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THE CABINETS OF MONROE, ADAMS, JACKSON, VAN BUREN, HARRISON, TYLER,
POLK, TAYLOR, FILLMORE, PIERCE, AND BUCHANAN--1816-1858.

THE SECRETARIES OF STATE.

Department created by Act of Congress, September 15, 1789.

THE SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY.

Department created by Act of Congress, September 2, 1789.

THE SECRETARIES OF WAR.

Department created by Act of Congress, August 7, 1789.

THE SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY.

Department created by Act of Congress, April 30, 1798.

THE SECRETARIES OF THE INTERIOR.

Department created by Act of Congress, March 3, 1849.

THE ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.

Duties prescribed by the Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789.
Department reorganized in 1870.

THE POSTMASTERS-GENERAL.

A Bureau of the Treasury until 1829. Made a Cabinet office in that
year.

CHRONOLOGY

Territory of Missouri erected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 4, 1812

Treaty of Fort Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 10, 1814

Treaty of Ghent signed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 24, 1814

Commonwealth of Indiana admitted . . . . . . . . . December 11, 1816

Madison's veto of internal improvements bill . . . . . March 3, 1817

Attack on Fowltown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 21, 1817

Commonwealth of Mississippi admitted . . . . . . . December 10, 1817

Jackson's "Rhea" letter to Monroe . . . . . . . . . . January 6, 1818

Execution of Ambrister and Arbuthnot . . . . . . . . . April 29, 1818

Convention with Great Britain as to Oregon . . . . . October 20, 1818

Commonwealth of Illinois admitted . . . . . . . . . . December 3, 1818

Tallmadge amendment offered . . . . . . . . . . . . February 13, 1819

Treaty with Spain as to Florida . . . . . . . . . . February 22, 1819

Decision in McCulloch vs. Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1819

Commonwealth of Alabama admitted . . . . . . . . . December 14, 1819

Thomas amendment offered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 3, 1820

Maine bill approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 3, 1820

First Missouri bill approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 6, 1820

Commonwealth of Maine admitted . . . . . . . . . . . . March 15, 1820

Report of Clay's Committee of Thirteen . . . . . . February 10, 1821

Second Missouri bill approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2, 1821

Jackson, as Governor, takes command in Florida . . . . July 17, 1821

Commonwealth of Missouri admitted . . . . . . . . . . August 10, 1821

Congress of Verona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October-December, 1822

Monroe's veto of internal improvements bill . . . . . . . May 4, 1822

Clay nominated for presidency by the Kentucky
legislature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 18, 1822

"Monroe Doctrine" announced . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 2, 1823

Congressional caucus nominates Crawford . . . . . . February 14, 1824

Harrisburg convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 4, 1824

Jackson's "Coleman Letter" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 26, 1824

Presidential election in House of Representatives . . February 9, 1825

Indian Springs convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 12, 1825

Mexico-Columbia treaty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 25, 1825

The Creek treaty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January, 1826

Abduction of Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 11, 12, 1826

Protectionist convention at Harrisburg . . . . . . . . July 30, 1827

Treaty with Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 6, 1827

Tariff bill approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 19, 1828

The "South Carolina Exposition" published . . . . . . . . . . . . 1828

Hayne's speech on Foote's resolution . . . . . . . . January 19, 1830

Webster's reply to Hayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 26, 1830

Jackson's speech on the Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 13, 1830

Veto of the Maysville Road bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 27, 1830

Publication of the "Liberator" begun . . . . . . . . January 1, 1831

"Address to the People of South Carolina" published . . July 26, 1831

The Southampton massacre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August, 1831

Anti-Masonic convention at Baltimore . . . . . . . September 26, 1831

National Republican convention at Baltimore . . . . December 12, 1831

New England Anti-Slavery Society formed . . . . . . . January 6, 1832

Bank of the United States asks re-charter . . . . . . January 9, 1832

National Democratic convention at Baltimore . . . . . . . May 21, 1832

Calhoun's letter to Governor Hamilton . . . . . . . . August 28, 1832

South Carolina convention meets at Columbia . . . . November 19, 1832

Ordinance of nullification . . . . . . . . . . . . November 24, 1832

President Jackson's nullification proclamation . . December 10, 1832

Clay proposes compromise tariff . . . . . . . . . . February 12, 1833

The "Force Bill" approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2, 1833

Compromise tariff bill approved . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2, 1833

