;
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 Cæsar, 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
E
AST
F
LORIDA
,
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,