Chapter XXVIII: Appendix: II (2)
Cherokees,
brought under criminal jurisdiction of Georgia, 215;
appeal to President, 215, 216;
Jackson's reply, 216;
Cherokees refuse offers for cession of claims, 216;
the question in Jackson's message of 1829, 216, 217;
different views of Indian land titles, 217, 218;
Cherokee lands incorporated by Commonwealth of Georgia, 218;
the Cherokee nation case, 218;
the case of Worcester against Georgia, 218, 219
Cherubusco, battle of, 334
Cheves, Langdon, management of bank, 195
Chihuahua, captured by Doniphan, 332
Chili, treaty of 1823 with Columbia, 147
Chillicothe, O., bank trouble, 195
Chinn, Joseph W., resents Dickson's attack, 254
Choate, Rufus, attitude to fugitive slave law, 368
Christian baptism, relation to slavery, 44
Clark, George Rogers, sent out by Jefferson, 312
Clay, Henry,
views on the bank in 1812, 4;
Speaker of House, 6;
support of bank bill, 6, 7;
on tariff bill, 10;
relation to Jackson, 34, 35;
opinion of treaty with Spain, 36, 38;
suggests union of Maine and Missouri bills, 77;
plan of Clay, 100;
report of Committee of Thirteen, 100, 101;
first plan defeated, 101;
conference committee and its report on Missouri, 101, 102;
plan accepted, 102, 103;
supports tariff bill of 1824, 112, 113;
opposed by Barbour, Cambreleng and Webster, 113, 114;
efforts with reference to "Monroe Doctrine," 128;
qualifications as presidential candidate in 1824, 134-136;
electoral vote of 1824, 137;
in control of situation, 140, 141;
supports Adams, 141;
the Kremer charge, 141;
offer of secretaryship of state, 142, 143;
opposition threatened, 142, 143;
Clay accepts office, 143;
no proof of corruption, 143;
opposition in Senate to his appointment, 144;
approached by ministers of Mexico and Columbia, 147;
negotiations, 148, 149;
negotiations with Czar of Russia and with Spanish-American colonies,
152, 153;
his "American System" anticipated by Jackson, 172;
resolution on tariff, 186;
speech on the "American System," 187;
bill reported and tabled, 188;
his ideas used, 188;
nominated for presidency in 1831, 201;
advice to Bank party, 201;
proposes compromise tariff, 235;
his purposes, 235, 236;
attitude of Calhoun, 236;
his bill amended and passed by both Houses, 237, 238;
signed by President, 238;
motive in course on nullification, 238;
opinion of Jacksonian principles, 240;
criticises Calhoun's bill as to use of mails, 274;
his followers called Whigs, 282;
dropped by Whigs, 286;
reports resolution on Texas, 295;
nominated for presidency, 309;
election an apparent certainty, 319;
demands of abolitionists, 319;
the _National Intelligencer_ letter, 319, 320;
effect of the Alabama letter, 320;
presidential election of 1844, 320;
the Alabama letter, 329;
plan as to California, New Mexico and Texas, 355, 356;
objections of Southerners, 356, 357;
agrees to Douglas's motion, 357;
relations with Foote, 357, 358;
debate on Clay's resolutions, 358, 359;
their reference, 360;
chairman of Committee of Thirteen, 360;
Clay's report, 360-362;
results of debates, 362;
passage of bills separately, 363, 364;
attitude to fugitive slave law, 368;
motion on Shadrach case, 370;
motion on President's message, 371;
death, 377
Clayton, John Middleton,
secures appointment of committee on Bank, 202;
makes committee report against Bank, 202;
motion as to Territorial government, 346;
reports bill, 346, 347;
not voting on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 398, 399
Clemens, Jeremiah, in debate on Foote's resolutions, 374, 375
Clinton, DeWitt, qualifications as presidential candidate in 1824, 132
Coahuila-Texas,
a province and Commonwealth of Mexico, 291;
local government, 291;
resistance to Santa Anna, 292;
Texans in control, 292, 293;
war begun by Mexicans, 293;
declaration of independence, 293. _See_ Texas
Cobb, Thomas A., relation to Jackson, 34, 35
Coleman, L. H., letter from Jackson, 138
Coleman, F. N., murders Dow, 428
Columbia, treaties with Chili, Mexico, Peru, and Central America, 147
Colorado River, 291
Columbia, South Carolina, convention of 1827, 159, 160
Columbia River, 123;
sources discovered, 312, 314, 316, 318, 324, 325
Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives, 185
Committee on District of Columbia of House of Representatives, 252,
253, 254, 257
Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, 253
Committee on Finance of the Senate, 198, 199
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 321
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 150, 295, 308, 322
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, 232, 235,
369
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, 82, 83, 84, 87, 232, 233,
341, 343, 349, 363, 371, 372
Committee on Manufactures of the House of Representatives, 110, 112,
158, 160, 172, 174, 175, 184, 185
Committee on Manufactures of the Senate, 188
Committee on Territories of the House of Representatives, 340, 382,
400, 401
Committee on Territories of the Senate, 349, 363, 382, 401
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, 9, 10,
110, 172, 174, 185, 198, 231, 351
Compromise Measures of 1850,
in Fillmore's message, 368, 369;
in Fillmore's message of December 2, 1851, 374;
memorials on finality, 375;
Democratic platform of 1852, 376;
Whig platform of 1852, 376;
unity of Whig party imperilled, 376, 377;
effect of election of 1852, 377;
situation in December, 1852, 381;
the Howe-Giddings colloquy, 381, 382;
interpretation of the compromise, 382;
the Douglas report on Nebraska, 383-387;
dictum of the committee, 387;
claim of Dixon, 388;
as to Kansas-Nebraska bill, 389;
dictum of Douglas, 390;
the amendment of Chase, 391;
the amendment of Douglas, 392;
views of Everett, 392, 393 (_see_ Kansas, Territory of, and
Nebraska, Territory of);
effect of acquiescence, 403
Concord, New Hampshire, 191
Confederation of Spanish-American States,
plan initiated, 147;
proposed congress and relations of United States, 147 _et seq._
Congress of the Confederation,
lack of power over slavery, 48;
passed Ordinance of 1787, 48;
power in the case, 49
Congress, Continental, forbids importation of slaves, 48
Congress of the United States,
Acts of the Fourteenth, 1, 2;
Congress of 1801 and 1815, 3;
power over Bank, 4, 5;
early action on tariff, 8;
meeting in December, 1815, 9;
vote as to tariff, 9;
acts of the Fourteenth, 12-14;
discussion of its powers by Calhoun, 13, 14;
powers discussed by Monroe, 15;
pay of members, 16;
passage of internal improvements bill, 16;
acts as to Florida, 24, 25;
acts of 1811 as to Florida, 30;
limitation as to slavery, 50;
abolition of slave trade, 51;
division of Louisiana territory, 55, 56;
power over Territories, 63;
power to erect Commonwealths, 64;
attitude to slavery, 65;
debate on powers of Congress, 67 _et seq._;
annals of, 74;
powers discussed by Taylor, 79, 80, and by Holmes, 80, 81, and by
McLane, 81, 82;
Pinckney's argument on powers of, 84-87;
conference committee on Missouri, 88, 89;
interpretation of Act of Congress, 89;
significance of the Compromise, 90-95;
powers considered by Lowndes, 96;
Sergeant on power of creating Commonwealths, 96, 97;
course of Congress considered, 97, 98;
oath of members, 98;
second conference committee on Missouri, 101-103;
significance of the compromise, 104;
doctrine of its control of commerce, 110;
conference committee on tariff, 114, 115;
early practice as to internal improvements, 116, 117;
vote on internal improvements bill of 1822, 118;
Monroe on the powers of, 120, 121;
power over expenditures, 121;
act of April 30, 1824, 122;
inaction upon "Monroe Doctrine," 128;
Calhoun a member of, 133;
joint session for count of electoral votes, 141, 142;
as to power over roads, 155;
Act of April 30, 1824, 155, 156;
memorials to, 158;
attitude of South Carolina to, 159 _et seq._;
passes Maysville Road bill, 167;
appropriations for internal improvements, 169;
