reasons for, 400;
criticised by Greeley, 401;
gratitude to Seward, 401, note.

Dickinson, Daniel S., leading Conservative, ii. 53;
ability of, 53;
nominated for lt.-gov., 1840, 54;
defeated, 54;
at Baltimore con., 72;
declined renomination for lt.-gov., 78;
elected to U.S. Senate, 93;
approves compromise of 1850, 152;
wishes to be President, 1852, 169-72;
opposes Seymour's candidacy for gov., 172-3;
afterward supports him, 177;
indorsed by Hunkers, 1853, 183;
ambitious to be President, 1860, 256;
called "Scripture Dick," 257;
character of, 257;
yields to the Softs, 258;
at Charleston con., 276 and note, 278;
attacks Richmond, 302-3;
record as to slavery, 303-4 and note;
hallucination, 304;
speech at state con. of Hards, 324-5;
opposes fusion with Softs, 331.

Sympathy with the South, iii. 4;
speech at Pine street meeting, 4;
patriotic speech at Union Square meeting, 5;
criticised by Southern press, 10;
entertaining speaker, 22;
nominated for atty.-gen., 1861, 23;
elected, 29;
in campaign, 1862, 49;
cand. for U.S. Senate, 1863, 54;
delegate-at-large to Rep. nat. con., 1864, 92;
ambitious to be Vice-President, 94;
opposed by Conservatives, 94;
prefers another to Lincoln for President, 104 and note;
falls into line, 122.

Dillingham, William H., classmate of Talcott, i. 290;
on Talcott's eloquence, 290.

Diven, Alexander S., delegate to People's Union con., 1861, iii. 22;
colonel 107th N.Y. regiment, 22.

Dix, John A., member of Albany Regency, i. 294.

Sec. of state, ii. 1;
early career of, 2;
in war of 1812, 2;
resigns from army, 2;
gifts of, 2;
writes for _Argus_, 2;
his books, 3;
where educated, 3;
compared with Butler, 3;
superintendent of schools, 4;
elected to U.S. Senate, 93;
a Barnburner, 132;
nominated for gov., 1848, 133, 139;
regret of, 133, note;
defeated, 144;
Seward succeeds him in U.S. Senate, 145;
supports Pierce, 1852, 177, 178, note;
Pierce offers him secretaryship of state, 181, 352;
substitutes it for mission to France, 182, 352;
beaten by intrigue, 182, note;
favoured Crittenden Compromise, 341;
postmaster at New York City, 352;
secretary of treasury, 352-3, note;
historic despatch, 352;
favoured peaceable secession, 353;
resided at White House, 354.

Sympathy with the South, iii. 4;
acts as agent of President, 7;
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