Blaine, James G.—Continued
Smith R. R. and the “Mulligan
Letters,” 227-240; Northern
Pacific R. R., land-grant case, 242,
243; test proposed to determine
truth of accusations, 243; intending
voters for Blaine urged to
consider, 245; increasing laxity in
public and private integrity, 246;
duties to country superior to duties
to party, 249; Blaine likened to
Washington and Lincoln, 250;
standard of official honor would
be lowered by Blaine's election,
253; official obliquity must be
punished at the polls, 256; a
Blaine victory worse in its
consequences than the worst
predicted of a Democratic election,
256; willing to support Hendricks,
258; Republican principles
defeated by Blaine's nomination,
260; the benefit of a change in
party ascendancy, 260; defense of
Cleveland, 262; his executive
ability, 264; early days of the
Republican party, 269; campaign
issues of 1884 not partisan but
National, 270; Walker writes
defense of, 274; enters suit for libel,
275; testimony against, reviewed
by Schurz, 276 et seq.; gets Little
Rock bonds without paying for
them, 284, 285; something to come
out, 286; serenade speech, a
mistake, 294; would again be
defeated by Cleveland, 467; weakest
candidate Republicans could
nominate, 468; repudiated in 1884
by many Republicans, 469; case
with Brazil, 477; as probable
Presidential candidate in 1888,
492; his chances if opposed by
Cleveland, 493; if nominated,
Schurz will work against him 507;
V., supposed attitude of, in
Samoan affairs, 4; probable
Secretary of State, 13; will advise as
to American envoys to Berlin
Conference, 17; appears much
enfeebled, 18; on the tariff
question, 48-50; New York conference
contributory to defeat of, 83
Blair (Colonel), III., 422
Blair (General), Frank P., I., references to speech of, 451, 461, 466; II., defeats the “liberal movement,” 362, 365, 448, 449; VI., helps to keep Missouri in the Union, 298
Bliss, George, IV., 349
Blodgett, Foster, III., 146
“Bloody shirt,” IV., 403
Boer, pro-, mass-meeting, VI., 278 n.; treated with severity by the English, 279; American condemnation of such treatment, 280
Bohlen, (General), Henry, I., 220.
“Bolting Republicans,” I., 510-518, 520, 521
Bolton (Mrs.), Sarah, I., 13
Bonaparte, Charles J., VI., 136
Bonaparte, Napoleon, I., 101, 152, 238; IV., as conqueror of Prussia, 499; VI., and Spain, 158, 174; lives lost in the wars of, 434
Booth and the fugitive-slave law case, I., 108, 109
Booth (Governor), Newton, III., 225
Boreman, Arthur Ingraham, II., 144
Bossism, V., how it may be crippled, 526
Boss-rule, IV., 86, 88
Boston, I., 46, 47, 48, 49; III., 1, 114, 115
Boulanger, General, VI., plotted against French Republic, 56
Bourbons, II., 375, 379
Boutwell, George Sewall, II., and the currency question, 492; VI., opposes third ticket, 201, 202; paper on imperialism by, approved by Cleveland, 301
Bowen, Henry C., IV., to, 272
Bowker, R. R., IV., to, 285
Bowles, Samuel, II., from, 353; from, 368; to, 369; political views of, coincide with those of Schurz, 381; supports Greeley, 388; III., to, 113; from, 115; to, 217; to, 219; to, 224; from, 408; from, 413; to, 414; to, 416
Bowman of Kentucky, IV., 83
Braddock's defeat, IV., Franklin's help to the expedition, 325, 326, 346
Bradford, Rear-Admiral, VI., testifies before Peace Commission, 164
Brandon (General), W. L., I., 345; VI., 322
Breckinridge, John Cabell, I., attitude of, toward slavery, 138, 140, 142, 232
