Davis, Jefferson,
advocates extension of Missouri Compromise in 1850, see vol. i.;
sneers at attempted compromise in 1861;
elected President of Confederate States;
defies North;
hopes to entrap Seward into debate with commissioners;
urged by South to do something;
prefers to make North aggressor;
tries to win over Kentucky;
offers to issue "letters of marque and reprisal";
when secretary of war, sent McClellan to Europe;
sends troops to seize East Tennessee;
wishes to free Kentucky, see vol. ii.;
his escape wished by Lincoln;
replaces Johnston by Hood;
proposition of Blair to;
expresses willingness to treat for peace;
nominates commissioners to treat for peace with independence;
notified by Lee of approaching fall of Richmond;
escapes from city;
makes himself ridiculous and escapes punishment;
suspected of complicity in Booth's plot.
Dawson,----,
leads Lincoln in vote for legislature in 1834.
Dayton, William L.,
nominated by Republicans in 1856, see vol. i.;
candidate for nomination in 1860.
Democratic party,
controls Illinois, see vol. i.;
wins in 1852;
factions in;
elects Buchanan in 1856;
in. Illinois, nominates Douglas for Senate;
torn with factions;
breaks up in 1860 into Northern and Southern wings;
nominates two sets of candidates;
campaign of, in 1860;
attempts to reunite;
in North, members of, become Union men;
effort of Lincoln to placate, by giving recognition in cabinet;
Copperhead and other factions of, see vol.
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