Chapter 48

;

problem of Texan boundary,

354

,

355

;

Clay's plan,

356

;

opposition of Southerners,

356

;

attitude of abolitionists,

357

;

relation of Mexican acquisition to slavery,

408

Mexico, City of, captured,

338

Mexico, Gulf of,

20

,

21

,

297

,

307

,

337

,

363

Michigan, Commonwealth of,

290

;

electoral vote in 1844,

320

;

vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,

399

;

early Republican party in,

418

Mississippi, Commonwealth of,

created with slavery,

62

,

63

;

legislature calls Nashville convention,

375

;

convention in,

375

;

vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,

399

Mississippi River, the,

21

,

22

,

38

,

66

,

78

,

290

,

381

Missouri, Commonwealth of,

33

;

creation,

61-107

;

significance of the circumstance,

65

;

petition for erection,

66

;

memorial for erection,

66

;

the Tallmadge amendment,

66-73

;

bill for erection passed by House,

73

;

bill passes Senate without Tallmadge amendment,

74

;

disagreement,

74

;

question again presented,

74

,

75

;

Taylor's plan,

75

,

76

,

78

;

Storrs's plan,

78

;

Taylor's motion and argument on it,

78

et seq.;

Holmes's speech,

80

,

81

;

McLane's speech,

81

,

82

;

memorial for admission referred,

82

;

connection with Maine bill,

82

,

83

,

87

;

argument of Pinkney,

84-86

;

motion of Thomas,

84

,

87

,

88

;

amended bill carried in Senate,

88

;

House disagrees,

88

;

agreement of conference committee,

88

,

89

;

report accepted,

89

;

bill signed by President,

89

;

consideration of the results,

90-95

;

proposed constitution before Congress,

95

;

the Lowndes bill,

95

,

96

;

opposition of Sergeant,

96

,

97

;

consideration of the situation,

97

,

98

,

99

;

defeat of Lowndes bill,

99

;

Smith bill passes Senate,

99

;

tabled by House,

99

;

efforts of Eustis,

100

;

Clay's plan,

100

;

report of Committee of Thirteen,

100

,

101

;

plan defeated,

101

;

opposition of Tomlinson,

101

;

conference committee and its report,

101

,

102

;

report attached,

102

;

resolution passed,

102

,

103

;

effects of the compromise,

103-107

;

decision brings slavery into national politics,

108

;

attitude toward tariff of 1824,

115

;

attitude toward tariff bill of 1827,

158

;

relation to tariff of 1832,

188

;

admitted as Commonwealth,

289

;

line of compromise in Burt's amendment,

341

, and in Douglas's amendment,

347

;

the compromise in connection with the Oregon bill,

348

;

views as to slavery policy,

378

;

bill to organize territory west of,

381

;

Atchison's objection to such organization,

382

;

Dixon and the repeal of the Compromise,

387

,

388

;

vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,

399

;

misrepresentations as to Emigrant Aid Company,

411

;

the "border ruffians,"

411

,

412

;

attitude to slavery in Kansas,

412

;

influence of Atchison,

412

,

413

;

"Platte County Self-defensive Association,"

414

,

415

;

claimants to site of Lawrence, Kansas,

415

,

416

;

interference in election of Whitfield in Kansas,

416

,

417

;

relation of Missouri Compromise and Republican party,

417

,

418

;

effect on Republican party of Missourian interference in Kansas,

418

;

organization in "Blue Lodges,"

419

;

interference in Kansas Territorial election,

419

,

420

;

Kansas legislature at Shawnee Mission,

423

;

Robinson's declaration as to slavery in,

424

;

Missourians summoned by Sheriff Jones,

429

;

Missourians on the Wakarusa,

429

;

attitude of Shannon toward Missourians,

430

;

influenced by Atchison to withdraw,

430

,

431

;

claims of intended invasion,

431

,

432

;

preparation for further invasion,

435

,

436

;

volunteers under Pate,

441

;

dispersal of volunteers under Whitfield in Kansas,

441


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