n 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
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