 | John Randolph |  |
INDEX.
Adams, John, Vice-President of the
United States, 19; his coachman's
whip, 19; President, 25; Randolph's
enmity to, 26; Randolph's
letter to, 42; called a
monarchist, 66; his pardon of
Fries, 101, 144, 146; sent back to
Braintree, 66, 208.
Adams, J. Q. Randolph's enmity
to, 25, 284; senator from Massachusetts,
142; his account of Randolph
at Chase's trial, 150; quotes
Mr. Madison, 152; elected President,
284; his theories, 285; nominates
envoys to Panama, 287;
attacked by Randolph, 288; retaliates,
289, 290.
Alston, Willis, Jr., M. C. from
North Carolina, 217, 265.
Armory built at Richmond in 1800,
28, 30.
Armstrong, John, minister to
France, 164.
Arnold, Benedict, 2, 5.
Bacon, Nathaniel, of Curles, his
rebellion, 2.
Bayard, James A., M. C. from Delaware,
his speeches in the session
of 1801-02, 66-68, 70: succeeded
by Cæsar A. Rodney, 85; a senator,
142, 222.
Beecher, Philemon, M. C. from
Ohio, 294.
Berlin decree, 213, 216.
Bibb, William W., M. C. from Georgia,
219.
Bidwell, Barnabas, M. C. from Massachusetts,
217.
Bizarre, plantation, 3; home of
John Randolph, 6, 9, 21, 22, 250.
Bland, Frances, marries John Randolph,
3; marries St. George
Tucker, 4; taken to Bizarre, 5;
influence over her son, 5.
Bolling, Jane, wife of Richard of
Curles, 3.
Bonaparte, Mrs. Patterson, 302.
Bradley, Stephen R., senator from
Vermont, 230.
Breckenridge, John, of Kentucky,
55.
Bryan, Joseph, 249; Randolph's
visit to, 23; letter from, 45, 46.
Burr, Aaron, his election as Vice-President,
48, 49; his duel with
Hamilton, 113-115; presides at
Chase's trial, 141; his valedictory,
155, 156; his plot, 156, 159; taken
to Richmond, 220; indicted, 221.
Calhoun, John C., Secretary of
War, 269; candidate for the presidency,
269; represents centralization,
270; a pupil of Randolph,
272, 273, 290.
Callender, James Thompson, his
trial at Richmond, 102, 137, 138,
139.
Cambrian, British frigate, 116, 118.
Campbell, George W., M. C. from
Tennessee, 210, 222.
Casa Yrujo, Spanish minister at
Washington, 115, 117, 162.
Chase, Samuel, justice of the Supreme
Court, a violent federalist,
82; Mr. Jefferson's letter advising
his impeachment, 82, 83; his offences,
96, 97, 135, 136; is impeached,
98, 102; new articles of
impeachment, 137, 138; his trial,
131, 141-150; his acquittal, 151.
Cheetham, James, editor of the
"American Citizen," 113, 114.
Chesapeake frigate, attack on, 222,
224-226.
Claiborne, W. C. C., Governor of
Louisiana, 116, 119.
Clay, Henry, Speaker, 270, 271; opposed
to Randolph, 274; makes
attempt to break him
down, 285, 287-291; his duel with
Randolph, 289; his overthrow,
291; his recovery, 804.
Clay, Joseph, M. C. from Pennsylvania,
an "old republican," 216,
233.
Clinton, De Witt, his persecution
of Burr, 113, 114; his political
influence, 214, 233.
Clinton, George, Vice-President, 214,
215, 230, 232, 233, 235.
Crawford, William H., 55.
Crowninshield, Jacob, M. C. from
Massachusetts, 173-175, 225, 226,
227.
Curles, plantation, 2.
Dallas, Alexander James, 101.
Dawson, John, M. C. from Virginia,
197.
Dayton, Jonathan, senator from
New Jersey, 142, 156, 159.
Dennie, Joseph, 114.
Duane, William, editor of the "Aurora,"
215, 233.
Embargo, advised by Randolph,
181, 226, 227; denounced by Randolph,
227, 228.
Eppes, John W., M. C. from Virginia,
197, 248, 252.