as to powers of, 170;
attitude to tariff, 178;
Calhoun's attitude to, 179;
control of courts by, 180;
President's message before, 184;
conference committee on tariff, 188;
attitude to the planters, 189;
decision on Bank Act of, 195;
relation to President as to legislation, 206, 207;
as a nominating body, 208;
failure to override Jackson's veto, 209;
inaction as to Indian problem, 215;
Jackson's message to, 216;
ten years' struggle of South in, 221;
its acts nullified, 222;
Jackson's messages on South Carolina, 231, 232;
abolition petitions to, 251, 252;
abolition petitions before, 253;
recommendations of Jackson, 272, 273;
argument as to power over mails, 273 _et seq._;
conflict with President over Bank, 279 _et seq._;
passage of Independent Treasury bill, 285, 286;
erection of new Commonwealths, 290;
President's message on Texas, 298;
action of Congress, 298-300;
effect of its action, 300;
address of certain Whig members, 303;
message of Tyler to, 305;
affairs of Texas, 306 _et seq._;
Tyler's message of December, 1844, 320, 321;
competency as to matters of treaty, 322;
Polk's message on Oregon, 324;
action as to Oregon, 325, 326;
power over Texan boundary, 328;
Act as to Corpus Christi, 329-331;
Polk's message on Mexican War, 330;
action on war, 331;
Polk's message to, August 8, 1846, 334;
consent to acquisition of California and New Mexico, 337;
Polk's message on Trist, 338;
as to attitude to Missouri Compromise, 341;
special message on Oregon, 344;
discussion of powers of, 344;
Cass on policy of, 345;
special message of July 6, 1848, to, 345, 346;
as to power in Territories, 347;
attitude to slavery, 348;
Taylor's message of December 4, 1849, 353, 354;
action on new Territories, 353 _et seq._;
Fillmore's message of August 6, 1850, 362;
completion of compromise measure, 363, 364;
Fillmore's message of December, 1850, 368;
petitions on fugitive slave law, 369;
Fillmore's message of December 2, 1851, 374;
Fillmore's message of December 6, 1852, 380;
action on organization of Kansas and Nebraska, 381 _et seq._;
Kansas election for delegate to, 416, 417;
Whitfield in, 418;
as to powers in Kansas, 422;
memorial from Kansas, 426;
Kansas question before, 432;
slavery question before, 433;
laws of, in Kansas, 464;
President's message of February 2, 1858, 469
Connecticut, Commonwealth of, 13;
legislation on slavery, 48;
in election of 1824, 142;
resolution on independence of Texas, 290;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399
Constitution of the Confederation, 48;
relation to Ordinance of 1787, 48, 49
Constitution of the United States of America, the,
as to Bank, 5;
as cited by Calhoun, 13;
as interpreted by Monroe, 17;
relative to parties, 17, 18;
slavery in, 49, 50;
interpreted with reference to national character of slavery, 59;
the control of slavery, 62, 65;
powers of Congress, 63, 64;
test of the Tallmadge amendment, 66 _et seq._;
Taylor as to powers of Congress, 79;
Holmes' speech, 80, 81;
McLane's argument, 81, 82;
limitations on new Commonwealths, 85;
as to restriction on Commonwealths, 89;
significance of the first Missouri Compromise, 90-95;
as cited by Lowndes, 97;
cited by Sergeant, 97;
extent of its protection, 98, 99;
second Missouri compromise, 102, 103;
significance of the compromise, 104, 106;
as to fourteenth amendment, 105;
Taylor's interpretation of, 119;
Monroe's interpretation of, 120, 121;
development of the particularistic interpretation, 122;
as construed by Adams, and Clay, 146;
as to international status of slavery, 151;
amendment proposed, 155;
reaction as to interpretation of, 156;
as interpreted by Buchanan, 159;
amendment suggested by Jackson, 167, 168;
as interpreted by Taylor, 168, 169;
as interpreted by McDuffie, 173, 174;
as interpreted by Calhoun, 178-181;
regard for processes of, 181;
as interpreted by Calhoun, 183;
as to origin of revenue bill, 188;
political science of, 192, 193;
decision as to constitutionality of Bank Act, 195;
as construed by Jackson, 199;
Jackson on operation of, 205, 206;
effect of his Bank veto, 207-209;
as cited by Jackson, 216, 217;
the Cherokee nation case, 218;
case of Worcester _vs._ Georgia, 218, 219;
powers conferred on President by, 220;
as interpreted in the Nullification Ordinance, 222;
as construed by the nullifiers, 227;
as interpreted in Jackson's proclamation, 229;
as expounded by Calhoun, 236;
as explained by Webster, 237;
effect of events of 1832 and 1833 on, 238-241;
as to control of civil status, 247, 248;
attitude of Garrison to, 248;
guarantees as to right of petition, 255, 256;
in Calhoun's argument, 273;
provision as to treaties, 305;
nature of war according to, 306;
as to treaty-making powers, 307, 308;
as to annexation of Texas, 321;
as to procedure on treaties, 324;
as interpreted by Rhett, 342;
as to Oregon bill, 343;
compromises of, 348;
as to extension of its effect, 350;
amendment suggested by Calhoun, 358;
Webster on the, 359;
effect of formation of, 366;
as to fugitive slaves, 366, 367;
as interpreted by Fillmore, 370;
as interpreted by Butler, 372;
as cited by Fillmore, 374;
in Douglas's report, 383, 392;
as viewed by Everett, 393;
in Chase's amendment, 394;
treason, as defined by, 427;
the Dred Scott case, 449 _et seq._
Continental Congress. _See_ Congress, Continental
Contreras, battle of, 334
Convention, Federal Constitutional, of 1787, attitude to slavery, 49,
50
Convention. _See_ Treaty
Conway, M. F., letter to Governor Reeder, 424
Cooke, P. St. George,
ordered to attack Topeka, 445;
refuses to obey, 445
Cooper, James,
on committee of Thirteen, 360;
not voting on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 398
Cooper, Thomas,
speech at Columbia, 159;
his life and views, 173;
his relation to slavery and to McDuffie, 173
Corpus Christi,
made port of delivery, 329;
advance of Taylor, 329
Cos, Martin Perfectos de,
attacks Gonzales, 293;
driven from Texas, 294
Cotton,
relation to slavery, 52, 53;
exportation reduced, 54
Crafts, Ellen, escape, 368
Crafts, William, escape, 368
Cramer, John, motion in House, 254
Crane, A. C., statement as to Dred Scott case, 449, 450
Crawford, William Harris,
relation to Jackson, 34, 35;
opinion of treaty with Spain, 36;
effect of Seminole War, 38;
qualifications as presidential candidate in 1824, 132, 133, 136,
141;
electoral vote of 1824, 137;
relation to Adams' administration, 144-146;
relation to Jackson and the Seminole War, 220
Creeks, the, 26, 29;
Council of 1824, 212;
Indian Springs convention, 212;
its repudiation, 212;
resistance to Georgia, 212;
protest to general government, 212, 213;
controversy as to Creek lands, 213, 214;
new agreement of 1826 as to lands, 214;
agreement repudiated by Georgia, 214
"Crime against Kansas," the, delivered, 439
Cuba,
in the Spanish-American troubles, 152-154;
the Ostend manifesto, 408
Cumberland Road,
built, 116;
bill of 1822, 118;
analysis of vote, 118, 119;
attitude of East and West, 119, 120
Curtis, Benjamin Robbins, opinion on Dred Scott case, 454, 457, 458
Curtis, George Ticknor,
attitude to fugitive slave law, 368;
in Shadrach case, 370;
connection with Sims case, 373
Cushing, Caleb, relation to Kansas-Nebraska bill, 401
Customs Act,
of 1789, 8;
of 1812, 9
DAGGETT, DAVID, voting, 74
Dallas, Alexander James,
presents Bank memorial, 201;
on Senate committee, 201;
reports Bank bill, 201
Davis, Jefferson,
views as to slavery in Territories, 344, 345;
moves amendment to Oregon bill, 344;
effect of his action, 345;
attitude to Clay's proposal, 357;
views on fugitive slave law, 367;
contention as to fugitive slave law, 371;
relation to Kansas-Nebraska bill, 401, 402;
disapproves Col. Sumner's course, 443;
attitude to Kansas affairs, 472, 473
De Bree, John, owner of Shadrach, 370
Declaration of Independence, the, 70, 92, 94, 193, 229, 245
Delaware, Commonwealth of, 8;
legislation on slavery, 48;
