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
Frémont, 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
G
AINES
, E
DMUND
P
ENDLETON
,
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
;