Americanism, true—Continued
different nationalities settling the
new world, 53; their blending, 54;
the spirit of individualism, 55;
the dominant Anglo-Saxon traits,
56; America the Republic of
equal rights, 57; the Roman and
the American Republic contrasted
58; identity of interests guarantee
a republic's stability, 59;
difficulties to be conquered, 60;
self-government only to be learned by
practising it, 61; toleration, the
key-note of American institutions,
62; slavery, a menace to
the life of the Republic, 63;
restriction ultimately destroys
the thing restricted, 64; nothing
wrong in principle, right in
practice, 65; danger in the sacrifice
of principle to political
expediency, 65, 66; border ruffians of
Kansas terrorize the free-State
men, 66; class distinctions
subversive of natural rights, 67;
force, privilege, expediency, the
foes of republican government,
68; Sumner a true American, 69;
prominence in national affairs
of Massachusetts, 70; Western
Republicanism, 71; the right to
freedom and self-government
inherent in man, 72
Ames, Representative, II., 465, 466; movement to propose as governor of Massachusetts, IV., 459
Amnesty, II., time ripe for, 312; general, 320; the South slow to recuperate after the war, 323; necessity of good government, 324; the franchise a necessity, though not exercised intelligently, 326; the educated voter debarred by “political disabilities,” 329; policy suggested by common-sense, 331; arguments in favor of continuing the disabilities, 332; leniency at the close of the war, 334; lesson drawn from the story of Absalom, 335; civil vs. political offenders, 337; argument in favor of the three excluded classes, 339; against making and preserving lists of the pardoned, 343; against making any exceptions, 344; the real punishment of the South, 345; difference in sufferings of the North and South, 346; the whole American people to be benefited, 349; the lesson of the civil war, 350; what the flag should symbolize, 352; brothers because equal in political rights, 353; granted, with restrictions, 397; not desired by Grant, 420
Anderson, Chandler P., VI., to, 424
Anderson, Ellery, V., 245
Anderson, T. C., III., 119
Anderson, Brig.-Gen. Thos. M., VI., writes to Aguinaldo, 83, 162; reports to Secretary of War, 165; interview with Aguinaldo, 227
Andrassy, Count, II., 338
Andrew (Governor), John Albion, I., 47; president of Emigration Society, 275; to meet Schurz in New York, 276; IV., 450
Angell, James Burrill, V., 133
Annexation V., of tropical countries, to be decided by popular vote, 530
Anthony, Henry Bowen, II., 500
Anti-Blaine speech contains the whole case, IV., 285; great demands for German edition of, 286
Anti-Grant and Pro-Greeley, why, II., 392; tasks for the Administration at the close of the civil war, 393; neglected opportunities, 394; proper method of renationalizing the South, 395; “Carpetbag” government, 396; restricted amnesty, bayonet and Ku-Klux laws, 397; Carpetbaggerdom, 399; Republicans failure to win the South, 401; Grant's conspicuous nepotism, 401, 417, 421, 423; Santo Domingo scheme, 402, 418, 420, 423; civil service reform, 404; decline of the Republican party, 407; New York customhouse scandal, 408; sale of arms to French agents, 409; charges against the Secretary of the Navy and against Government officers at New Orleans, 410; incriminating documents lost or withheld, war-vessels sent to Santo Domingo, 411, 419; party to be served at any cost, 412; favorable conditions when Grant came into office, 413; selects his Cabinet, 416; distributes offices,