in election of 1828, 163;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399
Democratic party,
appearance, 38, 104;
principles, 104;
circumstances of its appearance, 146;
party nomenclature, 162, 163;
demands of 1828, 163;
the making of its creed, 165;
divisions of the party and policies of each, 165;
origin and influence, 193, 194;
radical development in Kentucky, 195, 196;
attack of western element upon privilege, 196;
Jackson becomes leader, 196, 197;
opposes Gordon's proposal as to independent treasury, 285;
supports Independent Treasury Bill of 1840, 285;
relation to the questions of slavery and territorial extension, 287,
288;
nominates Polk for presidency, 309;
the platform, 309, 316;
views of the union of Texas and Oregon in platform, 317;
Thompson's opinion, 317;
characterization the work of the Democrats, 317;
platform of 1844, 318;
attitude to Wilmot proviso, 338;
platform of 1848 as to slavery in Territories, 344, 345;
the Clayton committee, 346;
election of 1848, 348, 349;
convention of 1852, 376;
election of 1852, 377;
controversy on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 391;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399;
attitude of Pierce to New York factions, 402;
vote in House on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 404, 405;
meaning of the vote, 405, 406;
as to leaders of Emigrant Aid Company, 413;
effect of Kansas struggle, 417;
relation to rise of Republican party, 418;
Lane's effort at organization in Kansas, 423;
relation of Kansas affairs to national party organization, 430, 431;
effect on party prospects of sacking of Lawrence, 438;
as to effect of events in Kansas, 447;
effect of Dred Scott decision, 458;
plan as to Democracy in Kansas, 462
Denver, John W.,
appointed Acting-Governor of Kansas Territory, 467;
his report to the President, 468, 469;
pockets bill for constitutional convention, 471
Deseret, Foote's bill, 354
Des Moines River, the, Falls of, 66
De Witt, Alexander, signs _National Era_ address, 389
Dickerson, Mahlon, reports tariff bill in Senate, 188
Dickinson, Daniel Stevens, on Committee of Thirteen, 360
Dickson, John,
presents abolition petitions, 254;
controversy with Chinn, 254
District of Columbia,
adoption of Maryland laws, 51;
exclusive government vested in central Government, 247, 248;
petitions for abolition of slavery in, 251, 252;
report on slavery in District, 253;
disposal of Quaker petitions, 253;
more petitions in House, 254;
contest begins, 254;
petitions presented by Dickson and Fairfield, 254;
the Dickson-Chinn controversy, 254;
Slade's motion, 254;
Granger's intimation, 257;
the demand of Wise, 257, 258 (_see_ Petition, Right of);
Pinckney resolutions quoted, 261;
re-enacted, 262;
Vermont petition, 265, 269;
effort of Calhoun as to slavery in the District, 268;
recurrence of the slavery question, 355;
Clay's plan, 356;
attitude of Southerners, 357;
attitude of abolitionists, 357;
Clay's report, 362;
bill passed, 364.
_See_ Washington, D. C.
Dixon, Archibald,
proposes amendment to Nebraska bill, 387;
Blair's letter on Dixon, 387, 388;
attitude of Douglas, 388
Dodge, Augustus Caesar, introduces bill on Nebraska, 382
Donaldson, J. B.,
proclamation as to resistance to service of writs, 435;
dealings with citizens of Lawrence, 436, 437;
appears with force before Lawrence, 437;
dismisses posse, 438;
the sacking of Lawrence, 438
Doniphan, Alexander William, captures Chihuahua, 332
Douglas, Stephen Arnold,
attitude to Wilmot proviso, 338;
presents bill on Oregon in House, 340, 341;
presents bill in Senate on Oregon, 343;
moves amendment, 347;
changes vote, 347;
reports bill, 349;
Berrien's adverse report, 349, 350;
new bill on Territories, 350;
motion as to California, 357;
attitude to fugitive slave law, 368;
candidate for presidential nomination, 376;
early plans for organization of territory west of the Mississippi,
381;
presents bill and report on Nebraska, 382, 383;
consideration of report and its author, 383-387;
attitude to Dixon, 388;
presents new bill on Nebraska and Kansas, 389;
_National Era_ address, 389, 390;
Douglas's reply, 390;
charged with conspiracy, 391;
his principle as to slavery in Territories, 391;
amendment to bill, 392;
vote on his amendment, 393;
debate on further amendments, 394-397;
proposes amendment, 395, 396;
final argument on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 397, 398;
substance of bill reported in House bill, 400;
Douglas's bill in House, 401, 403;
effect of Dred Scott decision on Douglas Democrats, 458;
opposition to Buchanan, 469, 470
Douglas county, Kansas,
Sheriff Jones of, 428;
charge of Chief Justice Lecompte, 435;
indictment by Grand Jury, 435
Dow, C. M., murdered by Coleman, 428
Downs, Solomon W., on Committee of Thirteen, 360
Drayton, William, relation to nullification, 181
Dred Scott _vs._ Sandford [19 Howard, 293], 447, 449 _et seq._
Duane, William John, removed from head of Treasury Department, 280
Dutch Traders, at Jamestown, 40
Dutch Henry's Crossing, massacre at, 440;
the massacre characterized, 441;
and denounced by settlers, 441;
effect of massacre, 442;
the work characterized, 473, 474
EAST FLORIDA, 21
Eaton, John Henry, as to Bank trouble, 192
Easton, Kansas, election trouble at, 426
Election, presidential,
of 1820, 129;
of 1824, 130-137;
in House of Representatives, 140-142;
of 1828, 163, 164;
of 1832, 189, 190 _et seq._;
of 1836, 283;
of 1840, 286;
of 1844, 320;
of 1848, 349;
of 1852, 377;
of 1856, relation to election of Whitfield in Kansas, 417;
indications as to election of 1856, 440;
of 1856, as related to affairs in Kansas, 446, 447
Electoral Colleges, 50
Ellis, Powhatan, ordered to make final demand on Mexican Government,
299
El Paso, 361
Emancipation, early schemes for, 243, 245
Embargo, of 1807, 54
Emerson, Dr.,
owner of Dred Scott, 450;
his will, 450
Emerson, Irene,
owner of Dred Scott, 450;
sells him to Sandford, 451
Emigrant Aid Company,
misrepresentations as to, 411;
conference with Robinson, 413;
excitement occasioned in Missouri, 413;
claims as to its purpose, 419;
indictment against hotel in Lawrence, 435
England, 21, 45, 368
English, William Hayden, bill on Kansas, 470, 471
Erie Canal, 132
Eustis, William, efforts for admission of Missouri, 100
Everett, Edward,
reply to McDuffie, 176;
speech on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 392, 393;
not voting on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 398
Ewing, Thomas, on Bank Committee of Senate, 201
FAIRFIELD, JOHN, presents abolition petition, 254
Federal Party, 12, 104;
extinction, 129;
its errors, 129;
effects of War of 1812, 130;
principles on which it lost power, 239
Field, Roswell M., connection with Dred Scott case, 449, 452
Fillmore, Millard,
becomes President, 360;
message on Texas, 360;
message of December, 1850, 368, 369;
opposition of Giddings, 369;
message on Shadrach case, 370, 371;
report on President's powers, 372;
message of December 2, 1851, 374;
contest in Whig Convention of 1852, 376;
message of December 6, 1852, 380, 381
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, home of Charles Robinson, 413
Flint River, 22
Florida,
its acquisition, 19-38;
treaty of Florida Seminoles, 290;
constitution formed, 290;
admitted as Commonwealth, 290;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 390
Floyd, John, message on Southampton massacre, 249
Foote, Henry Stuart,
bill for Territories, 354;
criticises Clay, 357, 358;
motion on Bell's resolutions, 359;
accepts amendment, 360;
draws pistol on Benton, 360;
introduces finality resolutions, 374;
passed by House and rejected by Senate, 375
"Force Bill," the. _See_ Wilkins, William
Foreign affairs,
relation to party development, 122;
the Holy Alliance, 123-125;
the "Monroe Doctrine," 125-128;
significance of the diplomatic questions, 129;
success of Van Buren, 164.
