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INDEX.

in the West, 58; Calhoun nominated
by caucus in South Carolina, 60;
Crawford in Georgia, 60; Tennessee
on caucus, 60-61; other States on
caucus, 61; Virginia on, 61-62;
Pennsylvania anti-caucus address,
63; congressional committee report
on, 63-64; caucus nominates Craw-
ford and Gallatin, 64; caucus ad-
dress, 64-65; Adams nominated, 65;
action by the people, 65, 66, 67, 68;
De Witt Clinton nominated, 66;
Jackson indorsed, 67; Clay nomi-
nated, 67; standing of the candi-
dates, 69; Gallatin withdraws, 70;
contest over electors in New York,
70-73; election day in the States,
74-75; no choice by the electors,
76; Kremer's charge of bargain
and corruption, 78-79; election of
Adams, 79-81; election of 1828, an-
ger over the result, 489; members
of Congress explain, 490-492; Jack-
son's letter on, 492; Clay answers
Jackson, 493-495; popularity
Jackson, 495-496; Clay, 496; Jack-
son resigns from United States
Senate, 496; renominated by Ten-
nessee, 496-497; the campaign in
Congress, 498; Branch attacks Clay,
499; John Randolph, 500; Blifil and
Black George, 500; the Clay-Ran-
dolph duel, 500; McDuffie's speech,
501; the East Room, 503; the bil-
liard table, 503-504; Carter Bever-
ley letter, 505; Jackson's state-
ment, 505-506; Clay's reply, 506-
507; Jackson names Buchanan, who
denies, 507-508; Tennessee investi-
gates, 508-509; New York
Adams, 509-510; nominations
Adams and Rush, 513; choice of
electors, 513-514; abuse of Jackson
and Adams, 514-516; the election,
517; table of popular and electoral
vote, 518.

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Prevost, J. B. Goes to Oregon, 18;
reports Russian settlements on Pa-
cific, 18; receives surrender of As-
toria, 25.

Produce. Kentucky, boycotted, 257,
259, 262.

Property qualifications. In early
State constitutions, 377; abolition
of, 379, 380; advocated by Chancel-
lor Kent, 385, 386; by Webster, 388.
Proscription of office holders, 521-536.
Protective tariff. Act of 1816 a dis-
appointment. 229; effort to secure,
230, 231; bill defeated in Senate,
1820, 231; House of Representatives
opposed to, 1821-23, 231; Monroe's
messages favor, 231; bill reported
in House, 1824, 231, 232; petitions
and memorials, pro and con, 1824,
232,
233; argument in the House,
233-240: Hamilton's speech against,
234; Clay's speech in favor of, 234-
237; Webster's reply, 237-240; divi-
sion of the country over bill, 240;
vote and passage of bill, 240; effect
of the act of 1824 on New England,
240-242; increased protection for
woollens sought by New England,
241, 242: new bill, 242, note; de-
feated, 1827, 242; rejoicing in the
South over defeat, 242; reasons for
opposition in the South, 242-243;

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agitation against, in South Caro-
lina, 243-245; agitation in favor, in
Pennsylvania and call for Harris-
burg Convention, 246, 247, 248; re-
newed agitation in South Carolina,
247-249; speech of Dr. Cooper at
Columbia, 247-249; Dr. Cooper's
resolutions, 249; Georgetown, South
Carolina, resolutions, 219; the Har-
risburg Convention and its memo-
rial, 249-251; tariff and anti-tariff
memorials, 251-254; "tariff of
abominations," 254, 255; resistance
to, 255-267; anti-tariff meetings in
South Carolina, 255, 256; southern
newspapers on a, 256-258, 259; nul-
lification urged, 261; message of
Governor of South Carolina, 262;
action of Legislature, 262, 263; the
"South Carolina Exposition," 263-
267; protests of South Carolina,
Alabama, and Georgia, 267.

Qualifications. For the franchise,
376-377, 379, 381, 382, 383-388; for
office, 377, 379, 380, 385-386, 388,
390-392; in Virginia, 392-394.
Quarterly Review, The. Southey's
attack on the American people,
309-312; reviews of works of travel
in the United States, 315, 316; ar-
ticles on America, 319, 321-324, 337-
339, 342.