Erskine, David M., British minister
at Washington, 212, 225.
Farmville, 22.
Findley, William, M. C. from
Pennsylvania, 186.
Fisk, James, M. C. from Vermont,
226.
Fletcher vs. Peck, 105, 109.
Florida, appropriation to purchase,
77; claimed and annexed by act
of Congress, 87, 88; failure of
negotiation for, 162; proposal to
buy from France, 163; the two-million
appropriation for, 165170,
177, 179, 188.
Fries, John, trial of, 99, 137, 144,
145, 146.
Gallatin, Albert, M. C. from Pennsylvania,
40; defends Randolph,
43; becomes Secretary of the
Treasury, 50; remark about Randolph,
55; letter from Randolph
in 1803, 83, 84; his report on the
Yazoo claims, 104, 110, 111; attacked
in the "Aurora," 113;
letter from Randolph in October,
1804, 116-119; in 1805, 160, 161;
interview with Randolph, 169;
involved by Randolph, 176, 183,
189; set aside by President Madison,
235; intrigues against, 237,
238-242; indisposed to states'
rights, 254.
Garnett, James M., M. C. from
Virginia, 197.
Georgia, State of, her land grants
(see Yazoo); cedes her territory,
104.
Giles, William B., M. C. from Virginia,
53; his theory of impeachment,
133, 139, 140; Randolph's
associate, 142; opposes Randolph,
153, 196, 198, 230; opposes Gallatin,
235, 237, 238; his speech on
the bank charter, 238; rejoins
Randolph, 254, 286, 287.
Goodrich, Chauncy, M. C. from
Connecticut, 222.
Granger, Gideon, Postmaster-General,
127, 128, 130, 198, 294.
Grant, General U. S., 22.
Gregg, Andrew, M. C. from Pennsylvania,
his resolutions, 173.
Griswold, Gaylord, M. C. from New
York, 91.
Griswold, Roger, M. C. from Connecticut,
108.
Hamilton, Alexander, death of,
113-115.
Henry, Patrick, 17, 280; his speech
at Charlotte Court House in 1799,
29; his remark about Randolph,
31; his death, 39.
Impeachment, 132; of Judge Pickering,
82; of Judge Chase, 82, 83,
98, 102, 131; two new articles,
138.
Isham, Mary, wife of William Randolph,
1.
Jackson, Andrew, 284; President
of the United States, 303.
Jackson, John G., M. C. from Virginia,
154, 156, 159, 197.
Jackson, William, editor of the
"Political Register," 116, 117.
Jay's treaty, 217.
Jefferson, Thomas, President of the
United States, related to the Randolphs,
4; hunted by Benedict
Arnold, 5; author of the Kentucky
Resolutions of 1798, 27, 34 -
elected President, 48, 49, 50;
50, 51; forms his cabinet, 50,
51, 54; his great authority, 58;
his reforms in 1801, 59, 60, 61;
his attitude towards the Judiciary,
60, 61, 62, 65; his war against
monarchy, 66; his policy towards
France in 1802-03, 76, 79; incites
Nicholson to impeach Judge
Chase, 82, 83, 96, 97, 136; his administration
a chaos, 84; purchases
Louisiana. 84, 85; claims
West Florida, 87; declares the
Louisiana purchase unconstitutional,
88, 90, 93; evades responsibility,
97, 98; attacked by Randolph
on account of the Yazoo
compromise, 105, 110; "metaphysical
subtleties," 125; his
"easy credulity," 157, 159; announces
his approaching retirement,
161; decides to buy Florida
of France, 163, 164; war policy,
163, 180; his plan of proceeding,
164, 165, 183, 184; interview with
Randolph, 168; "St. Thomas of
Cantingbury," 195; his message
of 1806, 206, 208; suppresses Monroe's
treaty, 212, 213; nucleus
of intrigue, 216; his character in
1807, 218; his proclamation on the
Chesapeake outrage, 222, 224; appoints
Nicholson a district judge,
223; attacks the Supreme Court
in his old age, 254; author of internal
improvements, 278; his
opinion of Randolph in 1806, 284;
his theories and practice, 285.
