Holy Alliance proposes to re-subjugate Spanish colonies, 87;
Great Britain separated from, 87
Hooker, General Joseph, defeated at Williamsburg, 186;
trapped in the Wilderness, 192;
defeated at Chancellorsville, 192
House of Representatives, how elected, 47;
Burr's intrigues in, 66;
chooses Adams for President, 94;
a Democratic majority secured in, 229
Howe, Lord, commands British expedition to America, 27
Illiterates, exclusion of, 232
Immigration of Irish, 138;
of Chinese, 230;
change in attitude towards, 231;
Act passed over President Wilson's Veto, 232
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, 218
Imperialism in U.S., 234
Indians, Penn's Treaty with, 8;
employed by Great Britain, 28;
effect of, on the West, 71.
(_See also_ Cherokee, Creek, Seminole)
Ingersoll, Robert, defends Blaine, 229
Irish, immigration of, 138;
qualities and power of, 138;
"Know-Nothing" agitation against, 138;
antagonism to Negroes, 195.
(_See also_ Scotch-Irish)
Jackson, Andrew, fights at Hanging Rock, 32;
commands Tennessee militia, 74;
relations with Burr, 74-75;
defeats the Creek Indians, 82;
expels British from Florida, 82;
successful defence of New Orleans by, 83;
pursues Indians into Florida, 87;
conduct in Florida, 87;
appointed Governor, 87;
nominated for Presidency, 92;
his character, 93-94;
passed over for Adams, 94;
shocked at the Adams-Clay bargain, 95;
attacked through his wife, 96;
elected President, 96;
his clearance of Government offices, 96-97;
coalition against, 97;
his quarrel with Calhoun, 98;
his toast at the Jefferson Banquet, 100;
demands the coercion of S. Carolina, 100;
dislikes Clay-Calhoun compromise, 101;
insists on precedence for Force Bill, 101;
signs Force Bill and New Tariff, 101;
on Nullification and Secession, 102;
his attitude towards U.S. Bank, 103;
vetoes Bill for re-charter, 103;
triumphant re-election, 105;
orders removal of Bank deposits, 106;
censured by Senate, 106;
censure on, expunged, 107;
treatment of Cherokees by, 107;
foreign policy of, 107;
on relations with Great Britain, 107;
Palmerston on, 108;
retirement of, 108;
results of his Presidency, 108-109;
nominates his successor, 110;
Harrison's candidature an imitation of, 113;
his memory invoked in, 1860, 160;
his plans for coercing S. Carolina sent to Buchanan, 160
Jackson, "Stonewall," nickname earned at Bull Run, 181;
campaign in Shenandoah Valley, 186;
sent back to hold Harper's Ferry, 189;
death of, 192;
Lee's tribute to, 192
Jackson, replaces Erskine as British representative at Washington, 77
Jacksonians, rally of, to the Union, 165
James I., attitude of, towards Catholics, 4;
approves Baltimore's project, 4
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