Quincy, Josiah. Speech on the ad-
mission of Louisiana, 409-411.

Railroads. The Stevens charter, 138;
Dearborn applies to Congress, 138--
139; Stevens's letter to Mayor of
Philadelphia, 139; charter from
Pennsylvania, 139-140; "What is a
railroad?" 140-141; model of loco-
motive, 141; meeting at Philadel-
phia, 141; Pennsylvania commis-
sion, 141-142; Columbia, Lancaster
and Philadelphia Railroad char-
tered, 142; Mohawk and Hudson,
143: Granite Railway Company,
143; Massachusetts plans for rail-
roads, 143; Stevens's circular road,
43-144; Pennsylvania charters, 144;
Baltimore and Ohio, 144; railroads
in the South, 144; in New Jersey,
144:-145; in Virginia, 145; mileage
in 1830, 145; mechanical difficulties,
145; early road beds, 145-146; early
locomotives, 146-147.

Rails. Early kinds of, 146.
Ramsey's "History of the Revolu-
tion in South Carolina," 284, 306.
Randolph, John. Charges against,
and duel with Clay, 500.
Rapp, George, 89.

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Rappites, 89; built Harmony,
Pennsylvania, 89: New Harmony,
Indiana, 89-90; sell to Owen, 90.
Regency. The Albany, 70, 71.
Religion. Lack of, in United States,

200

Religious journals. Early number,
269; Virginia magazine, 271; early
Philadelphia, 272: Presbyterian,
273: Episcopalian, 273: other maga-
zines, 273, note: the Religious Re-
membrancer, 274; of Boston, 274;
number and circulation, 274, 275.
Religious qualifications. In early
State constitutions, 377; abolition

of, 378, 379; contest to abolish, in
Maryland, 390-392; qualifications in
Massachusetts, 390, note; New Jer-
sey, Delaware, and North Caro-
lina, 391, note.
Founded,

Religious Remembrancer.
274.

Removals from office. Jackson's
theory, 525–526; removals under
him, 527-537.

Representation. In early State con-
stitutions, 375, 376, note; new ap-
portionment in Virginia, 1829, 393.
Republics, Spanish American. Rec-
ognized by United States, 41-42; at-
titude of Great Britain toward, 43;
Canning on European intervention
in affairs of, 44; Rush and Gallatin
on, 44, note; Monroe on, 45.
Resolutions. Congress, on independ-
ence of South American repub-
lies, 41, 42; Tennessee, nominating
Jackson, 57; South Carolina,
State rights, 252-253; Georgia, 253;
Alabama, 253; "* South Carolina Ex-
position," 263, 266, 402, 403; Penn-
sylvania, 403-406; Delaware, 407;
Connecticut, 408; Ohio, 413; Geor-
gia, 413; Virginia, 414; Kentucky,
415-417; New York, on election of
President, 510, 511; Maine and Mas-
sachusetts, on State rights, 473–476.
Revision. The Council of, in New
York, 384-385.

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Rhode Island. Case of Trevett vs.
Weeden, 397-399, note; refusal to
furnish militia, 407, 408; tariff me-
morial of Legislature, 251; schools
in, few free, in colonial times, 351;
first free school law, 1800, 352; re-
pealed, 1803, re-enacted, 1828, 352;
constitution of 1824, 390.
Ritner, Joseph. Governor of Penn-
sylvania, president of Harrisburg
Convention, 250.

Rittenhouse, David. Heirs of, sued
by Olmsted, 405–406.

Road. The national, 149, 150.
Robbins, Ashur, Senator. Delegate
to Harrisburg Convention, 250.
Rochester, 135.

Root, Erastus.

Working-men's can-

didate for Governor of New York,
107.

Ross, Judge, 403–404.

Rouse's Point, 469-473.

Rush, Richard, 15; instructed as to
our claims in Oregon, 22-23; Can-
ning's proposition to, and reply of,
44: appointed Secretary of the
Treasury, 433; nominated for Vice-
President, 513.

