Chapter XXX: Appendix: II (4)

United States of America, the,
effect of military statutes, 13;
national spirit in, 19;
territorial extension of, 20;
independence recognized, 22;
purchase of Louisiana, 23;
claims on Florida, 23, 24;
occupation of Florida, 24, 25;
effect of treaty of Ghent, 26;
affair at Nicholls Fort, 27, 28;
character of Seminole War, 29, 30;
relations with Spain as to occupation of Florida, 32, 33;
treaty with Spain, 33, 36, 37, 38;
transfer of Florida, 38;
slavery in, 40, 50, 52, 53;
treaty of 1803, 55;
obligations to Georgia and North Carolina, 56, and to France, 57;
attitude to slavery, 58, 59, 60, 62-65;
debate on powers of general Government, 66 _et seq._;
Taylor's discussion of powers, 79, 80;
federal system of 1820, 87;
nature of the Union, 97;
effect of second Missouri compromise, 103;
significance of the compromise, 104-106;
commercial position, 112, 113;
foreign relations of, in 1822, 122;
claims in the North Pacific, 123;
relation to Spain's American possessions, 124 _et seq._;
attitude to Holy Alliance, 124 _et seq._;
relations with Spanish-American states, 146 _et seq._;
constitutional interpretation in the history of, 156;
relations with Great Britain, 164;
railroads in, 169;
tariff the necessary policy of, 171;
statistics from foreign trade of, 175, 176;
meaning of the term, 180;
regard for laws of, 181;
danger of bank to, 202;
Jackson's view considered, 203;
as to veto power, 207;
effect of Jackson's bank veto, 207-209;
cession by Georgia to, 211;
treaty with Creek Indians, 212;
dispute as to title, 213;
treaty with Creek Indians, 214;
trouble with Georgia, 214 _et seq._;
the issue as offered by South Carolina, 226;
principle of the governmental system of, 227;
the time for a revenue tariff, 228;
Jackson on the character of the Union, 229;
officers of, in South Carolina, 230;
resistance to laws checked, 234;
effect of events of 1832 and 1833, 238-241;
development of national purposes, 243, 244;
abolition and opinion of slavery in, 244;
contest over use of mails of, 270 _et seq._;
disputes as to deposits of, 280 _et seq._;
treaty with Seminoles, 290;
recognition of Spanish rights, 290;
immigration into Texas from, forbidden, 291;
attempts to purchase Texas, 292;
importation of slaves into Texas from, allowed, 294;
as to recognition of Texan independence by, 295, 296;
Morfit's report on Texas, 297;
question of natural boundaries, 300, 301;
annexation of Texas proposed, 301;
diplomatic relations with Mexico, 301, 302;
recognition of Texan independence by, 304;
relations with Mexico and Texas, 305 _et seq._;
as to admission of Texas, 310;
purchase of Louisiana, 312;
claims in Oregon, 312, 313;
conventions with Great Britain, 313, 314;
Oregon and Great Britain, 314 _et seq._;
as to claim on Texas and Oregon, 318;
Clay's views as to policy of, 319, 320;
relations with Mexico, 320, 321;
as to annexation of Texas, 321;
as to method of annexation to, 323, 324;
claims to Oregon, 324 _et seq._;
negotiations with Great Britain, 326;
suspension of diplomatic relations with Mexico, 327;
mission to Mexico, 328;
question of the Texan frontier, 328, 329;
relations with Mexico, 329 _et seq._;
military power in California, 332;
the Trist mission, 337, 338;
treaty with Mexico, 338;
Rhett on the nature of the union, 342, 343;
extension of public law of, 352;
relations to Cuba, 408;
relation to affairs in Kansas, 445 _et seq._

Upham, William,
introduces amendment, 338;
opposition of Cass and rejection, 338

Upper California,
to be occupied to Sloat and Stockton, 331;
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 338;
Smith's bill, 349.
_See_ California

Upshur, Abel P.,
made secretary of state, 303, 304;
negotiations with Van Zandt, 304;
letter to Murphy, 304;
formally proposed annexation, 305;
demand from Van Zandt, 306;
relation to Murphy's promise, 306;
death, 306

Utah,
Foote's bill for territorial organization, 254;
report of committee on territories, 360;
Committee of Thirteen, 360;
Clay's report, 360, 361;
bill as to Utah passed, 362;
as to the Douglas report on Nebraska, 384;
Chase on Act of 1850, 391

