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INDEX.

method of election, 420, 421, 424,
425; veto power, 421; the evolution
of, under Washington, 422, 423;
speech or message, 422, 424; Cabi-
net, 422, 425; term of, debate in
convention, 425-427; no third term
tradition established, 427, 428.
Exports. To Great Britain, during
and since the war, 246, 247; of the
South, 264, 265.

Exposition. The South Carolina,
263-266.

Ewing, Thomas. Delegate to Har-
risburg Convention, 250.

44

Faux, W. Memorable
America," 338, 339.

Days in

Fearon's Narrative of a Journey,"
319-321; picture of New York, 319;
Boston and Philadelphia, 320; the
Ohio Valley, 320, 321.

Federal Government, Nature of, re-
port of Senate of South Carolina,
252, 253; Alabama on powers of,
253, 254.

Ferdinand VII of Naples, 33, 38-40.
Ferdinand VII. Undoes the work of
the revolution in Spain, 33; grants
constitution, 38.

"Fifty-four-forty." The line estab-
lished, 22.

Fire department.

125.

New York city,

Flax. Harrisburg Convention rec-
ommends increased tariff on, 251.
Florida. Jackson Governor of, 1;
powers of Governor, 2.
Fool, The. Comle paper, 275.

Force Act. Resistance to, in New
England, 406 408.

Ford, Ebenezer. Elected to New
York Assembly by Working-men's
party, 102-103.

Forward, Walter, Representative.
Delegate to Harrisburg Convention,
250.

France. The slave-trade, 13; the
quadruple treaty, 32; Napoleon re-
turns from Elba, 34; invades Spain,
43-44; French fleet appears off
Cuba, 439; Mexico's fear, 439, 440;
the United States protests, 440.
Francis. Emperor of Austria, 31, 39,
40.

Franklin College. Students of, boy-
cott northern goods, 259.
Franklin, Benjamin. Temple Frank-
lin's Life of, 293; British suppres-
sion of, charged, 294-296; number
of editions of writings, 296, 297.
Frederick Island, 467.

Free colored population.
Congress to aid, 252.

89.

Power of

Tree Enquirers. Robert Owen, 88-
Buys New Harmony, 89-90;
the New Harmony movement, 90-
97; Francis Wright, 97-98; Nashoba
and New Harmony Gazette, 98;
Free Enquirer founded, 99; takes
up the cause of the working-man,
99, 103-105.

Free press. Newspapers, 105, 106.
French influence. On America, 279,

280; newspapers, 280.
Freight. Cost of moving, 83.
Freneau, Philip,_ 284.

Friend of Equal Rights. Labor news-
paper, 106:

VOL. V.

563

Friends, The. Antislavery efforts,
209, 212, 214.

Frontler. Life on the Western, 152-
160.

Fugitive slaves. The law of 1793,
215; encourages kidnapping, 215-
216; attempts to amend, 216; Penn-
sylvania law, 216-217; rescue cases
In Pennsylvania, 217; Maryland
complains, 217; Delaware and Penn-
sylvania change their laws, 218;
fugitives and free negroes in Dis-
trict of Columbia, 219-226.
Funday, Bay of, 464, 467, 470-471.
Fur, The, trade, 19.

Gallatin, Albert. On European inter-
vention in Spanish affairs, 44, note;
nominated for Vice-President, 64;
withdraws, 69-70; on Oregon
boundary, 477 478

Garrison, William Lloyd. Sketch of,
210; meets Lundy, 210-211.
Gas. Introduction of, in Philadel-
phia, 126-128; in Boston, New
York, and Baltimore, 127.

Genius of Universal Emancipation,
209, 210.

