American Experiment (138 page)

Connecticut,
49
,
72-3
,
94
,
280
,
282
,
288
,
290
,
351
,
433
,
505
,
506
,
528
,
536
; politics in,
183
,
231
,
239

Connecticut compromise,
37
,
40

Connecticut River,
220
,
223
,
231
,
310
,
448

Conscience Whigs,
468-70
,
549

conservatives,
345
,
372
,
374
,
422
; fear egalitarianism,
118
,
224
; for suffrage restrictions,
226
,
364
,
365
;
see also
Essex. Junto

Constitution, U.S.,
38
,
61
,
135
,
215
,
252
,
261
,
366
,
379
,
465
,
493
,
520
,
615
; amending,
40
,
42
,
89-90
,
177
; broad construction of,
87-8
,
177
,
259
,
261
: and citizenship and statehood,
176-7
,
576
; debates over interpretation of,
104
,
240
; and federalism,
34-5
,
40
,
61
,
135
,
136
,
140
,
260
,
262
,
369
,
374
,
598
; and impeachment,
40
,
60
; intellectual roots of,
28
,
29
,
368
; ratification of,
40
,
42-59
,
89-90
,
104
,
134
,
367
,
428
; strict construction of,
177
,
258
,
423
,
466
;
see also
Bill of Rights; checks and balances; separation of powers

Constitution
, U.S.S.,
196
,
211

Constitutional Convention,
16
,
19
,
23
,
27-42
,
49
,
62
,
104
,
134
;
see also
Framers of Constitution

Constitutional Union party,
593

construction industry,
405
,
406
,
433
,
534

Continental Congresses,
23
,
24
,
28

contracts, sanctity of,
27
,
260
,
400

Contreras, Mexico,
463

conventions,
see
nominating conventions

Coolidge, John,
480

Cooper, James Fenimore,
477

Cooper, Thomas,
129-30
,
569
,
572

Cooperstown, N.Y.,
477

Cooper Union, N.Y.C.,
594

Copley, John Singleton,
221

cotton,
141
,
274-5
,
276
,
277
,
282-7
,
302
,
315
,
318-9
,
450
,
529-30
,
567
,
589
,
608
,
618
;
see also
textile industry

cotton gin,
275
,
282
,
287-8
,
291
,
295
,
308
,
311
,
315
,
347
,
567

Cotton Whigs,
468
,
470
,
545

courts,
14
,
39
,
55
,
70
,
90
,
130
,
184
,
375
,
392
; equality in,
17-18
,
453
;
see also
judicial branch

Cowles, Alfred,
514

Coxe, Tench,
89

Cranch, Mary,
122

Cranch, Richard,
71

Crane, Ichabod,
558

Crawford, William H.,
238-9
,
247
,
254-5
,
264-7
,
378

Creek Indians,
6
,
216-17
,
452-3

Crimean War,
539-40
,
588

Crittenden, John J.,
425
,
565
,
593

Crockett, Davy,
455

Cuba,
249
; U.S. interest in,
537-9

culture: of liberty,
476-522
; in New England,
476-92
; urban,
78-9
,
81
,
110-11
,
112
,
115
,
220
,
222-3
; Virginia,
255-7
,
263-4
,
482

Cumberland, Md.,
299
,
450

Cummings, Arthur,
610-11

Cummins, Maria S.,
517

Cunningham, Noble,
190

Curtis, Benjamin R.,
575

Curtis, James,
346

Cushing, William,
185
,
222

Dabney, Thomas Smith Gregory,
282-5

Dalzell, Robert,
466

Dana, Francis,
49

Dana, Samuel,
127

Dane, Nathan,
231

Dangerfield, George,
267
,
270

Daniel, Peter V.,
575

Dartmouth College,
74
,
478

Davis, David,
556
,
558
,
595

Davis, Jefferson,
462
,
473
,
564-5
; as president of Confederacy,
600-3
,
606
,
608
,
612-14
,
628
; as Secretary of War,
545
,
564

Davis, Richard Beale,
255

Davis, Varina (Mrs. Jefferson),
601

Day, Benjamin H.,
512-13

Day, Luke,
14

Dayton, Ohio,
210
,
419-20

Dearborn, Henry,
166

Decatur, Ill.,
558

Decatur, Capt. Stephen,
196
,
236

Declaration of Independence,
15
,
21
,
23
,
40
,
49
,
62
,
140
,
142
,
249
,
270
,
272-3
,
352
,
383
,
411
,
572
,
573
,
584
,
586-7
,
595
,
604