Judiciary, the most dangerous part
of the central government, 36;
the Judiciary Act of 1800, 62;
its repeal, 64, 71; debate on the
repeal, 66-70; popular control of,
131, 132.
Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, 27,
34.
Langdon, John, of New Hampshire,
113.
Leander, British frigate, 116, 118.
Lewis, William, 101.
Linn, James, 52.
Logan, George, senator from Pennsylvania,
187.
Louisiana, purchase of, 84, 85, 179;
its constitutionality, 88-94; is
governed despotically by the
United States, 94, 95, 118, 119,
120.
Lyon, Matthew, M. C. from Kentucky,
107, 108.
McKnight, James, insults Randolph,
42.
McLane, Lewis, M. C. from Delaware,
292, 293, 295.
Macon, Nathaniel, M. C. from North
Carolina, 40, 41, 53; chosen
Speaker in 1801, 54; his love for
Randolph, 54, 57, 249, 252, 288;
advises against the impeachment
of Judge Chase, 83; again chosen
speaker, 85, 158, 165; driven from
speakership, 189, 201, 222; his
letter to Nicholson in December,
1806, 207; a supporter of Monroe,
216, 224; separates himself from
Randolph, 223, 234; letters to
Nicholson in 1808, 234, 235; is out
of heart, 239; letter to Nicholson
in 1815, 252.
Madison, James, author of the Virginia
Resolutions of 1798, 27, 28,
34, 253; shrinks from an appeal
to force, 37; becomes Secretary
of State, 50; his report on the
Yazoo claims, 104, 110, 111;
throws influence against Randolph,
130, 152, 154; candidate
for the presidency, 160, 193, 197,
200, 214, 215, 218, 230, 233; his
management of the Florida negotiation,
162, 166, 182-184; his
pamphlet, 177; is driven by Randolph
to the northern democrats,
189, 192; his "cold and insidious
moderation," 202, 203; his mar- riage, 203; nominated for the
presidency, 230; elected President,
235; his cabinet, 235, 237,
241; dismisses Smith, 242; indisposed
to return to the principles
of 1798, 254; Randolph's hatred
of, 284.
Malvern Hill, battle of, 2.
Marshall, John, becomes Chief Justice,
62; his attitude towards
states' rights, 63, 65; his decision
in Fletcher vs. Peck, 105, 109; attacked
by Randolph, 130, 142.
Martin, Luther, 141; his argument,
146, 147.
Mason, George, 17.
Matoax, plantation, 3, 5.
Mills, Elijah, senator from Massachusetts,
262-264.
Mint, The, a monarchical institution,
59, 60, 81.
Missouri Compromise, 271, 274.
Monroe, James, privy to Virginian
schemes of resistance in 1800, 27,
28, 253; is sent to France, 83; purchases
Louisiana, 84; admired by
Randolph, 155, 199, 202; candidate
for the presidency, 160, 161,
196, 204, 213, 230; sent to Madrid,
162; his character, 198, 199, 232;
Randolph's letters to, in 1806, 199204;
and in 1807, 213, 214, 229;
his British treaty, 212, 213, 217;
Nicholson's letter to, in 1807, 216218;
is denounced, 221, 224; returns
to America, 229; coquetry
with Randolph, 229, 230; Randolph's
letters to, in 1808, 231,
232; becomes Secretary of State,
241, 242, 247; repudiates Randolph,
243; Randolph's letters to,
in 1811, 243, 247; traitor to states'
rights, 247, 248, 253, 254, 270; his
position as President, 268-270.
Moreau, General, 269.
Morris, Gouverneur, of New York,
his oration on Hamilton, 113,
114.
Napoleon I., attacks Toussaint and
recovers Louisiana, 75; an imperial
Dejanira, 93; overtures to,
for the purchase of Florida, 163;
requires prohibition of trade with
St. Domingo, 186, 187.
Nicholas, John, 215.
Nicholas, Wilson Cary, 213, 215,
230, 231.