Georgia. United States to extinguish
Indian title to lands, 175; amount
bought, 175; complaint of Georgia,
175-176; report of Congressional
Committee, 176; negotiations with
Indians, 176-177; answer of Chero-
kees, 177; Indian delegation visits
Washington, 177; Governor of Geor-
gia and the Cherokees, 177-178;
Monroe's view, 178; the Creeks re
fuse to sell, 178; meeting at Pole-
cat Springs, 178; treaty of Indian
Springs, 179; signers of the treaty
killed, 179-180; Gaines sent, 180;
Troup on the treaty, 180-181; a new
treaty made, 181; the Legislature
on Indian rights, 181-183; adds
Cherokee country to her counties,
183; resolutions of, on tariff, 253;
reply of New Jersey, 254; Milledge-
ville paper suggests disunion, 257;
opposition to tariff by people of,
262; protest against tariff of 1828,
267; schools in, early legislation,
369; Legislature and the courts,
399, 400; opposition to suits against
States, 402; State rights manifesto,
413; Indian controversy and Jack-
son's policy, 537-540.
Gordon's

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Rise, Progress, and Es-
tablishment of the Independence of
the United States," 284.

Governor, Powers of. In early State
constitutions, 377, 378; increase in,
380, note.

Government. City of New York, 124-
126: of Philadelphia, 126.
Grand Menan Island, 467.
Granger, Francis. Delegate to Har-
risburg Convention, 250; nominated
for Governor, 108, 120.

to

Great Britain. Efforts to abolish
slave-trade, 13-15; proposal
United States regarding slave-
trade, 15; action of United States
with, 15-18; Oregon dispute with,
22-23; attitude toward South Amer-
ican Republics, 43; Canning on Eu-
ropean intervention, 44; reply of
Rush, 44; reception of Monroe Doc-

trine in, 47-50; negotiations with
Northeast boundary, 464-477; occu-
pation of Oregon, 477-479; commer-
cial war with British colonies, 483-
487; rumored tariff policy of Jack-
son with, 555, 556.
Green, Duff. Appointed public prin-
ter, 523.

Guerrero, President, 12; elected by
Congress, 541; attempt to abolish
slavery in Texas, 548, note, 549;
requests recall of Minister Poinsett,
549; Van Buren charges prejudice
of, against the United States, 551.
Gutierres. Heads rebellion in Mex-
ico, 4.

"Half-faced camp," 152.

Halifax made a free port, 485.
Halleck, Fitz Greene, 301.
Hamilton, James. Argument against
a protective tariff, 1824, 234; speech
in Charleston against a New Eng-
land tariff, 1827, 244.

Hamilton, Alexander. The Federal-
ist, cited by Calhoun, 266.
Hancock, John, 465–466.
Harmony. Built by Rappites in
Pennsylvania, 89; Harmony in In-
diana, 89-90; bought by Owen and
named New Harmony, 90.
Harris, W. T. Tour through the
United States, 337.

Harrisburg, Pa. Political convention,
67; Canal Convention, 142.
Harrisburg Convention. Call for,
246, 247; response to the call, 247,
249; membership of, 249, 250; ad-
dress and memorial of, 250, 251;
resolutions of Alabama on, 253.
Harrison, W. H. Removed from of-
fice by Jackson, 528.
Hawley, Gideon. New York Superin-
tendent of Education, 356.
Hayne, Robert Y. Opposition to pro-
tective tariff, 243, 244; opposition to
the Panama Congress, explanation
of Monroe Doctrine, 444; opposition
to antislavery programme of Pan-
ama Congress, 445-447.
Haytl. The recognition of the inde-
pendence of, proposed, 441; pro-
slavery party opposition to, 446,
448, 449.

Hemp. Harrisburg Convention rec-
ommends increased tariff on, 251.
Henry, Patrick, 400.

Hidalgo, Don Miguel. Leads Mexi-
can rebellion. 3; executed. 4.
"Highlands. the." What are, in
Maine? 46, 467-476.
Hillhouse, James. Commission
Connecticut school fund, 350.
History. Works of, 306.

of

Hoboken. Circular railroad at, 143-
144.

Holmes vs. Walton. The New Jersey
precedent, 395, 396.

Horses. Boycott on Kentucky, 257,
259, 262.

Hudson river. Steam navigation on,
130-131.

