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
;