Nicholson, Joseph H., M. C. from
Maryland, 40, 41; letters from
Randolph in the winter of 18001801,
48, 49, 50; in July, 1801, 51,
52; his political creed, 57; his
influence, 80; is urged to impeach
Judge Chase, 83, 96; leaves
impeachment to Randolph, 83;
hesitates to refuse Spanish papers,
86; letter from Randolph in 1804,
113; his strict constructions, 125;
his theory of impeachment, 133;
his proposed constitutional
amendment, 151, 152; note from
Randolph, 170; driven on the
bench, 189, 201, 205, 223; letters
to, in 1807, 209, 210; an "old republican,"
216; his letter to
Monroe in 1807, 216; letters from
Randolph in 1808, 233, 234; letters
from Macon in 1808, 234, 235;
letters from Randolph in 1811,
238-242; letter from Randolph in
1805, 249.
Orders in Council, 226.
Otis, Harrison Gray, of Massachusetts,
114.
Pickering, John, district judge of
New Hampshire, impeached, 82;
his conviction and removal from
office, 133, 134, 140.
Pickering, Timothy, senator from
Massachusetts, 142; opposes Louisiana
purchase, 89.
Pinckney, Charles, of South Carolina,
minister to Spain, 116, 118;
threatens war, 162.
Pinkney, William, of Maryland,
minister to England, 192, 193, 200,
203.
Pocahontas, great-great-grandmother
of Jane Bolling, 3, 255.
Quids, or Quiddists, 182.
Quincy, Josiah, 262.
Randolph, Edmund, attorney-general,
19.
Randolph, Sir John, son of William,
3.
Randolph, John, father of Randolph
of Roanoke, 3; marries
Frances Bland, 3; dies in 1775, 4.
Randolph, Mrs. John. (See Bland.)
Randolph, John, Jr. (of Roanoke),
born, 3, 4; his mother (see Frances
Bland), 3; his boyhood, 6, 9;
his reading, 9, 10, 13, 14; his
character as a boy, 12; education,
13, 20; youthful hostility to
Christianity, 14; first duel, 15;
letters to his step-father, 16, 17;
early interest in politics, 17; witnesses
Washington's inauguration,
18; hostile to the Constitution
of 1788, 17, 18; old animosity
to John Adams, 19; residence in
Philadelphia, 20, 21; returns to
Virginia, 21; an ami des noirs, 21; lives at Bizarre, 22; his appearance,
22; visit to his friend
Bryan in Georgia, 22, 23; his first
acquaintance with the Yazoo
frauds, 23; his return to Bizarre
after Richard's death, 24; his
toast to President Washington,
25; his enmity to the Adamses,
25, 284; against government in
1800, 27, 28, 30; candidate for
Congress in 1800, 28; his reply to
Patrick Henry, 30, 31; his states'
rights principles, 31, 32, 37, 38;
elected to Congress, 39; takes his
is hustled at the theatre, 41;
writes to the President, 42; is
censured by the House, 43, 44;
speech on the Connecticut Reserve,
44; his depression, 45; his
early style, 45; letters to Nicholson
about Jefferson and Burr, 48,
49, 50; letter to Nicholson in
July, 1801, 51, 52; his independence,
53; jealous of President
Jefferson, 53; becomes chairman
of Ways and Means, 55; in training
for the cabinet, 55; his creed,
56, 57; his attitude towards the
Judiciary in 1801, 61, 63; reply
to Bayard, 67; speech on the Judiciary,
68-70; stops debate, 72;
is charged with the appropriation
for the Louisiana purchase, 76;
carries it through the House, 7679;
his speech, 78; his vote on
prohibiting the importation of
negroes in 1803, 80, 81; on abolishing
the mint, 81; assists in
impeaching Judge Pickering, 82;
his letter to Gallatin in June,
1803, 83, 84; wants war with
Spain, 84, 86, 88, 129; refuses the
Spanish papers, 86; annexes West
Florida by Act of Congress, 87,
162; supports the constitutionality
of the Louisiana purchase, 91,
92; never voted for admission of
a new State, 91; regrets the purchase
and prefers capture, 93;
refuses to confer power on the
President, 94; not the author of
Chase's impeachment, 96; undertakes
