the value of the concession,443;the Secretary put himself to the trouble to hunt testimony to justify his surrender of the northern route to the British,443;his letter,443;answer of Mr. Ferguson,444;do. of Mr. Delafield,444;the answers refused to follow the lead of the questions, asked,"444.Extradition Article.—"It stipulates for the mutual surrender of fugitive criminals,444;no light on the origin, progress, and formation of this article,445;this is a subject long since considered in our country,445;Jefferson's views,445;these surrenders could only be under three limitations,445;his proposition,445;compared with the article of the treaty,445;it is said to be copied from the article in Jay's treaty,446;the two articles,446;difference between them,446;another essential difference, which nullifies the article in its material bearing,447;words of the message relative to this article,448;nothing can be more deceptive and fallacious than its recommendation,448;what offences are embraced, and what excluded,"448.African Squadron for the Suppression of the Slave Trade.—Nothing in relation to the subject in the shapeof negotiation is communicated to us,449;the immediate and practical effects which lie within our view, and display the enormous expediency of the measure,449;the expense in money,449;in what circumstances do we undertake all this fine work?450;Great Britain is not the country to read us a lesson upon the atrocity of the slave trade, or to stimulate our exertions to suppress it,450;these articles of the treaty bind us in this alliance with Great Britain,451;the papers communicated do not show at whose instance these articles were inserted,451.Brougham, Lord, speech relative to the Ashburton treaty,422.Brown, Charles, on the coast survey,488.Buchanan, James, his proposition relative to the deposit fund,37;on the slavery resolutions,138;on the committee on the bank bill,337;on the disorder in the Senate gallery,351;on the Missouri Compromise line,633;Secretary of State,650.See Index, vol. I.Butler, Benjamin F., Attorney-General,9;resigns,9;on the adoption of the two-thirds rule in the democratic convention,591.See Index, vol. I.Butler, William O., on the action of the administration in the McLeod affair,291;nominated for the Vice-Presidency,722.CCalhoun, John C., debate with Clay,97;justifies his resolutions,139;resolution relative to the liberation of slaves in British colonial ports,182;in opposition to the war rule,250;against the previous question,255;on the passage of the bill declaring war in 1812,256;passage with Clay,257;on the bill for the relief of Mrs. Harrison,260;on the naval pension act,267;on the repeal of the compromise,311,312,313;on exempting salt from duty,316;on expenditures,397;on naval expenditures,452;on the Oregon settlement bill,471;appointed Secretary of State,569;opens negotiations on Oregon,661;offers resolutions relative to slavery,696;in relation to the Oregon territorial bill,711,714;on the dissolution of the Union,715;on extending the constitution to territories,730;his last speech,744,769.Decease of,747;eulogium by Senator Butler,747;birth,747;student,747;a member of Congress,747;his fellow-members,747;his political career,748;rank as a parliamentary speaker,748.See Index, vol. I.California, Admission of.—The test question in the great slavery agitation,769;remarks of Calhoun in his last speech,769;passage of the bill,769;protest of ten Senators opposed to it,769;extract,769;the signers,770;question of reception raised,770;remarks of Senator Benton,771;reception refused,772.Caroline, a steamboat, her destruction,278.Cass, Lewis, on the fugitive slave bill,779;nominated for the Presidency,722.See Index, vol. I.Catron, John, Judge of the Supreme Court,9.Cessio bonorum, the law of,236.Chinese Mission.—Bill reported to provide the means of opening future intercourse between the United States and China,510;extract from the bill,510;objectionable features of the bill,510;the act of 1790,510;moved to strike out the restrictions to the use of the money,510;remarks of Mr. Merriweather in opposition to the amendment,511;further debate,511;McKeon in opposition to the whole scheme,511;amendment adopted,512;bill passed,512.Mr. Cushing takes no part in the discussion,518;bill called up in the Senate at midnight on the last day,512;Mr. Benton's remarks against the mission,512;"no necessity for a treaty with China,512;the outfit,512;ill framed after the act of 1790,"513;further debate,513;amendment carried, that no agent be appointed without the consent of the Senate,514;no nomination made before the adjournment,514;Mr. Cushing appointed in the recess,514;remarks,514;outfit of the minister,515;his embarkation,515;arrival,515;address to the Governor-General of Canton,515;reply,515;correspondence,515;no necessity for a treaty of commerce on the part of the United States,515;remarks,516;Mr. Cushing objects to delay to send to Pekin,516;extracts,516,517;threats, &c.,517;remonstrance of the Governor,517;a salute to the ship demanded,518;remonstrance of the Governor,518;threats of war to China,518;reply of the Governor,519;rejoinder of Mr. Cushing,519;further complaints from Mr. Cushing,519;answer from the Emperor,520;arrival of a commissioner to treat,520;difficulty,520;justification for not going to Pekin,521;remarks,521;effect of the publication of the correspondence,522.Clark, J. C., in the Chinese mission,501.Clay and Calhoun—Debate between.