;
declaration as to repeal of act of 1820,
395
Walker, Robert John,
offers resolution as to Texas,
298
;
adopted,
299
;
offers amendment to Texas resolution,
323
;
appointed Governor of Kansas Territory,
461
;
his address,
462
;
party relations,
462
;
declaration as to law controlling territorial election,
464
;
action on fraudulent elections,
465
Walker, Samuel, in command of "Free-state" forces in Kansas,
444
Walla Walla, mission on the,
315
,
316
War of 1812,
1
,
5
,
8
,
9
,
13
,
17
,
24
,
25
,
28
,
29
,
33
,
54
,
58
,
59
;
effect upon political parties,
130
;
effect on Republican party,
239
;
as to Astoria,
313
War with Mexico,
a result of social development,
277
;
relation of war to election of Polk,
320
;
details,
327
et seq.;
the casus belli,
327
;
the concentration of forces,
328
;
point of conflict,
328
,
329
;
beginning of hostilities,
329
;
battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma,
329
,
330
;
attitude of parties to war,
330
;
character of war,
330
,
331
;
Congress authorizes war,
331
;
occupation of New Mexico and Upper California,
331
;
capture of Monterey,
331
,
332
;
seizure of California,
332
;
return of Santa Anna and plans against Vera Cruz,
332
;
battle of Buena Vista,
333
;
capture of Vera Cruz,
333
;
battle of Cerro Gordo,
333
;
capture of Jalapa, Perote, and Puebla,
333
;
battles of Contreras, San Antonio, and Cherubusco,
334
;
armistice,
334
;
Cass's view of relation of the war and slavery,
338
;
battles of Molino del Rey and Chapultepec,
338
;
capture of Mexico,
338
;
opposition to the war,
338
;
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
338
War of 1861,
an historical necessity,
65
;
a result of social development,
277
;
relation of events in Kansas to,
473
,
474
War Department,
28
,
30
,
31
,
32
,
35
Warrenton, Virginia,
138
Washington, D. C.,
2
,
33
,
124
,
299
,
300
,
301
,
302
,
304
,
307
,
313
,
315
,
327
,
330
,
339
,
375
,
389
,
401
,
426
,
428
,
439
Washington Hall, fugitive slave law meetings,
373
Washington
Union,
the, relation to President Pierce,
401
,
402
Webb, James Watson, applies name to Whig party,
281
,
282
Webster, Daniel,
objection to Bank bill,
6
;
as to tariff bill,
12
;
qualifications as presidential candidate in 1824,
134
,
136
;
attitude to tariff of 1828,
162
;
Calhoun and the Hayne debate,
179
;
relation to Jackson and the Bank,
191
;
advice to Bank party,
201
;
on Bank committee of Senate,
201
;
answers Calhoun's argument,
237
;
retires from Tyler's cabinet,
286
,
287
;
New York speech on Texas,
301
;
checks annexation plans,
303
;
resigns from State Department,
303
;
the Ashburton treaty,
303
;
negotiation with Ashburton,
314
;
views on slavery in Mexican acquisitions,
351
,
352
;
Seventh of March speech,
359
;
on Committee of Thirteen,
360
;
attitude to fugitive slave law,
368
;
denounced by Giddings,
369
;
contest in Whig convention of 1852,
376
;
death,
377
Webster, Sidney, statement as to position of Washington
Union,
401
,
402
Welles, Gideon, Blair to Welles on Seward,
387
,
388
Wells, William, as to Bank bill,
8
West Florida,
21
Weston, Missouri, meeting of residents of Platte County,
414
Westport, Missouri, meeting of Whitman colonists,
316
Wheeling, West Virginia,
116
Whig party,
appearance,
38
,
104
;
acquisition of name,
279
,
281
,
282
;
significance of its composition and principles,