Richmond, Dean, 426.

River and harbor improvements, Douglas on, 77-78, 313-314.
  See also Internal Improvements.

Robinson, Charles, leader of free State party in Kansas, 287, 288.

Roman Church, Adele Cutts an adherent of, 317;
  attitude of Douglas toward, 317.

Sangamo Journal, on Caucus system, 28;
  on Douglas, 41.

Santa Anna, treaty with Texas, 111, 112.

Scott, Winfield, 482.

Secession, apprehended, 442;
  of South Carolina, 447;
  of Cotton States, 452;
  and border States, 474.

Seward, William H., and Douglas, 251;
  loses Republican nomination, 425;
  on committee of thirteen, 453;
  and the Blairs, 461, 462.

Shadrach rescue, 194.

Shannon, Wilson, governor of Kansas, 288.

Sheahan, James W., biographer of Douglas, 218, 416; editor of Chicago Times, 305.

Sheridan, James B., 438.

Shields, James, senator from Illinois, 171;
  and Illinois Central Railroad, 175;
  fails of re-election, 267 ff.

Slavery, in North Carolina, 147-148;
  in Illinois, 155-156, 178, 242-243;
  in Kansas, 287, 298;
  Nebraska bill not designed to extend, 234;
  Douglas on extension of, 179-180, 243;
  peonage, 186;
  Douglas on, 126, 311, 388, 390, 415;
  Lincoln on, 351, 352, 358, 361, 368-369, 379, 381, 385, 386, 390.

Slave-trade, revival proposed, 403, 421;
  condemned by Douglas, 403-404.

Slidell, John, mission to Mexico, 109;
  seeks Douglas’s defeat (1858), 381-382, 391;
  project to purchase Cuba, 396;
  at Charleston, 417.

Smith, Joseph, on Douglas, 58-59;
  to Mormon voters, 59-60;
  on polygamy, 90;
  murdered, 90.

Smith, Theophilus W., 48, 54, 55.

Smithsonian Institution, foundation of, 310;
  Douglas on board of Regents, 310.

Snyder, Adam W., 59, 60.

Southern Rights advocates, 194.

Spoils system, countenanced by Douglas, 198, 207.

Springfield Resolutions, in Lincoln-Douglas debates, 366-367, 368,
  369, 370, 374.

“Squatter sovereignty,” Cass and Dickinson on, 128;
  favored by Douglas, 138-139;
  genesis of, 161 ff.;
  explained by Douglas, 184-185;
  and compromise of 1850, 189-190.
  See Popular sovereignty.

Squier, E.G., drafts treaty, 210.

“Star of the West,” sent to Sumter, 452.

Stephens, Alexander H., and annexation of Texas, 89;
  and territorial bills (1850), 181-182.

Stowe, Harriet B., description of Douglas, 295-296.

Stuart, Charles E., 335, 347.

Stuart, John T., lawyer, 23;
  Douglas’s opponent (1838), 42-44;
  Whig politician, 50, 58.

Sumner, Charles, and Fugitive Slave Act, 195;
  on Kansas, 294, 296;
  altercation with Douglas, 296-298;
  assaulted, 298;
  foe to compromise, 463.