_See_ Committee on Foreign Relations
Forsyth, John,
letter as to intrigue against Jackson, 220;
letter from Morfit, 296, 297
Fort Brown, attempt at relief, 329
Fort Jackson, treaty of, 26, 29
Fort Leavenworth,
Robinson at, 414;
arrival of Governor Reeder, 416;
Governor authorized to call troops from, 432;
Sumner returns to, 442
Fort Monroe, transfer of artillery, 230
Fort Moultrie, transfer of artillery, 230
Fort Riley, Branscomb at, 414
Fort Scott, 31
Fort Titus, Kansas conflict at, 444
Fowltown, destroyed, 28, 29
France, 21, 22, 23, 24;
abolition of slavery, 54;
gets Louisiana territory, 54, 65;
in Holy Alliance, 123;
relation to Congress of Verona, 124;
boundary dispute with Spain, 290;
recognizes Texan independence, 304;
cedes Louisiana to United States, 312, 318, 395. _See_ Treaty
Francis, Indian priest, 26
Franklin, Kansas,
Jones goes to, 428;
Lane and Robinson accompany Shannon to, 430, 431;
as to treaty of August 17, 444
Free-Soil party,
Buffalo convention of 1848, 347;
nomination and platform, 347, 348;
nomination of Hale, 377;
the _National Era_ address, 389;
its effect, 400;
vote in House on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 404, 405;
meaning of the vote, 405, 406;
appearance of Eli Thayer, 408, 409;
as to leaders of Emigrant Aid Company, 413;
effect of Kansas struggle, 417;
relation of Free-soil party to rise of Republican party, 418;
effect of Dred Scott decision, 458
Fremont, John Charles, effect of events in Kansas on his candidacy in
1856, 447
French Republic, the, 23
Fugitive slave law,
passed by Congress, 51;
law of 1850, 363, 364 (_see also_ Slavery);
law of 1850 makes slavery a national matter, 366;
its further effect, 366, 367;
views of Calhoun, Davis, and Rhett, 367;
the Hamlet case, 367;
efforts at repeal of law, 367, 368;
the Crafts case, 368;
the "Underground" established, 368;
attitude of the lawyers, 368;
Fillmore's message of December, 1850, 368, 369;
Fillmore's message, 369;
motion of Giddings, 369;
petitions for repeal, 369, 370;
the Shadrach case, 370;
Fillmore's message, 370, 371;
debate on Clay's motion, 371;
report on powers of President, 371, 372;
the Sims case, 372, 373;
Boston meetings, 373;
leaders of opinion, 373;
the "Jerry rescue," 373, 374;
Fillmore's message of December 2, 1851, 374;
debate on Foote's finality resolutions, 374, 375;
the result, 375;
petitions for repeal, 375;
Whig convention of 1852, 376;
attack by Sumner, 377;
effect of election of 1852, 377;
various policies as to slavery, 377-379
Fuller, Timothy, in Missouri bill debate, 68
"Fundamentals," Massachusetts, 41
Furness, William Henry, opposes fugitive slave law, 368
GAINES, EDMUND PENDLETON,
in Florida, 28, 30, 31;
ordered to Georgia, 213;
authorized to advance into Texas, 298
Garland, James, reply to Slade, 258
Garrison, William Lloyd,
beginning of abolition, 246;
estimate, 246;
the constitutional situation, 246-248;
attack on the Constitution, 248;
publishes the _Liberator_, 251;
compared with moderates, 251;
opposition to fugitive slave law, 373
Geary, John White,
appointed governor of Kansas with authority over troops, 446;
at Lecompton and Lawrence, 446;
enforces withdrawal of Missourians, 446, 447;
his resignation, 447
Geography, relation to political development, 20
Georgetown, South Carolina, instructions to collector, 230
Georgia, Commonwealth of, 8, 26, 27, 28, 33;
slavery prohibited, 43;
conditional cession of western lands, 50, 56;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1817, 118;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1822, 119;
stock held in United States Bank, 203;
nullification in Georgia, 210;
conditional cession of lands of 1802, 211;
the attempt to erect an Indian State, 211;
problem of land titles in Georgia, 211, 212;
legislature memorializes for quieting of Indian claims, 212;
the Indian Springs convention, 212;
its repudiation, 212;
the attempt to survey the lands, 212;
Barbour's letter to Troup, 212, 213;
quieting of Indian titles by agreement of 1826, 214;
Georgia repudiates the agreement, 214;
defiance of central Government, 214, 215;
President refers matter to Congress, 215;
Congress fails to act, 215;
legislature extends criminal jurisdiction over Cherokees, 215;
Jackson's opinion of Georgia's position, 216;
obstinacy of the Cherokees, 216;
the question in Jackson's message of 1829, 216, 217;
opinions of Indian titles, 217;
the solution in Georgia, 217, 218;
legislature incorporates Cherokee lands in the Commonwealth, 218;
the Cherokee Nation case, 218;
the case of Worcester against Georgia, 218, 219;
failure to execute decision, 219, 220;
convention in, 375;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399;
Jackson's Georgians in Kansas, 438
Ghent, treaty of, 9, 26
Giddings, Joshua Reed,
denounces Fillmore and Webster, 369;
colloquy with Howe, 381, 382
Glascock, Thomas, attitude on procedure as to petitions, 259
Goliad, atrocities, 293
Gonzales, attacked, 293
Gordon, William F.,
proposal as to independent treasury, 285;
relation of parties to its rejection, 285
Gorham, Benjamin,
attitude to tariff bill of 1823, 111;
reply to McDuffie, 176
Gorostiza, Manuel Eduardo de, leaves Washington, 299
Granger, Francis, claim as to District of Columbia, 257
Grasshopper Falls, Kansas, convention at, 464
Great Britain,
treaty of 1763, 21, 23;
treaty of 1783, 22;
war of United States with, 24;
treaty of 1814, 26;
Nicholls's proposition to, 27;
Indian allies of, 29;
relations with United States as to slaves, 58, 59;
claims in North Pacific, 123;
relation to Holy Alliance, 123, 124;
proposal as to Holy Alliance, 125;
Canning's declaration, 125;
diplomatic relations, 287;
Ashburton Treaty, 303;
recognizes Texan independence, 304;
as mediator between Mexico and Texas, 304;
the London letter of British plans, 304;
claims to Oregon, 311;
Nootka Convention, 311, 312;
effect of war with Spain, 312;
Treaty of Utrecht, 312;
claim of United States, 312, 313;
treaty of 1818 with United States, 313;
effect of treaty of 1819 between United States and Spain, 313;
agreement of 1828 with United States, 314;
in Ashburton-Webster negotiations, 314;
ignorance as to Oregon, 314, 315;
the work of Whitman, 315, 316;
Democratic platform of 1844, 316;
negotiations as to Oregon, 321;
statement of negotiations in Polk's first message, 324;
his recommendations, 324;