Russia. Colonizes on Pacific coast,
18; claims to Oregon country, 20;
the Alaskan boundary, 20-22;
United States seeks assistance of,
to end Spanish-South American
war, 437-439.

Rutgers vs. Waddington, 397.
Rutledge, Henry. Toast of, 258.

Santa Anna. Rebels against Itur-
bide, 11; Secretary of War, 541.
Santa Fé. Trade with, 168.
St. Croix.

Settlement of De Monts,
464: determination of the river,

404-467.

St. John, New Brunswick, 485.

St. Mary's Bay, 464.

Say, Thomas. At New Harmony, 94.
School, The Common. Present status,
343; in 1824, 343; beginnings in
Massachusetts, acts of 1642, 1647,
343, 344; later colonial acts, 344;
provision of first constitution and
act of 1789, 344, note, 345; school-
house, 345; the school tax, 345; the
district school, 345, 346; introduc-
tion of text-books, 346; the charac-
ter of teachers, 346; grammar
schools decline, 346, 347; acade
mies founded, 347, note; faults of
the Massachusetts system, 347, 348;
system of Connecticut, the colonial
period, 348, 349; the "Western Re-
serve and the school fund, 349-
351; services of James Hillhouse,
350; decline of schools, 351; in
Rhode Island, few free, 351; first
free-school law, 1800, 352; repealed,
1803, re-enacted, 1828, 352; in New
York State, no free schools in colo-
nial times, 352; Governor Clinton's
message, 352, 354; Board of Regents
established, 352, 353; rivalry of Co-
lumbia College, 353; University of
the State of New York, 353; lot-
teries and other efforts to raise a
fund, 353, 354; a New York city
society incorporated, 354, 355; the
Lancastrian method, 355, 356; school
districts system established, 356;
in New Jersey, 356, 357; backward-
ness of Delaware, 357; provisions of
Pennsylvania's constitutions, 357;
act of 1802, 357, 358; agitation for,
358, 359; free private schools, 359;
Philadelphia schools, 359; Pennsyl-
vania, report, 359-361; negro schools,
360, 361; poor character of country
schools, 361, 362; defects of the
system, 362; character of, in Mary-
land, 362; Baltimore schools, 362,
363; beginnings of primary system.
363; Maryland seeks Federal land
grant, 364, 365; action of Congress
and States, 365; State legislation,
365, 366; Virginia schools, Jeffer-
son's plan for, 366; failure of legis-
lation, 366: North Carolina, char-
acter of, 366, 367; educational move-
ment in Legislature, 367, 368; South
Carolina system, 368; Georgia, early
legislation, 369; Northwest Terri-
tory, difficulties of establishment,
369, 370: Ohio, provisions of first
constitution, 370; difficulty of en-
forcement, 371; Indiana, neglect of,
371; Illinois, taxation for, resisted,
371; Kentucky, early efforts, 371,
372: Tennessee, 372.
Schools. Working-men's, in Philadel-
phia denounced. 87; free school in
Pennsylvania, 87-88.

Scientific journals. Silliman's, 273;
American Mineralogical, 273.
Seamen. South Carolina Negro Sea-
man Act, 200-204.

Search. The right of. In connection
with slave-trade. 14, 15, 17.
Secession. Suggested in South Caro-
lina, 256: toasts at Charleston. 258,
note; letter in Charleston Mercury.
259; sentiment in favor of, 260,
261.
Secretaries. Under Adams: State,

INDEX.

Henry Clay; Treasury, Richard
Rush; War, James Barbour; Navy,
James L. Southard; Attorney-Gen-
eral, William Wirt: Postmaster-
General, John McLean. Under
Jackson: State, Martin Van Bu-
ren; Treasury, S. D. Ingham; War,
John H. Eaton; Navy, John Branch;
Attorney-General, J. McP. Berrien;
Postmaster-General, W. T. Barry.
Sedgwick, Catherine, 301.

Sentinel, The Daily. Early labor
newspaper, 107.
Sergeant, Mrs., 405–406.
Settlers, Early, in the West.