Humbert, Jonas. Labor candidate,
108.

Humboldt, Alexander von, 18.

Illinois. Wildcat banking, 160-161:
stay laws, 161-162; on graded land

system, 174, 175; free negro in,
187-188; the contract system, 188;
struggle for slavery in, 188-191;
schools in, taxation for, resisted, 371.
Imports. Of the South, 228, 242; of
woollen goods from Great Britain
after 1824, 240; from Great Britain,
246, 247; duty on, paid by the
South, 265.
Inauguration.

Of Jackson, 523-525.
Inchiquin's letters, 309-311.
Independence of Spanish-American
colonies. Recognition of, by United
States, 41, note, 42.

Indiana. On the graded land system,
174, 175; free negro in, 186-187;
schools in, neglect of primary, 371.
Indians. Trouble in Georgia over
Creek and Cherokee lands, 175-183;
Cherokees complaint against Geor-
gia, 537; reply of the Jackson Ad-
ministration, 537-539; policy of re-
moval, 539, 540.
Industrial conditions.

Of the South,

227, 228, 242, 243; of the North,
229, 230.

"Infidel ticket," 102.
Ingersoll, Charles J. Inchiquin's
Jesult's Letters," 310; delegate to
Harrisburg Convention, 250.
Ingham, S. D. Appointed Secretary
of the Treasury, 520; letter on re-
movals from office, 529-530.
Instructions to Ministers. To Nel-
son, 435, 436; to Everett, 437; to
Middleton, 437-439; to Poinsett,
439-440; to Brown, 440.
Internal improvements. Canals, 132-
143; railroads, 138-147; Monroe on,
147; action of Congress, 147-148;
Calhoun's report, 148; House bill
for canals and roads, 148-149; na-
tional road, 149 veto message of
Monroe, 149; Maryland asks consti-
tutional amendment, 149-150; South
Carolina on powers of Congress
over, 252; resolutions in Legisla-
ture on, 263.
"Interposition." South Carolina
Exposition on, 266.

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Intervention. Canning to Rush on
European, 44: Gallatin on, 44, note;
Monroe on, 46.

Iredell, Justice, 401.

Iron. Bar iron and steel, Increase in
tariff recommended by Harrisburg
Convention, 251.

Irving, Washington. American liter-
ature begins with, 268; early life,
290, 291; publishes Salmagundi,'
291; Knickerbocker "History of
New York," 291, 292: editor of Ana-
lectic Magazine, 292; publishes
"The Sketch Book " and other
writings. 293.

Islands off Maine coast, 466-467.
Iturbide. Augustine. Sent against
the rebels, 9; his plan of Iguala, 9;
declared Emperor, 10; dismisses
Congress, 11; abdicates, 12.

Jackson, Andrew. Governor of Flor-
ida, 1; receives the territory from
the Spaniards, 2; nominated for
President. 57; Indorsed, 58, 59, 67,
68, 69, 73: popular and electoral
vote for, 75, 76: animosity of Clay,
77; election in the House of Repre

INDEX.

sentatives, 79-81; vote of House
of Representatives for, 81; South
Carolina's confidence in, 266; defeat
of, 489; friends charge corruption,
489-492; letter to Swartwout, 492,
493; speeches, 495, 496; renominated
by Tennessee, 496-498; charges
Clay with corruption, 504-508; reso-
lutions of Tennessee, 508-510; reso-
lutions of New York, 510, 511; ac-
tion of Kentucky, 511, 512; cam-
paign of 1828, 514-520; campaign
literature, 514-516; attitude on the
tariff, 516, 517; his victory and vote,
517-520, note; his Cabinet, 520, 521;
the damand for office, 521-523
note; the inauguration, 523-525;
scramble for office, 525, note; ear-
lier view on use of patronage, 525,
526; members of Congress appoint-
ed to office by, 526, note; inaugura-
tion of the spoils system, 526, 527;
wholesale removals, 528; the scram-
ble for office, 528-530; appointment
of editors, 530, 531; distress caused
by removals, 531; removal of post-
masters and its effect, 532, 533;
complaints of the administration of
the post-office, 533-536; Indian pol-
ley, 537-540; rumored tariff polley,
555, 556.

