Volume III Part 50 (1/2)

Barlow, Francis C., record as a soldier, iii. 129; nominated for sec. of state, 1865, 130; elected, 135; not renominated, 1867, 174; nominated for atty.-gen., 1871, 264; elected, 275; fine record of, 307; dropped as atty.-gen., 1873, 307.

Barnard, David, popular anti-masonic preacher, i. 370.

Barnard, George G., Tweed's trusted judge, iii. 177; foppish dress, 177; appearance of, 177; begins 1857 as recorder, 177; advanced to Sup. Court, 1860, 177; part in election frauds, 1868, 216; fraudulent naturalisations, 216-8; exposure, 246; impeached, 248; death, 248.

Barnburners, Dem. faction, ii. 126; why so called, 126; leaders of, 126-7; hostility to Hunkers, 127; secede from Dem. con., 1847, 127; withdraw from Baltimore con., 130; hold Utica con., 131; nominate Van Buren for President, 131; two factions of, 131; leading members, 131; Buffalo con., 1848, 132; indorsed Van Buren for President, 133; Webster's pun, 133; nominated Dix for gov., 133; Seymour unites them with Hunkers, 149; nominated Seymour for gov., 1850, 156; defeated, 158; support Marcy for President, 1852, 169-72; support Pierce and Seymour, 1852, 169-78; succeed, 178; Hunkers secede, 1853, 180-5; nominate separate ticket, 184; approved ca.n.a.l amendment, 184; called Softsh.e.l.ls or Softs, 185; see Softs.

Barney, Hiram C., appointed collector of port of New York, ii. 390; choice of Lincoln, 390-6; mysterious influence in favour of, 393; career of, 395; crippled Weed machine, 395-6; Lincoln plans to transfer him, iii. 85; sustained by Chase, 85; unsatisfactory collector, 85; Lincoln promises Weed to remove him, 87; Draper appointed in his place, 97.

Barnum, Henry W., record as a soldier, iii. 129; nominated for prison insp., 1865, 130; elected, 135; renominated, 1867, 196; defeated, 215.

Barstow, Gamaliel H., cand. for lt.-gov., 1836, ii. 12; career of, 13; defeated, 14; state treas., 18; withdraws from politics, 38.

Bascom, Oliver, nominated for ca.n.a.l com., 1868, iii. 207; elected, 215.

Bates, James K., nominated for prison insp., 1863, iii. 76; elected, 83.

Bayard, James A., cand. in opposition to Greeley, 1872, iii. 289, note; att.i.tude toward Tilden, 354.

Beach, Allen C., nominated for lt.-gov., 1868, iii. 207; elected, 215; renominated, 231; elected, 244; aspires to be gov., 1872, 297; nominated for sec. of state, 1877, 384; vigorously opposed in campaign, 387; elected, 387; renominated, 1879, 424; defeated, 427.

Beach, John H., Seward's reliance upon, ii. 34.

Beale, Charles L., in Congress, ii. 339, note; disapproved Weed's compromise, 339, note.

Beardsley, Samuel, leads Dem. forces in Congress, ii. 1; heads mob against anti-slavery meeting, 6; character of, 53.

Beauregard, Pierre T., at Charleston, S.C., iii. 2; reduces Fort Sumter, 3; at Bull Run, 11.

Beebe, George M., strong supporter of Tammany, iii. 383.

Beecher's Bibles, Sharpe's rifles, ii. 224.

Beecher, Henry Ward, active against repeal of Missouri compromise, ii. 193; in campaign, 1860, 240; political sermons of, 329; indifference to secession, 334; peaceable secession, 336.

Resents Lincoln's relations with Conservatives, iii. 90; forsakes Johnson, 163; denounces his vicious course, 163; supports Rep. ticket, 163; on Cornell's defeat, 1882, 495.

Beekman, John P., ambitious to be gov., ii. 172-3.

Belmont, August, at Charleston convention, ii. 272; approves Weed's compromise, 338, 341; del. to Dem. nat. con., 1864, iii. 101; 1872, 287; Ch'm. of nat. ex. com., 287.

Belmont, Perry, presented for gov., 1882, iii. 488.

Bemis, Horace, threatens to bolt leg. caucus, iii. 53, note.

Bennett, James Gordon, editor of N.Y. _Herald_, iii. 36; contest with Greeley, 36; favours Dix for gov., 42.

Benson, Egbert, atty.-gen., i. 16; at Hartford con., 28; at Annapolis, 29; in Legislature, 33; action on Federal Const.i.tution, 33; elected to Congress, 44; appointed to Supreme Court, 61.

Benton, Thomas H., on Van Buren's conscription law, i. 232; on Van Buren's rejection as minister, 389.