Van Buren Papers, Calendar of, Prepared from original manuscripts in the Library of Congress, by Elizabeth Howard West. Washington, gra
Von Holst, H., Constitutional and Political En of the United States, 1828-1845. Translated by Lalor. Chicago, 1888. The author studies the Texs question as an episode in slavery expansion, and is strongly prejudiced.
Adams, J. Q.: candidate for the presidency in 1824, 31; atti- tude toward Cuba in 1822, 92; expectation that the United States would ultimately pos- sess Cuba, 94. Alaman: foreign minister in Mex- ico, 67, 74; high appreciation of British friendship, 68; fa- vored British interests, 74; in- fluence over President Vic- toria, 77; opposition to, and resignation of, 77, 121; his hostility to, and published criticism of Poinsett, 81; con- ferences with Ward and Poin- sett concerning the French fleet, 119; declarations con- cerning the Santa Fé road, 171-173, 175; opens the nego- tiations for a commercial treaty, 206; negotiations con- cerning Texas and the boun-
dary, 291-296. Aldama: Hidalgo's agent to the
United States in 1811, 5, note. Alexander I, emperor of Russia:
asked by Clay to mediate be- tween Spain and the former Spanish colonies, 108-114. Alpuche: a York Mason, 192. American party in Mexico: 78, 80, 83; relations with York Ma- sons, 190.
Anderson, minister to Colombia: notified of Clay's attitude to- ward Cuba, 142; concludes a treaty with Colombia, 206. Arispe: influence in effecting the ministerial change, 78; friend- ship for the United States, 78; a York Mason, 192; at-
British mediation between Spain
and Mexico, 65, 66. British minister at Washington: absents himself from a ban- quet in honor of the Mexican minister, 14; on the attitude of the United States toward Cuba, 95. British recognition of Mexican in- dependence: 52, 55, 58, 64, 65 and note, 76, 85; motive for, 71-72; invited by the United States, 198. British treaty: negotiated, 49; in-
structions for, 65, 69; favor- able to Mexico, 69; concluded, 70; rejected by Canning, 70, 83; reasons for rejection, 83- 84; Morier sent to negotiate a new one, 84, 85; his failure, 87; a Mexican agent sent to London to negotiate, 87; con- cluded and ratified, 88; urged by the Mexican plenipoten- tiaries as a model for a treaty with the United States, 210; exception to "most favored nation" rule, 211.
Brown, James: minister to France, Clay's instructions to
cerning Cuba, 115.
purchase Texas, 342; his chr acter, 343, note; warned against interfering in Mexi can affairs, 373, 376.
Calhoun: his desire to have Caba for the United States, 91. Camacho, secretary for foreign re lations: to go to England to negotiate a treaty, 87-88; 50- cessful, 88; a negotiator for a commercial treaty with the United States, 213 and fo lowing. Cambreleng, C. C.: advice to
Poinsett, 48, 74-
Cañedo, secretary for foreign
fairs: a negotiator for a com mercial treaty with the United States, 244 and following. Canning, George: British foreig minister, 55; early attitude toward Mexican independence, 55; opposes a European con ference on Spanish-American affairs, 57; proposals to Rush concerning the Spanish-Ameri can states, 60, 97; Adams's answer, 61; rebukes his com mission to Mexico for its hasty report, 62-63; opposi tion to the influence of the United States in Mexico, 70- 73; opposition to the United States at the Panama con gress, 73; personal letter to Victoria, 76; reasons for re jecting the treaty with Mex ico, 83-84; suspects Frenc movements in the West In- dies, 122; declares England's policy toward Cuba, 125; cyd- ical attitude toward Clay's overture, 126; his counter proposal, 127; instructions to the British representative to the Panama congress, 156; considers seizing Cuba, 161.
Canning, Stratford: British min-
ister in Washington, 15, note; comment concerning the atti- tude of the United States to-
ward Cuba, 95.
Casas: head of an insurgent gov-
ernment in Texas, 5, note. Centralista: a political party in
Mexico, 82; relations with the Scottish Masons, 190 and fol- lowing.