Re-assembling of the South Carolina convention . . . . March 11, 1833

The "Paper read in the Cabinet" . . . . . . . . . . September 18, 1833

Removal of the deposits ordered . . . . . . . . . . September 26, 1833

American Anti-Slavery Society formed . . . . . . . . . December, 1833

Van Buren nominated by Baltimore convention . . . . . . . May 20, 1835

Charleston, S. C., post-office robbed . . . . . . . . . July 29, 1835

Provisional declaration of Texan independence . . . . November 7, 1835

Meeting of Texas convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 1, 1836

Declaration of Texan independence . . . . . . . . . . . March 2, 1836

The Alamo massacre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 6, 1836

Battle of San Jacinto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 21, 1836

House adopts the "gag" resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . May 26, 1836

Commonwealth of Arkansas admitted . . . . . . . . . . . June 15, 1836

The "Specie Circular" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 11, 1836

Senate passes the "expunging resolution" . . . . . . January 16, 1837

Commonwealth of Michigan admitted . . . . . . . . . . January 26, 1837

Financial panic begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April, 1837

Murder of Lovejoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 7, 1837

Harrisburg "harmony" convention . . . . . . . . . . September 4, 1839

Whig convention at Harrisburg . . . . . . . . . . . . December 4, 1839

Democratic Republican convention at Baltimore . . . . . . May 5, 1840

Independent Treasury bill approved . . . . . . . . . . . July 4, 1840

Death of President Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 4, 1841

The Ashburton treaty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 9, 1842

Veto of National Bank bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 16, 1842

Second bank bill vetoed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 9, 1842

Abolition convention at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . August 30, 1843

Whitman's party reaches the Columbia . . . . . . . September 5, 1843

Whig convention at Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 1, 1844

Democratic convention at Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . May 27, 1844

Commonwealth of Florida admitted . . . . . . . . . . . March 3, 1845

Polk's message on Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 2, 1845

Commonwealth of Texas admitted . . . . . . . . . . December 29, 1845

Mexicans cross the Nueces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 23, 1846

Arista notifies Taylor of beginning of hostilities . . April 24, 1846

Battle of Palo Alto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 8, 1846

Congress declares war begun by Mexico . . . . . . . . May 12, 13, 1846

Treaty with Great Britain as to Oregon . . . . . . . . June 15, 1846

Kearny takes Santa Fe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 18, 1846

Battle of Monterey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 21-23, 1846

Commonwealth of Iowa admitted . . . . . . . . . . . December 28, 1846

Battle of Buena Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 22, 23, 1847

Capture of Vera Cruz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 27-29, 1847

Battle of Cerro Gordo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 18, 1847

Battle of Chapultepec . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 12, 13, 1847

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 2, 1848

Democratic convention at Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . May 22, 1848

Special message on Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 29, 1848

Commonwealth of Wisconsin admitted . . . . . . . . . . . May 29, 1848

Abolition convention at Rochester . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2, 1848

Whig convention at Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 7, 1848

Special message on California and New Mexico . . . . . . July 6, 1848

Free-soil convention at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . August 9, 1848

Territory of Oregon organized . . . . . . . . . . . . August 14, 1848

California convention at Monterey . . . . . . . . . September 1, 1849

Clay proposes his compromise . . . . . . . . . . . . January 29, 1850

Calhoun's last speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 4, 1850

Webster's speech on the Constitution . . . . . . . . . March 7, 1850

Death of Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 31, 1850

Clayton-Bulwer treaty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 19, 1850

Clay reports on the compromise . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 8, 1850

Death of President Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 9, 1850

Commonwealth of California admitted . . . . . . . . September 9, 1850

President's message on the fugitive slave law . . . February 21, 1851

The "Jerry rescue" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October, 1851

Democratic convention at Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . June 1, 1852

Whig convention at Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 16, 1852

Death of Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 29, 1852

Free-soil Democratic convention at Pittsburg . . . . August 11, 1852

Death of Webster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 23, 1852

The Gadsden treaty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 30, 1853

Douglas reports on Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 4, 1854

Kansas-Nebraska bill approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 30, 1854

Salt Creek Valley convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 10, 1854

The Ostend manifesto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 18, 1854

Congressional election in Kansas . . . . . . . . . November 29, 1854

Territorial election in Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . March 30, 1855

Kansas legislature meets at Pawnee . . . . . . . . . . . July 2, 1855

Robinson's speech at Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 4, 1855

Convention at Lawrence, Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . August 14, 1855

Convention at Big Springs, Kansas . . . . . . . . . September 5, 1855

Convention at Topeka, Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . September 19, 1855

Convention at Topeka, Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . October 23, 1855

