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A.
Abolitionists, defined, 124; ultra views of, 125-127;
Greeley on, 128, 129, 135, 136, 156, 178.
Adams, Charles Francis, candidate before the Liberal Republican Convention, 235.
Adams-
Jackson campaign, 16.
American Laborer (magazine), 115.
B.
Banking,
Greeley on, in New Yorker, 35-38.
Banks speakership contest, 166.
Bates, Edward,
Greeley's candidate for presidential nomination, 179.
Beggars,
Greeley's experience with, 106-108.
Benjamin, Park, work on New Yorker, 29; advice to
Greeley, 67.
Bennett, James Gordon, offer to
Greeley, 26;
Greeley on, 67.
Blaine, J. G., motion for amnesty, 220.
Blunt, Joseph, 115.
Brisbane, Albert,
Greeley's support of, 79-84.
Brook Farm, 81.
Brown, B. Gratz, leader in Liberal Republican movement, 227, 228 ; candidate for presidential nomination, 235; withdrawal in favor of
Greeley, 241-243.
Brown, John, raid, 168.
Bryant, William Cullen, 200, 248.
C.
Calhoun, John C., for
Texas annexation, 142;
Greeley's reply to, 154.
California statehood question, 156160.
Carpetbagger scandals, 216, 226.
Cass, presidential candidate , 151.
Chappaqua farm, 92.
Clark, Lewis Gaylord, on
Greeley, 46 note.
Clark, Myron H., candidate for Governor, 173.
Clay, Henry,
Weed's opposition to, in 1839, 45;
Greeley's love of, 46, 119; tariff views, 110-113; presidential campaign of 1844, 119, 120;
Greeley's choice in 1848, 148; defended as a slaveholder, 126, 144, 145; on
Texas annexation, 142; Compromise of 1850, 151-163.
Cochran, John, nominated for
Vice-President, 199.
Coggeshall, James, loan to
Greeley, 59.
Compromise of 1850,151-163.
Congdon, C. T., 72.
Constitutionalist,
Greeley's work for, 26.
Cooper libel suits, 11, 68.
Crandall, Miss, opposition to her plan for negro education, 132.
Curtis,
George William, 72.
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D.
Dallas, vote on tariff, 121.
Dana, Charles A., 72, 82, 105.
Davis, Judge, David, candidate for presidential nomination, 235.
Davis, Jefferson,
Greeley on, 218, 220-222.
Depew, C. M., anecdote of
Greeley, 107.
De Tocqueville on early American newspapers, 27.
Douglas, Stephen A., in the
Kansas-
Nebraska contest, 163-165;
Greeley favors for
Senator, 178.
Dred Scott decision, 168.
E.
Evening Post, 111, 1.5 note.
Express news-gathering, 73-76.
F.
Farming,
Greeley on, 91-93.
Fillmore signs compromise bills, 160.
Finances, Federal and State,
Greeley on, in the New Yorker, 35-38.
Fourierism,
Greeley's belief in, 79-84; later views, 85; Fourier Association formed, 81.
Foxes' seances, 90.
Fremont campaign of 1856, 167; nominated for
President in 1864, 199.
Frye, W. H., 72,106.
Fugitive slaves, 144; compromise act, 160-163.
Fuller, Margaret, 72, 82; member of
Greeley's family, 88: contributions to the Tribune, 88, 89.
G.
Garrison, William Lloyd, abolition views, 126,127; on
Greeley, 171.
Gay, Sidney Howard, 72, 187, 210.
Greeley, Horace, landing in New York city, 2, 20; early farm experience, 3-5; his mother.