Jamaica. Island of, 488.

Jefferson, Thomas. On our Euro-
pean relations, 30; on European in-
tervention, 45 46; on Marshall's
"Washington," 294, note; cited by
Calhoun, 266; evolution of the
presidency under, 424, 425; refusal
to accept third term, 427, 428;
death of, 502; indebtedness of Vir-
ginia to, 366.

"Jesuit Letters," 310.

Jews. Disqualification of, in Mary-
land, 390-392.

Judges. Impeachment of, in Ohio,
399, 400.

Judiciary, Power of, to declare acts un-
constitutional. Origin and growth
of, 394; case in Virginia, 1766, 394;
James Otis's declaration, 395; Jus-
tice Cushing's charge, 395; other
early assertions, 395; the New Jer-
sey precedent, Holmes vs. Walton,
395, 396; opinion of Virginia judges,
396, 397; Rutgers vs. Waddington,
397; Trevett vs. Weeden, 397, 399,
note; other early cases, 399; con-
flict in Ohio, 399, 400; in Georgia,
399, 400: discussed in Federal Con-
vention, 400; Federal Circuit Court's
opinions, 401, 402; decisions of Su-
preme Court, 402, note; State reso-
lutions, 402, 403; State acts de-
clared unconstitutional, 1809-'24,
412, note, 413, note; South Carolina
Negro Seamen Act, 417; denial of,
common, 418.
Judiciary, Jurisdiction of Federal.
Pennsylvania denies, Gideon Olm-
stead case, 403-406; Virginia denies,
Cohens vs. Virginia, 414; Kentucky
occupying claimant law, 415; bill to
restrict, 416.

Juvenile magazines, 275, note; the
Literary Miscellany, 278.

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Kent, Chancellor. Favors property
qualifications, 385-386.

Kentucky. Stay laws, 162; decision
of Judge Clark, 162; Legislature at-
tacks Court of Appeals, 162-163;
new court created, 163; struggle be-
tween old and new courts, 163; trl-
umph of old court, 165-166.
Key, F. S., 301.

Kentucky resolutions. Boycott on
her produce, 257, 259, 262; cited by
Calhoun, 266; doctrine of the, 402,
403; occupying claimant laws, 414,
415; decision of Supreme Court,
415; opposition to Federal judiciary,
415, 416; Commonwealth Bank case,
416; attack on Federal courts. 416,
417; resolutions defending Clay,
511-513.
Kidnapping.

Of free negroes, 215-
218; of William Morgan, 109-114.
King, Rufus, 468.
King's College. After the Revolu-
tion, 352; renamed Columbia, 353.
Knickerbocker History of New

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York," 291, 292.
Knox, Henry, 465.

Kremer, George. Charge of bargain
and corruption, 78-79, 491–495.
Kugler, Dr. Gas machine, 126-127.

Ladies' magazines, early, 275, note.
"Ladies' Bill," 105.
Lafitte, 7.

Lancaster, Joseph. Methods of teach-
ing, 355, 356; in Pennsylvania, 359.
Lancastrian method, 355, 356, 359,
360.

Land. Federal grant of, 364, 365.
Lands, Public, for educational pur-
poses. Ordinance of 1785 and 1787,
363; granted certain States, 363,
364; Maryland seeks Federal grant,
364, 365; action of Congress, 365;
States divided, 365.
Lands, The public. Credit system,
170-171; speculation in 171-172;
credit system abolished, 172-173;
Benton's Land Bill, 173; demands
of the Western States, 174-175.
Law. First law journal, 273.
Lawrence, Abbot. Delegate to Har-
risburg Convention, 250.

Laybach. Congress at, 39; circular,
39.

LeRoy. Antimasonic Convention, 118,

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early constitutions, 377, 378; limita-
tions upon, 380, 381.

