Jeremiah S., controversy with Douglas, 409-410.

"Black Republicans," origin of epithet, 275;
arraigned by Douglas, 296, 297, 304, 374-375.

"Blue Lodges" of Missouri, 283, 286.

Boyd, Linn, 182.

Brandon, birthplace of Douglas, 5, 9, 69.

Brandon Academy, 7, 9.

Breckinridge, John C., 382;
presidential candidate (1860), 427, 428, 435, 440-441.

Breese, Sidney, judge of Circuit Court, 52;
elected Senator, 62;
and Federal patronage, 118-119;
director of Great Western Railroad Company, 168-170;
retirement, 158, 171.

Bright, Jesse D., 119, 417.

Broderick, David C., and Lecompton constitution, 335;
and English bill, 347;
killed, 411.

Brooks, S.S., editor of Jacksonville _News_, 19, 20, 25, 40.

Brooks, Preston, assaults Sumner, 298.

Brown, Albert G., 247, 340, 341, 397-398, 402.

Brown, John, Pottawatomie massacre, 299;
Harper's Ferry raid, 411, 412.

Brown, Milton, of Tennessee, 89.

Browning, O.H., 66, 67, 115.

Buchanan, James, candidacy (1852), 206;
nominated for presidency (1856), 276-278;
indorses Kansas-Nebraska bill, 279 _n._;
elected, 306;
appoints Walker governor of Kansas, 324-325;
interview with Douglas, 328;
message, 328-329;
advises admission of Kansas, 338;
orders reinforcement of Sumter, 452.

Bulwer, Sir Henry, Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 209.

Butler, Andrew P., 119, 137, 216.

Calhoun, John, president of Lecompton Convention, 327.

Calhoun, John C., 120;
on Abolitionism, 124;
and Douglas, 125;
radical Southern leader, 127, 138;
on the Constitution, 140.

California, coveted by Polk, 109;
Clayton Compromise, 130;
Polk's programme, 133;
statehood bill, 134;
controversy in Senate, 135-142;
Clay's resolutions, 176;
new statehood bill, 181-184;
the Omnibus, 184-186;
admitted, 187.

Canandaigua Academy, 9, 10.

Carlin, Thomas, 42, 45, 51.

Cass, Lewis, defends Oregon policy, 99;
introduces Ten Regiments bill, 120;
Nicholson letter, 128;
presidential candidate, 132;
candidacy (1852), 206;
and Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 209;
and Monroe Doctrine, 211;
on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 245-246;
candidacy (1856), 277;
on Sumner, 296.

Charleston Convention, delegates to, 413, 416;
organization of, 417;
Committee on Resolutions, 418;
speech of Payne, 418-419;
speech of Yancey, 419;
speech of Pugh, 419-420;
minority report adopted, 420;
secession, 420;
balloting, 420-421;
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