,
87
;
effect of his argument,
87
;
on conference committee,
88
"Platte County Self-defensive Association," formed,
414
,
415
Pleasants, James, committee service,
3
Poinsett, Joel Roberts, effort with reference to "Monroe Doctrine,"
128
Point Isabel, base of supplies,
329
Polignac, Jules Auguste Armand Marie de, declaration of Canning,
125
Political philosophy, French,
129
,
139
,
193
Polk, James Knox,
ruling as Speaker,
255
;
quoted,
256
;
confused rulings,
256
;
further ruling on procedure as to petitions,
259
;
conclusion from his position,
259
;
decision on fifty-fourth rule,
260
;
nominated for presidency,
309
;
attitude of abolitionists,
320
;
elected President,
320
;
first annual message,
324
;
his recommendations,
324
;
the question before Congress,
325
;
the action of Congress,
325
,
326
;
Polk's dealings with the Senate,
326
;
treaty of June, 1846,
326
;
overtures to Mexico,
327
;
the Slidell mission,
327
,
328
;
duty as to Texan boundary,
329
;
orders to General Taylor,
329
;
message on Mexican War,
330
;
authorized to call for volunteers,
331
;
orders to Kearny, Sloat, Stockton, and Taylor,
331
;
message of August 6, 1846,
334
;
McKay's bill,
335
;
Wilmot's amendment,
335
;
Polk's message of December, 1846,
335
;
empowered tacitly to secure California and New Mexico,
337
;
the treaty offered through Trist,
337
;
rejected by Mexico,
337
;
recalls Trist,
338
;
message to Congress,
338
;
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
338
;
sends treaty to Senate,
339
;
special message on Oregon,
344
;
message on California and New Mexico,
345
,
346
;
approves Oregon bill,
348
;
message on California and New Mexico,
348
;
effect of message on California,
352
,
353
Pomeroy, S. C., at Lawrence,
415
Pontchartrain, Lake,
21
,
23
Porto Rico, in Spanish-American troubles,
152
,
153
,
154
Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
191
Portugal, Clay's attitude to its colonies,
135
Pottawattomie Creek,
massacre on,
440
;
the massacre characterized,
441
;
and denounced by the settlers,
441
;
effect of massacre,
442
;
end of fighting occasioned by massacre,
447
Potter, James, owner of Sims,
372
Pratt, Thomas George, contention as to amendment of Chase's amendment,
394
,
395
Prigg
vs.
Pennsylvania [16 Peters, 539],
363
Protection,
as regarded between 1815 and 1820,
109
;
as voiced by the House in 1822,
110
;
Monroe's messages of 1821 and 1822,
110
;
bill of 1823,
111
;
Monroe's message of 1823,
111
;
bill of 1824,
112
.
See
Tariff
Prussia, King of, as arbiter for claims commission,
302
Prussia, in Holy Alliance,
123
Puebla, captured by Scott,
333
Q
UAKERS
, petitions for abolition of slavery,
252
,
253
Quincy, Edmund, opposition to fugitive slave law,
373
R
AILROADS
,
begun in the United States,
169
;
relation to national improvements,
169
,
170
Randolph, John,
11
;
opposition to tariff of 1816,
12
Rantoul, Robert, Jr., in Sims case,
372
Red River, the,
33
Reeder, Andrew H.,
arrives at Fort Leavenworth,
416
;
character and work,
416
;
action upon contested election cases,
420
;
criticism by Robinson,
420
,
421
;
disregard of his certificates of election,
421
,
422
;
attitude of anti-slavery party,
421
;
difficulties in treatment proposed by Robinson,
422
;
calls legislature to meet at Pawnee,
422
;
breaks with legislature over question of adjournment to Shawnee Mission,
423
;
letter from Conway,
424
;
removed from governorship of Kansas Territory,
425
;
elected Congressional delegate,
425
;
elected Senator by "Free-state" party,
426
;
contest for seat in House of Representatives,
432
,
433
;
indictment against,
435
;
avoids arrest,
435
;
Donaldson's reference to his resistance,
436
Representatives, House of.
See
House of Representatives
[Jeffersonian] Republican Party,
its nationalization,
1-18
;
its principles in 1801 and 1816,
3
;
position on national bank,
4
,
5
;
early principles,
17
;
division,
38