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