Davis, Jefferson, advocates extension of Missouri Compromise in 1850, see vol. i.; sneers at attempted compromise in 1861; elected President of Confederate States; defies North; hopes to entrap Seward into debate with commissioners; urged by South to do something; prefers to make North aggressor; tries to win over Kentucky; offers to issue "letters of marque and reprisal"; when secretary of war, sent McClellan to Europe; sends troops to seize East Tennessee; wishes to free Kentucky, see vol. ii.; his escape wished by Lincoln; replaces Johnston by Hood; proposition of Blair to; expresses willingness to treat for peace; nominates commissioners to treat for peace with independence; notified by Lee of approaching fall of Richmond; escapes from city; makes himself ridiculous and escapes punishment; suspected of complicity in Booth's plot. Dawson,----, leads Lincoln in vote for legislature in 1834. Dayton, William L., nominated by Republicans in 1856, see vol. i.; candidate for nomination in 1860. Democratic party, controls Illinois, see vol. i.; wins in 1852; factions in; elects Buchanan in 1856; in. Illinois, nominates Douglas for Senate; torn with factions; breaks up in 1860 into Northern and Southern wings; nominates two sets of candidates; campaign of, in 1860; attempts to reunite; in North, members of, become Union men; effort of Lincoln to placate, by giving recognition in cabinet; Copperhead and other factions of, see vol. ii.; "War Democrats"; makes campaign in 1862 on opposition to anti-slavery legislation; gains in Congressional elections; wishes Lincoln to compromise; denounces seizure of Vallandigham; agitates against military tyranny; commits error in opposing war; loses ground in 1863; applauds Fremont's candidacy; hopes for success in 1864; denounces war as failure and nominates McClellan; war faction of, hesitates to vote for Lincoln, on slavery grounds; divided over peace plank; damaged by Federal military successes; hurt by Southern approval; defeated in election; members of, in Congress, aid in passage of thirteenth amendment. Dennison, William, succeeds Blair as postmaster-general, see vol. ii. Dickinson, Daniel S., candidate for vice-presidential nomination, see vol. ii. Diplomatic history, Seward's proposed foreign wars to prevent disunion, see vol. i.; recognition of Southern belligerency by England and France; instructions of Seward to Adams; difficulties over English privateers; message of Lincoln on foreign relations; the Trent affair; the Oreto affair, see vol. ii.; the Alabama affair. District of Columbia, bill to emancipate slaves in, advocated by Lincoln, see vol. i.; slave trade in, abolished; abolition in, favored by Lincoln; emancipation in, carried, see vol. ii.