North, the, insignificance of Slavery in, 40;
Slavery abolished in, 40;
divergence between South and, 47;
balance between South and, 47, 85;
Abolitionists unpopular in, 135;
attitude of, towards slave owning, 136;
resents abrogation of Missouri Compromise, 144;
vote of, for Lincoln, 155;
opinions in, regarding Secession, 164-165;
anger of, over Fort Sumter, 173;
effect of Lincoln's assassination on, 208-209;
Johnson out of touch with, 210;
doubts of, regarding Reconstruction, 211-212;
tired of protecting Negro Governments, 224
North Carolina rejects Secession, 171;
secedes from Union, 175
North, Lord, consents to coerce Colonies, 18;
offers terms, 29;
resignation of, 34
"Nullification" foreshadowed in Kentucky Resolutions, 63-64;
proclaimed by South Carolina, 99;
defended by Calhoun, 99;
repudiated by Jackson, 100;
applied to Force Bill, 101;
not discredited in South, 102
Nullifiers, attitude of, 98-99;
miscalculate Jackson's temper, 100;
Jackson proposes to coerce, 100;
Jackson's warning against, 102
Ohio, invaded by British, 80
"Old Hickory," nickname of Andrew Jackson, 93, 113
Oregon, dispute concerning territory of, 117;
outcry for war over, 117;
Calhoun on disadvantages of war over, 117
"Palmetto Flag" of South Carolina, 158
Parliament, claim of, to tax the colonies, 14 _et seq._
Party System, unreality necessary to a, 137
Penn, William, founds Pennsylvania, 7;
establishes religious equality, 8;
his treaty with the Indians, 8;
disapproves of Slavery, 12
Pennsylvania, founded by Penn, 7;
cleared of the French, 10;
Slavery legal in, 12;
Washington retreats into, 28;
"Whisky Insurrection" in, 61;
invaded by Lee, 196
Pensacola, British occupy, 82;
dislodged from, 82
Perry, Commander, burns British fleet on the Lakes, 80
Personal Liberty Laws passed in certain Northern States, 136;
disposition to repeal, 163
Personal Rights Bill, Sumner's, 214
Philadelphia, capital of Pennsylvania, 8;
abandoned by Washington, 28;
Convention meets at, 42
Philippine Islands, left at disposal of U.S., 234;
annexed, 235
Phillips, Wendell, on Secession, 164
Pickett's Brigade, charge of, 196
Pierce, Franklin, elected President, 139;
Sumner compares Grant to, 213
Pinckney, of South Carolina, a member of the Convention, 42
Pinkerton, private assassinators hired by, 233
Polk, chosen as Democratic candidate for Presidency, 119;
elected, 120;
embarrassed over Oregon question, 120;
decides for war with Mexico, 120;
asks for supply to purchase Mexican territory, 122
Pope, General, succeeds McClellan, 187;
defeated at second Battle of Bull Run, 187
Populist Party, objects of, 234;
supports Bryan, 234
President, powers of, 45;
method of election, 46;
effect of Jacksonian Revolution on position of, 109
Progressive Party formed by Roosevelt, 236
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