Jour-

ney to Ohio, 151-152; Half-faced
camp, 152; the log hut, 152-153;
household utensils, 153, 154; farm-
ing, 154-155; growth of towns, 155-
156; anecdotes of frontier life, 156-
158; the circuit rider, 159–160; wild-
cat banking, 160-162.
Sharpe, Peter. Delegate to Harris-
burg Convention, 250.

Sidney. Urges nullification, 261.
Sigourney, L. H., 301.

Silliman's Journal. Founded, 273.
Slave-trade. In the District of Co-
lumbia, 219–226; abolition of, pro-
posed for consideration for the
Panama Congress, 441; opposition
of the Pro-slavery party, 443, 447.
Slavers. Number off African coast,
14, 16-17.

Slavery. Pro-slavery laws of Illi-
nois, 187-188; struggle to make Illi-
nois slave soil, 189-191; abolition
of, by New York, 192; projected in-
surrection of slaves in Charleston,
South Carolina, 199-200; South
Carolina Negro Seaman Act, 200-
204; Governor Troup of Georgia on,
205; reply of Legislature, 205-206;
rise of the abolitionists, 208; Ben-
jamin Lundy, 208-209; early aboli
tion presses, 209-213; Garrison, 210-
212; antislavery societies, 213-214;
fugitive slave law. 215-216: Penn-
sylvania law, 216-217; complaint of
Maryland, 217; Delaware and Penn-
sylvania change their laws, 218;
fugitive slaves in District of Colum-
bia, 219: slave-trade in. 220-226;
cotton and, 228; South Carolina on
powers of Congress over, 252; abo-
lition of, in Cuba and Porto Rico
proposed, 443; opposition of Pro-
slavery party, 445-449; Mexico at-
tempts to abolish slavery in Texas,
548, 549.
Slaves. Treatment of, in District of
Columbia, 226; tariff increases cost
of clothing of, 243.
Smith, Sydney. Criticism of the
United States, 317-319, 328-330.
Socialism. Robert Owen at New
Lanark, 88; the Rappites at Har-
mony and New Harmony, 89-90:
Owen buys Harmony, 90: lectures
on his community plan, 90-92; the
Preliminary Society of New Har-
mony, 92-93; the village in 1826,
93: Community of Equality. 93-94;
condition of New Harmony, 94:
dress reform. 95: Declaration of
Mental Independence. 95: effect.
95-96: failure of New Harmony. 96;
Owenite communities elsewhere,

573

96; Nashoba, 97-98; Francis Wright,
97; the Nashoba and New Harmony
Gazette, 98; Miss Wright's lectures,
98-99; the Working-man's party at
New York city, 99-104; in Philadel-
phia, 104-105; spread of the Free
Enquirers, 105-106, 107-108.
Society. The Farmers' and Mechan-
ics', 105; Pennsylvania, for the
Promotion of Internal Improve-
ments, collects information as to
railroads, 140-141; American, for
the Colonization of Free Blacks in
Africa, 193, 194, 206, 207, 208; the
Manumission, 214; St. Paul's Agri-
cultural, on the tariff, 244; Penn-
sylvania, for Promotion of Manu-
factures and the Mechanic Art,
calls tariff convention, 245; Free
School, of New York, 356; for Free
Instruction of Female Children,
359; Aimwell School, 359; Philadel-
phia, for Establishment and Sup-
port of Charity Schools, 359;
Friends' Association for the In-
struction of Poor Children, 359;
Female Humane Association Char-
ity School, 362; Carpenters' Hu-
mane, 363; Benevolent, 363.
Southard, James L. Appointed Sec-
retary of the Navy, 433.

South, The. Effect of invention of
cotton gin on, 227, 228; natural re-
sources of, 227; trade of, with
Great Britain, 228, 242, 243; indus-
trial conditions of, 228; contrasted
with the North, 229; opposition of,
to protective tariff, 232-234, 242-
245, 247-249; rejoices over defeat of
tariff, 1827, 242; division of inter-
ests of North and South, 242, 243,
244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 253, 254; re-
sist tariff of 1828, 255-267; exclu-
sion of Northern products proposed,
256-259, 262; protective tariff inju
rious to, 264, 265.

