;
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