,
103
,
104
,
115
;
absorption of Federal party,
129
;
effect of War of 1812,
130
;
nature of the struggle of 1824,
130
;
division of the party,
145
et seq.;
effect of Panama Congress,
155
;
effect of tariff on division of party,
157
;
power of Congress in its régime,
207
;
principles on which it gained power,
239
;
effect of War of 1812,
239
Republican Party,
brought to life,
388
;
creed in the
National Era
address,
390
;
effect of troubles in Kansas,
417
;
the union of the various elements,
417
,
418
;
effect of interference of Missourians in Kansas,
418
;
as to possible effect of events in Kansas,
446
;
Kansas assured to the party,
471
Resaca de la Palma, battle of,
330
Revenue.
See
Tariff
Revolution of 1830, relation to abolition,
244
Revolution, the American,
slave laws before,
46
;
effect upon slavery,
47
,
80
Revolution, the French,
47
Rhea, John,
31
Rhett, Robert Barnwell,
speech on control of Territories,
342
,
343
,
345
;
views adopted by Calhoun and Davis,
344
;
views on fugitive slave law,
367
;
contention as to fugitive slave law,
371
;
in debate on Foote's resolutions,
374
Rhode Island, Commonwealth of,
13
;
legislation on slavery,
48
;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
399
Richardson, William A.,
reports bill on Kansas and Nebraska,
400
;
motion in House,
403
;
yields management of Kansas-Nebraska bill to Stephens,
404
Riley, Bennett, calls California convention,
353
Rio del Norte River,
36
Rio Grande River,
297
,
300
,
305
;
Mexican troops on,
328
;
claimed by Texas a boundary,
328
;
scene of conflict,
329
,
330
,
331
,
332
;
upper valley occupied by Doniphan,
332
,
337
,
338
,
354
,
361
,
363
Rio Grande del Norte River,
290
,
297
Rives, William Cabell, view of slavery,
265-267
Roberts, Jonathan,
motion on Maine-Missouri bill,
82
;
position as to the bill,
83
;
moves to amend,
83
Robertson, George, committee service,
3
Robinson, Charles,
conference with leaders of Emigrant Aid Company,
413
;
expedition to Missouri and Kansas,
413
,
414
;
the founding of Lawrence,
415
;
criticism of Reeder's action on contested election cases,
420
,
421
;
plan of procedure for anti-slavery party in Kansas,
421
,
422
;
sends for Sharpe's rifles,
423
;
checks factions by the Lawrence speech,
423
,
424
;
elected Governor of Kansas,
425
;
message to legislature,
427
;
negotiations with Shannon,
430
;
at Franklin,
430
;
communication with Sumner as to assault on Jones,
434
;
indictment against,
435
;
opinion as to purpose of Pottawattomie massacre,
441
;
his release ordered,
446
;
plan to capture Territorial government,
463
;
conference with Wilson,
463
;
difficulty of the situation,
464
;
his work characterized,
471
,
472
;
his work quoted,
473
Rocky Mountains,
312
,
313
,
324
,
325
,
326
,
381
Rush, Benjamin, proposal of Canning,
125
Russia,
in the North Pacific,
123
;
edict as to northwest lands,
123
;
in Holy Alliance,
123
,
124
;
Adams's statement to Tuyl,
124
,
125
;
the Czar in negotiation with Clay,
152
,
153
Russian American Company claims in North Pacific,
123
S
ABINE
R
IVER
, the,
33
,
36
,
290
St. Augustine,
25
St. Ildefonso, treaty of,
22
,
23
,
24
,
54
,
312
St. Louis,
65
;
Branscomb and Robinson at,
413
,
414
St. Mark's,
25
,
32
St. Mary's River, the,
22
,
30
Salazar, José Maria,
negotiations as to Panama Congress,
147
,
148
,
149
;
cites Haytian affairs,
151
Salt Creek Valley, pro-slavery convention,
414
San Antonio, battle of,
334