South American Republics. Early at-
tempt to form a union of, 433, 434;
certain Ministers of. interview
Clay, 434; invite the United States
to Panama Congress, 440, 441.
South Carolina. Lowndes and Cal-
houn nominated for presidency, 56,
60; projected insurrection of slaves,
199-200; Negro Seaman Act, 200-
204; on colonization, 207; opposition
of, to protective tariff. 1827, 243-
245; speech of Senator Hayne before
Charleston Chamber of Commerce,
243, 244; resolutions of St. Paul's
Agricultural Society, 1827. 244;
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
resolutions, 244, 245: memorial of
Colleton District, 245; call for
Harrisburg Convention arouses a
renewal of agitation in, 247-249;
speech of Dr. Cooper at Columbia,
247-249; Dr. Cooper's resolutions,
249: Georgetown resolutions, 249;
Senate State rights report, 1828,
252, 253; reply of New Jersey, 254;
memorials of citizens. 254: resist-
ance to the tariff of 1828, 255-267;
anti-tariff meeting at Walterbor-
ough, 255, 256; secession suggested,
256; legislative boycott of Northern
goods proposed. 256-259; seditious
toasts proposed, 258, note, 261;

speech of McDuffie, 258, 259, 261;
letter in Charleston Mercury, 259;
Union speech of Governor, 259, 260;
nullification and disunion urged,
260, 261; Governor's message tem-
perate, 262; views and resolutions
of Legislature, 262, 263; adopts Cal-
houn's "Exposition of 1828," 263-
267; resolutions of, 266, 267; school
system of, 368; Negro Seaman Act,
200-204; State rights resolutions,
417.

South Carolina College. Students of,
boycott Northern goods, 257.
Southwick, Solomon. Antimasonic
candidate for Governor, 120.
Spain. Delivers Florida to United
States, 2; rebellion of South Ameri-
can colonies, 2; Mexico rebels, 3;
defeat of the rebels, 3-6; Long in
Mexico, 6-7; Mexico rebels, 9; Itur-
bide Emperor of Mexico, 9; the
plan of Iguala, 9-10; loses Mexico,
10; agreement as to slave-trade, 13,
14; Ferdinand VII and the Liberals,
33-34; revolt of colonies, 36-37; re-
bellion in, 37-38; independence of
her colonies recognized by United
States, 41-42; attitude of Great
Britain toward, 43; France invades,
43-44; relations with, instructions
to our Minister to Spain relative to
Cuba and Porto Rico, 434-436;
Adams attempts to mediate to end
war with South America, 436-440;
fear of liberation of Cuba and Porto
Rico, 436, 437; instructions to Min-
ister at Madrid, 437; seeks Russia's
aid, 437-439; French fleet appear off
Cuba, 439; alarm of Mexico, 439,
440; Clay's protest to France, 440.
Sparks, Jared. Early life, 304; edi-
torial work, 304, 305; collects the
Writings of Washington," 305,

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303; other works, 305, 306; compen-
sation of, 304.

Spoils system. Office seekers invade
Washington, 519, 520; demand for
office, 521-523, notes, 525, note;
Jackson's views on patronage, 525,
526; members of Congress appointed
to office, 526, note; inauguration of
the system in the Post-Office De-
partment, 526, 527; wholesale re-
movals, 528; the scramble for office,
528-530; disappointment with ap-
pointments, 530; appointment of
editors, 530, 531; distress caused by
removals, 531: continuance of re-
movals, 531, 532: effect of removal
of postmasters, 532, 533.