Popular vote on the Topeka constitution . . . . . . December 15, 1855

Robinson elected governor of Kansas . . . . . . . . . January 5, 1856

President's proclamation on Kansas . . . . . . . . February 11, 1856

Kansas Free-state legislature meets . . . . . . . . . . March 4, 1856

Philadelphia convention of the "American party" . . February 22, 1856

Congressional committee begins sessions at Kansas City April 14, 1856

Sumner's speech on the "Crime against Kansas" . . . . May 19, 20, 1856

The sack of Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 21, 1856

Brooks's attack on Sumner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 22, 1856

Massacre at Dutch Henry's Crossing . . . . . . . . . . . May 24, 1856

Affair at Black Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2, 1856

Democratic national convention at Cincinnati . . . . . . June 2, 1856

Republican national convention at Philadelphia . . . . June 17, 1856

Assault on Sheriff Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 23, 1856

House Committee reports on Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . July 1, 1856

Dispersal of Free-state legislature at Topeka . . . . . . July 4, 1856

Oliver makes minority report on Kansas . . . . . . . . July 11, 1856

Treaty at Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 17, 1856

Woodson's proclamation in Kansas . . . . . . . . . . August 25, 1856

Destruction of Ossawattomie . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 29, 1856

Whig convention at Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . September 17, 1856

Free-state legislature dispersed at Topeka . . . . . January 6, 1857

Territorial legislature meets at Lecompton . . . . . January 12, 1857

Dred Scott decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 6, 1857

Election of Lecompton constitutional convention . . . . June 15, 1857

Meeting of Free-state convention at Topeka . . . . . . July 15, 1857

Convention at Lecompton, Kansas . . . . . . . . . . September 7, 1857

Free-state election in Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . October 5, 1857

Convention at Lecompton, Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . October 19, 1857

Mass-meeting at Lawrence, Kansas . . . . . . . . . . December 2, 1857

Kansas legislature meets at Lecompton . . . . . . . . December 7, 1857

Pro-slavery vote on the Lecompton constitution . . December 21, 1857

Free-state vote on the Lecompton constitution . . . . January 4, 1858

Buchanan's message on Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . February 2, 1858

Commonwealth of Minnesota admitted . . . . . . . . . . . May 11, 1858

Vote in Kansas on the English bill propositions . . . . August 2, 1858

Commonwealth of Oregon admitted . . . . . . . . . . February 14, 1859

BIBLIOGRAPHY

This bibliography must not be taken as containing the material used in the preparation of this volume, but as a list of good books recommended to the general reader, which treat of, or touch upon, the subjects considered. Only a few of the books in this list have been consulted by the author in the preparation of this work. As indicated in the preface, the author has endeavored, in all cases, to go back to original matter, which is usually disconnected and fragmentary, and practically inaccessible to the general reader.

LIST OF TITLES

_The alphabetical arrangement is, in most instances, based upon the names of authors or editors._

Adams, C. F.: Railroads; their origin and problems. New York, 1878.

Adams, H.: Life of Albert Gallatin. Philadelphia, 1879.

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Adams, H.: John Randolph. Boston, 1882.

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Bancroft, H. H.: History of California. 7 vols. San Francisco, 1884-90.

Bancroft, H. H.: North Mexican States and Texas, 1531-1889. 2 vols. San Francisco, 1884.

Bancroft. H. H.: Oregon, 1834-1888. 2 vols. San Francisco, 1886-88.

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Bolles, A. S.: Industrial History of the United States. Norwich, 1878.

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Choate, R.: Works, with a Memoir by S. G. Brown. 2 vols. Boston, 1862.

Chase, L. B.: History of the Polk Administration. New York, 1850.

Cobb, T. R. R.: Historical Sketch of Slavery. Philadelphia, 1858.

Cobb, T. R. R.: Enquiry into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States. Philadelphia, 1858.

Colton, C. [Ed.]: Works of Henry Clay. 6 vols. New York, 1857.

Colton, C.: Life and Times of Henry Clay. 2 vols. New York, 1846.

Colton, C. [Ed:]: Private Correspondence of Henry Clay. New York, 1855.

Colton, C.: The Last Seven Years of the Life of Henry Clay. New York, 1856.

Cooper, T.: Lectures on the Elements of Political Economy. Columbia, 1826.

Curtis, G. T.: Constitutional History of the United States. 2 vols. New York, 1889, 1896.

Curtis, G. T.: Life of James Buchanan. 2 vols. New York, 1883.

Curtis, G. T.: Life of Daniel Webster. 2 vols. New York, 1870.

Davis, J.: The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. 2 vols. New York, 1881.

Davis, V. H.: Jefferson Davis, ex-President of the Confederate States. 2 vols. New York, 1890.

Douglass, F.: Life and Times. Written by himself. Hartford, 1881.

