ckson, 111;
his advocacy of State Rights, 111;
his defence of Slavery, 111, 134;
appointed Secretary of State, 115;
eager for annexation of Texas, 116;
resists clamour for war with England, 117;
his argument, 117;
defends Slavery in despatch to Lord Aberdeen, 118;
his action condemned by Northern Democrats, 118;
not favoured for Presidency, 119;
opposes war with Mexico, 121;
advocates strictly defensive policy, 121;
foresees consequences of large annexations, 121-122;
opposes Compromise of 1850..128;
his "Testament," 128;
his death and epitaph, 128;
influence of his defence of Slavery on Southern opinion, 134;
Jefferson Davis succeeds to position of, 140

California acquired from Mexico, 122;
gold discovered in, 123;
decision of, to exclude Slavery, 123;
Taylor advocates admission of, as a Free State, 125;
admitted under Compromise of 1850..126

Canada, a French colony, 9;
conquered by Great Britain, 10;
Burgoyne commands in, 28;
not disposed to join rebellion, 28;
conquest of, hoped for, 80;
rebellion in, 111

Canning, George, opposes European intervention in America, 87;
suggests joint action by Great Britain and U.S., 88

Carnegie, Andrew, massacre of workmen by, 223

Carolinas, colonization of, 8;
overrun by Cornwallis and Tarleton, 31.
(_See also_ North and South Carolinas)

"Carpet-Baggers," 221, 224

Cass, General, Democratic candidate for Presidency, 125;
Secretary of State under Buchanan, 160;
for vigorous action against Secession, 160, 165

Catholics, reasons of first Stuarts for leniency to, 4;
find a refuge in Maryland, 5;
establish religious equality, 5;
dispossessed of power, 5;
New England dislikes tolerating, 38;
"Know-Nothing" movement directed against, 138-139

Chancellorsville, Battle of, 192

Charles I. grants charter of Maryland, 4

Charles II. grants William Penn charter for Pennsylvania, 7;
grants charter of Carolinas to Hyde family, 8

Charleston, South Carolina, occupied by Cornwallis, 21;
Democratic Convention meets at, 153;
Breckinridge nominated at, 154;
cheers election of Lincoln, 156;
Fort Sumter in harbour of, 172;
Negro demonstrations in, 222

Chatham, William Pitt, Earl of, directs war against France, 10;
denounces employment of Indians, 28

Chattanooga, Battle of, 198

Cherokee Indians, problem of the, 107;
Jackson's attitude towards, 107;
removed beyond the Mi