, 251

Shields, General, I., Schurz to be entertained by, 14

Shipman, Judge, III., 232

Sigel, Franz, VI., eulogized by Schurz, 296

Silver, V., purchase of, 129, 130, 131; increased supply, not demonetization, lowered value of, 293; free coinage of, 296; VI., free coinage of, plank in Democratic platform, 199; Bryan's defeat in 1900, or a Democratic House would end debate on, 259

Sioux, IV., 51, 52, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 66, 69, 70, 131

Sitting Bull, IV., 127

Slack, Charles, advance agent, I., 260

Slave-code, I., 140

Slave oligarchy, I., 277

Slave-power, IV., 10

Slavery, I., 5, 6, 15, 16, 24, 25, 29, 60, 63, 67, 71, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 165, 169, 183, 186 et seq., 268; II., 79, 87, 88, 90, 91, 100, 105, 106, 107, 108; III., 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 42, 46, 63, 66, 214; IV., abolition of, 11; V., 173, 191, 394, 443, 487; VI., sudden end of, 312; punishments during, 314; continuance hoped for, 319; its abolition endured, 322; efforts to maintain, 332; how viewed by the South, 334; as an existing condition, and as one to be restored, 340

Slavery, The doom of, I., 122; tenaciously upheld by the South, acquiesced in by the North, 123; free speech, a menace to, 124; education of the masses, dangerous to, 125; antagonistic to Democratic government, 126; trial by jury and writ of habeas corpus incompatible with, 127; repressive laws and additional