Draper, J. W.: History of the American Civil War. 3 vols. New York, 1867-70.

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Greeley, H.: History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension or Restriction in the United States. New York, 1856.

Hall, B. F.: The Republican Party, 1796-1832. New York, 1856.

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Hay, J.: see Nicolay, J. G.

Helper, H. R: Impending Crisis of the South, and how to meet it. New York, 1857.

Hildreth, R.: The History of the United States. 6 vols. New York, 1851-56.

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Holst, H. E. von: John Brown. Boston, 1888.

Holst, H. E. von: John C. Calhoun. Boston, 1882.

Hurd, J. C.: Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States. 2 vols. Boston, 1858-62.

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Jay, W.: Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Mexican War. Boston, 1849.

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Jenkins, J. S.: Life of James K. Polk. Auburn, 1850.

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Lodge, H. C.: Daniel Webster. Boston, 1883.

Lyman, T.: Diplomacy of the United States. Boston, 1826.

Mackenzie, W. L.: Life and Times of M. Van Buren. Boston, 1846.

McLaughlin, A. C.: Lewis Cass. Boston, 1891.

McCulloch, H.: Men and Measures of Half a Century. New York, 1888.

Mallory, D.: Life and Speeches of Henry Clay. 2 vols. New York, 1843.

May, S. J.: Memoirs: Consisting of Autobiography and Selections from his Diary and Correspondence. Boston, 1873.

May, S. J.: Some Recollections of our Anti-Slavery Conflict. Boston, 1869.

Morse, J. T., Jr.: Abraham Lincoln. 2 vols. Boston, 1893.

Morse, J. T., Jr.: John Quincy Adams. Boston, 1882.

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Parker, J.: Personal Liberty Laws. Boston, 1861.

Parton, J.: General Jackson. New York, 1893.

Parton, J.: Life of Andrew Jackson. 3 vols. Boston, 1883.

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Phillips, W.: Speeches, Lectures, and Letters. Boston, 1863.

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Roosevelt, T.: Thomas Hart Benton. Boston, 1887.

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Schurz, C.: Life of Henry Clay. 2 vols. Boston, 1887.

Schuyler, E.: American Diplomacy. New York, 1886.

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Shepard, E. M.: Martin Van Buren. Boston, 1888.

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Spring, L. W.: Kansas; the Prelude to the War for the Union. Boston, 1885.

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Sumner, W. G.: History of American Currency. New York, 1884.

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Taussig, F. W.: Tariff History of the United States, 1789-1888. New York, 1888.

Thayer, E.: History of the Kansas Crusade. New York, 1889.

Tyler, L. G.: Letters and Times of the Tylers. 2 vols. Richmond, 1884.

Tyler, S.: Memoir of R. B. Taney. Baltimore, 1872.

Van Buren, M.: Inquiry into the Origin and Growth of Political Parties in the United States. New York, 1867.

Webster, D.: Works. 6 vols. Boston, 1851.

Webster, F. [Ed.]: Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster. 2 vols. Boston, 1857.

Williams, A. M.: Sam Houston and the War of Independence in Texas. Boston, 1893.

Williams, E.: The Statesman's Manual. 4 vols. New York, 1849.

Wilson, H.: History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America. 3 vols. Boston, 1872-77.

Wilson, W.: Division and Reunion, 1829-1889. New York, 1893.

Wise, H. A.: Seven Decades of the Union. Philadelphia, 1876.

Woodbury, L.: Writings, Political, Judicial, and Literary. 3 vols. Boston, 1852.

Yoakum, H. K.: History of Texas, from its First Settlement in 1685, to its Annexation to the United States in 1846. 2 vols. New York, 1856.

INDEX

Material in the Appendices is not included in this Index.