action of Congress, April, 1846, 325, 326;
treaty of June, 1846, 326;
possibility of holding California, 332;
result of treaty with, 339;
United States minister to, 408
Great lakes, 325
Greeley, Horace, views on election of 1844, 320
Grimke, Thomas Smith, relation to nullification, 181
Grinnell, Moses H., member of Emigrant Aid Society, 409
Guadalupe Hidalgo, treaty of,
terms, 336;
ratified by Senate, 339
HALE, EDWARD EVERETT, member of Emigrant Aid Society, 409
Hale, John Parker,
moves amendment to Oregon Bill, 344;
effect of his action, 345;
contention as to fugitive slave law, 371;
presents petitions for repeal of fugitive slave law, 375;
nominated for presidency, 377;
popular vote compared with Van Buren's in 1848, 377
Hamilton, James,
the Calhoun letter, 221;
calls special meeting of legislature, 221;
chairman of nullification convention, 221;
sends ordinance of nullification to legislature, 224
Hamlet, James, arrest, 367
Hamlin, Hannibal, presents petition in Senate, 370
Hammond, James Hamilton,
motion not to receive abolition petitions, 255;
wrangle over his two motions, 256
Harrisburg, Penn., convention of 1824, 139
Harrison, William Henry,
voting, 73;
nominated for presidency, 286;
succeeded, on his death, by Tyler, 286
Harvey, James Madison, commands column of "Free-state" force, 445
Hayne, Robert Young,
theory on tariff, 114;
view of slave labor, 161;
view repeated by McDuffie, 177;
Calhoun and the Webster debate, 179;
criticism of Clay's resolution on tariff, 187, and amendment of it,
188;
on Bank committee of Senate, 201;
his inaugural as governor of South Carolina, 224
Hayti,
its affairs mentioned by Salazar, 151;
consideration of its example in the United States, 152;
isolated, 154
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, cited on human purpose, 243, 244
Heister, William, presents abolition petition, 253
Herrera, Jose Joaquin de,
refuses to receive Slidell, 328;
gives way to Paredes, 328
Hill, Isaac, in Bank trouble, 191
Hillards, the, in Crafts case, 368
Hillis Hajo, 32
Himallemico, 32
Holmes, John,
voting, 73;
presents Maine petition for admission, 77;
reports bill, 77;
speech on Missouri, 80, 81;
on conference committee, 88
Holy Alliance,
formation, 123;
relation to England, 124;
Congress of Verona, 124;
Canning's declaration to Polignac, 125;
the "Monroe Doctrine," 125-128;
relation to Spain's colonies, 153, 154
Holst, Hermann Edouard von,
opinions reviewed, 27;
opinion of Jackson's veto message considered, 206, 207
Holyoke, Massachusetts, residence of Branscomb, 413
Home Government [of England], as to baptism of slaves, 44
Hopkinson, Joseph, committee service, 3
House of Representatives, of the United States,
action on Madison's message, 3;
Clay, Speaker of, 6;
passage of Bank bill, 7, 8;
reference of tariff matters, 9;
debate on tariff, 10-12;
passage of tariff bill, 12;
debate on internal improvements, 13, 14;
pay of members, 16;
passage of internal improvements bill, 18;
second passage of internal improvements bill, 18;
vote on censure of Jackson, 35, 36;
representation in, 63;
petitions from Missouri, 66;
debate on the Tallmadge amendment, 66 _et seq._;
passage of Tallmadge amendment and Missouri bill, 73;
disagreement with Senate, 74;
petition from Maine referred, 75;
Maine bill passed by House, 75;
Missouri bill and Taylor's amendment, 78-80;
Holmes's speech, 80, 81;
McLane's speech, 81, 82;
Pinkney's speech on powers of Congress, 84-87;
disagreement with Senate, 88;
conference committee, 88-89;
significance of the compromise, 90-95;
Missouri constitution considered, 95, 96;
report of Lowndes, 96;
speech of Sergeant, 96, 97;
consideration of the question, 97, 98;
defeat of the Lowndes bill, 99;
tables Senate bill, 99;
Clay's proposals, 100;
report of committee of thirteen, 100, 101;
defeat of the bill and amendment, 101;
second conference committee, 101, 103;
plan to limit membership, 109;
reference of Monroe's recommendations, 110;
tariff bill of 1823, 110, 111;
tariff bill of 1824, 112;
Clay's argument, 112, 113;
replies to Clay, 113, 114;
conclusion in conference committee, 114, 115;
early votes on internal improvements, 117;
vote on internal improvements bill of 1822, 117, 118, 119, 120;
Monroe's letter on internal improvements, 120, 121;
vote on vetoed bill, 121;
Clay, Speaker of, 134;
election of President in, 140-142;
memorials on tariff, 158;
tariff bill passed, 159;
tariff bill reported, 160;
vote on tariff bill, 162;
vote on vetoed Maysville road bill, 168;
question as to reference of President's message, 172-174;
tariff bill before House, 174, 175;
McDuffie's argument, 175, 176, 177;
reference of President's message, 184, 185;
tariff bill before, 185, 186;
tariff bill passed, 186;
refusal to concur with Senate, 188;
conference committee, 188;
report on the Bank, 198;
relation of members of constituencies, 200;
reports on Bank, 202;
bill for re-charter passed, 202;
Jackson on duty of members, 206;
early control of presidential elections, 208;
action on President's message, 231, 232;
bill reported on President's powers, 235;
claim as to origin of tariff bills, 236;
passage of tariff bill and "Force Bill," 237;
abolition petitions in, 252;
report on petitions, 253;
more petitions referred, 253;
action on Dickson's motion, 254;
conflict over right of petition, 254 _et seq._;
adoption of the Pinckney resolutions, 261;
further work of Adams and Slade, 262;
rule of January 8, 1840, 263;
Gordon's amendment in, 285;
resolutions as to recognition of Texan independence, 296;
contingent action as to Texan independence, 299, 300;
effect of action, 300;
Wise's speech in, 302;
Tyler's message on Texan treaty, 309;
action on annexation of Texas, 321, 322;
action on admission of Texas, 322;
concurrence with Senate's action on Texas, 323;
McKay's bill, 335;
the Wilmot proviso, 335, 336;
Oregon bill in, 341;
action on Oregon bills, 343;
rejects Clayton bill, 347;
final agreement with Senate, 347;
action on erection of California and New Mexico, 349 _et seq._;
completion of compromise measures, 363, 364;
action on President's message, 369;
passage of finality resolutions, 375;
action on organization of Kansas and Nebraska, 381 _et seq._;
contest for seat in, 432;
appointment of committee of investigation for Kansas affairs, 433;
memorials from Kansas, 433;
bill for admission of Kansas, 442, 443;
action on Kansas, 470.
