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Rh Webster, Daniel—Continued

V., disapproved of four-year rule, 165

Webster, Daniel, V., 431; characteristics and early success of, 432; Dartmouth College case, 434; chosen orator on all State occasions, 435; free-trade speech of, 436; “Reply to Hayne,” 437; incentive needed to arouse the best efforts of, 438; disappointed ambitions of, 439; disregard of money obligations, 441; made Secretary of State; concludes Ashburton treaty; opposes annexation of Texas, war with Mexico and condemns slavery, 442; denounces secession but apologizes for slavery, 443; again Secretary of State, 445; last words and death of, 446; his legacy to his country, 447

Wedderburn, IV., 329, 330

Weed, Thurlow, I., 72

Wellington, Duke of, II., 173

Wells, Governor, I., 299, 322, 326

Welsh, Herbert, VI., to, 38; correspondence, 302, 307; to, 348

Welsh, Wm., IV., 57; reports on Indian service to National Civil Service Reform League, 455

Wentworth, John, I., 110

Wermuth, V., commissioner to Chicago Exposition, 189

West India islands, II., 76

West Point military academy, IV., 17

Weyler, General VI., and the reconcentrado camps, 279, 293

Wharton, Francis, IV., 441

Wheeler compromise, III., 400

Wheeler, Everett P., V., 232 n., 233, 247, 248

Whig party, V., rise of, 436; Clay leader of, 439; deserted by Tyler, 442; bewildered by Webster's change in reference to slavery, 444; Webster hopes for nomination by, 445; end of, 446

Whipple, Edwin Percy, I., 47

White, Alfred T., IV., to, 409

White, Andrew D., high standing of, 128; VI., selected for foreign mission, 270

White Eagle, IV., 105, 106, 107

“White hat,” II., 379

White, Horace, II., 381; from, 382; from, 382; change in political views, 388; to, 443; III., signs circular call to Fifth Avenue Hotel conference, 229; letter of, mentioned, 283, 285; from, 480; IV., letter of, mentioned, 1, 5; Garfield thinks White wrong in his conclusions, 46; Edmunds regrets not seeing White, 154; from, 348; reports Cabinet appointments, 355; VI., 292; to, 357; from, 357

Whiting, Indian agent, IV., 71

Whitney, Wm. C., IV., desired by Cleveland in Cabinet, 348, 349, 355, 357, 359; ostentatious display of, 467; V., 122

Wickoff, A. T., III., from, 217; to, 217; Schurz will speak to Germans of the West, 288, 290

Wideawakes, I., escort Lincoln and Schurz to mass-meeting, 120

Wilberforce, William, III., 46

William I., Emperor, IV., 495; why admired and respected in America, 497; wherein lay his greatness as a ruler, 498, 499; assumes crown “given him by God,” 500; confirmation vow, 501; his successor, 504

Williams, George Fred., IV., 285; to, 290; to, 293; to, 294; to, 429; V., dinner in honor of, 84

Williams, George H., II., 170, 171; III., 143, 147

Williams, Roger, I., taught the “sanctity of conscience,” 62

Wilson (General), Henry, I., 38, 46, 47, 72-76; II., 155; IV., 426

Wilson, James H., III., 220, 226

Wilson (Representative, West Virginia), V., leader of silver purchase-act repeal party, 352; made chairman, House Committee, Ways and Means, 360

Wiltz, L. A., III., 116, 117, 118

Windom, William, IV., 200

Winnemucca, Chief, III., 501

Winslow, Erving, VI., to, 191; opposed to third-ticket plan, 201, 202; to, 301; to, 353; to, 443

Wirz, Henry, I., 438

Wisconsin, German element powerful in, I., 19; cheapness of living in, rapid growth of, 20; votes for Frémont, 26; Watertown made county-seat, 27; defeat of Repub-