the case of Worcester against Georgia,
218
,
219
;
failure to execute decision,
219
,
220
;
convention in,
375
;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
399
;
Jackson's Georgians in Kansas,
438
Ghent, treaty of,
9
,
26
Giddings, Joshua Reed,
denounces Fillmore and Webster,
369
;
colloquy with Howe,
381
,
382
Glascock, Thomas, attitude on procedure as to petitions,
259
Goliad, atrocities,
293
Gonzales, attacked,
293
Gordon, William F.,
proposal as to independent treasury,
285
;
relation of parties to its rejection,
285
Gorham, Benjamin,
attitude to tariff bill of 1823,
111
;
reply to McDuffie,
176
Gorostiza, Manuel Eduardo de, leaves Washington,
299
Granger, Francis, claim as to District of Columbia,
257
Grasshopper Falls, Kansas, convention at,
464
Great Britain,
treaty of 1763,
21
,
23
;
treaty of 1783,
22
;
war of United States with,
24
;
treaty of 1814,
26
;
Nicholls's proposition to,
27
;
Indian allies of,
29
;
relations with United States as to slaves,
58
,
59
;
claims in North Pacific,
123
;
relation to Holy Alliance,
123
,
124
;
proposal as to Holy Alliance,
125
;
Canning's declaration,
125
;
diplomatic relations,
287
;
Ashburton Treaty,
303
;
recognizes Texan independence,
304
;
as mediator between Mexico and Texas,
304
;
the London letter of British plans,
304
;
claims to Oregon,
311
;
Nootka Convention,
311
,
312
;
effect of war with Spain,
312
;
Treaty of Utrecht,
312
;
claim of United States,
312
,
313
;
treaty of 1818 with United States,
313
;
effect of treaty of 1819 between United States and Spain,
313
;
agreement of 1828 with United States,
314
;
in Ashburton-Webster negotiations,
314
;
ignorance as to Oregon,
314
,
315
;
the work of Whitman,
315
,
316
;
Democratic platform of 1844,
316
;
negotiations as to Oregon,
321
;
statement of negotiations in Polk's first message,
324
;
his recommendations,
324
;
action of Congress, April, 1846,
325
,
326
;
treaty of June, 1846,
326
;
possibility of holding California,
332
;
result of treaty with,
339
;
United States minister to,
408
Great lakes,
325
Greeley, Horace, views on election of 1844,
320
Grimke, Thomas Smith, relation to nullification,
181
Grinnell, Moses H., member of Emigrant Aid Society,
409
Guadalupe Hidalgo, treaty of,
terms,
336
;
ratified by Senate,
339
H
ALE
, E
DWARD
E
VERETT
, member of Emigrant Aid Society,
409
Hale, John Parker,
moves amendment to Oregon Bill,
344
;
effect of his action,
345
;
contention as to fugitive slave law,
371
;
presents petitions for repeal of fugitive slave law,
375
;
nominated for presidency,
377
;
popular vote compared with Van Buren's in 1848,
377
Hamilton, James,
the Calhoun letter,
221
;
calls special meeting of legislature,
221
;
chairman of nullification convention,
221
;
sends ordinance of nullification to legislature,
224
Hamlet, James, arrest,
367
Hamlin, Hannibal, presents petition in Senate,
370
Hammond, James Hamilton,
motion not to receive abolition petitions,
255
;
wrangle over his two motions,
256
Harrisburg, Penn., convention of 1824,
139
Harrison, William Henry,
voting,
73
;
nominated for presidency,
286
;
succeeded, on his death, by Tyler,
286
Harvey, James Madison, commands column of "Free-state" force,
445
Hayne, Robert Young,
theory on tariff,
114
;
view of slave labor,
161
;
view repeated by McDuffie,
177
;
Calhoun and the Webster debate,
179
;
criticism of Clay's resolution on tariff, 187, and amendment of it,
188
;
on Bank committee of Senate,
201
;
his inaugural as governor of South Carolina,
224
Hayti,
its affairs mentioned by Salazar,
151
;
consideration of its example in the United States,
152
;
isolated,
154
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, cited on human purpose,
243
,
244
Heister, William, presents abolition petition,
253
Herrera, José Joaquin de,
refuses to receive Slidell,
328
;
gives way to Paredes,
328
Hill, Isaac, in Bank trouble,
191
Hillards, the, in Crafts case,
368
Hillis Hajo,
32
Himallemico,
32
Holmes, John,
voting,
73
;
presents Maine petition for admission,
77
;
reports bill,
77