_See_ Congress of the United States
Houston, Samuel,
leader of Texans, 293;
Benton's description, 293, 294;
his early record, 294;
San Jacinto and the presidency of Texas, 294;
sends special envoy to Washington, 306;
promise of Murphy disavowed, 307;
changes vote, 347;
speech on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 393;
vote on Douglas's amendment, 393;
speech on the bill, 397;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399
Houston, S. D., withdraws from Kansas Territorial legislature, 421
Howard, William A., on committee for Kansas investigation, 433
Howe, John W., discussion with Giddings, 381, 382
Hudson Bay Company,
agents in Oregon, 314;
relation to policy of Great Britain, 314;
representations as to Oregon, 314, 315
Hunt, Memucan, proposes Texan annexation to Van Buren, 301
Hutchinson, William, in "Free-state" directory of Kansas, 443
IBERVILLE RIVER, the, 21, 22
Illinois, Commonwealth of,
slavery forbidden, 62, 63;
condition on erection, 68, 69, 71;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399;
as to Dred Scott case, 450
Independent treasury,
Van Buren's message of September 4, 1837, 284, 285;
Gordon's proposal, 285;
attitude of the parties, 285;
Act of July 4, 1840, 285;
party contest over the bill, 285, 286
Indian Springs, Convention at, 212
Indiana, Commonwealth of,
slavery forbidden, 62, 63;
condition on erection, 68, 69, 71;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399
Indiana, Territory of,
relation to slavery, 51;
jurisdiction over part of Louisiana Territory, 55
Ingersoll, Joseph R.,
claim as to District of Columbia, 257;
reports joint resolution on Texas, 321
Ingham, Samuel D.,
in debate, 10;
position upon tariff bill of 1827, 158;
as to Bank trouble, 191
Internal improvements,
bill presented, 14;
Calhoun's speech, 15, 16;
bill passed, 16;
President's veto, 17;
Madison's earlier recommendations, 17;
failure to overcome veto, 18;
development in theory, 116-119;
the Act of 1806, 116;
Calhoun's bill of 1817 vetoed by Madison, 116, 117;
analysis of vote, 117, 118;
Cumberland road bill of 1822, 118;
analysis of vote, 118, 119;
Taylor's position, 119;
attitude of East and West, 119, 120;
Monroe's veto, 120, and message, 120, 121;
vote on vetoed bill, 121;
Act of April, 1824, 122;
relation to foreign affairs, 122;
significance of the questions, 129;
Adams's first message, 155;
Van Buren's opposition, 155;
relation to political divisions, 156;
practical difficulties, 156, 157;
Jackson's views in 1829, 167;
passage of Maysville road bill, 167;
the veto, 167, 168;
vote on vetoed bill, 168;
analysis of vote, 168;
significance of veto, 169;
appropriations approved by Adams and Jackson, 169;
relation to private enterprise, 169, 170;
relation to slavery, 170;
Jackson's message of December, 1830, 178;
Jackson's message of December, 1831, 184
Iowa, Commonwealth of,
admitted, 290;
memorial of legislature on finality resolutions, 375;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399
JACKSON, ANDREW,
in Florida, 24, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33;
attempt at censure, 34, 35, 36;
vindicated, 36;
Territorial governor of Florida, 38;
effect of Seminole War, 38;
qualifications as presidential candidate in 1824, 135, 136, 139,
141;
electoral vote of 1824, 136, 137;
the Coleman letter, 138;
opposition to Adams threatened, 142, 143, and begun, 144, 146;
elected President, 163, 164;
makes Van Buren secretary of state, 164;
vigorous foreign policy, 164;
first annual message, 166, 167;
vetoes Maysville road bill, 167, 168;
significance of the veto, 169;
appropriations approved by Adams and Jackson, 169;
message of December, 1829, as to tariff, 171, 172;
its reference, 172;
message of December, 1830, 178;
message of December, 1831, 184;
message of December, 1829, 190;
later interpretations of his attack on Bank, 191, 192;
relation to "relief party" in Kentucky, 196;
leader of Democratic party, 196, 197;
attitude to Bank, 197, 198;
his views opposed by committees, 198;
message of December, 1830, 198, 199;
his message of December, 1831, 200;
puts the Bank question before the people, 200;
relation of Bank question to question of Jackson's election, 201;
effect of his veto of Bank bill, 202;
analysis of his message, 202-206;
opinion of von Holst on the veto message considered, 206, 207;
the message interpreted, 206-209;
relation of Congress to his election as President, 207;
the people accept the principles of Jacksonian democracy, 209;
opinion of Georgia's claims, 216;
reply to Cherokees, 216;
message of December, 1829, 216, 217;
different opinions of Indian titles, 217;
failure to execute decision of Supreme Court, 219, 220;
view on South Carolina's opinion of tariff, 220;
supposition as to Cabinet intrigue of 1819, 220;
the Forsyth letter, 220;
hostility of Jackson and Calhoun, 220, 221;
message of December, 1832, 228;
proclamation of December 10, 1832, 228-230;
active military preparations, 230, 231;
instructions to collectors, 230;
instructions to Scott, 230, 231;
popular approval of Jackson's course, 231;
attitude of Congress, 231;
Hayne's proclamation, 232;
Jackson's message of January, 1833, 232;
Bell's report on President's powers, 235;
signs Compromise Tariff, and "Force Bill," 238;
motive in course on nullification, 238;
significance of his doctrines, 239, 240;
as to responsibility for Jacksonian principles, 240;
message of 1835 as to use of mails, 272, 273;
decides to destroy the Bank, 279;
power of removal, 279;
removal of McLane and Duane, 280;
the work of Taney, 280;
consideration of the proper exercise of power, 280;
censured by Senate, 281;
Benton begins effort at removal of censure, 281;
his contest successful, 282;
tendency of government to his day, 282;
his successor, 284;
sends Morfit to Texas, 296;
message of December 21, 1836, on Texas, 298;
special message as to reprisals, 298;
authorizes Gaines to advance into Texas, 298;
orders Ellis to make demands on Mexico, 299;
satisfaction not given, 299;
special message of February 6, 1837, 299;
request for unusual powers not granted by Congress, 299;
recognizes Texas and her agent, 300;
ends diplomatic relations with Mexico, 301
Jackson, William, presents abolition petition, 255
Jackson, Zadock, repudiates sacking of Lawrence, 438
Jalapa, captured by Scott, 333
Jamestown, slaves introduced at, 40
Janus, gates open, 260
Jefferson, Thomas, 2, 3;
relation to French philosophy, 129;
share of Congress in his election as President, 207;
principles restated by Calhoun, 239;
tendency of government from his day, 282;
sends out Lewis and Clark, 312;
view as to extent of Louisiana, 312
Johnson, Robert Ward, position on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 393
Johnson, William, relation to nullification, 181
Johnson County, Kansas, contested election, 465
Johnston, Josiah S., on bank committee of Senate, 201
Jones, George Wallace, position on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 393
Jones, John W., reply to Adams on right of petition, 257
Jones, Samuel J.,
as sheriff, arrests Branson, 428;
rescue of Branson, 428;
goes to Franklin and calls help from Missouri, 428, 429;
his error recognized, 430;
