391.

Washington, Booker T., pupil of and successor to Gen. Armstrong;
his aims and methods;
personal story of, 378;
entertained by Pres. Roosevelt, 386.

Watterson, Henry, in Hayes-Tilden contest, 352.

Webster, Daniel, defends protective tariff, 32;
debate with Hayne, 33;
his public life characterized, 64 ff;
7th of March speech on slavery questions, 87;
defects of speech, 88;
political and moral characteristics of, 88;
in Fillmore's cabinet, 90;
allied with upper classes, 92;
as Pres. candidate defeated in Whig convention (1852), 92;
death of, 93.

Weed, Thurlow, votes for Taylor, 82;
helps prolong Whig organization in N. Y., 115;
supports Pres. Johnson, 303.

Weld, Theodore D., 37.

Whig party (see also WHIGS),
beginnings of, 31;
on verge of dissolution, 93;
end of, 153.

Whigs, nominate Clay, 75;
gain majority in House, 79;
nominate Taylor, 81;
nominate Gen. Winfield Scott;
defeated by combined Democrats and "Free Soilers," 92;
vote against Kansas-Nebraska bill, 114;
unite with "Free Soilers" to form Republican party;
organization prolonged in N. Y., 115;
in Republican party, 127.

Whitman, Walt, volunteer nurse, pen picture of war, 247.

Whitney, Eli, 23.

Whittier, John G., joins anti-slavery movement, 44, 56;
criticises Webster in poem "Ichabod," 88;
poem on settlement of West, 116;
in first Republican campaign, 130;
his labors for freedom, 144.

Wilmot proviso, 80.

Wilson, Henry, joins "Free Soil" party, 81;
elected Senator, 115; sketch of, 283;
opposes Pres. Johnson's plan of reconstruction, 286;
against exclusion clauses in 14th amendment, 302.

Wilson, Woodrow, "History of the American People," criticised, 334.

Wise, Henry A., opinion of John Brown, 164.

Wise, John S., shows effects of John Brown's raid in South, 169;
criticises Bourbonism in Southern politics, 388.

Women's rights, 56;
cause advanced, 94.

Wood, Fernando, 352.

Woolman, John, protests against slavery, 7.

Woolsey, Theodore D., 36.

Wright, Elizur, 44.

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