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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 Const.i.tution, i. 10; members.h.i.+p of, 10; failure to act, 10; model for, 10.

Council of Safety, appointed by first const.i.tutional 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 Const.i.tution, i. 12; composed of, 12; model for, 12.

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

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

c.o.x, 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 const.i.tutional 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; pet.i.tions for, 349.

Crittenden, John J., author of compromise, ii. 340; like Weed's, 340; Nestor of U.S. Senate, 340; weeps when Seward speaks, 378.

Croker, Richard, attache of Connolly's office, iii. 318; Kelly makes him marshal, 318.

Croswell, Edwin, editor _Argus_, i. 294; lieutenant of Van Buren, 345; opens the way for Jackson, 357; gifts and career of, 374; ii. 56-7; met Weed in boyhood, i. 374; rival editors estranged, 375; seeks Weed's aid in trouble, 375; a.s.sociates of, ii. 1; reappointed state printer, 56-7; ability and leaders.h.i.+p, 58-9; after Van Buren's defeat, 74, 83; slippery-elm editor, 84; supports Seymour for speaker, 91; defeats Young, 92; election of U.S. senators, 93; shrewd tactics, 94-5; part in Wright's defeat, 123; retires from active life, 134.

Crowley, Richard, made U.S. atty., iii. 252, note; member of Conkling machine, 252; cand. for U.S. Senate, 1881, 465; Stalwart leaders divide, 465; fitness for position, 466; handicapped by his supporters, 466; defeated in caucus, 468.

Crowley, Rodney R., nominated for prison insp., 1874, iii. 326; elected, 331.

Curtis, Edward, elected to Congress, ii. 16.

Curtis, George William, in campaign, 1856, ii. 240; early career of, 240; refined rhetoric, 240; on Kansas struggle, 241; at Chicago con., 282; eloquence of, 282.

Reasons for Rep. defeat, 1862, iii. 52; campaign of 1864, 121; aspires to U.S. Senate, 1867, 166; not an active cand., 169; rejects a combination, 169; nominated for sec. of state, 1869, 225; withdraws from ticket, 225; ch'm. of Rep. state con., 1870, 236; name presented for gov., 1870, 238; defeated, 238; on civil service reform, 306; praises Tilden, 310; ch'm. Rep. state con., 1875, 324; opposes Conkling for President, 1876, 332-3; also Cornell for gov. and lt.-gov., 1876, 338; at Rep. state con., 1877, 366; insists on Hayes' endors.e.m.e.nt, 366; character and early career, 366; offered choice of foreign missions, 366; defence of President, 1877, 368; criticism of Conkling, 368-70; Curtis and Conkling contrasted, 370; Conkling's attack upon, 371-4; his opinion of, 376; at Rep. state con., 1878, 391; at peace with Conkling, 391; votes against Cornell, 1879, 416; called a ”scratcher,” 424; sharp retort, 425; answers Conkling's speech, 1880, 434; opposed uniting with Stalwarts, 1881, 467; stigmatises method of Folger's nomination for gov., 1882, 495; resigns editors.h.i.+p of _Harper's Weekly_, 495, note; mistake disavowed by publishers, 495, note.

Curtis, Newton M., at Rep. state con., 1880, iii. 434; views as to independence of delegates, 434; supports instructions of state con., 434.

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