serves writ on Wood, 433;
tries to arrest Tappan, 434;
attempt to assassinate, 434;
Donaldson's reference to the shooting, 436;
the sacking of Lawrence, 438
KANSAS CITY, MO., 316;
Branscomb and Robinson at, 413, 414
Kansas, Territory of,
bill for organization of, 389;
the abolition protest, 389, 390;
reply of Douglas, 390;
amendment of Chase, 391, 392;
position of Wade, 391;
amendment of Douglas, 392;
views of Everett, 392, 393;
speech of Houston, 393;
position of Bell and the committee, 393;
vote on the amendment, 393;
Chase's amendment, 394, 395;
Pratt's amendment, 394;
Walker's declaration and Badger's amendment, 395;
Chase's third amendment, 395, 396;
Douglas's amendment, 395, 396;
Chase's fourth amendment, 396;
speech of Bell against bill, 396, 397;
speech of Houston, 397;
final argument of Douglas, 397, 398;
vote on bill in Senate, 398;
analysis of vote, 398, 399;
rise of popular opposition, 399, 400;
the Richardson bill, 400;
the Senate bill in the House, 401;
position of Cushing, Davis, and Pierce, 401-403;
action in House, 403;
management of bill by Stephens, 404;
bill signed by President, 404;
analysis of vote, 404, 405;
meaning of the vote, 405, 406;
relation of Act to slavery, 407, 408;
the struggle for Kansas, 407 _et seq._;
the plan of Thayer and his associates, 409;
organization of the society, 409, 410;
opposition, 410;
incorporation of the society, 410, 411;
misrepresentations as to Emigrant Aid Company, 411;
considered as of the South, 412;
influence of Atchison, 412, 413;
expedition of Robinson and Branscomb, 413, 414;
"Platte County Self-defensive Association," 414, 415;
the founding of Lawrence, 415;
trouble over contesting claimants, 415, 416;
arrival of Governor Reeder, 416;
election of Whitfield, 417;
effect on Republican party of interference of Missourians in Kansas,
418;
significance of the seating of Whitfield, 418;
census of Kansas, 419;
interference of Missourians in election of first Territorial
legislature, 419, 420;
action on contested election cases, 420;
supplementary elections, 421;
first Territorial legislature, 421;
Robinson's plan for anti-slavery party, 421, 422;
legislature meets at Pawnee, 422;
pro-slavery members seated, 422, 423;
trouble over adjournment to Shawnee Mission, 423;
arrival of Sharpe's rifles, 423;
Lane's faction checked by Robinson's Lawrence speech, 423, 424;
Robinson's declaration as to slavery, 424;
Conway's letter to Reeder, 424;
beginning of the "Free-state" movement, 424;
legislation upon slavery, 424;
its effect on the North, 424, 425;
the Lawrence and Topeka conventions, 425;
the adoption of the Topeka constitution, 425;
removal of Governor Reeder, 425;
Woodson Acting-Governor, 425;
election of Reeder as Congressional delegate, 425;
election of Robinson as Governor, 425;
conflicts between "Free-state" and Territorial Governments, 426;
petition for admission and election of Senators by "Free-state"
party, 426, 427;
characterization of "Free-state" acts, 427;
Robinson's message to legislature, 427;
arrival of Governor Shannon, 427;
the Leavenworth convention, 428;
conflict between the two governments, 428;
the Branson rescue, 428, 429;
invasion of Missourians, 429;
Lawrence committee meet Governor Shannon, 429;
Shannon goes to Lawrence, 430;
agreement of Shannon with citizens of Lawrence, 430;
Lane, Robinson, and Shannon at Franklin, 430;
Atchison and the withdrawal of the Missourians, 430, 431;
appearance of John Brown, 431;
Shannon's report to President, 431;
appeal of leaders at Lawrence, 431;
the President's proclamation, 432;
attitude of "Free-state" party to proclamation, 432;
difficulty of the situation, 432, 433;
organization under Topeka constitution, 432;
contest for seat in House of Representatives, 432, 433;
House appoints committee of investigation, 433;
application for admission under Topeka constitution, 433;
work of Jones and attempt to assassinate him, 433, 434;
the assault repudiated by the "Free-state" party, 434;
letters of Robinson and Sumner, 434;
Lecompte's charge to grand jury, 435;
the "treason indictments," 435;
Donaldson's proclamation, 435, 436;
dealings of citizens of Lawrence with Shannon and Donaldson, 436,
437;
the sacking of Lawrence, 438;
repudiation by Atchison and others, 438;
the "Crime against Kansas," 439;
the attack on Sumner, 439, 440;
the Pottawattomie massacres, 440;
attitude of the Congressional committee, 440;
characterization of the massacre, 441;
denunciation by settlers, 441;
Brown and Pate at Black Jack, 441;
Shannon's proclamation and the work of the troops, 442;
effect of massacre on "Free-state" cause, 442, 443;
committee report and bill in House, 442, 443;
dispersal of legislature at Topeka, 443;
Smith succeeds Sumner, 443;
the Lawrence convention and the directory, 443;
"Free-state" military force organized and in conflict, 444;
capture of Titus, 444;
treaty of August 17, at Lawrence, 444;
resignation of Shannon, 444;
Woodson again Acting-Governor, 444;
proclamation of August 25, 444;
Missourians under Atchison in camp on Bull Creek, 445;
destruction of Ossawattomie, 445;
Smith's orders as to invaders, 445;
Lane leads in skirmish at Bull Creek, 445;
Woodson's order and Cooke's refusal to attack Topeka, 445;
failure of plan to attack Lecompton, 445, 446;
active steps by President, 446;
actions of Geary, 446;
retirement of the Missourians, 446, 447;
resignation of Geary, 446;
effect of events on presidential election, 447;
Buchanan's inaugural address, 447, 448;
plan for convention at Lecompton, 461;
Walker and Stanton in charge, 461;
negotiations of Stanton with "Free-state" men, 461, 462;
address by Walker, 462;
the party situation, 462;
the "Free-state" legislature, 462;
the "Free-state" mass-meeting, 463;
chances of the Topeka constitution, 463;
Robinson's plan to capture Territorial government, 463;
Wilson's advice, 463;
the Topeka mass-meeting, 464;
the Grasshopper Falls convention, 464;
census completed, 464;
Lecompton convention assembles, 464;
the election of October 5, 465;
contests in McGee and Johnson counties, 465;
Lane's conspiracy and its failure, 465, 466;
mass-meeting and convention at Lecompton, 465, 466;
the Lecompton constitution, 466;
"Free-state" demands on Stanton, 466, 467;
constitution to be submitted in full, 467;
Stanton removed, 467;
Denver appointed Acting-Governor, 467;
Lecompton Constitution accepted in election of December 21, 467;
Lecompton Constitution rejected in election of January 4, 1858, 468;
"Free-state" men in control of three Governments in Kansas, 468;
Denver's report to the President, 468, 469;
President submits Lecompton constitution to Congress, 469;
attitude of Douglas, 469, 470;
Lecompton bill passed by Senate and rejected by House, 470;
the House proposal rejected, 470;
the English bill, 470, 471;
the proposals rejected in Kansas, 471;
a fourth government erected, 471;
close of the struggle, 471;
characterization of the leaders, 471, 472;
attitude of the general government, of Davis, and of Sumner, 472,
473;
Act of 1854 the beginning of error, Missourians the beginners of
wrong, 473;
characterization of John Brown's work, 473, 474;
relation of events in Kansas to Civil War, 473, 474.
