A Political History of the State of New York Volume III Part 50

Barlow, Francis C., record as a soldier, iii. 129; nominated for sec. of state, 1865, 130; elected, 135; not renominated, 1867, 174; nominated for atty.-gen., 1871, 264; elected, 275; fine record of, 307; dropped as atty.-gen., 1873, 307.

Barnard, David, popular anti-masonic preacher, i. 370.

Barnard, George G., Tweed's trusted judge, iii. 177; foppish dress, 177; appearance of, 177; begins 1857 as recorder, 177; advanced to Sup. Court, 1860, 177; part in election frauds, 1868, 216; fraudulent naturalisations, 216-8; exposure, 246; impeached, 248; death, 248.

Barnburners, Dem. faction, ii. 126; why so called, 126; leaders of, 126-7; hostility to Hunkers, 127; secede from Dem. con., 1847, 127; withdraw from Baltimore con., 130; hold Utica con., 131; nominate Van Buren for President, 131; two factions of, 131; leading members, 131; Buffalo con., 1848, 132; indorsed Van Buren for President, 133; Webster's pun, 133; nominated Dix for gov., 133; Seymour unites them with Hunkers, 149; nominated Seymour for gov., 1850, 156; defeated, 158; support Marcy for President, 1852, 169-72; support Pierce and Seymour, 1852, 169-78; succeed, 178; Hunkers secede, 1853, 180-5; nominate separate ticket, 184; approved ca.n.a.l amendment, 184; called Softsh.e.l.ls or Softs, 185; see Softs.

Barney, Hiram C., appointed collector of port of New York, ii. 390; choice of Lincoln, 390-6; mysterious influence in favour of, 393; career of, 395; crippled Weed machine, 395-6; Lincoln plans to transfer him, iii. 85; sustained by Chase, 85; unsatisfactory collector, 85; Lincoln promises Weed to remove him, 87; Draper appointed in his place, 97.

Barnum, Henry W., record as a soldier, iii. 129; nominated for prison insp., 1865, 130; elected, 135; renominated, 1867, 196; defeated, 215.

Barstow, Gamaliel H., cand. for lt.-gov., 1836, ii. 12; career of, 13; defeated, 14; state treas., 18; withdraws from politics, 38.

Bascom, Oliver, nominated for ca.n.a.l com., 1868, iii. 207; elected, 215.

Bates, James K., nominated for prison insp., 1863, iii. 76; elected, 83.

Bayard, James A., cand. in opposition to Greeley, 1872, iii. 289, note; att.i.tude toward Tilden, 354.

Beach, Allen C., nominated for lt.-gov., 1868, iii. 207; elected, 215; renominated, 231; elected, 244; aspires to be gov., 1872, 297; nominated for sec. of state, 1877, 384; vigorously opposed in campaign, 387; elected, 387; renominated, 1879, 424; defeated, 427.

Beach, John H., Seward's reliance upon, ii. 34.

Beale, Charles L., in Congress, ii. 339, note; disapproved Weed's compromise, 339, note.

Beardsley, Samuel, leads Dem. forces in Congress, ii. 1; heads mob against anti-slavery meeting, 6; character of, 53.

Beauregard, Pierre T., at Charleston, S.C., iii. 2; reduces Fort Sumter, 3; at Bull Run, 11.

Beebe, George M., strong supporter of Tammany, iii. 383.

Beecher's Bibles, Sharpe's rifles, ii. 224.

Beecher, Henry Ward, active against repeal of Missouri compromise, ii. 193; in campaign, 1860, 240; political sermons of, 329; indifference to secession, 334; peaceable secession, 336.

Resents Lincoln's relations with Conservatives, iii. 90; forsakes Johnson, 163; denounces his vicious course, 163; supports Rep. ticket, 163; on Cornell's defeat, 1882, 495.

Beekman, John P., ambitious to be gov., ii. 172-3.

Belmont, August, at Charleston convention, ii. 272; approves Weed's compromise, 338, 341; del. to Dem. nat. con., 1864, iii. 101; 1872, 287; Ch'm. of nat. ex. com., 287.

Belmont, Perry, presented for gov., 1882, iii. 488.

Bemis, Horace, threatens to bolt leg. caucus, iii. 53, note.

Bennett, James Gordon, editor of N.Y. _Herald_, iii. 36; contest with Greeley, 36; favours Dix for gov., 42.