Declaration of the Rights of Man,
99

Deere, John,
430
,
527

Defoe, Daniel,
112
;
Robinson Crusoe
,
527

Delaware,
47
,
239
,
504

Delaware Indians,
6
,
96

democracy,
118
,
225
,
457
; and education,
502
,
506
,
510
; equality in,
19
,
20-1
,
354-8
,
361-2
,
383
,
411
,
416
,
525
; Jacksonian,
347-50
,
354-8
,
361-2
,
363-4
,
376
,
453
,
511
; work ethic in,
506
,
510
;
see also
republic

Democracy in America
, see Tocqueville, Alexis de

Democratic party,
343
,
358
,
373
,
435-6
,
466-7
,
515
,
525
,
536
,
554
; and Civil War,
615
; in Congress,
340
,
344
,
566
,
577
; convention and election of 1860,
592-3
,
596-7
,
600
; election of 1832,
331-6
,
380
; election of 1836,
341-2
; election of 1840,
421-2
; election of 1848,
468-70
; election of 1856,
559-62
; factions in,
330
,
338
,
345
,
360
,
361
,
425
,
427
,
466
,
468-71
,
553-4
; fiscal policies of,
344-6
,
347
; formation of,
322-3
; lack of political philosophy in,
348-9
; as majority,
576-8
,
579
,
599
; and “manifest destiny,”
458
,
459
,
538-40
; slavery issue in,
348-9
,
465
,
467
,
468-71
,
473
,
547-8
,
554
,
558
,
626
; in South,
559
,
560-2
,
564
,
576-8
,
579-80
,
592-3
,
599
; state,
373
,
374
,
408
;
see also
Jackson, Andrew: and Democratic party

Denmark,
24

Derna, Libya,
196

Deseret News
(Salt Lake City),
515

Detroit, Mich.,
210
,
212-13
,
450
,
532

Dial, The
(journal),
483

Dickens, Charles,
317
,
351-3
,
356
,
527
,
575

Dickinson, John,
35

Diderot, Denis,
100

District of Columbia,
424
,
470
,
472

divorce,
360
,
361
,
402

Dixon, Archibald,
544

Doherty, E. P.,
610

Donald, David,
574

Donelson, Emily,
332

Dorr, Thomas,
365

Dorr’s Rebellion,
466

Douglas, Stephen A.,
457
,
473
,
565
,
580-1
,
615
; in convention and election of 1860,
592-3
,
596-8
,
600
; debates with Lincoln,
557
,
581-7
,
594
; election of 1856,
559
; and Kansas-Nebraska Bill,
543-7
,
549
,
551-2
,
557
; popular sovereignty doctrine of,
544
,
550
,
577
,
579-80
,
584-5
,
592

Douglass, Frederick,
393-4
,
412-13
,
590
,
626

Duane, James,
56
,
81

Duane, William,
162
,
199
,
339

Du Bois, W. E. B.,
14
,
149

Dubuque, Iowa,
302

Du Pont Company,
430

Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel,
165
,
169
,
430

Durfee, Amos,
446-7

Dutch,
81
,
113
,
114
; canal system,
302
Dutch Reformed Church,
7
,
78
,
370

Dwight, Timothy,
161
,
167
,
280
,
492
,
493
,
494
,
497-8

Dwight family,
292
,
307

Eads, James Buchanan,
617

East, the,
86
,
277
,
309
,
355
,
356
,
494
,
528-9
;
see also
New England; North, the

East Chelmsford, Mass.,
294

East Indies, British,
103

Eastman, Mehitable,
398-9
,
403

Eaton, Clement,
573

Eaton, Maj. John H.,
321
,
325-6

Eaton, Peggy (Mrs. John),
326-7
,
332

Eberhardt, Johann Ludwig,
289-91

economy,
140-1
; change in, and internal improvements,
302
,
306-11
; credit in,
276
,
285-6
,
339-40
,
360
,
374
,
434
,
451
; and equality,
361-2
; expanding,
29
,
433
,
533-5
,
553
,
587-9
,
593
; federal action in,
84
,
236-7
; and politics,
428-9
;
see also
banking; fiscal policies; Panic

education,
111-12
,
115
,
407
,
441
,
453
,
476
,
482
,
486
: classical,
28
,
44
,
111
; and democracy,
502
,
506
,
510
; parochial,
509
; private,
75-6
,
504-6
,
507
; public,
76
,
352
,
358
,
360
,
372
,
467
,
498
,
501-11
,
565
; and religion,
497-8
,
506
,
507-9
; in a republic,
19
,
109
,
144
,
501-2

Edwards, Jonathan,
196
,
497

election campaigns,
107
,
147
,
265-7
,
375
,
378-9
,
419-22
,
583
,
596
;
see also
political parties