Utrecht, treaty of, 312

VAN BUREN, MARTIN,
relation to Crawford, 133;
attitude toward civil service reform, 133;
in election of 1824, 137;
attitude upon Panama Congress, 153;
opposition to Adams on internal improvements, 155;
share in election of 1828, 164;
made secretary of state, 164;
his success in diplomacy, 164;
relation of Administration to the financial situation, 284;
message of September 4, 1837, 284, 285;
origin of independent treasury idea, 285;
Van Buren's recommendation and the law of July 4, 1840, 285, 286;
declines proposition of Texan annexation, 301;
resumed diplomatic relations with Mexico, 301;
treaty proclaimed, 301, 302;
put aside by his party, 309;
nominated for presidency, 347;
popular vote in 1848 compared with that for Hale in 1852, 377

Vanderpoel, Aaron, motion in House, 255

Van Zandt, Isaac,
negotiations with Upshur, 304;
proposal of Upshur, 305;
demand upon Upshur, 306

Venezuela, 30

Vera Cruz,
campaign against, ordered, 332;
captured by Scott, 333

Vermont,
slavery forbidden, 62, 63;
Rev. S. A. Worcester, of, 218;
abolition petition, 265, 269;
position of Calhoun, 270;
disposal of Swift's motion, 270;
vacancy in Senate delegation, 398;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399

Verona, Congress of, 124

Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin,
reports tariff bill, 231, 232;
bill discussed, 235;
bill used in argument, 236;
Clay's bill substituted for Verplanck's bill, 237

Virginia, Commonwealth of, 8, 41;
legislation on slavery, 43;
statute of 1662, 44, 45;
slave code of 1705, 45;
legislation on public elements of slavery, 46;
forbids importation of slaves, 48;
domestic slave-trade, 57, 58;
as a type, 86;
relation to Cumberland road, 116;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1817, 117;
attitude to improvements bill of 1822, 119;
stock held in United States Bank, 203;
relation to slavery in District of Columbia, 253;
anticipated by Connecticut in recognizing Texas, 295;
views as to policies on slavery, 378;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399

"Virginia dynasty," the, extinct, 131

Vives, Francisco D., 37

WADE, EDWARD,
signs _National Era_ address, 389;
opposition to Douglas, 391

Wakarusa River, the,
settlement near, 414;
Missourians on, 429

Walker, Isaac P.,
motion as to Mexican acquisitions, 350, 351;
declaration as to repeal of act of 1820, 395

Walker, Robert John,
offers resolution as to Texas, 298;
adopted, 299;
offers amendment to Texas resolution, 323;
appointed Governor of Kansas Territory, 461;
his address, 462;
party relations, 462;
declaration as to law controlling territorial election, 464;
action on fraudulent elections, 465

Walker, Samuel, in command of "Free-state" forces in Kansas, 444

Walla Walla, mission on the, 315, 316

War of 1812, 1, 5, 8, 9, 13, 17, 24, 25, 28, 29, 33, 54, 58, 59;
effect upon political parties, 130;
effect on Republican party, 239;
as to Astoria, 313

War with Mexico,
a result of social development, 277;
relation of war to election of Polk, 320;
details, 327 _et seq._;
the casus belli, 327;
the concentration of forces, 328;
point of conflict, 328, 329;
beginning of hostilities, 329;
battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, 329, 330;
attitude of parties to war, 330;
character of war, 330, 331;
Congress authorizes war, 331;
occupation of New Mexico and Upper California, 331;
capture of Monterey, 331, 332;
seizure of California, 332;
return of Santa Anna and plans against Vera Cruz, 332;
battle of Buena Vista, 333;
capture of Vera Cruz, 333;
battle of Cerro Gordo, 333;
capture of Jalapa, Perote, and Puebla, 333;
battles of Contreras, San Antonio, and Cherubusco, 334;
armistice, 334;
Cass's view of relation of the war and slavery, 338;
battles of Molino del Rey and Chapultepec, 338;
capture of Mexico, 338;
opposition to the war, 338;
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 338

War of 1861,
an historical necessity, 65;
a result of social development, 277;
relation of events in Kansas to, 473, 474

War Department, 28, 30, 31, 32, 35

Warrenton, Virginia, 138

Washington, D. C., 2, 33, 124, 299, 300, 301, 302, 304, 307, 313, 315,
327, 330, 339, 375, 389, 401, 426, 428, 439