Benson, Egbert, atty.-gen., i. 16; at Hartford con., 28; at Annapolis, 29; in Legislature, 33; action on Federal Const.i.tution, 33; elected to Congress, 44; appointed to Supreme Court, 61.

Benton, Thomas H., on Van Buren's conscription law, i. 232; on Van Buren's rejection as minister, 389.

Betts, Samuel R., appointed to Supreme Court, i. 322.

Bigelow, John, ch'm. of Tilden's ca.n.a.l com., 1875, iii. 323; declines Rep. nomination for state comp., 1874, 325; accepts Dem. nomination for sec. of state, 1874, 326; elected, 331; Tilden's spokesman at Nat. con., 1876, 342; bitterly opposed for renomination as sec. of state, 380; defeated, 384.

Birdsall, John, on Supreme Court, i. 348; induced to leave Anti-Masons, 397.

Birdsall, John, State senator, iii. 437; declares he will vote for Blaine, 1880, 437.

Black, Jeremiah S., cand. in opposition to Greeley, 1872, iii. 289, note.

Blaine, James G., oratorical castigation of Conkling, iii. 168; supported by Robertson, 1876, 335; thought Dems. lacked firmness, 1877, 355; why Dems. favoured Electoral Com., 355; supports Conkling in contest to remove Arthur and Cornell, 405; a striking tableau, 405-6; again supports Conkling, 410; name loudly applauded in state con., 1880, 433; resented by Conkling, 433; gets eighteen votes from N.Y., 1880, 441; part in Robertson's appointment, 469-71; Conkling's lack of confidence in, 471; influence in Cornell's councils, 1882, 492.

Blair, Montgomery, letter to Welles, ii. 192.

Blatchford, Richard M., approved Weed's compromise, ii. 338; acts as agent for the Government, iii. 7; attends Saratoga con., 1866, 144; thought Morgan's backbone missing, 222.

Blatchford, Samuel, law partner of Seward, ii. 165; defeated for Supreme Court, 165.

Bliss, Archibald M., attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. 296; on com. to confer with Dems., 296.

Bostwick, William L., nominated for state treas., 1877, iii. 377; defeated, 387.

Bouck, William C., compared with Young, ii. 53; named for gov., 1840, 54; defeated, 54; renominated, 1842, 54; elected, 55; ca.n.a.l policy, 56; nepotism of, 57; defeated for renomination, 77-8; in const.i.tutional con., 1846, 103; appointed sub-treas., 119; reasons for it, 119, 123.

Boutwell, George S., compliments Weed, iii. 58; about Robertson's election, 1881, 469-70.

Bowles, Samuel J., on Weed as a manager, ii. 283.

Bradford, George P., delegate to Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. 296.

Bradish, Luther, speaker of a.s.sembly, ii. 18; defeated for nomination for gov., 1838, 19-21; nominated for lt.-gov., 21; nominated for gov., 1842, 51; defeated, 55.

Bradley, George B., nominated for Court of Appeals, 1878, iii. 393; defeated, 397.

Brady, James T., in campaign of 1852, ii. 178; nominated for atty.-gen. by Hunkers, 183; nominated for gov. by Hards, 325; popularity of, 325; defeat of, 333; delegate to seceding states, 351-2.

Sympathy with the South, iii. 4; tendered nomination for mayor, 1861, 30; refused it, 30; loyalty of, 59; addresses to Union League, 1863, 59; declines state comptrollers.h.i.+p, 1863, 74; active in campaign, 1867, 186.

Bribery, in chartering Albany State Bank, i. 186-7; Purdy charged with, 190; Thomas and Southwick indicted and acquitted, 191-4.

Bristol, Wheeler H., nominated for state treas., 1869, iii. 226; elected, 227; renominated, 1871, 273; defeated, 275.

Brockway, Beman, Watertown _Times_, a leading Rep. editor, iii. 414.

Bronson, Greene C., appointed atty.-gen., i. 383; character and career of, 383-4; ii. 196; declines to support Softs, 186; removed as collector, 187; Greeley on, 187, 189; nominated for gov. by Hards, 196; inconsistency of, 196; at peace congress, 350; stands with Lincoln, iii. 15.

Brooks, Erastus, nominated for gov., ii. 238; early career of, 238; N.Y. _Express_, conspicuous as an editor, iii. 420.