—Calhoun's co-operation with Clay and Webster,97;co-operates with the democrats,97;feelings of the opposition,97;a feeling of personal resentment against Calhoun,97;Clay's talent for philippic,97;bursting of the storm,97;Calhoun's speech in favor of the Independent Treasury,97;answer of Mr. Clay,97;time for preparation,98;the attack on Calhoun,98;his reply,98;rejoinder of Mr. Clay,99;rejoinders,99;attempted excuse of Clay for making the attack,99;the Edgefield letter,99;character of this contest between two eminent men, and of their oratory,99;Fox and Burke,100;remarkable passages in the speeches of each,100;remarks,100;Mr. Clay's speech,101."Who are most conspicuous of those pressing this bill upon Congress and the American people?101;its endorser the Senator from South Carolina,101;intimated that my course in opposing the bill was unpatriotic,101;the arduous contest in which we were so long engaged was about to terminate in a glorious victory,102;at this critical moment the Senator left us,102;the speech of the Senator,102;the alternatives presented,102;if we denounced the pet bank system, must we take a system infinitely worse?103;attack upon the whole banking system of the United States,103;the doctrine of 1816,103;we concur in nothing now,"103.Reply of Mr. Calhoun,103;"he has not even attempted to answer a large and not the least weighty portion of my remarks,104;the introduction of personal remarks, which cannot pass unnoticed,104;no shadow of a pretext for this attack,104;what can be his motive?104;the weakness of his cause has led him to personalities,104;the leading charge is that I have left his side and joined the other,105;three questions involved in the present issue,105;remarks four years ago,105;another reference to the record,105;the measure of renewing the charter of the bank,106;relations with Mr. Webster,106;statement of his past course by further reference to speeches,107;the charge of desertion falls prostrate to the ground,107;the first fruits of union in the attack would have been a national bank,108;explanation of views expressed in the Edgefield letter,108;further explanation of views entertained,109;present political position,110;the attack on my intellectual faculties,110;qualities wanting in Clay's mind,110;commencement of Calhoun's public life,111;support of the Navy,111;the restrictive system opposed,111;the bank proposed in 1814,111;administration of the War Department,112;the Vice-President's chair,"112.Rejoinder of Mr. Clay,112;"anxious to avoid all personal controversy,112;a painful duty,112;ever anxious to think well of Calhoun,112;the Edgefield letter,112;extract,113;nullification overthrew the protective policy!113;it sanctioned the constitutional power it had so strongly controverted,113;no one ever supposed the protective policy would be perpetual,113;further extract from the Edgefield letter,114;he has left no party and joined no party,114;charges me with going over on some occasion,114;the stale calumny of George Kremer,114;who went in 1825,115;charges me with always riding some hobby,115;he is free from all reproach of sticking to hobbies,"115.Rejoinder of Mr. Calhoun,116;"the Senator tells us that he is among the most constant men in this world,116;his speech remarkable both for its omissions and mistakes,"116.Rejoinder of Mr. Clay,116;"he says, if I have not changed principles, I have at least got into strange company,117;extract from his speeches,117;the dispute about the protection of cotton manufacture,"117.Rejoinders,118;conclusion,118;reconciliation of Calhoun with Van Buren,118;sinister motives charged,119;further taunts of Mr. Clay,119;the change of Clay to the side of Adams,119;expositions of the compromise of 1833,119;bargain charged between Clay and Adams,120;remarks,120;Calhoun for the succession,120;Calhoun and Van Buren,120;source of the real disorders of the country,121;Adams and Clay,121;the threat of Gen. Jackson,120;the compromise measure,122;Webster on the side of Jackson at the time of nullification,122;"he my master,"123;further remarks,123.Clay, Henry, on the slavery resolutions,138;offers a programme of measures for Tyler's administration,219;proposes to introduce the hour rule in the Senate,250;on exempting salt from duty,316;on the veto of the bank by President Tyler,318;his feelings on the veto of the bank bill by President Tyler,356.Retirement of.