the impeachment, 83, 97,
98; his device for bringing the impeachment
before the House, 99,
100, 101; his first articles of impeachment,
102, 137; attacks the
Yazoo compromise, 106, 110; his
Yazoo resolutions, 106, 107, 108;
defeats legislation for 1803-04;
108, 112; nature of his ambition,
111; his letter to Nicholson in
August, 1804. 113-115; his
thoughts on Burr's duel with
Hamilton, 113-115; his letter to
Gallatin of October, 1804, 116119;
wants a naval force, 118,
121; his nervous irritability in
1804, 120, 123, 125; opposes remission
of duties, 123, 124; and
embankment of Potomac, 125;
his speeches against Yazoo in
1805, 125-130; attacks Chief Justice
Marshall, 130; appears before
the Senate to impeach Judge
Chase, 131; his theory of impeachment,
132; abandons his
theory for the moment, 134, 137;
his new articles of impeachment,
138, 139, 151; his opening address,
143-146; his closing address,
147-150; his defeat, 150,
151; his irritation, 151, 152; quarrels
with the Senate, 153; angry
with Madison, 154; letters to
Nicholson in 1805, 155-159; letters
to Gallatin in 1805, 160, 161; his
anxiety about Burr and Dayton,
156, 159; his portrait by Stuart,
160; favors Monroe against Madison,
161, 199, 200, 202; refuses
the two-million appropriation for
Florida, 165-170; interviews with
Jefferson and Madison, 167, 168;
with Gallatin, 169; goes to Baltimore,
168; his report rejected,
171; his method of attack, 172;
goes into opposition, 173, 181,
182; his speech on Gregg's resolution,
174-179; adopts British
views, 179; professes to wish for
peace, 180; his violence in April,
1806, 185-186; supports prohibition
of trade with St. Domingo,
188; disastrous effects of his
quarrel with Madison, 189; suggested
as Minister to England,
193; his failure as a politician,
194; his letters to Nicholson in
1806, 196-198, 206; his letters to
Monroe in 1806, 199-204; writes
"Decius," 205; his return to
Washington in December, 1806,
206; his despair of the destinies
of the world, 209; opposes bill for
abolishing slave-trade, 211, 212;
deposed from chairmanship, 212;
letters to Monroe in 1807, 213-216,
229; letters to Nicholson, in 1807,
219, 221, 224, 227; returns to
Bizarre in 1807, 219; on the grand
jury, indicts Burr, 220, 221; his
hatred of Wilkinson, 220, 221;
refuses to fight Wilkinson, 261,
289; his opinion of the Chesapeake
outrage, 222, 224, 225;
urges embargo, 181, 226, 227; opposes
embargo, 227, 228, 235;
asks an interview with Monroe,
229; letters to Monroe in 1808,
231, 232; supports George Clinton,
233, 234; letters to Nicholson
in 1808, 233, 234; is thought to
234; his habits become bad, 236;
his letters to Nicholson in 1811,
238-242; quarrels with Monroe,
243-247; his letter to Monroe in
1811, 243-247; defeated for Congress
in 1813, 248; his private
troubles, 249-252; moves to Roanoke,
250; his coldness to Macon
and Nicholson, 252; recovers his
seat in 1815, 253; his Indian ancestry,
255, 256; his terrorism,
256-261, 264; his dress and conversation,
262-263; canes Willis
Alston, 265; he gets religion, 266,
267; his feeling towards Monroe,
268-270; goes again into opposition,
271, 272; the precursor of
Calhoun, 273, 290; his speeches
in 1824, 274-281; his opinions
about negro slavery, 21, 188, 278,
304; organizes the South against
Clay, 284, 285, 287, 290; his opinion
of Madison and J. Q. Adams,
284; elected senator, 286; leads
attack on Clay and Adams, 287291;
duel with Clay, 289; his
rhetoric, 292-301; his mission to
Russia, 296, 302; his opposition
to Jackson, 303, 304; his death,
305; his sanity, 295, 296, 305, 306.
Randolph, Peyton, 3.
Randolph, Richard of Curles, fourth
son of William, 2; his will, 3.