3, 10; education, 6-8; precocity, 7; views of college education, 8; attraction to the printer's trade, 9; personal appearance, 11, 12, 19, 22; first newspaper writing, 13; views on journalism, 15; interest in politics, 16; a protectionist when a boy, 16; amusements, 17; non-user of intoxicants and tobacco, 18; employment in
New York State and
Pennsylvania, 19; first experiences in New York city, 21-24; partnership with Story, 24-26; offer by
Bennett, 26; starts New Yorker, 27; his work on, 29; idea of newspaper work, 30; a poet, 32; editorial views in the New Yorker, 33-37; on “clean” journalism, 34, 66; State and Federal finances, 35-38; financial straits, 38, 39; first meeting with
Weed, 42; the two men contrasted, 44-46; edits the Jeffersonian, 47-49; work for the
Whig (newspaper), 47; on State committee, 48; edits the
Log Cabin, 50-52; its business management, 52, 54; last of the New Yorker, 54, 55; on the civil service, 51; absent-mindedness, 54 ; on the failure of the New Yorker, 55; estimate of New York Tribune, 56; equipment for editing, 56; contributor to Madisonian, 57; on the country press, 58; plan of the Tribune, 58, 60;
Harrison's death, 60, birth and early struggles of the Tribune, 61; partnership with
McElrath, 62; on
Henry J. Raymond, 64; labor on the Tribune, 65, 69; views of the stage, 65; use of epithets, 67, 154 note; report of
Cooper libel suit, 68; newspaper versatility, 71; associates, 72; value of his “isms” to the Tribune, 76; his view of Independent thinking,
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76-78, 83,146; refusal to be guided by
Weed, 78; early sympathy with socialism, 79; support of
Brisbane's Fourierism, 79-84; director of North American Phalanx, 81; discussion with
Raymond, 84; later views on socialism, 84-86; acceptance of
Graham's dietetic doctrine, 86; residence on the
East River, 88;
Margaret Fuller's views, 88, 89; opinion of spiritualism, 89-91; views on farming, 91-93; at
Chappaqua, 92; sympathy with
Ireland and
Hungary, 93; as counselor-at-large, 94; his lectures, 95-97; member of Congress, 98-103, 151; visits to
London and
Paris, 104; how he “edited” the Tribune, 105; letters to
Dana, 105, 106; experience with beggars, 106-108; editorial-room pictures, 108, 109; advocate of a protective tariff, 110-122; views of
President Tyler, 113, 114; early prominence as a protection advocate, 115; his tariff principles, 116-118; support of
Clay in 1844, 119, 120; plague of boils, 120;
Clay his choice in 1848, 122, 148; part in the abolition of slavery, 123; party influence over, 125, 129; his idea of conservatism, 126; defense of
Clay as a slaveholder, 126, 144, 145; opinions of the Abolitionists, 128, 129, 135, 136, 143, 156, 178; the
Tribune's influence in the slavery contest, 133; early views on slavery, 134-136; on the murder of
Lovejoy, 136; on
Texas annexation, 137-148; listless support of
Taylor, 148-151; defiance of New York “business interests,” 149-151, 161, 162; opposition to slavery in Congress, 151; Compromise of 1850, 151-163; reply to
Calhoun, 154; on
Webster's 7th of March speech, 158; abandons
Wilmot proviso, 159; on fugitive slave law, 161-163; favors
Scott's nomination, 163; on
Kansas-
Nebraska contest, 163, 165; early attitude toward Republican party, 166, 178; attack by
Rust, 166; on
Fremont's defeat, 167;
Dred Scott decision, 168;
Lecompton contest, 168;
John Brown raid, 168; on office-holding editors, 171, 172, 175 ; desire for gubernatorial nomination, 172, 173, 176; advocacy of prohibition, 172; complaint to
Seward, 173; letter dissolving the “firm of
Seward,
Weed, and
Greeley,” 174-177; favors
Douglas for