ABBOTT, J. B., leader of "Free-state" Company, 428

Abolition, 242 _et seq._;
relation to Revolution of 1830, 244, 245;
its philosophy, 245;
the opposite theory, 245;
the true philosophy of history, 245, 246;
the beginning of abolition, 246 (_see_ Garrison, William Lloyd);
possible ways of attacking slavery, 248;
charges as to Southampton massacre, 249;
denials by abolitionist historians, 249;
abolitionist methods, 249, 250;
killing of Lovejoy, 250;
significance of abolition movement, 250, 251;
its growth, 251;
the moderates, 251;
petitions for abolition in District of Columbia, 251, 252;
position of Adams, 252, 253;
Quaker petition, 253;
position of Mason and Adams, 253;
more petitions, 253 (_see_ Petition, right of);
Dickson presents petitions, 254;
his controversy with Chinn, 254;
the Fairfield petitions, 254;
excitement begun by Slade's motion, 254;
Polk's ruling, 255;
action on Jackson's petitions, 255 _et seq._;
assumption as to ethical position, 265;
attitude of Calhoun and Rives, 267, 268;
the Vermont petition, 269;
the Calhoun resolutions, 269;
use of mails, 270 _et seq._ (_see_ Mail, United States);
significance of the contests over petitions and the mails, 274-277;
result of struggle over petitions, 296;
demands of Clay, 319;
criticism of Clay as to annexation, 320;
candidacy of Birney, 320;
position on Polk's first message, 324, 325;
as to war with Mexico, 330, 331;
attitude on Texan boundary, 355;
attitude to fugitive slave law of 1793, 355;
attitude to Clay's proposals, 357;
Webster's Seventh of March speech, 359;
effect of propaganda, 366;
nomination of Hale for presidency, 377;
the _National Era_ address, 389;
effect of the address, 400;
as to leaders of Emigrant Aid Company, 413;
relation of Kansas affairs to presidential nominee, 431;
point of view of the "Crime against Kansas," 439

Abolitionists, _see_ Abolition

Adams, John Quincy,
relation to Jackson, 34-36;
opinion of treaty with Spain, 36;
negotiations with Spain, 37, 38;
effect of Seminole War, 38;
declaration to Tuyl, 124, 125;
qualification as presidential candidate in 1824, 132-136;
electoral vote of 1824, 136, 137;
supported in House by Clay, 141;
the Kremer charge, 141;
elected president, 142;
offers State Department to Clay, 142, 143;
threats of opposition, 142, 143;
no proof of bargain with Clay, 143;
opposition to Administration organized, 144-146;
relation to Panama Congress, 148, 149;
nominates commissioners to the Congress, 149;
nomination confirmed, 150;
relation to Spain's colonies, 152, 153;
as to internal improvements, 155, 156;
message of December, 1826, 157;
appropriations approved for internal improvements, 169;
chairman of committee, 184;
reports tariff bill, 185;
bill passed, 186;
report on Bank, 191;
relation to Bank history, 192;
representations from Creek chiefs, 212;
orders Gaines to Georgia, 213;
controversy with Troup, 213, 214;
steps to carry out agreement of 1826, 214;
defiance of Georgia, 214;
submits matter to Congress, 215;
refers Cherokee affair to Jackson, 215, 216;
view of Indian titles, 217;
principles of administration reviewed by Supreme Court, 219;
relation to Cabinet intrigue against Jackson, 220;
as to authorship of Jacksonian principles, 240;
presents abolition petitions, 252;
his position on abolition, 252, 253;
prevents debate on abolition petitions, 253;
compared with Slade, 254;
opinion as to procedure on petitions, 256;
appeal for right of petition, 257;
presents petition on abolition, 258, 259;
his belief as to the right involved, 259;
effort at settlement, 260;
affair of February 6, 1837, 262;
address on annexation, 303

"Address on the Relations of the States and Federal Government," 179

"Address to the People of South Carolina," 179

Admiralty jurisdiction, proposal to decrease that of federal courts,
109

Africa, 41

Alabama, Commonwealth of,
in process of creation, 62;
slavery allowed, 63;
Indian problem in Jackson's message of 1829, 216, 217;
Alabama letter of Clay, 319, 320;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399;
Buford's men in Kansas, 438

Alamo atrocities, 293, 294

Albany Regency, The, 133;
in election of 1824, 137

Alien and Sedition Laws, 173

Alleghanies, The, 116, 129, 139, 163, 193

Ambrister, Robert C., 32, 36

Amelia Island, 30, 31

America for Americans, principle of, 418

American Anti-Slavery Society, formed, 251

American Board of Missions, sends out Whitman, 315

American Society for Emancipation, 62

"American System," The, 178, 189 (_see_ Clay, H.)

Ampudia, Pedro de, demands Taylor's withdrawal, 329

Anderson, Richard Clough, Jr.,
nominated commissioner to Panama Congress, 149;
nomination confirmed, 150

Appalachicola River, The, 21, 22, 25, 26, 31

Arbuthnot, Alexander, 32, 36

Archer, William S.,
opposition to Texas treaty, 308, 309;
his doctrine adopted by Tyler, 309;
report on Texas resolution, 322, 323

Arista, Mariana, notifies Taylor of beginning of hostilities, 329

Arkansas, Commonwealth of,
admitted, 290;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399

Arkansas, Territory of, 88

Arkansas River, the, 33

Army of the United States,
legislation upon, 13, 14;
troops in Florida, 24 _et seq._ (_see_ Mexico, and Kansas, Territory
of);
as to South Carolina, 230