Chihuahua: a United States con-
sul for, appointed, 169, 170; governor of, sends a report concerning the frontier, 173, 295; Escudero, a citizen of, in the United States, 177. Claims: of United States citizens
against Mexico, 252-276. Clark, William, superintendent of
Indian affairs at St. Louis: relations with Escudero, 177. Clay, Henry: exchanges portraits
with Iturbide, 6, note; Mexi- can regard for, 20-22, note; Adams's plan to get rid of him by making him minister to Colombia, 35; his advocacy of the cause of the Spanish- American states, 36; secretary of state, 44; instructions to Poinsett, 46; cautious advice concerning British influence, 75; far reaching negotiations concerning Cuba and Spain's relations with her former col- onies, 105-163; his instruc- tions to Poinsett concerning Texas and the boundary, 286- 288; attempt to purchase Texas, 306-310. Cockpit: Poinsett meets two mem- bers of the Mexican cabinet
in, 51. Colombia: intention to send an
expedition to Cuba, 94, note, 99, 100, 101, 105, III, 132- 134, 143-147, 154, 159; Clay's
effort to restrain, from attack- ing Cuba, 142. Colombian treaty: a copy of, given to Poinsett to use as a model for a treaty with Mexico, 205. Colonization: Mexican law regu- lating, 285; Mexican restric- tions on, 285. Colorado, the river: a possible boundary, 287, 293, 308, 340,
Comanche Indians: attacks by, 'along the Santa Fé Trail, 186. Commercial controversies: 252- 276; over consular certificates, 252-259; over unfair tariff charges, 259-261; seizure of cargoes for various causes, 262-266; disorderly conduct of United States shipmasters, 267-270; Mexican complaints of the seizure of their vessels in United States ports, 273- 274; United States seamen forced into the Mexican serv ice, 274. Commercial treaty: obstacles in the way of concluding, 205-251; opening of negotiations, 205- 207; reciprocity treatment, 208-210, 212, 221; proposed exception to the most fa- vored nation" clause in favor of the Spanish-American states, 211, 214-221; "free ships, free goods" principle with an exception against Great Britain, 221-222, 227; ac- cepted, 235-239; attempt to exclude from Mexico Span- iards naturalized in the United States, 222, 226, 234; con- cluded and signed on July 10, 1826, 224; Mexican delay in ratifying, nullifies, 224, 225, 228; United States Senate ac- cepts, with certain modifica- tions, 226-228; adverse report
of the committee of the Mex- ican Chamber of Deputies, 228-232; fugitive slave pro- visions opposed in Mexico, 229-231, 240-242, 243, 245; negotiations resumed, 232; treaty of limits concluded and signed as an indispensable preliminary to resuming com- mercial negotiations, 233; "reciprocity" treatment se- cured, 235; second treaty con- cluded on February 14, 1828, 239; prompt ratification of, at Washington, 242; delays in ratification at Mexico, 243- 249; fourteen articles of, re- jected, 245; negotiations re- sumed by Butler and con-
cluded and ratifications ex- changed, 250-251. Consular certificates: required by
Obregon's regulations, 252; penalty for neglect to procure them, 253; cost of procuring, 254; controversies occasioned
91; attitude of the United States government toward, in 1822, 92; Poinsett visits, 93; his advice concerning, 93; possibility of attacks upon, from Mexico and Colombia, 94, note, 99, 100, 101, 105, 111, 131-134- 143-147, 154 159; expectation of Adams that the United States would possess, 94; belief in the United States that Spain planned to cede Cuba to Eng- land, 95; memorial to Canning concerning the advisability of seizing, 95-96; attitude of the United States government to- ward, in 1823, 96-99; Mexican interest in, 99-104; Obregon instructed to watch move- ments in and cultivate friend- ship with, 99; Torrens to learn the attitude of Colom- bia toward, 100; Bolivar ex- pected to seize, 101; Mexican ambition for, revealed to Canning by Michelena, 102; Clay's instruction to Poinsett concerning, 105; Clay's rep- resentations to Spain concern- ing, 106-108; Clay's represen- tations to Russia concerning, 108-114; Clay's representa- tions to England concerning, 114-115; Clay's representa- tions to France concerning, 115; Spanish government of, desires Spain to recognize the new Spanish states, 116; French war vessel accom- panies Spanish transports to, 117-119, 122; French fleet in the neighborhood of, causes uneasiness, 119-123; Clay's protest to France against French movements, 124-125; Canning's declaration of Eng- land's policy toward, in 1823,
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