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
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
;