;
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.

Dix, John A.,
on possible secession of New York, see vol. i.;
appointed to Treasury Department;
his order to protect American flag.

Dixon, Archibald,
offers amendment repealing Missouri Com