Ashburton, Alexander Baring, first Baron, negotiations with Webster,
314

Ashburton Treaty, 303

Asia, California the road to, 332

Astor, John Jacob, understanding with the Government, 313

Astoria, founded, 312, 313

Atchison, Missouri, place of publication of _Squatter Sovereign_, 411

Atchison, David R.,
criticism of organization of Nebraska Territory, 382;
his record and influence, 412, 413;
on the Wakarusa, 429;
agrees with Robinson, 430;
causes Missourians to withdraw, 431;
repudiates the sacking of Lawrence, 438;
in command at Bull Creek, 445

Austin, Moses, secures Texan grant from Mexico, 291

Austin, Stephen Fuller, colonizes grant in Texas, 291

Austria, in Holy Alliance, 123

BADGER, GEORGE EDMUND,
contention as to Chase's amendment, 394;
offers amendment, 395

Baldwin, John, claims site of Lawrence, 415

Baltimore, Maryland,
petition for abolition, 252;
Hamlet case, 367;
conventions of 1852, 376

Baltimore & Ohio railroad, system begun, 169

Bank of the United States,
bill for its creation, 3;
Calhoun's argument, 4, 5, 6;
Clay's early view, 4;
Webster's objections, 6;
Clay's support, 6, 7;
modified bill passed by House, 7, 8;
attitude of Barbour, Bibb, Taylor, Wells, 8;
passed by Senate, 8;
bill of 1816 a Southern and national measure, 8, 14;
bank bill under comparison, 15, 16;
Jackson's message of 1829, 190;
later interpretations of Jackson's attack, 191, 192;
the troubles in New Hampshire, 191;
the opposition of principle, 192, 193;
origin of opposition to "money power," 193, 194;
origin of "State's rights" opposition to Bank, 194;
tax on branches in Ohio and Maryland, 194;
the results, 195;
relation to "relief party" in Kentucky, 195, 196;
Benton's attack, 196;
his resolution defeated, 196;
attitude of Benton, 197;
and of Jackson, 197, 198;
Bank supported by committees, 198;
Jackson's message of December, 1830, 198, 199;
relation of question to slavery, 198;
relation to politics, 198;
Jackson's second attack, 198, 199;
Benton's resolution of 1831, 199, 200;
Jackson's message of 1831, 200;
the Bank question before the people, 200, 201;
advice of Clay and Webster, 201;
petition for re-charter, 201;
relation of Bank question to question of Jackson's election, 201;
action by the Senate, 201, 202;
Clayton committee report in House, 202;
McDuffie's report on Bank, 202;
House passes the Senate bill, 202;
veto by Jackson, 202;
analysis of his message, 202-206;
interpretation of the message, 206-209;
the principles of Jackson ratified by the people, 209;
effect on Jackson's views of election on Bank issue, 279;
control of deposits, 279;
removal of McLane and Duane, 280;
deposits suspended by Taney, 280;
Taney's contention, 280, 281;
Senate's resolutions of censure, 281;
attitude of Benton, 281;
Jackson successful in all points, 282;
result of removal of deposits, 283;
enforcement and effect of Act of June 23, 283, 284;
Bank bills vetoed by Tyler, 286

Barbour, James,
supports bank bill, 8;
proposes union of Maine and Missouri bills, 82;
position on Maine-Missouri bill, 83;
on conference committee, 88;
letter to Troup, 212, 213;
controversy with Troup, 213

Barbour, Philip Pendleton,
in Missouri bill debate, 70;
opposes tariff bill of 1824, 113, 114

Beaufort, South Carolina, instructions to collector, 230

Beecher, Henry Ward, opposes fugitive slave law, 368

Behring's Strait, 123

Belgium, recognizes Texan independence, 304

Bell, John,
report on President's powers, 235;
proposition as to California and New Mexico, 359;
its reference, 359, 360;
on Committee of Thirteen, 360;
attitude to Kansas-Nebraska bill and to Douglas's amendment, 393;
speech against the bill, 396, 397;
vote on the bill, 399

Bell, P. H., extends jurisdiction of Texas, 362, 363

Benton, Thomas Hart,
attacks the Bank, 196;
resolution defeated, 196;
becomes Jackson's lieutenant, 197;
resolution against the Bank, 199;
his resolution not accepted, 200;
attack on practices of Bank, 201;
opinion on use of Government deposits by the Bank, 205;
defends Jackson against censure of Senate, 281;
criticism of Texas treaty, 308;
changes vote, 347;
opposition to Foote's motion, 360;
offers to cudgel Foote, 360