Message

Lehigh Coal Mining Company, 128.
Lehigh Navigation Company, 129.
Leiper, Thomas, 143, note.
Lewis, Governor Morgan.
on school fund, 354.
Lewiston, N. Y., 114, 115, 117.
Liberal Working-men's party, 105.
Liberalism. In Austria, 33; in Na-
ples, 33: in Spain, 33-34; in Ger-
many, 34-35; in Spain, 37-38; In
Naples, 38-39; in Portugal, 39;
crushed in Naples, 40; and In
France, 43-44.

Lien. Demand for mechanics', 101, 105.

Lien laws. Attempt to secure, 86.
Lincoln, Benjamin, 465.

Lincoln, Levi. On schools, 346.
Literature, American. British criti-

cism of, 329, 341; Everett's defence
of, 335, 336.

Literature. Lack of early, 268; age
of political writing, 268, 269; age
of magazines, 269; number and
character of, 269-271; the new
epoch, 272; medical journals, 272,
273; scientific journals, 273; legal
magazines, 273; theological and re-
ligious magazines, 273, 274, note;
theatrical magazines, 275, note;
ladies' magazines, 275, note; liter-
ary magazines, 276, 277; books for
young women, 277, 278; juveniles,
275, note, 278; political, 278-279;
French influence on, 279, 280; Eng-
lish books read, 280-283; Philadel-
phia a centre for, 281-283, notes;
new school of fiction, 283; diversity
of early writing, 284; pessimistic
view of American literature, 284,
285; optimistic view, 285, 286; Eng-
lish influence upon American, 286-
290; Irving's writings and influence,
291-293; Marshall's Life of Wash-
ington," 293, 294, note; Franklin's

Life and Writings," 293-297;
Cooper's novels, success at home
and abroad, 297-301; Cooper's liter-
ary contemporaries, 301; Bryant's
early verse, 301, 302; review of
American poetry, 302; compensa-
tion of authors, 303, 304; Sparks's
work, 304-306; Quarterly Review's
criticism, 315, 316, 323; Sydney
Smith's criticism, 318; Blackwood
Magazine criticism, 324, 325; Brit-
ish Review's comments, 325, 326.
Livingston, Edward, 475.
Locomotive. Model of a steam loco-
motive in Baltimore, 141; early
kinds, 146, 147.

London. Newspapers of, on Monroe
Doctrine, 48-50.

Long Island Sound. Steam naviga-
tion, 130.

Long, Major. Description of the
Northwest, 27, note.

Long, James. Leads an expedition
in Texas, 6; establishes a republic,
7; fate of the expedition, 7.
Longfellow, H. W. Early writings
of, 301, 303.

Lotteries for schools. In New York,
353, 354; in Maryland, 363.
Lotteries. Forbidden by New York,
388.

Louisiana. Grant to, for schools, 364;
discussion over the admission of,
408-411.

Louisville, 166-167.

Lowndes, William. Named for Presi-
dent, 56.

Lundy, Benjamin. Sketch of, 209;
genius of universal emancipation,
209; meets Garrison, 210, 211.

Maclure, William. At New Harmony,
94.

Macluria, 96.

McCullough vs. Maryland, 414.
McDuffle, George. Advocates prohibi-
tory tax on Northern goods, 258,
259; disunion speeches, 260, 261,

note; charges Clay with bargain
and corruption, 501.

McLane, Louis. Appointed Minister
to Great Britain, 555.

McLean, J. Postmaster-General, 520,
521; appointed judge, 527.
Macon's Report. British conduct of

the war, 310.

Madison, James. On European in-
tervention, 50-51; cited by Cal-
houn, 266.

Magazines. Age of, 269; number and
distribution of early, 269; a typical
prospectus, 269, 270; character and
contents, 270, 271; titles of, 271;
the new epoch, 272; medical, 272,
273; scientific, 273; legal, 273; theo-
logical and religious, 273, 274, note;
theatrical, 275, note; juvenile, 275,
note; musical, 275; ladies' journals,
275, note; the Port Folio, 276;
the North American Review, 276,
277.

