A Political History of the State of New York Volume III Part 62

Mulligan, John W., appointed surrogate of New York, i. 179.

Murphy, Henry C., character of, iii. 156; aspirant for gov., 1866, 156; active in campaign, 1867, 186; at Dem. nat. con., 1868, 197; heads com. on res., 197; career of, 197; aspirant for gov., 1868, 205.

Murphy, Thomas, charges Fenton with graft, 1869, iii. 221; appointed collector of New York, 1870, 233; bitter criticism of, 233; by whom recommended, 233; Conkling secures his confirmation, 235; contest with Fenton, 234-5; changes made in custom-house, 251, note; efforts to crush Fenton machine, 250-63; severely criticised, 279; supports Crowley for U.S. senate, 1881, 465.

Myers, Charles G., presents Dix's name for gov., 1862, iii. 44.

Nast, Thomas, cartoons Tweed ring, iii. 245; rejects enormous bribe, 245; startling cartoon, 274; Tweed proposes to stop the paper, 274.

_National Advocate_, edited by Noah, i. 262; opposition to Erie ca.n.a.l, 262; silenced, 262.

National Greenback Labor Reform party, iii. 389; hist. of its organisation, 389; con. Syracuse, 1878, 389; its principles, 389; represents large vote, 397; its influence on Dem. party, 397; holds state con., 1879, 412.

National Republicans, followers of Adams, 1828, i. 361; adopt ticket of Anti-Masons, 1832, 393; reason for defeat, 396; party, 1834, becomes Whig, 399.

National Union state convention, 1866, iii. 154; subst.i.tute for Dem. state con., 154; attended by Reps. and Dems., 155; Dix defeated by Hoffman for gov., 1866, 159; platform for home rule, 160.

Native American party, organised, 1844, ii. 82; opposed foreigners voting or holding office, 82; confined to New York City, 82; elected a mayor, 1844, 82; in const.i.tutional con., 1846, 97-100; revived, 1854, as Know-Nothings, 201; secret methods of, 201; Seward opposed to, 201-2; unknown strength of, 202-3; Silver-Grays partial to, 202; nominations, 1854, 202; defeated, 204; its con., 1855, 214; elected its ticket, 216; defeated, 1858, 255; endorse Reps. and Dems., 1859, 258-9; Wilson on, 259.

Negro suffrage, i. 299-300.

Left it to Southern state, iii. 128; Greeley advocates it, 128; Weed and Raymond oppose it, 130; Rep. state con., 1865, dodges it, 133; not squarely met, 1866, 153; aids to defeat Rep. party, 1867, 185-7; defeats Const.i.tution of 1867, 227.

Nelson, Absolom, nominated for ca.n.a.l com., 1870, iii. 238; defeated, 244.

Nelson, Homer A., nominated for sec. of state, 1869, iii. 226; elected, 227; aspires to be gov., 1872, 297; again an aspirant for gov., 1882, 488.

Nelson, Samuel, member of const.i.tutional con., 1821, i. 298; career of, 298; investigates death of Morgan, 360; made justice of U.S. Supreme Court, ii. 97, 103; in const.i.tutional con., 1846, 103.

Nepotism, practised by DeWitt Clinton, i. 117, 347; Gov. Lewis, 147; Gov. Yates, 321; Gov. Bouck, ii. 57.

Gov. Seymour, iii. 80; Gov. Dix, 316.

Newspapers, leading Rep. journals in state, iii. 413-4; leading Dem. journals in state, 420.

New York City merchants, their losses, 1861, iii. 31.

New York City, work of radicals in, i. 1; census of, 1820, 295.

New York, Colony of, tainted with Toryism, i. 23.

New York draft-riot, 1863, iii. 68, 69.

New York _Evening Post_, established by Hamilton and Jay, i. 117; edited by William Coleman, 117.

New York Legislature, gerrymander of, iii. 397-8.

New York troops, promptly forwarded after Lincoln's call, 1861, iii. 7; engaged at battle of Bull Run, 12, note.

Nicholas, John, member of Council of Appointment, 1807, i. 156.

Nichols, Asher P., nominated for state comp., 1870, iii. 231; elected, 244; renominated, 1871, 273; defeated, 275; renominated, 308; defeated, 309.

Noah, Mordecai Manesseh, editor _National Advocate_, i. 262; character and career of, 262, 351; opposed to Erie ca.n.a.l, 262; opposition silenced by Van Buren, 262; supports Clinton for gov., 1826, 351.

North, S. Newton Dexter, Albany _Express_, a leading Rep. editor, iii. 414.

North, William, elected to U.S. senate, i. 70; service and character of, 71; on staff of Baron Steuben, 71 and note; speaker of a.s.sembly, 171.

Nott, Eliphalet, President Union College, ii. 34.

Noyes, William Curtis, at peace congress, ii. 350.

Presents letter from Morgan, 1862, iii. 44; would welcome Lincoln's withdrawal, 1864, 104.

O'Conor, Charles, in const.i.tutional con., 1846, ii. 104; opposes negro suffrage, 107; on elective judiciary, 109; opposed const.i.tution of 1846, 112; conservatism of, 112; nominated for lt.-gov., 1848, 134; career of, 134-5; in campaign, 1852, 178; declines to support the Softs, 186.

Sympathy with the South, iii. 4; supports' Tilden's attack upon the Tweed ring, 268; letter to Dem. state con., 1871, 272; credits Tilden with impeachment of Tweed judges, 293.

O'Rourke, Matthew J., aids in exposure of Tweed ring, iii. 246; estimated aggregate of sum stolen, 248-9.

Oakley, Thomas J., surrogate of Dutchess County, i. 171; removed, 179; friend of Clinton, 254; displaces Van Buren as atty.-gen., 273; opposes Tompkins' accounts, 276; removed as atty.-gen., 287.

Oaksmith, Appleton, del. to seceding states, ii. 351-2.

Office-seekers, number and persistence of, ii. 388-9.

Ogden, Darius A., nominated for ca.n.a.l com., 1876, iii. 347; elected, 351.

"Ohio Idea," The, iii. 179-181.

Olcott, Frederick P., nominated for state comp., 1877, iii. 384; elected, 387; renominated, 1879, 424; defeated, 427.

Olcott, Thomas W., financier of Albany Regency, ii. 20; refuses nomination for state comp., 1863, iii. 74.

Opd.y.k.e, George, acts as agent of U.S. Government, 1861, iii. 7; elected mayor of N.Y., 1861, 29; career and character, 30; at Rep. state con., 1863, 74; loses place on state com., 74; favours new candidate in place of Lincoln, 104, and note.

Orr, Alexander E., member of Tilden's ca.n.a.l commission, 1875, iii. 323.

Ostrander, Catherine, wife of Weed, i. 318; true love match, 319; waited for him three years, 319.

Ottendorfer, Oswald, editor N.Y. _Staats-zeitung_, iii. 268; efforts at reform, 268; at Dem. state con., 1871, 272; influence, 272.

Palmer, Abiah W., nominated for state comp., 1870, iii. 238; defeated, 244.