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INDEX 277 Brownsville, Texas, riot, iv. 126-127. Bryan, William J., defeat of, by McKinley in 1896, iv. 52-53; de feated by McKinley in 1900, 81-82; defeat of, by Taft, 172; work of, in securing Wilson s nomination in 1912, 213-214; visits California to adjust Japanese difficulties, 235. BUCHANAN, JAMES (15th President), ii. 102, 188, 195; sketch of early life and education, 205; elected to Pennsylvania legislature, 206; speech on conclusion of War of 1812, 206; elected to national house of representatives, 206-207; sent by President Jackson on mis sion to Russia, 208-210; chosen U. S. senator, 210-211; alignment of parties and party leaders in 1834, 211; debates in which he bore a share, 212 ff. ; speech in support of "expunging" resolution, 213-214; presents petition for abolition of slavery in District of Columbia, al though himself in favor of slavery there, 214; plain expression of polit ical faith, 214-215; re-election to senate, 215; a supporter of Jack son s and of Van Buren s financial policies, 215; speech in defence of president s veto power, 216-217; secretary of state under Polk, 102, 217; policy of Folk s administra tion toward Central American states as shaped by, 218-220; on election of Taylor retires to estate of Wheatland, 221; private life and family responsibilities, 221-222; party influence as a private indi vidual, 222-223; attitude on sla very question, 223 ; speech in favor Of Franklin Pierce against Winfield Scott, in campaign of 1852, 223- 224; appointed minister to Eng land, 224; important questions of foreign policy settled by, 224-226; nomination to presidency in 1856, 226-227 ; election, and facts shown by it, 227-228; cabinet, 228-229; able administration of foreign affairs, 229 ff. ; settlement of diffi culties with Great Britain, 230-231 ; treatment of Mexican trouble, 231- 232 ; negotiations with Spain, Para guay, and China, 232-233; wins unpopularity in the north by stand taken in Kansas difficulties, 234; opposed to slavery, but also against interference of northern abolition ists in domestic affairs of southern states, 234; right of a state to secede not admitted by, 235; re fuses to receive commissioners from South Carolina, after that state s secession in I860, 235; inad visa- bill ty and impossibility of acting on General Scott s warning, 235-236; the charge of pursuing a "tempo rizing policy," 236-237; urges adop tion of an "explanatory amend ment" of the constitution, 237; objects aimed at, after secession of South Carolina, 238; misfortune of, in the congress ho had to appeal to, 238; crippled by policy of in action of unsympathetic senate, 238-239; urges adoption of the "Crittenden compromise," 239; changes in cabinet during last three months in office, 239-240; consistently declines to receive com missioners from southern states as foreign powers, 240; question of re- enforcing Major Anderson at Fort Sumter, 240-241 ; defence of policy toward southern states, 241 ; policy of, not to initiate a civil war, 241; closing years at Wheatland, 241- 242; injustice of treatment ac corded, during last seven years of his life, 242; deep loyalty of, to the constitution, 242-243. Buckland, Ralph P., iii. 110. Buell, Gen. D. C., ii. 264. Buffalo, N. Y., presidents from, ii. 158 n. Bull Run, first battle of, ii. 262; second battle of, 265. Bunker Hill, battle of, i. 21. Bureau of American Republics, iv. 118. Burke, Edmund, i. 120. Burnside, Gen., ii. 279. Burr, Aaron, i. 92-93, 94, 102; elected vice-president in 1800, 139; visit of, to Andrew Jackson, 264. Burt, Silas W., ill. 206, 208. Butler, Benjamin F., ii. 6, iii. 47, 53, 63; at Fort Fisher, iii. 55; candi date for presidency on labor and greenback ticket (1884), 250. Cabell, Joseph C., supporter of Jeffer son s educational endeavors, i. 147, 148, 151. "Cabinet Government in the United States," Woodrow Wilson s article on. iv. 200-201. Cabinet officers, salaries of, in Wash ington s time, i. 133; salaries at present, iv. 139.