Webster, Daniel, as an actor, 79, 100; supports Force Bill, 101; leagued with Clay and Calhoun, 102; Secretary of State, 114; supports Compromise of 1850..127; death of, 139
Wellington, proposal to send to America, 83
West, the, opened up by Daniel Boon, 71; its governing conditions, 71-72; influence of, on Clay, 78; Slavery in, 85; deserts Clay for Jackson, 95; Douglas a product of, 140-141; Douglas appeals to, 174; military qualities of, 196
West Virginia, cleared by McClellan, 181; recognized as a State, 181
Whig Party, name adopted by Coalition against Jackson, 105; committed to defence of Bank, 105; defeat of, 105; appropriateness of name for, 109; abandonment of principles by, 113; victory of, 114; Tyler out of sympathy with, 114; runs Taylor for President, 124; disappearance of, 139, 145
Wilderness, the, Hooker trapped in, 192; Lee fights Grant in, 198
Wilkes, Captain, seizes Mason and Slidell, 182; compliments to, 183
Wilson, Woodrow, elected President, 236; career and character of, 236; his policy regarding European War, 238-239; supported by nation in declaring war, 239
Yorktown Peninsula, Cornwallis retires to, 34; McClellan lands on, 186
Yorktown, surrenders, 34; McClellan besieges, 186
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