Stowe, Mrs. Beecher, 132, 133, 136 Sumner, Charles, enters Senate, 139; his speeches and beating, 151; spokesman of Radicals, 205; his character, 205; misunderstands Declaration of Independence, 205-207; censures Grant's report, 213; not director of Reconstruction, 214; his scruple about mentioning black men, 217; his opinion on the Impeachment of Johnson, 220; his contention regarding Chinese, 230; concession to, 231 Sumter, cavalry leader, 32 Sumter Fort, held by Federal Government, 172; attempt to reinforce, 172; Lincoln sends supplies to, 172; Davis consents to bombardment of, 173; surrender of, 173; anger at attack on, 173-174 Supreme Court, independence of, 45; pronounces a National Bank constitutional, 57; Jackson on, 105; decides against Dred Scott, 146 Suratt, Mrs., 207 Taft, President, succeeds Roosevelt, 236; denounced by Roosevelt, 236 Talleyrand and "X.Y.Z. letters," 63; Jefferson's negotiations with, 69 Tammany Hall, foundation of, 58 Taney, Roger, a Catholic, 39; Attorney-General, 105; and Jackson's Veto Message, 105; appointed Secretary to the Treasury, 106; Senate refuses to confirm, 106; his judgment in the Dred Scott case, 146; supports the Union, 165 "Tariff of Abominations," the, 98 Tarleton, leader of South Carolina "Tories," 31; defeated at Cowpens, 31 Taxation of the Colonies, 14-16 Taylor, Zachary, defeats Mexicans, 122; Whig candidate for Presidency, 124; Lowell's satire on, 124; elected, 125; on California, 125; an obstacle to Clay, 126; death of, 126 Tea Tax, imposed, 17; resisted in Boston, 17 Tennessee, Jackson commands in, 74; nominates Jackson for Presidency, 92; rejects Secession, 171; secedes, 175 Territories surrendered to Federal Government, 44; Slavery in, 85, 142 _et seq._, 160; Douglas eager for development of, 141-142 Texas, secedes from Mexico, 115; the "Lone Star State," 116; seeks admission to the Union, 116; Calhoun eager to annex, 116; boundary of, in dispute, 117; Secessionism in, 171 Thirteenth Amendment, Slavery abolished by, 203 Thomas, General, a Virginian Unionist, 97; associated with Sherman in the West, 97 "Tippercanoe," nickname of Harrison, 113 Tobacco industry in American colonies, 11 Townshend, Charles, proposes taxation of Colonies, 17 _Trent_, the, Mason and Slidell take passage on, 182; stopped by Captain Wilkes, 182; anger in England over, 183 Trusts, unpopularity of, 234; Roosevelt attacks, 235 Tyler, Whig candidate for Vice-Presidency, 113; succeeds Harrison as President, 114; differences with Whig leaders, 114-115; appoints Calhoun Secretary of State, 115; Democrats refuse to accept as candidate, 119 "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 136