Magee, Lieutenant A. W. In Texas, 4.
Maine. Disputed boundary, 463-

476; resistance to northeast bound-
ary award, 473–476.
Mallory, Rollin C., Representative.
Member of Harrisburg Convention,
250; chairman of Committee on
Manufactures, 251.

Manufactures. Investments in, in
North and South in 1820, 229, 230;
variety of industries in North, 229,
230; capital and number of workers
in 1825, 230; committee on, in
House of Representatives, 1823,
1824, 231, 232; 1827, 251; report of
South Carolina, 252, 253; resolu-
tions of Georgía, 253; resolutions
of Alabama, 253, 254.
Manufacturers. Petitions of, for pro-
tective tariff, 232; competition of
British, 240, 241; meeting of New
England, in Boston, 1826, 241; com-
mittee of, visit Congress, 242.
Manumission Society of North Caro-
lina, 214.

Map, Mitchell's, 464, 471.

Marshall, John. "Life of Washing-
ton, 293, 294, note.

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Marshall, John. Influence of, 412.
Mars Hill, 468–472.

Maryland. Status of free negro in,
185; wants more stringent fugi-
tive slave laws, 217; Delaware
and Pennsylvania comply, 218;
schools in, character of, 362; Bal-
timore religious and benevolent
schools, 362, 363; beginnings of pri-
mary system, 363; State seeks pub-
lic lands from Congress, 363, 364;
State legislation, 365, 366; dis-
qualifications of Jews, 390-391; op-
position of, to Conscript Bill,"
412.

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Mason, George, 395.

Masonic orders. Rivalry in Mexico,
540, 541.

Masons. Kidnapping of Morgan, 109-
112; trial of, 113-114; rise of anti-
masonic party, 112-120.
Massachusetts. Status of free negro
in, 196-197.
Massachusetts. Seat of woollen
manufactures, 241; vote of senators
of, on tariff, 1827, 242; the common-
school system of, 343-348; begin-

INDEX.

nings of, 343, 344; later colonial
acts, 344; provision of constitution
of 1780 and act of 1789, 344, note,
345; school-houses, 345; school tax,
345; the district school, 345, 346; in-
troduction of text-books, 346; char-
acter of teachers, 346; grammar
schools decline, 346, 347; academies
founded, 347, note; faults of the
system, 347, 348; applies to Con-
gress for advice, 374; Constitu-
tional Convention, Webster on suf-
frage, 388-390; proposed amend-
ment limiting duration of embargo,
430, 431; opposition to suits against
States, 402; refusal to furnish mill-
tia, 407, 408; opposition to embargo,
411; calls Hartford Convention,
412; reply of, to Ohio's bank reso-
lutions, 414; protest against north-
east boundary award, 474.
Medical Museum. Founded, 272.
Medicine and Surgery, New England
Journal, 272, 273.

Medical Journals. Early number,
269; early Philadelphia, 272; new
journals, 272, note, 273.

Memorials to Congress. Protective
tariff, pro and con, 1824, 232, 233;
of New England woollen manufac-
turers, 1826, 241; Massachusetts,
increased protection to woollen
manufactures, 1826, 242; from vari-
ous bodies in South Carolina
against a protective tariff, 1827,
244, 245; Harrisburg Convention,
250, 251; Its memorial referred to
Committee on Manufactures, 251;
tariff memorials from Northern
States, 251; from Southern States,
251-254; from Ohio and New Jer-
sey, 254; various tariff and anti-
tariff, 254; protests of South Caro-
lina, Alabama, and Georgia, 267;
protest against jurisdiction of Fed-
eral courts, 415.

Message. Origin of the President's
annual, 424-425.

Methodist magazines, 272, 274, note;
Zion's Herald, 274.

Metternich. His reactionary work
in Naples, 33.

