r Senate, 1863, iii. 55;
character of, 56;
offices held, 56;
opposes Vallandigham's arrest, 65;
Lincoln's letter to, 66;
opposes Tilden, 1876, 342;
aspires to be gov., 1882, 488;
defeated, 489.

Cornwall, George J., nominated for lt.-gov., 1850, ii. 154.

Cotton Whigs, followers of Fillmore, ii. 165;
favourable to South, 165.

Council of Appointment, suggested by Adams, i. 8;
how elected, 11;
proposed by Jay, 11;
account of, 11, note;
bungling compromise, 12;
a political machine, 61;
Jay's interpretation of, 62;
offices controlled by, 62;
Clinton controls it, 107;
modified, 1801, 115-6;
reduced gov. to a figurehead, 119;
abolished, 1821, 311.

Council of Revision, created by first Constitution, i. 10;
membership of, 10;
failure to act, 10;
model for, 10.

Council of Safety, appointed by first constitutional con., i. 16;
orders election of gov., 17.

County Democracy, organisation of, iii. 483;
delegates admitted to Dem. state con., 1881, 484;
ticket elected, 486;
sagacity in Dem. state con., 1882, 490;
ostensibly for Campbell, 490;
solid for Cleveland, 491;
unites with Tam. on local ticket, 498;
elects city and state officials, 498.

Court of Appeals, established, 1846, ii. 111.

Court of Errors and Impeachment, created by first Constitution, i. 12;
composed of, 12;
model for, 12.

Court, Supreme, judges of, i. 12;
members of Council of Revision, 10;
how created, 12.

Cox, Jacob D., leaves Grant's cabinet, iii. 279-80;
joins Lib. Reps., 283;
opposes Greeley, 283.

Cox, Samuel S., removes from Ohio to New York, iii. 288, note;
elected to Congress, 288;
criticised by Greeley, 288;
attends Dem. nat. con., 1872, 287;
favours Greeley's nomination, 288.

Crane, William C., defeated for speaker, ii. 90;
contest over constitutional con., 97-9.

Crary, John, nominated for lt.-gov., 1828, i. 363;
unfaithful, 363-4;
defeated, 368.

Crawford, William H., favoured for President, 1816, i. 237;
character of, 237.

Crittenden Compromise, similar to Weed's, ii. 340;
not new to Congress, 341;
Greeley on, 341;
Dix on, 341;
Senate Committee of Thirteen, 341-2;
Republicans opposed it, 342;
its failure led to civil war, 342;
Lincoln opposed, 344;
majority of voters favour, 347;
petitions for, 349.

Crittenden, John J., author of compromise, ii. 340;
like Weed's, 340;
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