303
;
makes Upshur secretary of state,
303
,
304
;
the London story of interference in Texas,
304
;
attitude to Mexican threat of war,
305
;
relation to Texan negotiation,
307
;
as to defence of Texas,
307
;
sends treaty to Senate,
307
,
308
;
view of constitutional position of Texas,
308
;
significance of Archer's criticism of annexation treaty,
309
;
sends Texas documents to House,
309
,
310
;
relations with Whitman,
315
,
316
;
message of 1844,
320
,
321
;
views as to method of annexation,
321
;
signs measure for annexation of Texas,
323
;
characterization of his acts,
323
,
324
"U
NCLE
T
OM'S
C
ABIN
,"
106
"Underground," the, established,
368
.
See
Fugitive Slave Law
United Provinces of Central America, treaty of 1825, with Colombia,
147
United States Bank.
See
Bank of the United States
United States of America, the,
effect of military statutes,
13
;
national spirit in,
19
;
territorial extension of,
20
;
independence recognized,
22
;
purchase of Louisiana,
23
;
claims on Florida,
23
,
24
;
occupation of Florida,
24
,
25
;
effect of treaty of Ghent,
26
;
affair at Nicholls Fort,
27
,
28
;
character of Seminole War,
29
,
30
;
relations with Spain as to occupation of Florida,
32
,
33
;
treaty with Spain,
33
,
36
,
37
,
38
;
transfer of Florida,
38
;
slavery in,
40
,
50
,
52
,
53
;
treaty of 1803,
55
;
obligations to Georgia and North Carolina,
56
, and to France,
57
;
attitude to slavery,
58
,
59
,
60
,
62-65
;
debate on powers of general Government,
66
et seq.;
Taylor's discussion of powers,
79
,
80
;
federal system of 1820,
87
;
nature of the Union,
97
;
effect of second Missouri compromise,
103
;
significance of the compromise,
104-106
;
commercial position,
112
,
113
;
foreign relations of, in 1822,
122
;
claims in the North Pacific,
123
;
relation to Spain's American possessions,
124
et seq.;
attitude to Holy Alliance,
124
et seq.;
relations with Spanish-American states,
146
et seq.;
constitutional interpretation in the history of,
156
;
relations with Great Britain,
164
;
railroads in,
169
;
tariff the necessary policy of,
171
;
statistics from foreign trade of,
175
,
176
;
meaning of the term,
180
;
regard for laws of,
181
;
danger of bank to,
202
;
Jackson's view considered,
203
;
as to veto power,
207
;
effect of Jackson's bank veto,
207-209
;
cession by Georgia to,
211
;
treaty with Creek Indians,
212
;
dispute as to title,
213
;
treaty with Creek Indians,
214
;
trouble with Georgia,
214
et seq.;
the issue as offered by South Carolina,
226
;
principle of the governmental system of,
227
;
the time for a revenue tariff,
228
;
Jackson on the character of the Union,
229
;
officers of, in South Carolina,
230
;
resistance to laws checked,
234
;
effect of events of 1832 and 1833,
238-241
;
development of national purposes,
243
,
244
;
abolition and opinion of slavery in,
244
;
contest over use of mails of,
270
et seq.;
disputes as to deposits of,
280
et seq.;
treaty with Seminoles,
290
;
recognition of Spanish rights,
290
;
immigration into Texas from, forbidden,
291
;
attempts to purchase Texas,
292
;
importation of slaves into Texas from, allowed,
294
;
as to recognition of Texan independence by,
295
,
296
;
Morfit's report on Texas,
297
;
question of natural boundaries,
300
,
301
;
annexation of Texas proposed,
301
;
diplomatic relations with Mexico,
301
,
302
;
recognition of Texan independence by,
304
;
relations with Mexico and Texas,
305
et seq.;
as to admission of Texas,
310
;
purchase of Louisiana,
312
;
claims in Oregon,
312
,
313
;
conventions with Great Britain,
313
,
314
;
Oregon and Great Britain,
314
et seq.;
as to claim on Texas and Oregon,
318
;
Clay's views as to policy of,
319
,
320