attitude toward tariff of 1824,
115
;
attitude toward tariff bill of 1827,
158
;
in election of 1828,
164
;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
399
Mallary, Daniel,
reports tariff bill of 1827,
158
;
opposes bill of 1828 as reported,
160
,
161
Mangum, Willie Person,
motion as to Clay's and Bell's resolutions,
360
;
on Committee of Thirteen,
360
Mann, Abijah, Jr., motion in House,
258
Mann, Horace, opposition to fugitive slave law,
373
Martin, Luther, letter to Maryland legislature,
49
,
50
Maryland, Commonwealth of,
9
;
legislation on slavery,
48
;
Martin's letter to legislature,
49
,
50
;
laws of, in District of Columbia,
51
;
domestic slave trade,
57
,
58
;
relation to Cumberland road,
116
;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1817,
118
;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1822,
119
,
120
;
in election of 1828,
163
,
164
;
tax on Bank of the United States,
194
;
decision on the tax,
195
;
relation to slavery in District of Columbia,
253
;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
399
Mason, James Murray,
reads Calhoun's speech,
358
;
on Committee of Thirteen,
360
Mason, Jeremiah, in Bank trouble,
191
Mason, John Young,
calls yeas and nays,
253
;
yields to Adams,
253
;
the Ostend manifesto,
408
Mason, Jonathan, voting,
73
Mason and Dixon's Line,
163
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of,
13
;
slavery recognized,
41
;
slave laws,
46
;
substantial abolition of slavery,
48
;
separation of Maine,
76
et seq.;
as a type,
86
;
as to citizenship law,
99
;
attitude to tariff bill of 1823,
111
;
and to that of 1824,
114
;
attitude toward tariff of 1824,
115
;
attitude toward tariff bill of 1827,
158
;
abolition petition in House,
255
;
laws on jails,
370
;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
399
;
legislature grants charter to Thayer's society,
409
Matamoras,
concentration of Mexican troops at,
328
;
approach of Taylor,
329
;
occupied by Taylor,
331
Maurepas, Lake,
21
,
23
May, Samuel Joseph, the "Jerry rescue,"
374
Maysville road bill,
passed,
167
;
vetoed,
167
,
168
;
vote on vetoed bill,
168
;
analysis of vote,
168
Mellen, Prentiss, position on Maine-Missouri bill,
83
Mexico,
as to Congress of Verona,
124
;
treaty of 1825 with Colombia,
147
;
revolts from Spain,
291
;
the Austin grant,
291
;
establishment of federal government,
291
;
Bustamente's decree on immigration,
291
;
refuses to sell any Texan territory,
292
;
overthrow of federal government,
292
;
possibility of complications with,
296
;
minister leaves Washington,
298
,
299
;
demand by Ellis,
299
;
full satisfaction refused,
299
;
impossibility of regaining Texas,
300
;
diplomatic relations with United States resumed,
301
;
the claims commission,
301
,
302
;
Great Britain as mediator between Mexico and Texas,
304
;
threatens war on United States,
305
;
claims Texans are still rebels,
305
;
Benton's criticism of the Texas treaty,
308
;
relation of war to election of Polk,
320
;
threatens war,
320
;
Tyler's message of 1844,
320
,
321
;
makes annexation of Mexico a casus belli,
327
;
envoy leaves Washington,
327
;
Slidell's mission,
327
,
328
;
governments of Herrera and Paredes,
328
;
gathering of forces at Matamoras,
328
;
position of Mexico with reference to Texan boundary,
328
;
war with United States,
329-334
;
title between Nueces and Rio Grande,
330
,
331
;
persistence of the Government,
332
;
Santa Anna again in control,
332
;
Polk's message of August 6, 1846,
334
,
335
;
McKay's bill and the Wilmot proviso,
335-337
;
Polk's message of December, 1846,
335
;
the First embassy,
337
;
rejection of proposals,
337
;
the Mexican offer,
337
;
war resumed,
337
,
338
;
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
338
;
result of treaty with,
339
;
proposal as to Mexican acquisitions,
341
,
342
,
349
,
350
;
views of Berrien and Webster as to slavery in Mexican acquisitions,
351
,
352
;
Foote's bill,
354