Senator, 178; delegate to National Republican Convention of 1860, 179; preference for
Bates, 179; reason for opposing
Seward's nomination, 179, 183;
Raymond's letter, 180-182; defeated for
United States Senator, State Comptroller, and Congress, 182, 183; not a candidate for office under
Lincoln, 184; justifies the right to secede, 184-187; “Forward to
Richmond” cry, 188, 189; letter to
Lincoln after
Bull Run, 190; efforts for foreign mediation, 193-196; Prayer of Twenty Millions, 196-198; opposition to
Lincoln's renomination, 199-201; proposed withdrawal of
Lincoln's name, 201; a fault-finder, 202;
Niagara Falls negotiations, 203-208; letter to
Lincoln, 208; a suppressed editorial, 210, 211; final view of
Lincoln, 212, 213; for universal amnesty and impartial suffrage, 217-226; destroys
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his chance for
United States Senator, 218; on
Jefferson Davis, 218, 220-222; on
President Johnson's course, 219; action of Union League Club, 221, 222; address in
Richmond, 223-225; trip to
Texas, 225 ; failure as a prophet, 225; signs letter in favor of Liberal movement, 234; candidate before the Liberal Republican Convention, 235-243; nominated for
President, 244; acceptance of tariff plank, 246; withdrawal from Tribune, 246; speech-making tour, 250; his defeat and its causes, 251-253; resumes Tribune editorship, 253; Crumbs of Comfort editorial, 254-256; his death and its cause, 256-258; bust and statue, 258, 259.
Greeley, Mrs., Horace, her husband's first acquaintance with, 87; a Grahamite, 87; admirer of
Margaret Fuller, 88; acceptance of spiritualism, 90; requirements at
Chappaqua, 93; her death, 256, 257.
Greeley, Zacheus, 2-5, 10.
Godkin, E. L., on
Greeley's nomination, 236, 247.
Godwin, Parke, 83, 116.
Graham, Sylvester, dietetic doctrine, 86.
Grant, U. S., causes of Republican opposition to, 214; sides with
Missouri radicals, 228.
Griswold, R. W., work on New Yorker, 29.
H.
Harrison, campaign of 1840, 49-52; death of, as affecting the Tribune, 60.
Hay, John, messenger to
Greeley, 205, 207.
Hildreth, the historian, 72.
Hoffman, C. H., work on New Yorker, 29.
Howe, James, 24.
Hungary,
Greeley's sympathy with, 93.
I.
Ireland,
Greeley's sympathy with, 93.
J.
Jackson-
Adams campaign, 16.
Jeffersonian (newspaper), 42, 43, 47-49.
Jewett, W. C., part in
Niagara Falls negotiations.
203-208.
“
Jim Crow” cars in
Massachusetts, 131.
Johnson, President, Andrew,
Greeley on, 219.
Jones, George, 13.
Journalism, the best school, 14; country, 15, 58; office-holding editors, 171, 172.
K.
Kansas--
Nebraska question, 163-165.
Kuklux,
Greeley on, 226.
L.
Lectures,
Greeley's, 95-97; early lecture field, 95.
Liberal Republican movement, origin of, 226-229;
Sumner's part, 230-232; how tariff question involved, 232-234; Cincinnati convention, 234-244; platform, 239; balloting, 242-244;
Greeley's nomination, 244; early dissolution of the movement, 246, 247.
Lincoln, Abraham,
Greeley's preference for
Douglas, 178; caution to
Greeley, 186;
Greeley's letter to, after
Bull Run, 190-192; reply to
Greeley's Prayer of Twenty Millions, 197;
Greeley's opposition to his renomination, 199-202; part in
Niagara Falls negotiation, 203-208; suppressed editorial
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on, 210;
Greeley's final view of, 212, 213.
Log Cabin (newspaper), how started, 50; its character, 50-52; big circulation, 52.
Lottery ticket selling, 26.
Lovejoy, E. P., murder of, 136. -,
Owen, on emancipation proclamation, 198 note.
M.
Madisonian (newspaper), invitation to
Greeley, 57.
McElrath, T., partner in the Tribune, 62.
Mercier,
Greeley's approach to, 193.
