discussion of the results,
154
,
155
;
effect of question on Republican party,
155
Paredes y Arrillago, Mariano,
leader of military party,
328
;
overthrows Herrera,
328
;
refuses to receive Slidell,
328
Paris, treaty of.
See
Treaty
Parker, Severn E., on Conference Committee,
88
Parker, William, opposition to fugitive slave law,
373
Parkers, the, in Crafts case,
368
Parma, Duke of,
23
Parrot, John T., voting,
73
Partus sequitur ventrem,
43
,
44
,
45
Pate, H. C.,
captured at Black Jack by Brown,
441
;
rescued by Sumner,
442
Patton, John M.,
speaks in House,
259
;
conclusion from his position,
259
Pawnee, Kansas, legislature meets at,
422
Pearce, James Alfred,
introduces bill on Texan boundary,
363
;
not voting on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
398
,
399
Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of,
3
;
provision for gradual emancipation,
48
,
62
,
63
;
attitude to tariff bill of 1823,
111
;
relation to Cumberland Road,
116
;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1817,
118
;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1822,
119
;
conventions nominate Jackson for presidency,
136
;
in election of 1824,
137
,
138
,
139
;
attitude toward tariff bill of 1827,
158
;
in election of 1828,
162
,
164
;
attitude on Maysville road bill,
168
;
petitions for abolition,
252
,
253
;
memorial on Texas,
296
;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
399
Pennsylvania railroad, system begun,
169
Pensacola,
24
,
25
,
32
Perdido River, the,
21
,
22
,
23
,
25
Perote, captured by Scott,
333
Peru, treaty of 1823 with Columbia,
147
Petition, Right of,
early action on abolition petitions,
253
;
the Chinn-Dickson controversy,
254
;
Slade's motion,
254
;
Polk's ruling,
255
;
Jackson's petition and Hammond's motion,
255
;
relation of the Constitution to the right of petition,
255
,
256
;
customary procedure before 1834,
256
;
wrangle over Hammond's two motions,
256
;
the final arrangement,
256
;
Adams's appeal for right of petition,
257
;
reply by Jones,
257
;
Granger's and Ingersoll's claim as to District of Columbia,
257
;
demand of Wise,
257
,
258
;
Slade's declaration of war on slavery,
258
;
Garland's argument,
258
;
disposal of the question,
258
;
revived by Adams,
258
,
259
;
ruling of Speaker,
259
;
Southern members take advanced ground,
259
,
260
;
effort of Adams at peace,
260
;
decision on the fifty-fourth rule,
260
;
the contest precipitated,
260
;
Pinckney resolutions quoted,
261
;
the new rule of procedure,
261
,
262
;
affair of February 6, 1837,
262
;
rule as to petition by slaves, quoted,
262
;
further attempt at agitation by Slade,
262
;
increase of petitions,
263
;
the standing rule of 1840, quoted,
263
;
effect of this step,
263
,
264
;
disposal of the question by the Senate,
264
,
265
;
the Vermont petition,
265-269
;
position of Calhoun,
270
;
disposal by Swift's motion,
270
;
significance of the contest,
274-277
;
result of the struggle,
296
Petigru, James L., relation to nullification,
181
Phelps, Samuel Shethar, on Committee of Thirteen,
360
Philadelphia, Pa., constitutional convention at,
49
Phillips, Wendell, opposes fugitive slave law,
373
Philosophy of the eighteenth century,
47
Philosophy of 1776,
52
Pickering, Timothy, committee service,
3
Pierce, Franklin,
nominated for presidency,
376
;
elected,
377
;
relation to Kansas-Nebraska bill,
401
,
403
;
views of historians stated and considered,
401
,
402
;
signs Kansas-Nebraska bill,
404
;
views on emigration to Territories,
410
;
appoints Shannon Governor of Kansas Territory,
427
;
Shannon's report to,
431
;
appeal from "Free-state" party in Kansas,
431
;
proclamation as to Kansas,
432
;
disapproves Col. Sumner's course,
443
;
takes active steps as to Kansas,
446
Pinckney, Henry Laurens,
reports resolution on control of slavery,
261
;
resolution re-enacted,
262
Pinkney, William,
argument on powers of Congress,
84-86
;
argument restated,
86