,
442
;
import of Woodson's accession to power,
444
;
Missourians on Bull Creek and at Ossawattomie,
445
;
new invasion of Kansas,
446
;
forced to retire by United States troops,
446
,
447
;
as to Dred Scott case,
450-452
;
decision of Supreme Court of Missouri,
451
;
the Missourians the beginners of wrong,
473
Missouri, Territory of,
organized,
56
;
slavery in,
56
,
65
Missouri River, the,
66
,
414
Mitchell, David B.,
28
,
29
Mobile, cession of river and port of,
21
Mohawk and Hudson railroad, begun,
169
Molino del Rey, battle of,
338
Monroe, James,
relation to Jackson,
31
,
34
,
35
;
as to relation between protection and slavery,
110
;
messages of 1821 and 1822,
110
;
message of 1823,
111
;
veto of 1822,
120
;
message on internal improvements,
120
,
121
,
156
;
message of December, 1823,
125-128
;
electoral vote of 1820,
129
;
interpretation of message of 1823 by Spanish-Americans,
146
,
147
,
149
;
cabinet intrigue against Jackson,
220
"Monroe Doctrine," the,
125-128
,
146
Monterey,
captured by Taylor,
331
,
332
;
Doniphan sent to,
332
Monterey, California, convention at,
343
Moors,
45
Morfit, Henry M.,
agent to Texas,
296
;
report to Forsyth,
296
,
297
Murphy, W. S.,
letter from Upshur,
304
;
assurance to Texas of protection,
306
;
promise to Houston disavowed,
307
N
APOLEON
.
See
Bonaparte
Napoleonic decrees,
54
Nashville convention,
375
National Assembly of France,
54
National Era,
the,
protest against Kansas-Nebraska bill,
389
;
effect of the address,
400
National Intelligencer,
letter of Clay,
319
,
320
National Republican party,
the origin,
104
;
circumstance of appearance,
146
;
party nomenclature,
162
,
163
;
insists on taking the Bank as a campaign issue,
200
,
201
;
nominates Clay for presidency,
201
;
feeling toward Jackson,
202
;
its defeat in 1832,
202
;
basis of party action,
278
,
279
;
known as Whig party,
281
,
282
.
See
Whig Party
Navy of the United States, legislation upon,
13
,
14
Nebraska, Territory of,
bill for organization passed by House,
381
;
the Howe-Giddings colloquy,
381
,
382
;
speech of Atchison,
382
;
bill introduced by Dodge,
382
;
bill and report by Douglas,
382
,
383
;
consideration of the report and its author,
383-387
;
dictum of the committee,
387
;
Dixon's proposal,
387
;
Seward and Dixon,
387
,
388
;
new bill presented by Douglas,
389
;
abolition protest in
National Era,
389
;
reply of Douglas,
390
;
amendment of Chase,
391
;
position of Wade,
391
;
amendment of Douglas,
392
;
views of Everett,
392
,
393
;
Houston's speech,
393
;
position of Bell and committee,
393
;
vote on amendment,
393
;
Chase's amendment,
394
,
395
;
contention of Badger and Pratt,
394
;
declaration of Walker and Badger's amendment,
395
;
Chase's third amendment,
395
,
396
;
Douglas's amendment,
395
,
396
;
Chase's fourth amendment,
396
;
speech of Bell against bill,
396
,
397
;
speech of Houston,
397
;
final argument of Douglas,
397
,
398
;
vote in Senate on bill,
398
;
analysis of vote,
398
,
399
;
rise of popular opposition,
399
,
400
;
the Richardson bill,
400
;
Senate bill in House,
400
;
position of Cushing, Davis, and Pierce,
401-403
;
actions in House,
403
;
management of bill by Stephens,
404
;
bill signed by President,
404
;
analysis of vote,
404
,
405
;
meaning of the vote,
405
,
406
;
relation of Act to slavery,