Mexico. Rebels against Spain, 3;
Hidalgo, 3, 4; Gutierres, 4; Toledo,
4; Moselos, 5; Aury, 5; fate of the
expedition, 6; Mina, 5-6; Long's
Texas expedition, 6-7; Austin seeks
a land grant, 7-8; rebels against
Spain, 9; Iturbide, the plan of Igua-
la, 9, 10; approved by O'Donojú, 10;
the treaty of Cordova, 10; First
Mexican Congress, 10; applicants
for Texas land grants, 10; Iturbide
proclaimed Emperor, 10; dismisses
Congress, 11; colonization law, 11;
Santa Anna rebels, 11; Iturbide ex-
pelled, 12; constitution formed, 12;
calls on the United States to en-
force Monroe Doctrine, 53-54; inter-
est in Panama Congress, 433, 434;
United States urges suspension of
expedition against Cuba, 438; in-
structions of our Minister, 439, 440;
fears French fleet, 439, 440; criti-
cism of Administration's policy
with, 445, 452, 453; boundary con-
troversy with, 459-463; refusal to
sell Texas, 460, 461; Jackson ad-

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ministration futile attempt to re-
adjust boundary, 461-463; rival ma-
sonic parties in, and politics, 540,
541; insurrection in, 541, 542; Van
Buren opens negotiations with, for
Texas, 542, 543; request recall of
Poinsett, 549; Butler appointed
chargé d'affaires to Mexico, 549;
Van Buren's letter to, reviews hos-
tility to Mexico, 549-551; popular
opposition to sale of Texas in, 551,
552; Alaman, Mexican Secretary of
State, reviews policy of United
States, 552, 553; advises prompt
action in Texas, 553, 554; passes
law excluding citizens of United
States from Texas, 554, note.
Middle States. Industrial develop-
ment of, 230.

Middleton, Henry. Instructed as to
our claims to Oregon, 21-22; con-
cludes a convention, 22; instructed
to ask Russia to interpose in behalf
of Spanish colonies, 437-439.
Milledgeville on tariff, 259.
Miller, David C., 109; his connection
with Morgan, 109-110, 111.

Mills, Lack of. In South, 228; in
New England, 229; in Middle States,
230; increase in cotton and woollen,
after tariff act of 1824, 240.
Mina, Xavier, 5, 6.

Miner, Charles, Member of Congress.
Efforts to abolish slave-trade in
District of Columbia, 221–226.
Mineralogical Journal, American.

Founded, 273.

Mirror, The Thespian, 275.
Mississippi river. Navigation of, 166;
scenes on the river, 167-168.
Mitchell, Dr. Samuel L., 291.
Monroe Doctrine. Washington_on
our European relations, 29; Jeffer-
son on, 30; Holy Alliance formed,
31-32; quadruple treaty, 32; liberal
movements in Europe, 32-35; Con-
gress of Aix, 35-36; revolt of Span-
Ish colonies, 35-36; Monroe on dan-
gers from, 36-37, note; rebellion
In Spain, 37-38; in Naples, 38-39; in
Portugal, 39; Congresses at Trop-
pau and Laybach, 39; the Laybach
circular, 39; liberalism crushed in
Naples, 40; United States recog-
nizes independence of South Amer-
ican Republics, 41-42; Congress
of Vienna and Verona, 43; France
invades Spain, 43-44; Canning's
proposal to Rush, 44; Gallatin's
letter to Chateaubriand, 44, note;
Monroe consults Jefferson, 45-46;
the doctrine announced, 46-48; re-
ception of, in England, 47-48;
Clay's resolution on, 51-52; instruc-
tions to Poinsett, 53; Mexico calls
on the United States to enforce,
53-54; Hayne's interpretation of
the, 444; White's view of, 444. 445;
Adams's and Clay's views of, at-
tacked, 452-455; Buchanan's view
of, 456, 457; Webster's presenta-
tion of, 457-459.

Monroe, James. Inaugurated, 1;
makes Jackson Governor of Flor-
ida, 1; action regarding the slave-
trade, 16-18; Oregon message, 20;
on dangers from Europe, 36-37;
authorized to send Ministers to

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