Randolph, Richard, elder brother
of John, 15, 16, 17, 250; his relations
with the Vice-President's
coachman, 19; lives at Bizarre,
21; his death, 24; his widow, 250;
his children, 251.
Randolph, St. George, nephew of
John, deal and dumb from birth,
24; goes to Europe, 170, 199, 200;
his death, 251.
Randolph, Thomas Mann, M. C.
from Virginia, 213.
Randolph, Tudor, nephew of John,
24; his death, 251.
Randolph, William, of Turkey Island,
1, 2, 3,
Republican party, its principles
in 1800, 33, 34, 35, 57, 58; its policy
in 1801, 59, 60, 61, 63, 65; extent
of its reforms, 78; its abandonment
of principles, 125, 129,
253; and of discipline, 131.
Rodney, Cæsar A., M. C. from Delaware,
85, 141, 158.
Rolfe, John, great-great-grandfather
of Jane Bolling, 3.
St. Domingo, prohibition of trade
with, 186-189, 278.
Scott, Sir William, 163.
Slave-trade, abolition of, 189, 211,
212.
Sloan, James, M. C. from New Jersey,
176, 177, 211, 217.
Smilie, John, M. C. from Pennsylvania,
211; his remarks on Judge
Chase, 100-102; his cordiality to
Randolph, 206.
Smith, John, senator from Ohio,
156, 159; indicted, 221.
Smith, Robert, Secretary of the
Navy, disliked by Randolph, 160,
191, 207, 210, 211; made Secre
tary of State, 235, 239; dismissed,
242.
Smith, Samuel, M. C. from Maryland,
40; senator, 191; wants
British mission, 191, 193; his
letters to W. C. Nicholas, 191, 192,
208; his "fine-spun follies," 208,
209, 210; opposes Gallatin, 235,
237, 238.
Spain, resists Louisiana cession, 85,
88; threatened war with, 84, 86,
88, 116, 118, 129, 162, 180.
States' rights, principles of, 32, 33,
34, 36, 37, 38; affected by the
Louisiana purchase, 88-94; affected
by the Yazoo compromise,
106-110; connection with slave
power, 272, 273.
Stith, William, 3.
Stuart, Gilbert, his portrait of Randolph,
160.
Sullivan, James, Governor of Massachusetts,
233.
Talleyrand, Charles Maurice de,
162; his proposal to sell Florida,
164; his instructions regarding
St. Domingo, 186, 187.
Taylor, Creed, 198.
Taylor, John, of Caroline, 216, 237,
244, 245, 246.
Tazewell, Littleton Walker, 221, 237.
Thompson, John, author of the letters
of Curtius, 30, 178; his style,
46.
Thompson, Philip R., M. C. from
Virginia, 197.
Thompson, William, 46.
Tracy, Uriah, senator from Connecticut,
142.
Tucker, St. George, step-father of
John Randolph, 4, 5, 8; letters
to, 15, 16, 17; Randolph quarrels
with, 250, 251.
Tucker, Henry St. George, half-brother
of John Randolph, 6, 286,
806.
Turkey Island, plantation on James
River, 1, 2, 3.
Turreau, General, French minister
at Washington, 187.
Van Buren, Martin, senator from
New York, 287, 288.
Vance, Joseph, M. C. from Ohio,
290.
Van Ness, William P., 114.
Vanzandt, Nicholas B., 223, 294.
Varnum, Joseph B., M. C. from
Massachusetts, 222.
Virginia, her old society, 4, 5, 6,
11, 12.
Virginia Resolutions of 1798, 27, 34,
35.
Washington, George, 17, 18; Randolph's
toast to, 25.
Watkins, Captain, 260, 304.
Wilkinson, General James, 221, 224,
261, 289.
Williamsburg, 9.
Wolcott, Alexander, 239.
Yazoo grants by the legislature of
Georgia in 1795, 23; annulled in
1796, 23; come before Congress,
102, 103, 104, 105; come before
the Supreme Court, 105; report
of commissioners, 104; Randolph's
resolutions on, 106-110;
reappear in 1805, 125; Randolph's
violence against, 126; the "original
sin" of Mr. Madison, 183;
bill rejected by the House 185;
adopted, 254.
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