INDEX. 761
passed, 147 ; House bill taken up in Senate and prohibition clause stricken out, 147 ; compromise bill debated and passed both houses, 148 ; con- stitution of, modified by joint com- mittee, adopted by both houses, and debate of two years closed, 153 - 60 ; comments on the great controversy, 161 ; divided, III. 197-8 ; Unionists, 198-9; governor favors secession, 199 ; State saved, 199 ; bill for eman- cipation and debate, 310-6; impor- tance, 313 ; bill fails, 316 ; ratifies XlVth Amendment, 732.
Missouri Compromise, II. 379 ; abroga- tion of, 378 - 405 ; Dixon's amend- ment, abrogating, 381 ; appeal of " Independent Democrats," 384 ; Douglas's amendment and speech, 385 (see Fen ton) ; debate, 385 - 400 ; clerical protests, 393 ; bill passes House, 400 ; Senate, 404 ; speeches of Seward, Sumner, 388 - 9 ; Smith, Benton, 397 - 8 ; effect upon the North, 406 - 7.
Missourians, invade Kansas, II. 467-9 ; murders by, 471 - 2, 474.
Mistakes, III. 614.
Mitchell, 0. M., III. 215. _
Mob, attacks house of Lewis Tappan, I. 267 ; destroys Mr. Birney's press in Cincinnati, 278 ; outrages of, in New York, 279 ; assaults Rev. 0. Scott and Rev. G. Storrs, 280 ; breaks up meeting of ladies in Boston, 284 ; drags Mr. Garrison through the streets of Boston, 284 ; brutal violence in Utica, 289 ; outrages of, at Montpe- lier, 291 ; meetings of H. B. Stanton broken up, 293 ; burning of Penn- sylvania Hall, 297 ; robs post-office at Charleston, 322 ; hangs Mcintosh, a mulatto, and enters and' destroys office of Lovejoy, in St. Louis, 376 ; thrice seizes and destroys his press at Alton, Illinois, 376-7; his murder, 381 ; riot and destruction of property in Cincinnati, 556 ; assails negroes and burns buildings in Philadelphia, 557 ; breaks- up antislavery meetings in New Bedford and Nantucket, 558 ; assails S. S. Foster in Portland, 558.
Mob, Washington, II. 93.
Monroe, President, announces policy of United States, I. 115 ; signs bill, forever prohibiting slavery north of the parallel of 36° 30', 149 ; opposes the Missouri restriction, 149.
Montana, bill for, 111. 430.
Montgomery, Confederacy organized at, III. 118.
Montgomery, "W., of Pa., II. 557. IH.
96. Moore, Governor, III. 117. Moore, of Va., I. 195. Moore, S. E., II. 648. Moral courage demanded, II. 97. Morehead, J. T., of N. C, IL 12. Morgan, E. D., II. 538. Morgan, Margarette, of Md., an escap- ing slave, I. 471. Morpeth, Lord, attends antislavery fair
in Boston, I. 562. Morrill, D. L., of N. H., I. 104. Morrill, L. M., speeches of. III. 93, 268,
307 - 13, 333 ; tribute to Christianity,
509-10, 688-9. Morris, D., III. 399, 441-2, 447. Morris, Gouverneur, I. 47 - 8. Morris, I. N., II. 564, 698 ; resolution
of. III. 29. Morris, Thomas, of Ohio, I. 294, 314
-20, 343, 392-7, 420-76, 553.
II. 166. Morse, Freeman, II. 3. Morse, S. F. B., III. 68. Morsell, Judge, District of Columbia,
charge of, 1. 101, 302. Morton, Edwin, II. 590, 605. Morton, Marcus, II. 342. Morton, 0. P., III. 175, 186-7, 230,
675. Moseley, of Mass., I. 331-7. Mott, James, II. 51. Mott, Mrs. L., I. 255, 562. II. 51.
Napoleon, failure of, to subdue Hay- tiens, I. 114 ; demands of United Statesto cease trading with Hayti, 114.
Nashville convention, II. 286-8. See Slave-Trade.
Nation, humiliating attitude of, II. 377; plighted faith of, broken, 404.
"National Era," II. 368, 411.
Navy, difficult task, III. 251 - 2 ; slaves, 252.
Nebraska House bill, lost, II. 380 ; Sen- ate bill, 381 ; Dixon's amendment, and Douglas's report, 381 ; Fenton's statement, 382 - 4.
Negotiations, III. 555-7; Niagara and Richmond, 556 - 7 ; Hampton Roads, 571- 2.
Negroes, free, laws to prevent their en- tering new State of Missouri, I. 153 ; presumed to be slaves in the District of Columbia, 301 ; testimony of, not allowed, 301 ; in Ohio, and laws con- cerning them, 363 ; driven by mob violence from Cincinnati, 365 ; seek refuge in Canada, 365 ; ejected from cars, 493 ; stolen from Florida, and