—Resigns his seat in the Senate, and delivers a valedictory address,398;reasons,398;formally announces his retirement,399;extract,399;period at which he had formed the design of retiring,399;time when the design was really formed,399;could have been elected when Harrison was,399;that triumph a fruitless one,399;reasons for not resigning at the time intended,400;reasons for appearing at the regular session,400;the formation of a new cabinet wholly hostile to him, and the attempt to take the whig party from him,400;the failure of his measures,400;review of the past,401;extract,401;thanks to his friends,401;notice of foes,401;imputation of the dictatorship,402;extract,402;secret of Clay's leadership,402;forgiveness implored for offences,402;a tribute to Crittenden,403;a motion to adjourn,403;the criticism of Senators on the valedictory,403.Candidate for the Presidency in 1844,625.His plan for a compromise,742;all measures to be settled in one bill,742;the manner,742;failure,742.Resolution respecting slavery in New Mexico,743;Davis advocates the extension of the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific,743;reply of Mr. Clay,743;vote744;Senator Benton's speech against it,749;a bill of thirty-nine sections pressed upon us as a remedy for the national calamities,749;no political distress,749;a parcel of old bills which might each have been passed by itself long ago,750;how did the committee get possession of these bills?750;the California bill made the scape-goat of all,750;reasons for urging the conjunction of the State and Territories,751;the territorial government bills are now the object, and put with the California bill to make them more certain,752;all the evils of incongruous conjunctions here exemplified,753;the compensation to California,754;the reasons of the committee present grave errors in law, both constitutional and municipal, and of geography and history,754;features of the Texas bill,755;division line of New Mexico and Texas,756;the possession of New Mexico continuous, &c.,757;further remarks on the original territory of New Mexico,758;question of large emancipation,759;grounds for refusal to extend slavery into New Mexico,760;the point of the true objection to the extension of slavery mistaken,760;fugitive slave bill and slave trade suppression in the District of Columbia,761;no parties to the compromise,762;Dr. Jacob Townsend and Dr. Samuel Townsend,763;further remarks,764,765;rejection of Clay's plan,768.See Index, vol. I.Clayton, John M., Secretary of State,737.See Index, vol. I.Coast Survey.—Its origin,487;growth and importance,487;become a civil department almost,487;efforts to restore the naval superintendence,488;movement for its re-organization,488;remarks of Mr. B. Mallory in support of it,488;proposition to reduce the appropriation and to transfer the work from the Treasury to the Navy Department, to be done by army and naval officers,488;an examination of the laws on the subject,482,490;proposition rejected,491;another made and rejected,491.Belongs to the Navy Department,726;manner of its execution in Great Britain,727;the great cost of the survey,727;the Navy should do the whole and get the credit,728;our Bureau of Hydrography has only a divided and subordinate part of the survey,728;our officers not incompetent,728;our Navy large and nearly idle,729.Cobb, Howell C., chosen Speaker,740.Collamer, Jacob, Postmaster General,737.Committeeof fifty to wait on the President,17.Congress, extra session,28;its members,28;their character,29;first session of the twenty-sixth convenes,158;its members,158;New Jersey contested election,159;first session of twenty-seventh,213;its members,213;difficulty of organization,215;first session of twenty-eighth,563;its members,563;organization of the House,565;twenty-ninth convenes,655;list of members,655;election of Speaker,656;meeting of the second session of the twenty-ninth,677;first session of the thirtieth,702;its members,702,703;first session of thirty-first,738;its members,738,739;numerous ballots for Speaker,740.Conrad, Charles M., Secretary at War,768.Contested Election of New Jersey.—Two sets of members,159;one set holding the certificates, the other claiming to have received a majority of the votes,159;both referred to the committee of contested elections,159;House organize,159;issue put on the rights of the voters,159;the result,160;the contest in the House for Speaker,160;its result,160;its causes,160.Corwin, Thomas, Secretary of the Treasury,768.Crawford, George W., Secretary at War,737.Crawford, William H., decease of,562;a great man, who became greater as he was closely examined,562;his appearance in 1821,563;a formidable candidate for the Presidency,563;pulled down in 1824,563;service in the Senate,563;talents,563;Minister to France,563;Secretary of the Treasury,563;a dauntless foe to nullification,563.Creole, the American brig.—A case of slaves liberated by British authorities while on the voyage from one American port to another,409;brig bound from Richmond to New Orleans, mutiny and massacre by the slaves,409;affidavit of the master at Nassau, N. P.—proceedings at Nassau,410,411;this was the fifth of such outrages,411;the Caroline affair still unatoned for,411;