_See_ Nebraska, Territory of
Kansas-Nebraska bill, 343, 456 (_see_ Kansas, Territory of; and
Nebraska, Territory of);
effect of the Dred Scott dictum, 460
Kansas river, 66, 414
Kearny, Philip,
ordered to occupy New Mexico, 331;
orders to Doniphan, 332;
occupies California, 332
Kelly, ----, Editor of _Squatter Sovereign_, 411
Kendall, Amos, instructions to New York postmaster, 271, 272
Kentucky,
created Commonwealth with slavery, 50, 62, 63;
attitude to tariff of 1824, 115;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1817, 118;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1822, 119;
legislature nominates Clay for presidency, 136;
attitude toward tariff bill of 1827, 158;
relation to tariff of 1832, 188;
relief measures for debtors, 195, 196;
electoral vote in 1844, 320;
views as to slave policy, 378;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399
Kickapoo Rangers,
organized, 426;
capture Captain Brown, 426
King, Rufus, voting, 74
King, William Rufus,
states his creed on State sovereignty, 269, 270;
on Committee of Thirteen, 360
Kinsey, Charles, on conference committee, 88
Know Nothing party, 418
Kremer, George, charge against Adams and Clay, 141
LACOCK, ABNER, voting, 74
Lake of the Woods, 312, 313
Lane, James S.,
effort to organize Democratic party in Kansas, 423;
elected Senator by "Free-state" party, 426;
negotiations with Shannon, 430;
at Franklin, 430;
indictment against, 435;
as to service of indictment, 435;
in command of "Free-state" force, 435;
failure to arrive at Lecompton for attack, 445, 446;
result of his prevarications, 463;
conspiracy against Lecompton convention, 465;
thwarted, 465, 466
Lawrence, Amos Adams,
member of Emigrant Aid Society, 409;
his work, 411;
conference with Robinson, 413;
town named in honor of, 415
Lawrence, Kansas,
site occupied, 411;
town founded, 415;
quarrels as to claims, 415, 416;
Robinson's speech of July 4, 1855, 423;
convention at, 425;
the Branson rescue, 428;
Missourians approach, 429;
committee sent to Shannon, 429;
Shannon goes to, 430;
agreement of citizens with Governor Shannon, 430;
appearance of John Brown, 431;
appeal of citizens to President, 431;
Jones serves writ on Wood, 433;
trouble with Tappan, 434;
attempt to assassinate Jones, 434;
communications of Robinson and Sumner as to assault on Jones, 434;
indictment against hotel and newspapers in, 435;
Donaldson's proclamation, 435, 436;
dealings of citizens with Shannon and Donaldson, 436, 437;
Donaldson's force approaches the town, 437;
sacking of the town, 438;
repudiation of the deed, 438;
effect of the sacking and of assault on Sumner, 440;
effect of sacking modified by Pottawattomie massacre, 442;
"Free-state" convention at, 443;
treaty of August 17, 444;
Geary at, 446;
Stanton at, 461;
Wilson meets Robinson at, 463;
"Free-state" forces ordered to meet at, 465
Leavenworth, Kansas,
"Free-state" company organized at, 426;
convention at, 428
Lecompte, S. D., charge to grand jury of Douglas County, 435
Lecompton, Kansas,
the Branson rescue, 428;
citizens summoned to, by Donaldson, 435;
conflict at Fort Titus, 444;
failure of plan to attack Lecompton, 445, 446;
Geary at, 446;
plan for convention at, 461;
as to work of convention, 463;
convention assembles at, 464;
Lane's conspiracy against convention at, 465;
"Free-state" mass-meeting at, 465, 466;
constitution formed at, 466;
legislature meets at, 467.
_See_ Kansas
Lewis, Meriwether,
sent out by Jefferson, 312;
on the Columbia, 312
Lewis, William B., 33;
the Coleman letter, 138
Lexington, Kentucky, 167
_Liberator, The_, publication begun, 251
Liberties, Body of, 41
Lincoln, Abraham, intimation as to official conduct of Taney, 456
Loki, the, of Kansas, appears, 431
London, 26, 33
London, Bishop of, as to baptism of slaves, 44
Loring, Charles Greeley, in Sims case, 372
Lorings, the, in Crafts case, 368
Louisiana, Commonwealth of,
erected, 56;
slavery in, 56, 62, 63, 65;
condition on erection, 69, 71;
relation to tariff of 1832, 188;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399
Louisiana territory, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 37;
added to public domain, 51;
slavery in, 54, 55, 56, 57;
owned by France and Spain, 54;
ceded to United States, 55;
divided, 55;
early ownership and division, 65;
condition on cession to United States, 72;
motion of Thomas as to slavery, 84;
motion renewed, 87;
carried, 88;
conference report, 88;
relation to Missouri bill, 92, 93;
ceded to France, and to United States, 312;
as to inclusion of Oregon, 312;
cession of 1803, 318;
effect of acquisition, 366;
act of 1820, 382;
as to the Douglas report on Nebraska, 384;
as to repeal of Acts of 1820, 391;
as to Dred Scott case, 450, 452
Louisiana, Territory of,
organized, 56;
name changed, 56.
_See_ Missouri, Territory of
Lovejoy, Owen, killed, 250
Lowell, John, member of Emigrant Aid Society, 409
Lowell, Massachusetts, meetings on fugitive slave law, 368
Lower California, 337
Lowndes, William,
committee service, 9;
on conference committee, 88;
reports bill on Missouri, 95, 96;
bill defeated, 99;
relation of family to nullification, 181
Lundy, Benjamin, instigates abolition petition, 252
MCCULLOCH _vs._ Maryland [4 Wheaton, 316], 205
McDuffie, George,
opinion on slave labor, 161;
chairman ways and means committee, 172;
relation to Dr. Cooper, 173;
contention as to origin of tariff bills, 173, 174;
reports a tariff bill, 174;
its terms and disposal, 174;
forms economic basis of nullification, 175, 176, 177;
opposition to tariff, 177;
amendment lost, 177;
as to bill of 1832, 185;
tariff bills in House, 186;
attitude to the Bank, 198;
makes minority report in support of Bank, 202
McGee County, Kansas, contested election, 465
McGregor, Gregor, 30
McHenry, Jerry, rescue of, 373, 374
McKay, James J., introduces bill, 335
McLane, Louis,
speech on Missouri, 81, 82;
removed from head of Treasury Department, 280
McLean, John, voting, 73
Macon, Nathaniel,
committee service, 3;
position on Maine-Missouri bill, 83
Madison, James,
his message of 1815, 2, 3;
vetoes internal improvements bill, 17;
earlier recommendations, 17;
relation to Republican party, 17;
relation to War of 1812, 17;
as to relation between slavery and protection, 109;
vetoes bill, 1817, for internal improvements, 116, 117;
his views, 117
Mail, United States,
effect of presence of abolition literature, 251;
use by abolitionists, 270 _et seq._;
Charleston, South Carolina, post-office robbed, 271;
request of Charleston postmaster to New York postmaster, 271;
refusal to receive abolitionist documents in New York post-office,
271;
Kendall's instructions to the postmasters, 271, 272;
the question in Jackson's message, 272, 273;
Calhoun's report and bill, 273, 274;
criticism by Clay, 274;
defeat of the bill, 274;
Act of July 2, 1836, 274;
significance of the contest, 274-277
Maine, Commonwealth of,
constitution formed, 76;
petition for admission, 77;
bill introduced and passed by House, 77;
bill in Senate, 82;
connection with Missouri bill, 82, 83, 87;
amended bill passed in Senate, 88;
House disagrees, 88;
conference committee report, 88, 89;
bill approved by president, 89;
significance of the controversy, 88, 90 _et seq._;
attitude to tariff of 1824, 114;
attitude toward tariff of 1824, 115;
attitude toward tariff bill of 1827, 158;
in election of 1828, 164;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399
Mallary, Daniel,
reports tariff bill of 1827, 158;
opposes bill of 1828 as reported, 160, 161
Mangum, Willie Person,
motion as to Clay's and Bell's resolutions, 360;
on Committee of Thirteen, 360
Mann, Abijah, Jr., motion in House, 258
Mann, Horace, opposition to fugitive slave law, 373
Martin, Luther, letter to Maryland legislature, 49, 50
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