Berrien, John McPherson,
opinion of Indian agreement of 1826, 214;
report on Calhoun's proposition, 349, 350;
views on slavery in Mexican acquisition, 351, 352;
on Committee of Thirteen, 360

Bibb, William Wyatt, supports bank bill, 8

Biddle, Nicholas,
beginning of bank trouble, 191;
management of bank, 195

Birney, James G., effect of Clay's Alabama letter, 320

Bishop of London, 44

Black Jack, Brown captures Pate at, 441

Blair, Montgomery, letter to Welles on Seward, 387, 388

Blood, James,
at Kansas City, and at site of Lawrence, 414;
in "Free-State" directory, 443

Bloomfield, Joseph, voting, 73

Blow, Taylor, connection with Dred Scott case, 452

"Blue Lodges," in Missouri, 419

Body of Liberties, Massachusetts, 41

Bonaparte, Napoleon,
relation to slavery in Louisiana, 54, 55;
commercial system, 123;
relation to Holy Alliance, 123

Boon, Ratliff, in House proceedings, 254

Boston, Massachusetts,
beginning of Abolition, 246;
meetings on fugitive slave law, 367;
the Crafts case, 368;
the Shadrach case, 370;
the Sims case, 372, 373;
Kansas emigrants departing, 414

Boston and Albany railroad, survey begun, 169

Branscomb, Charles H.,
goes to Kansas, 413, 414;
at the site of Lawrence, 414;
buys claim of Stearns, 415

Branson, Jacob,
threatens Buckley, 428;
arrested by Sheriff Jones, 428;
rescued by "Free-state" men, 428, 429;
charges as to the rescue, 429;
effort to arrest participants in rescue, 433

Bright, Jesse D.,
motion as to Territorial governments, 346;
on Committee of Thirteen, 360

Brooks, Preston Smith,
assault upon Sumner, 439, 440;
effect of assault modified by Pottawattomie massacre, 442

Brown _vs._ Maryland [12 Wheaton, 419], 195, 198

Brown, John,
appears at Lawrence, 431;
the Pottawattomie massacre, 440;
the massacre characterized, 441;
captures Pate at Black Jack, 441;
dispersal of the gang and disappearance of Brown, 442;
effect of massacre, 442;
his work characterized, 473, 474

Brown, Mary, arrest of Hamlet, 367

Brown, R. P.,
organizes company of "Free-state" men, 426;
captured and murdered, 426

Buchanan, James,
position upon tariff bill of 1827, 158, 159;
attitude to fugitive slave law, 368;
candidate for presidential nomination, 376;
the Ostend manifesto, 408;
relation of his election to events in Kansas, 447;
inaugural address quoted, 447;
charge as to improper official conduct, 458;
appoints Walker and Stanton to office in Kansas, 461;
special message of February 2, 1858, 469

Buckley, ----, secures peace warrant against Branson, 428

Buenos Ayres, 30

Buffalo, New York, Free-soil convention, 347

Buford, Jefferson, repudiates sacking of Lawrence, 438

Bull Creek, Kansas,
Missourians encamped on, 445;
skirmish at, 445

Burrill, James, Jr., position on Maine-Missouri bill, 83

Burt, Armistead, moves amendment to Douglas's bill, 341

Bushnell, Horace, member of Emigrant Aid Society, 409

Bustamente, Anastasio, decree on immigration, 291

Butler, Andrew Pickens,
contention as to fugitive slave law, 371;
minority report on president's powers, 372;
in debate on Foote's resolutions, 374;
attacked by Sumner, 439