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"Spy, The." Its success, 298, 299.
State government. During the Revo-
lution, 373-378; colonies apply to
Congress for advice, 374; advice
given, 374: State constitutions
framed. 375; bills of rights, 375;
character of constitutions, 375-378;
suffrage, 376, 377; powers of Execu-
tive, 377, 378; gradual abolition of
religious and property qualifica-
tions. 379, 380; new ideas in. 1810-
'20. 380. 381: new constitution of
New York, 383-388; amended con-
stitution. Massachusetts, 388-390;
Rhode Island, 390: New York suf-
frage amendment, 392; new consti-
tution in Virginia, 392, 393; changes

400.

of half a century, 393, 394; the
Legislatures and the courts, 395-
State rights. South Carolina, 203;
Governor Troup, 205; Georgia on,
205-207; report of the Senate of
South Carolina, 1828, 252-253; Geor-
gia resolutions, 1828, 253; Alabama
resolution, 1828, 253, 254; toasts at
Charleston, 258, note, 261; resolution
asserting, 263; South Carolina
Exposition on, 266; opposition to
suits against States, 402; resolu-
tions of States, 402, 403; asserted
by Pennsylvania (Gideon Olmsted
case), 403-406; resolutions of Penn-
sylvania and Virginia, 406; New
England resistance to Force Act,
406, 407; resolutions of Delaware,
407; New England States refuse
militia, 407, 408; resolutions of Con-
necticut, 408; speech of Josiah
Quincy on admission of Louisiana,
409-411; Massachusetts opposes Em-
bargo Act, 411; resistance to "Con-
script Bill," 411, 412; State rights
resolutions of Ohio, 1820, 413; mani-
festo in Georgia Senate, 413; Vir-
ginia denies jurisdiction of Su-
preme Court, 414; Kentucky resists
jurisdiction of Federal courts, 415-
417; New York opposes Federal
law, 417; assertion of, by South
Carolina, Negro Seaman Act, 417;
general assertion of, 418; resolu-
tions of Maine and Massachusetts,
473-476.

States, Suits against. Opposition to,
402.

States, The. Influence of, in election
of President by House of Represen-
tatives, 62.

Stay laws. In Illinois, 161; in Ken-
tucky, 162; old-court and new-court
struggles, 162-166.

Steamboats, 130-131, 166.

Stevens, John. Acquires railroad
charter, 138; letter to Mayor of
Philadelphia, 139; charter from
Pennsylvania, 139-140; circular rail-
road, 143-144.

Stoddard's Louisiana, 306.

Street cleaning in New York city,
124; in Philadelphia, 126.
Strikes. Early, 84, 85.
Suffrage. Negro, 184, 186, 187, 192,
198-199; qualifications for, early
State constitutions, 377; manhood
suffrage, 379, 380: in New York
Convention, 1821, 384-387; in Massa-
chusetts Convention, 1820, 388-390;
New York, manhood, 392; new
qualifications in Virginia, 392, 393.
Surgery. First journal of, 273.
Swartwout, Samuel. Jackson's let-
ter to, 492; on office seeking, 529.
Sweden, 13.

Tables. Popular vote, 1824, 75; elec-
toral vote, 76; vote of House of
Representatives in 1825, 81; popu-
lar and electoral vote, 1828, 518–520.
Tariff. Effect of, 1816, 229; demand
for protective tariff, 230; bill de-
feated in Senate, 1820, 231; House
of Representatives opposed to pro-
tective tariff, 1821-23, 231: Mon-
roe's messages favor protection,

INDEX.

231; bill reported in 1824, 231, 232;
petitions and memorials, pro and
con, 1824, 232, 233; discussion in the
House, 233-240; Hamilton's speech
against, 234; Clay's speech in favor,
234-237; Webster's reply, 237-240;
division of the country over the
bill, 240; vote and passage of bill,
240; effect of the act of 1824 on
New England, 240-242; increased
protection for woollens sought by
New England, 241, 242; new bill,
242, note; defeated, 1827, 242; re-
joicing in the South over defeat,
242; reason for opposition of the
South, 242, 243; agitation against, in
South Carolina, 1827, 243-245; agi-
tation in favor, in Pennsylvania,
and call for Harrisburg Conven-
tion, 246-248; renewed agitation in
South Carolina, 247-249; speech of
Dr. Cooper at Columbia, 247-249;
249;
Dr.
resolutions,
Cooper's
Georgetown, South Carolina, reso-
lutions, 249; the Harrisburg Con-
vention and its memorial, 249-251;
tariff and anti-tariff memorials,
"tariff of abomina-
251-245, 417;
tions," 254, 255; resistance to, 255-
267; anti-tariff meetings in South
Carolina, 255, 256; Southern news-
papers on the, 256, 258, 259; nullif-
cation of, urged, 261; message of
Governor of South Carolina, 262;
262, 263;
of Legislature,
action
adopts the "South Carolina Expo-
sition, 263-267; protests of South
Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia,
267, 417.