Mileage abuse,
Greeley's attack on, 99-103.
Missouri compromise, 127.
Missouri, Liberal Republican movement in, 226-230.
Morning Post, 25.
N.
Nebraska question, 163-165.
Negro education, Northern opposition to, 132.
Newspapers,--early, in the
United States, 27; New York city in 1842, 58;
Greeley on the “Satanic press,” 66.
New York city in 1830, 1; literary tastes in 1828, 28; bank suspensions in 1837, 37; newspapers in 1842, 58.
New Yorker started, 27; character of, 30-34; topics discussed, 35-38; a financial failure, 38, 39; last days, 54, 55; on slavery and the Abolitionists, 134-136; on
Lovejoy's murder, 136; on
Texas annexation, 143.
Niagara Falls peace negotiations, 203-208.
Northern Spectator,
Greeley's employment on, 10-16, 19.
Noyes's Academy, attack on, 132.
P.
Paper money, laborers' opposition to, 36 note.
Phalanx, North American, 81, 82.
Polk, J. K., election of, 120; letter to
Kane, 121.
Porter, W. T., 24.
Prayer of Twenty Millions, 196-198.
Prohibition,
Greeley's advocacy of, 172.
Q.
Quincy, Edmund, 72.
R.
Raymond, Henry J., concerning the New Yorker, 29;
Greeley's assistant, 64; discussion 9n Fourierism, 84; founds
New York Times, 94;
Lieutenant-Governor, 173; letter on
Greeley's opposition to
Seward's nomination, 180-182; on
Greeley's mediation schemes, 195, 196; reports Republican platform, 204.
Redfield, J. S., 24.
Republican party, founding of, 166;
Greeley's attitude toward, 166.
Ripley, George, 72, 83.
S.
Scott, Gen. W., Tribune favors his nomination, 163.
Schurz, Carl, part in Liberal movement in
Missouri, 227, 228, 230;
chairman Liberal national convention, 241.
Secession, the right of, 184.
Seward, William H.,
Greeley's complaint to, 173; dissolution of “firm of
Seward,
Weed, and
Greeley,” 174-176; letter to
Weed, 177;
Greeley's objection to his nomination, 179;
Secretary of State, 184; reply to
Mercier, 193-195; on
Greeley's negotiations.
196.
Shepard, H. D.'s, Morning Post, 25.
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Slavery,
Greeley's part in its abolition, 123; Abolitionists defined, 124; their erratic views, 125; early antislavery societies, 130; Northern attitude, 128-136; the
Tribune's influence as an opponent of slavery, 133;
Lovejoy's murder, 136;
Texas annexation, 137-148; Supreme Court decision, 144;
Greeley's rebukes of New York “business interests,” 149, 161;
Greeley's attitude in Congress, 151; Compromise of 1850, 152-163; conference of Southern Congressmen, 154-156; talk of disunion, 156,162;
Dred Scott decision, 168;
John Brown raid, 168; emancipation proclamation, 196-198.
Socialism,
Greeley's views, 79-86.
Spirit of the Times (newspaper), 24.
Spiritualism,
Greeley's views on, 89-91.
Stage,
Greeley's views on, 65.
Story, Francis, 24.
Sumner, Charles, quarrel with
Grant, 230-232.
Sun (newspaper), Tribune “war” with, 63.
Sylvania enterprise, 82.
Sylvester, S. J., 24.
T.
Tariff,
Greeley's views on, 110-122; compromise of 1833, 110-113;
Tyler's position, 113, 114; the leading political issue, 114;
Greeley's early advocacy of protection, 115-118;
Clay campaign of 1844, 119, 120;
Polk's position, 121;
R. J. Walker's views, 121; tariff
vs. slavery, 161; part in the
Liberal Republican campaign of 1872,232-234; Liberal Republican plank, 240;
Greeley's acceptance of it, 246.
Taylor, Bayard, 72, 96.
