282
,
283
;
relation to Gordon's independent treasury proposal,
285
;
opposes independent treasury bill of 1840,
285
,
286
;
convention of 1839,
286
;
election of 1840,
286
;
Bank bill and tariff bill as party measures,
286
;
friction between Congress and President,
286
,
287
;
relation of its principle to the new question of slavery and territorial extension,
287
,
288
;
address on Texas annexation,
303
;
convention nominates Clay for presidency,
309
;
position on Polk's first message,
324
,
325
;
attitude to Mexican War,
330
;
platform of 1848,
345
;
the Clayton bill,
346
,
347
;
election of 1848,
348
,
349
;
convention of 1852,
376
;
tendency to division of party,
376
,
377
;
election of 1852,
377
;
controversy over Kansas-Nebraska bill,
391
;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
398
,
399
;
vote in House on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
404
,
405
;
meaning of the vote,
405
,
406
;
as to leaders of Emigrant Aid Company,
413
;
effect of Kansas struggle,
417
;
tendency to dissolution,
417
,
418
Whitfield, John W.,
elected to Congress in Kansas,
417
;
credentials accepted,
418
;
contest for seat in House of Representatives,
432
,
433
;
leads Missourians in Kansas,
441
Whitman, Marcus,
missionary to Oregon,
315
;
settlement, and visit to Tyler,
315
;
helped by the Administration,
315
,
316
;
the Oregon colony,
315
Wick, William W., moves amendment,
341
,
342
Wilkins, William,
reports "Force Bill,"
233
,
234
;
bill used in argument,
236
;
attitude of Calhoun,
236
;
bill passed by Senate,
237
;
and by House,
237
,
238
;
approved,
238
;
"Force Bill" considered,
240
Williams, J. M. S.,
in emigrant aid work,
411
;
conference with Robinson,
413
Wilmot, David,
moves amendment,
335
;
passed by House,
335
;
no action in Senate,
336
;
amendment again passed by House,
336
(
see
Upham, William
);
motion for amendment of Wilmot proviso,
341
,
342
;
the proviso and the Whig platform of 1848,
345
;
the proviso in Berrien's speech,
352
;
the proviso in abolitionist demands,
357
Wilson, Henry,
meets Robinson at Lawrence,
463
;
urges new census for Kansas,
463
Wisconsin, Commonwealth of,
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
399
;
early Republican party in,
418
Wise, Henry A.,
demand as to District of Columbia,
257
;
doctrine on Texan annexation,
302
;
connection of speech with President's policy,
303
Witan,
262
Wood, S, N.,
Jones serves writ on,
433
;
as to "treason indictment,"
435
Woodbury, Charles Levi, connection with Sims case,
373
Woodbury, Levi, beginning of Bank trouble,
191
Woodson, Daniel,
Acting-Governor of Kansas Territory,
425
;
superseded by Shannon,
427
;
again Acting-Governor,
444
;
proclamation of August 25,
444
,
445
;
orders Cooke to attack Topeka,
445
Worcester
vs.
Georgia [6 Peters, 515],
218
,
219
Worcester, Samuel A.,
violation of Georgia statute,
218
,
219
;
case of Worcester against Georgia,
219
Worcester, Massachusetts, home of Eli Thayer,
408
Wright, William, not voting on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
398
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