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Tariff. Rumor of a proposed reci-
procity treaty with Great Britain,
555; friends of the tariff aroused,
555; certain Administration papers
constitutional
approve, 555, 556;

rights of treaty-making power, 556.
Taverns, 150-151.
Teachers. Poorly trained, 346-348,
362.

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Tennessee. Common schools in, 372;
grant to, for colleges, 364; Legis-
lature renominates Jackson, 496,
497:
election
on
President, 508, 509; nominates Jack-
son for President, 57; on congres-
sional caucus, 60-61.

Tenure, Judges', 393.

Term. Question of a third, for the
President, 423, 425-429.
Territory, Annexation of.

Discus-

sion over Louisiana, 408-411.
Texas. Early rebellions in, 3-6;
Long's expedition, 6; declares it in-
dependent, 7; Austin, 7; grant to
Stephen Austin, 8; attempts to col-
onize, 8-9; troubles in Mexico delay
Austin, 9-12; other applicants, 10;
Austin begins his work, 12; Texas
joined to Coahuila, 12; First Con-
gress of Coahuila and Texas, 12;
colonization law of, 13: attempts
of Adams's Administration to pur-
chase, 460, 461; Jackson reopens
negotiations for, 461-463; Van Bu-
ren's instructions to Poinsett rela-
tive to purchase of, 542, 543; news-
paper articles advocating the pur-
chase of, 543-545; arguments of
annexationists, 545-547; arguments

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Theatrical Censor, The. Established,
275.

Theology. Early church magazines,
273.

Thespian Mirror, The.
275.

Established,

Throop, Enos T. Delegate to Har-
risburg Convention, 250.

Toasts. At McDuffie dinner, 258; se-
cession, 261.

Trade. To the West by Erie Canal,
135-136; new trade with the West,
137; trade of Philadelphia threat-
ened, 137; on the Mississippi, 166;
export and import, of South with
Great Britain, 228, 242, 243; im-
portation of British woollen goods,
1824, 240; effect of cessation of war
in Europe on, 246, 247.
Efforts of Great
Trade, The Slave-.
Britain to abolish, 13-16; proposal
the United
of Great Britain to
States regarding, 15; how carried
on, 14, 15; action of the United
vessels
States regarding, 16-18;

sent to African coast, 16, 17; made
piracy by United States, 16.
Transportation. By Erie Canal, 135-
136; effect of Erie Canal on New
England, 137; early railroad enter-
prises, 138-140; Pennsylvania So-
ciety for the Promotion of Internal
Improvement, 140; Pennsylvania
commission, 141-142; Canal Conven-
tion, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 142;
railroad chartered, 142; New York
charters railroads, 143; Massachu-
setts commission, 143; Pennsylvania
and Maryland, 144; in the South,
144; in New Jersey, 144-145; on the
Mississippi, 166-168.

Travel. By steamboat, 130-131: open-
ing of the Erie Canal, 132–133: jour-
ney to Buffalo by canal, 133-134;
canal boat described, 134; travel of
Erie Canal, 135-136; cost of Erie,
135; other canals begun, 136-137;
to
from Philadelphia Pittsburg,
150-151: down the Ohio, 151–152;
on the Mississippi. 166–168.
Travellers in America. Article by
Sydney Smith, 317-319, notes.
Treaty, The Quadruple, 32, 35; con-
stitutional rights of treaty-making
power over the tariff, 556; Indian
Springs, 179–181.

Trevett vs. Weeden. Case of, 397-
399, note.

Trial of Morgan kidnappers. 113, 114.
Troost, Gerard. At New Harmony,

94.

Troppau. Congress at, 39.
Troup, Governor of Georgia.

On In-

dian troubles, 180; on slavery. 205.
Troy. Working-man's ticket, 107.
Tyler, John, 61, 63.

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