Taylor, Gen. Z.,
Greeley's listless support of, 148-151; on admission of
California, 157.
Temperance,
Greeley's views, 18, 172.
Texas annexation, 137-148.
Tilden, Samuel J., 116.
Times, New York, started, 94.
Tribune, New York,
Greeley's estimate of, 56; his plan of, 58-60; capital to start with, 59; its birth and early struggles, 61; weekly and semi editions begun, 62, 63; price, 63; war with the
Sun, 63; its news character, 65-67; growth of subscriptions and advertisements, 69, 70; source of its influence, 71; associate editors, 72; express news-gathering, 73-76; value of
Greeley's “isms,” 76;
Brisbane's contributions, 80; support of Association scheme, 81; women's suffrage, 89; on spiritualism, 90, 91; its agricultural department, 91; exposure of mileage abuse, 100;
Greeley's thorough editing, 103; on
Tyler's tariff bill veto, 114;
Clay edition, 119; part in the antislavery contest, 123; on the Abolitionists, 129, 156; on fugitive slaves, 144; position on slavery question stated, 145, 147; on
Texas annexation, 145-148; listless support of
Taylor, 148, 149,151 ; rebuke of New York “business interests,” 149, 161 ; on
Van Buren-
Adams ticket, 151; on campaign of 1850, 157; on
Webster's 7th of March speech, 158; on
Kansas-
Nebraska question, 163-165;
Virginia indictment of, 167; on
Dred Scott decision and
John Brown's raid, 168; advocacy of the
Maine law, 172; service to
Seward, 174; on the right to secede,
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184-187; office attacked by a mob, 187; “Forward to
Richmond” cry, 188; hopes for
Grant's administration, 214; causes of its later hostility, 215; on amnesty, 217; reports and comments during the Liberal Republican convention, 237-239;
Greeley's withdrawal from, 246; editorials during Liberal campaign, 248, 249;
Greeley's return to, 253; Crumbs of Comfort editorial, 254-256;
Greeley's fear for, 257.
Tyler, President, John, tariff recommendations, 113; Tribune's support of, 113;
Greeley's view of, 113, 114, 146; veto of tariff bill, 114; on
Texas annexation, 140-142.
U.
Union League Club, proposed action against
Greeley, 221, 222.
Universal amnesty, 217.
Upshur, A. P.,
Secretary of State, a Texas annexationist, 141.
V.
Vallandigham,
Greeley's reported correspondence with, 195.
Van Buren,
Martin,
Greeley's thrust at, 51; tariff views, 111; Free Soil candidate , 127; on
Texas question, 140, 142, 143;
Van Buren-
Adams ticket, 151.
W.
Walker, R. J., tariff views, 121.
Webb, James Watson, on
Greeley's dress, 11.
Webster, Daniel, on
Texas question, 138, 139, 141 ; 7th of March speech, 153-158.
Weed, Thurlow, founding of the Albany Journal, 40; first meeting with
Greeley, 42; the Jeffersonian, 43;
Weed and
Greeley contrasted, 44, 46;
Clay's defeat in 1837, 45; discovery of
Greeley, 46;
Greeley's independence of, 78; on
Greeley's proposed nomination for Governor, 172;
Greeley's complaints to
Seward, 173-176;
Seward's letter to, 177; on
Greeley's letter to
Seward, 182; defeats
Greeley's chances for office, 182.
Whig (daily newspaper), 47.
Whig party, 1836 to 1840, 41-52; final defeat of, 163.
White, Horace, on New York banking laws, 35; reports Liberal Republican platform, 239.
Wilmot proviso,
Greeley on, 158, 159.
Wilson, Henry, on
Greeley, 166,187.
Winchester, Jonas, 26.
Women's suffrage,
Greeley on, 89.
Wood, Fernando, proposed secession of New York city, 185.
Y.
Young,
John Russell, on
Grant's administration, 214.
