McKinley, William—Continued
Schurz to Washington and dines
him at the White House, 272;
answers evasively as to treaty,
273; influenced by sugar speculators,
274; advocated free trade
with Porto Rico, but used Executive
influence to secure tariff
legislation, 275
McKinley, Mrs., VI., 273
McVeagh, Wayne, IV., 81, 89; to, 435
MacMahon, General, VI., drawn into intrigues of monarchical party, 56
Mackey, Dr., I., 292
Madison, James, I., against slavery, 93, 96, 103, 137, 146; II., and the cession of West Florida, 229-235; V., as a Constitutional authority, 162, 164; on the four-year rule, 165; removal for cause, 166
Magone, Collector, IV., 457
Mahone, William, IV., 419, 440
Manifest destiny, V., term used to cover many interests, 191 et seq.; what duties annexation entails, 196; desirable and undesirable territory for annexation, 196-198; Democratic institutions and the tropics, 199; the Anglo-Saxon and foreign countries, 202; people of the tropics as members of our National family, 204; the Hawaiian Islands, 205; advantage of our present condition, 206; improbability of our being attacked by any European nation, 208; Hawaii an element of weakness, 209; temptation in having a large navy, 211; the real “manifest destiny,” of the United States, 259, 512
Manning, Daniel, IV., discussed for Treasury appointment, 349, 351, 352, 353, 354; appointment of, 355, 356, 357
Mansfield, General, I., 220
Marsh, George P., I., 176 Marshall (Chief Justice), John, III., admiration of Charles Sumner for, 6; V., fascinated by Webster's eloquence, 434
Martin, Barney, V., 240
Martindale, E. B., III., 422
Martine, IV., 484
Mason and Dixon's line, IV., 398
Mason, James M., I., debate on slavery, 145, 146, 148; as a slaveowner in Europe, 237
Massachusetts, I., and the suffrage question, 41, 43, 45, 48 n.; and proscription, 67, 68, 69; representative position of, 70; and the “two-years amendment,” 72; Know-Nothings of, 73; responsibility of, 74; Yankee, 75; Republican party in, 76; V., Reform Club of, speech before, 40; dinner given by, 84; VI., 428
Mass-meetings, American, described, I., 3
Mataafa, V., probable Samoan king, 5
Matill, I., the Department of State and Canada, 519
Matthews, General, II., 235
Matthews, Stanley, III., 352
Maximilian, Emperor, VI., of Mexico, 158, 175
Maxwell (Post-Office Department), V., 140, 171, 176
May conference, see Fifth Avenue Hotel conference
Maynard, V., nomination of, 244
Meade, IV., removal of, 401
Means, William, IV., 404
Medill, Joseph, III., 402 n.; IV., to, 154
Meeker massacre, III., 504; IV., 92
Memminger, C. G., II., from, 255
Merrimon, Augustus Summerfield, II., 486, 490
Merritt, General, VI., recruits for the Philippines, 16, 85; strengthens Dewey, 232
Metcalf, L. S., IV., 222, 223; to, 509
Mexican war, III., 12, 22
Mexico, I., 128, 140, 141, 142, 200 et seq.; II., 84; war vessels sent to the Gulf of, 191 et seq.; III., 34; IV., 42; V., as capital of the United States, 193, 205; under Diaz, 199, 481; war with, 442; VI., 12, 13, 34, 35, 94, 106, 158, 186, 246, 247, 370
Meyer, Adolph, I., to, 182
Meyer, Heinrich, I., to, 32; to, 407
Meysenbug, Malwida von, I., to, 5
Miles (General), Nelson A., IV., and the Ponca Indians, 106, 107, 108; VI., interview with, interesting reading, 306
