30

Blair, Francis, saves Missouri for the Union, 176

Bland, Richard, appeals to "the Law of Nature," 16

Boon, Daniel, 71

Booth, John Wilkes, assassinates Lincoln, 208;
death of, 208

"Border Ruffians," 143, 150

Boston, Mass., taxed tea thrown into harbour at, 17;
evacuated by Colonists, 25;
abandoned by British troops, 25;
Slave Trade profitable to, 49;
Hartford Convention resolves to meet again at, 82

"Boston Tea Party," the, 17, 18

Breckinridge, nominated for Presidency by Southern Democrats, 154;
Southern support of, 155

Brown, John, character of, 143;
his murders in Kansas, 144;
his project for a slave insurrection, 152;
captures Harper's Ferry, 152;
execution of, 153;
repudiated by Republican Convention, 153;
Lincoln on, 153, 208

Bryan, William J., nominated for Presidency, 234;
defeated by McKinley, 234

Buchanan, James, elected President, 145;
accepts Lecompton Constitution, 150;
quarrels with Douglas, 150;
weakness of, 158-159;
his Message to Congress, 159;
rejects advice of General Scott, 160;
his divided Cabinet, 160;
attempts to reinforce Fort Sumter, 172

Bull Run, first Battle of, 180-181;
second Battle of, 187

Bunker's Hill, Battle of, 18

Burgoyne, General, commands British forces in Canada, 28;
his plan, 28;
his failure and surrender, 29

Burke, Edmund, inconsistency of, 15

Burnside, General, defeated by Lee at Fredericksburg, 192

Burr, Aaron, 65;
Democratic candidate for the Vice-Presidency, 66;
ties with Jefferson for the Presidency, 66;
his intrigues with Federalists defeated by Hamilton, 66;
elected Vice-President, 66;
becomes an enemy of Jefferson, 67;
candidate for Governorship of New York, 72;
Hamilton's influence again defeats, 73;
fights and kills Hamilton, 73;
his plans regarding the West, 73-74;
approaches Jackson, 74;
Jackson on, 75;
arrest and trial of, 75

Butler, Benjamin, instrumental in the impeachment of Johnson, 219;
his character and career, 219

Calhoun, John Caldwell, superior to Clay as an orator, 79;
in the running for the Presidency, 90;
chosen Vice-President, 97;
his connection with the Eaton affair, 97-98;
his quarrel with Jackson, 98;
defends Nullification, 99;
compromises with Clay, 101;
joins coalition against Jackson, 102;
his attitude towards the Indians, 107;
leaves the Whigs, 110;
his transformation after quarrel with Ja