CABOT, SAMUEL, member of Emigrant Aid Society, 409

Calhoun, John Caldwell, 2;
committee service, 3;
argument for the bank, 4-6;
chief author of bank bill, 8;
speech on tariff bill, 10-12;
on internal improvements, 14-16;
views rejected by Madison, 17;
relation to Jackson, 34, 35;
effect of Seminole War, 38;
as to relation between protection and slavery, 109;
bill for internal improvements vetoed, 1817, 116, 117;
qualifications as presidential candidate in 1824, 133, 134;
as to vice-presidency, 138;
elected vice-president, 142, 143;
relation to administration, 143;
relation to Adams's administration, 144, 146;
elected vice-president, 163, 164;
political scientist of slavery, 173;
publishes "South Carolina Exposition," "Address on Relation of
States and Federal Government," and "Address to the People of
South Carolina," 179;
his argument, 180, 181;
his doctrine of nullification, 189;
relation to Jackson and Seminole War, 220;
the Forsyth letter, 220;
hostility of Jackson and Calhoun, 220, 221;
his letter to Governor Hamilton, 221;
his theory of nullification reproduced, 223;
resigns vice-presidency and becomes Senator, 224;
opinion on the position of South Carolina, 226, 227;
statement in Senate as to South Carolina's acts, 232, 233;
opinion of the "Force Bill," 234;
attitude to Clay's compromise tariff, 236;
attitude to the Wilkins "Force Bill," 236;
argument answered by Webster, 237;
attitude to Clay's bill, 237;
motive in course on nullification, 238;
restatement of Jefferson's principles, 239;
opinion of slavery cited, 253;
antedated by Hammond, 255;
contention as to petitions, 264;
view of slavery, 265-268;
resolutions of December 27, 1837, 269;
fallacy of his position, 270;
makes committee report, with bills, on use of mails, 273, 274;
his plan defeated, 274;
views on recognition of Texas, 295, 296;
view on annexation of Texas, 301;
his views expressed by Wise, 302;
again Secretary of State, 307;
notifies Texas of proposal to move forces, 307;
view of constitutional position of Texas, 308;
adopts idea of Archer as to annexation, 309;
views as to method of annexation, 321;
characterization of his views on annexation, 323, 324;
attitude to Mexican War, 330;
views as to slavery in Territories, 344, 345;
his last speech, 358;
his death, 360;
views on fugitive slave laws, 367

California,
as to Congress of Verona, 124;
occupied by Kearny, 332;
importance of its occupation, 332;
importance of Buena Vista, 333;
about to be transferred, 334;
acquisition in view, 337;
in negotiations, 337 (_see_ Upper California);
Polk's message of July 6, 1848, 345, 346;
motions of Bright and Clayton, 346;
the Clayton bill, 346, 347;
Polk's message of December, 1848, 348;
gold and silver discoveries, 348;
Douglas's bill, 349;
Smith's bill, 349;
Berrien's report, 349, 350;
new bill by Douglas, 350;
motion by Walker, 350, 351;
proceedings in Congress, 351;
views of Berrien and Webster, 351, 352;
failure of Congress to act, 352;
effect of discoveries, 352, 353;
plan of Taylor, 353;
the Monterey Convention, 353;
Taylor's message of December 4, 1849, 353, 354;
Foote's bill, 354;
Clay's plan, 355, 356;
objections of Southerners, 356;
attitude of abolitionists, 357;
application for admission, 357;
consideration begun, 357, 358;
Calhoun's last speech, 358;
Webster's Seventh of March speech, 359;
Bell's proposition, 359;
report of Committee on Territories, 360;
Committee of Thirteen, 360;
Clay's report, 360-362;
passage of bill for admission, 363, 364;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399;
Robinson in, 413;
Sutter land troubles, 413;
Robinson's experience in, applied to Kansas, 421, 422

Cambreleng, Churchill C., opposes tariff bill of 1824, 113

Canada, 21, 370, 374

Canning, George,
proposal to Rush, 125;
declaration to Polignac, 125

Cape Breton, 21

Capulets, tomb of the, 351

Cass, Lewis,
opposes Upham's amendment, 336;
views on relation of slavery and Mexican War, 338;
Presidential nominee, 345;
letter to Nicholson, 345;
on Committee of Thirteen, 360;
attitude to fugitive slave law, 368;
candidate for Presidential nomination, 376;
attitude to Chase and Douglas, 392

Castle Pinckney,
becomes seat of custom-house for Charleston district, 230;
Congress notified of change, 232

Catron, John, opinion on Dred Scott case, 453

Cerro Gordo, battle of, 333

Channing, William Ellery, opposition to fugitive slave law, 373

Chapultepec, battle of, 338

Charleston, South Carolina,
Government in control of anti-nullifiers, 181;
nullifiers elect mayor, 182;
test of tariff law, 182;
Scott ordered to, 230;
instructions to collectors, 230;
removal of custom-house, 230;
Congress notified, 232;
post-office robbed, 271;
committee of public safety elected, 271;
postmaster communicates with New York postmaster, 271;
the position of Postmaster-General Kendall, 271, 272

Chase, Salmon Portland,
contention as to fugitive slave law, 371;
signs _National Era_ address, 389;
moves amendment to Kansas-Nebraska bill, 391;
speech in Senate, 391;
proposes further amendment, 394;
contention with Pratt, 394, 395;
proposes third amendment, 395, 396;
proposes fourth amendment, 396;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399;
effect of _National Era_ address, 400

Chattahoochee River, the, 211, 214

Cheever, George Burrell, opposes fugitive slave law, 368

Cherokee Nation _vs._ Georgia [5 Peters, 1], 218

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