INDEX 



599 



129; pro-slavery tendency of, i. 66; fa 

 vored sending rifles to Kansas, i. 85 



Simon Jules, at the Paris Exposition of 

 1878, i. 513, 522 



Slavery, feeling against, began to appear 

 in politics about 1844, i. 54; anti-slavery 

 Democrats in convention at Buffalo in 

 1848, i. 56 ; Fugitive Slave Law and the 

 Jerry Rescue, i. 60-64 ; influence of the 

 &quot;Biglow Papers,&quot; i.64; the &quot;Fool Re : 

 formers,&quot; i. 64 ; abolition of the Missouri 

 Compromise and the intensity of feeling 

 between the North and the South, i. 66 ; 

 Dred Scott decision by Chief Justice 

 Tanev i 77 ; nation approaching the 

 &quot;switching-off place,&quot; i. 84, 257; Jeffer 

 son s prediction, i. 176 



Smalley, G. W., student days at Yale 

 College i. 27, 33 ; dinner to, in New York, 

 i 159; eminent newspaper correspond 

 ent, i. 254 ; W. s visit with, in London, i. 



Smith, Gerrit, and the anti-slavery party, 

 i 16 ; characteristics of, i. 63 ; name on 

 bail bond of Jefferson Davis, i. 159 ; lack 

 of interest in W. s university ideal, i. 293 



Smith Goldwin, his impression of Lord 

 John Russell, i. 92 ; his influence in Eng 

 land in 1363, i. 93; presented W. with 

 seal ring, i. 174 ; study of an American 

 crowd at Washington, i. 219; on the ig 

 norance of monarchs regarding their 

 own domains, i. 220 ; on the dangers to 

 a nation, arising from plutocracy, i. 244; 

 his life at Cornell University, i. 316, 339, 

 356 359 ; sends to England for artisans, 

 i 408 ; memorial seat at Cornell, i. 409 ; 

 gift of his services, of his library, i. 412 ; 

 attack on, from a sectarian college, i. 



Stanley s &quot;Life of Arnold,&quot; effect of , on 

 W. s historical teaching, i. 256 ; on his 

 religious views, ii. 560 



State Agricultural College of New York, 

 failure of, i. 330, 333 



Stead, W. T., at the Peace Conference, ii. 



Stengel, Baron von, a delegate to the Peace 

 Conference, ii. 259, 284 



Stevens, Morse, his history of the French 

 Revolution, ii. 490 



Stevenson, Adlai E., as a story-teller, ii. 

 126 



Story, &quot;William Wetmore, his meeting 

 with Judge Brady, whom he resembled 

 in appearance, i. 515; he receives the 

 cross of the Legion of Honor, i. 525; 

 W. s acquaintance with, ii. 418, 420, 424 



Stowe, Harriet Beecher, W. s visit to, in 

 Florida, ii. 387 



Straus, Oscar S., American minister at 

 Constantinople, W. s friendship with, 

 ii 440 



Striive, Russian minister at Washington, 

 ii. 5, 43 



Sub-Treasury of the United States, crea 

 tion of, used as a weapon against the 

 Democratic party in 1840, i. 51 



Sumner, Charles, his friendship with W., 

 i. 262; effect of his speeches against 

 slavery, i. 485 ; assaulted by Preston 

 Brooks, i. 485 ; his attacks on President 

 Grant s administration, i. 484, 485 ; his 

 views on the Santo Domingo question, 

 i 484, 486, 490, 504-506 ; his break with 

 Hamilton Fish, i. 485 ; his lack of humor, 

 ii. 382 



Sumner, George, i. 87 



Suttner, Baroness von, her writings, ii. 



Sweden, W. s visit to, in 1893, ii. 450 ; the 



Smith Joseph, and the finding of &quot;the owcucu, YV.O v^y ^, *** ^ , - 



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Smith, Kirby, Lieutenant, i. 91 



Socrates as a saint in the Kremlin, 11. 76 



Sodus Canal Bill, W. s speech against, in 

 the New York Senate, i. 141 



Sostegno, Alfieri, his school for political 

 and social studies, ii. 422 



Spain, need of a new history of, 11. 506 



Soanish-American War, ill feeling be 

 tween the United States and Germany, 

 ii. 144-149 ; attitude of the German press, 

 ii 160,170; W. s conference with Porter 

 and Woodford in Paris, ii. 161 ; impor 

 tance of delaying the war, ii. 162 ; policy 

 of President McKinley, ii. 165 ; destruc 

 tion of the Maine, ii. 164 ; view of Em 

 peror William concerning it, ii. 164, 245 ; 

 W s relations with the Spanish ambas 

 sador at Berlin, ii. 165, 166 ; fairness of 

 the German Government, ii. 168, 170 



Spelling, English, a method of teaching, 

 at Syracuse Academy, i. 9 



Spencer, Herbert, his remark concerning 

 one of Murillo s pictures, ii. 417 



Spencer, Philip, student at Geneva Col 

 lege, i. 17; hanging of, for mutiny, on 

 coast of Africa, i. 18 ; relic of, at Geneva 

 College, i. 18 



Spinoza statue at The Hague, unveiling 



Sprague, H. B., professor at Cornell, i. 364 



Staal, Baron de, president of the Peace 

 Conference, ii. 258 



Stallo John Bernhard, American minis 

 ter at Rome, i. 569, ii. 420 



Stanford, Leland, Jr., i. 569 



Stanford University, W. s lectures at, i. 

 235, ii. 447 ; character of its buildings, ii. 

 448 



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Sybel, Heinrich von, his opinion of Lan- 



frey s &quot; Histoire de Napole~ou,&quot; i. 558 

 Syracuse, size of, in 1839, i. 8, ii. 375; ac 



tivity in political affairs, i. 16, 47, 57 ; 



known as the &quot; Central City,&quot; i. 57 

 Syracuse Academy, W. a pupil at, i. 8 ; 



teachers, i. 8, 10 ; method of teaching 



spelling, i. 9; W. s studies, i. 9, 10; de 



cline of school, i. 12 



Talmage, Thomas De Witt, reference to, 

 by the Empress of Russia, ii. 9 



Taney, Roger Brooke, Chief Justice, and 

 the Dred Scott decision, i. 77, 79 



Tappan, Henry Philip, president of Mich 

 igan University, his advice on extem 

 poraneous speaking, i. 261 ; his study of 

 German university systems and his et- 

 forts to benefit American institutions, 

 i 272 276, 292 ; his influence over faculty 

 and students, i. 276 ; his address to stu 

 dents on the stealing of the college bell, 

 i 277 ; story concerning Mrs. Tappan, i. 

 279; opposition of small colleges and 

 members of the legislature, i. 279 ; his 

 prophecy, i. 279 ; the &quot; Winchell War, i. 

 280, 435 ; his death abroad, i. 281 



Tariff difficulties between the United 

 States and Germany, ii. 134, 144-149, 158 



Tariff discussed by Bismarck and William 

 D. Kelly, i. 581-585 



Tariff for protection, W. s views on, i. 270, 

 271, 379, 380 



Tavlor Bayard, his lectures at Cornell 

 University, i. 317, 356, 359, 365; Bis 

 marck s feeling toward, i. 580 ; minister 

 to Germany, i. 594 ; birthday celebration 

 at house of James T. Fields, ii, 381 



