407
,
408
;
considered as of North,
412
;
immigrants to Kansas through,
445
;
the Act of 1854 the beginning of error,
473
Negro Fort,
28
,
29
Negro labor, adapted to the South,
42
Negro slavery.
See
Slavery
Nelson, Samuel, position on Dred Scott case,
452
Nelson, John, Secretary of State,
disavows Murphy's promise to Houston,
307
;
relation to Texas question,
307
New England,
7
,
59
;
opposed to internal improvements bill of 1817,
117
;
attitude to improvements bill of 1822,
119
;
attitude upon Maysville road bill,
168
;
votes as to Pinckney resolution,
263
New England Anti-Slavery Society, formed,
251
New Hampshire, Commonwealth of,
legislation on slavery,
48
;
attitude toward tariff of 1824,
115
;
in election of 1824,
142
;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
399
New Jersey, Commonwealth of,
legislation on slavery,
48
;
attitude on Maysville road bill,
168
;
legislative memorial on finality resolutions,
375
;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
399
New Mexico,
Kearny ordered to occupy,
331
;
importance of Buena Vista,
333
;
about to be transferred,
334
;
acquisition in view,
337
;
in negotiations,
337
;
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
338
;
Polk's message of July 6, 1848,
345
,
346
;
motions of Bright and Clayton,
346
;
the Clayton bill,
346
,
347
;
Polk's message of December, 1848,
348
;
Douglas's bill,
349
;
Smith's bill,
349
;
Berrien's report,
349
,
350
;
new bill by Douglas,
350
;
motion of Walker,
350
,
351
;
failure of Congress to act,
352
;
Taylor's message of December 4, 1849,
354
;
Foote's bill,
354
, as to question of Texan frontier,
355
, Clay's plan,
355
,
356
;
Webster's Seventh of March Speech,
359
;
Bell's propositions,
359
,
360
;
report from committee on Territories,
360
;
Committee of Thirteen,
360
;
Clay's report,
360
,
361
;
encroachments of Bell,
362
,
363
;
passage of bill for territorial organization,
363
,
364
;
as to the Douglas report on Nebraska,
384
;
Chase on Act of 1850,
391
New York, Commonwealth of,
legislation on slavery,
48
;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1817,
118
;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1822,
119
;
in election of 1824,
137
;
in election of 1828,
164
;
attitude on Maysville road bill,
168
;
electoral vote in 1844,
320
;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
399
New York Central Railroad, system begun,
169
New York City,
attitude to tariff bill of 1823,
111
;
and to that of 1824,
114
;
attitude to tariff of 1824,
115
;
attitude toward tariff bill of 1827,
158
;
postmaster refuses to receive abolitionist documents,
271
;
the instructions from Kendall,
271
,
272
;
arrest of Hamlet,
367
;
meetings on fugitive slave law,
367
;
publication of protest against Kansas-Nebraska Act,
389
New York
Courier and Enquirer,
applies name to Whig Party,
282
Nicholls, Edward,
25
,
26
,
27
,
28
Nicholls Fort,
27
,
28
Nicholson, A. O. P., letter from Cass,
345
Niles, John Milton, presents memorial on Texas,
295
Nootka Convention,
311
North Carolina, Commonwealth of,
conditional cession of western lands,
50
,
56
;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1817,
117
,
118
;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1822,
119
;
stock held in United States Bank,
203
;
electoral vote in 1844,
320
;
vacancy in Senate delegation,
398
;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
399
Northwest, the,
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1817,
118
;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1822,
119
Nueces, River,
300
,
316
,
329
,
330
,
337
,
361
Nullification,
origin,
169
;
economic basis,
175
,
176
,
177
;
attitude of South Carolina,
176
;
threatened by McDuffie,
177
;
Calhoun's publications,
179
, and argument,
180
,
181
;
parties in South Carolina,
181
,
182
;
nullification or rebellion,
183
,
184
;