Washington Hall, fugitive slave law meetings, 373

Washington _Union_, the, relation to President Pierce, 401, 402

Webb, James Watson, applies name to Whig party, 281, 282

Webster, Daniel,
objection to Bank bill, 6;
as to tariff bill, 12;
qualifications as presidential candidate in 1824, 134, 136;
attitude to tariff of 1828, 162;
Calhoun and the Hayne debate, 179;
relation to Jackson and the Bank, 191;
advice to Bank party, 201;
on Bank committee of Senate, 201;
answers Calhoun's argument, 237;
retires from Tyler's cabinet, 286, 287;
New York speech on Texas, 301;
checks annexation plans, 303;
resigns from State Department, 303;
the Ashburton treaty, 303;
negotiation with Ashburton, 314;
views on slavery in Mexican acquisitions, 351, 352;
Seventh of March speech, 359;
on Committee of Thirteen, 360;
attitude to fugitive slave law, 368;
denounced by Giddings, 369;
contest in Whig convention of 1852, 376;
death, 377

Webster, Sidney, statement as to position of Washington _Union_, 401,
402

Welles, Gideon, Blair to Welles on Seward, 387, 388

Wells, William, as to Bank bill, 8

West Florida, 21

Weston, Missouri, meeting of residents of Platte County, 414

Westport, Missouri, meeting of Whitman colonists, 316

Wheeling, West Virginia, 116

Whig party,
appearance, 38, 104;
acquisition of name, 279, 281, 282;
significance of its composition and principles, 282, 283;
relation to Gordon's independent treasury proposal, 285;
opposes independent treasury bill of 1840, 285, 286;
convention of 1839, 286;
election of 1840, 286;
Bank bill and tariff bill as party measures, 286;
friction between Congress and President, 286, 287;
relation of its principle to the new question of slavery and
territorial extension, 287, 288;
address on Texas annexation, 303;
convention nominates Clay for presidency, 309;
position on Polk's first message, 324, 325;
attitude to Mexican War, 330;
platform of 1848, 345;
the Clayton bill, 346, 347;
election of 1848, 348, 349;
convention of 1852, 376;
tendency to division of party, 376, 377;
election of 1852, 377;
controversy over Kansas-Nebraska bill, 391;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 398, 399;
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;
tendency to dissolution, 417, 418

Whitfield, John W.,
elected to Congress in Kansas, 417;
credentials accepted, 418;
contest for seat in House of Representatives, 432, 433;
leads Missourians in Kansas, 441

Whitman, Marcus,
missionary to Oregon, 315;
settlement, and visit to Tyler, 315;
helped by the Administration, 315, 316;
the Oregon colony, 315

Wick, William W., moves amendment, 341, 342

Wilkins, William,
reports "Force Bill," 233, 234;
bill used in argument, 236;
attitude of Calhoun, 236;
bill passed by Senate, 237;
and by House, 237, 238;
approved, 238;
"Force Bill" considered, 240

Williams, J. M. S.,
in emigrant aid work, 411;
conference with Robinson, 413

Wilmot, David,
moves amendment, 335;
passed by House, 335;
no action in Senate, 336;
amendment again passed by House, 336 (_see_ Upham, William);
motion for amendment of Wilmot proviso, 341, 342;
the proviso and the Whig platform of 1848, 345;
the proviso in Berrien's speech, 352;
the proviso in abolitionist demands, 357

Wilson, Henry,
meets Robinson at Lawrence, 463;
urges new census for Kansas, 463

Wisconsin, Commonwealth of,
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399;
early Republican party in, 418

Wise, Henry A.,
demand as to District of Columbia, 257;
doctrine on Texan annexation, 302;
connection of speech with President's policy, 303

Witan, 262

Wood, S, N.,
Jones serves writ on, 433;
as to "treason indictment," 435

Woodbury, Charles Levi, connection with Sims case, 373

Woodbury, Levi, beginning of Bank trouble, 191

Woodson, Daniel,
Acting-Governor of Kansas Territory, 425;
superseded by Shannon, 427;
again Acting-Governor, 444;
proclamation of August 25, 444, 445;
orders Cooke to attack Topeka, 445

Worcester _vs._ Georgia [6 Peters, 515], 218, 219

Worcester, Samuel A.,
violation of Georgia statute, 218, 219;
case of Worcester against Georgia, 219

Worcester, Massachusetts, home of Eli Thayer, 408

Wright, William, not voting on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 398

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