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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-
