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CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER XXVIII. | |
| Period from 1835 to 1842. — Political History. | |
| Free territory annexed to Missouri, 1836. — Texas applies for annexation. — Remonstrances. — Preston's resolution in 1838, in favor of it, debated by Preston, John Quincy Adams and Henry A. Wise. — The Amistad — Captives liberated. — Census of 1840. — Session of 1841-2. — Mr. Adams presents petition for dissolution of the Union. — Excitement in the house. — Resolutions of censure, advocated by Marshall. — Remarks of Mr. Wise and Mr. Adams. — Resolutions opposed by Underwood, of Kentucky, Botts, of Virginia, Arnold, of Tennessee, and others. — Mr. Giddings, of Ohio, presents a petition for amicable division of the Union — resolution of censure not received. — Case of the Creole. — Censure of Mr. Giddings; he resigns, is re-elected | 511 |
| CHAPTER XXIX. | |
| Period from 1842 to 1849. — Annexation of Texas. | |
| Object of the acquisition set forth by Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee legislatures, and by Mr. Wise and Mr. Gilmer, 1842. — Tyler's treaty of annexation — rejected by the senate. — Presidential campaign of 1844. — Clay and Van Buren on annexation. — Calhoun's Letter. — Session of 1844-5; joint resolution passed, and approved March 1, 1845. — Mexican minister protests. — War with Mexico. — The $2,000,000 bill. — Wilmot Proviso. — Session of 1847-8. — Bill to organize Oregon territory. — Power of Congress over slavery in the territories discussed, — Dix and Calhoun. — Mr. Calhoun controverts the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence. — Cass' Nicholson letter | 531 |
| CHAPTER XXX. | |
| Political History of Slavery. — Compromises of 1850. | |
| Message of President Taylor — Sam. Houston's propositions — Taylor's Special Message. — Mr. Clay's propositions for arrangement of slavery controversy. — His resolutions. Resolutions of Mr. Bell. — The debate on Clay's resolutions, by Rusk, Foote, of Mississippi, Mason, Jefferson Davis, King, Clay, and Butler. — Remarks of Benton, Calhoun, Webster, Seward, and Cass. — Resolutions referred. — Report of Committee. — The omnibus bill. — California admitted. — New Mexico organized. — Texas boundary established. — Utah organized. — Slave-trade in the District of Columbia abolished. — Fugitive Slave law passed | 563 |
