Expansion and Conflict

by William Edward Dodd

• Taney, Roger B., Attorney-General, [65];
  • Secretary of the Treasury, [79].
• Tariff, [5], [6], [7], [44], [51], [53], [55], [65], [66], [68], [69];
  • Jackson and, [59];
  • and South Carolina, [60], [62];
  • nullification, [71];
  • Verplanck Bill, [73];
  • compromise of 1833, [74], [77];
  • and Whigs, [110], [112], [173];
  • and Clay, [114];
  • law of 1842, [117], [130];
  • of 1846, [150], [151];
  • low, 1850, [60], [205], [268];
  • and Confederacy, [271].
• Taylor, Zachary sent across Nueces River, [148];
  • ordered to the Rio Grande, [154];
  • into Mexico, [154];
  • Monterey, [154];
  • suggested for Presidency, [155];
  • Buena Vista, [155];
  • nominated for President, [171];
  • slave-owner, [171];
  • in Presidential campaign, [172];
  • courted by North and South, [174], [175];
  • and California, [176];
  • defies South, [176];
  • and Clay, [176];
  • beaten, [180];
  • death, [180].
• Tennessee, and Clay, [21], [22], [32], [40];
  • and nullification, [72], [93];
  • “slavery a blessing,” [119], [121], [141];
  • Presbyterians in, [143], [182];
  • and Nebraska Bill, [238], [245];
  • secession of, [275];
  • Union areas, [279], [293], [311], [313].
• Tennessee River, immigration to, [13], [161];
  • Grant on, [293].
• Texas, [16];
  • American occupation, [25];
  • desired by West, [24];
  • and Van Buren, [89], [105], [106];
  • applies for annexation, [104], [120];
  • independent, [121], [125], [126];
  • and England, [126], [127];
  • Walker letter, [129], [130], [131], [132], [135];
  • treaty of annexation rejected by Senate, [147];
  • and election of 1845, [147];
  • annexed, [147];
  • disputed boundary, [148], [152];
  • Slidell's mission, [153];
  • secession over, [167];
  • New Mexican boundary, [176];
  • and Pacific Railroad, [233];
  • secession of, [275].
• Thompson, Jacob, Confederate agent Canada, [323].
• Thompson, William Tappen, [227].
• Timrod, Henry, [227].
• Tobacco, [12], [35], [66], [75], [132], [186];
  • staple, [194].
• Toombs, Robert, [175];
  • and Kansas question, [244].
• Topeka Constitution, of Kansas, [250].
• Transcendental Club, [52].
• Transcendentalists, [226].
• Treasury of United States, full, [186], [292].
• Treasury notes, issued in 1877, [103].
• Trist, Nicholas, envoy to Mexico [156], [157].
• Trumbull, Lyman, [255].
• Tyler, John, against Jackson, [93];
  • for Vice-President, [110];
  • elected, [111];
  • succeeds Harrison, [115];
  • and Clay, [115];
  • vetoes Bank bills, [116];
  • Cabinet resigns, [116], [121];
  • Texas and Oregon, [125];
  • Texas treaty, [130], [131], [147], [168].
• Tucker, George, historian, [228].
• Twain, Mark, [227].

• Uncle Tom's Cabin, [184].
• Union party, Bell and Everett, [261];
  • for conciliation, [270].
• Unitarians, [218];
  • and abolition, [221].
• University, of Indiana, Presbyterian, [223];
  • of Michigan, Methodist Chaplain, [223];
  • of North Carolina, Presbyterian, [223];
  • of South Carolina, [143];
  • of Virginia, [143];
  • chaplain at, [223].
• Upshur, Abel P., Secretary of State, [126];
  • and Texas, [127];
  • death, [127], [147].
• Utah, in Compromise of 1850, [176].

• Van Buren, Martin, “boss” of New York, [14];
  • in Senate, [16], [17], [18], [58];
  • in Jackson's favor, [62], [63];
  • Calhoun rival, [64], [65];
  • Minister to England, [68];
  • for Vice-President, [68];
  • and Jackson, [73], [83], [89];
  • for President, [92];
  • conservative, [94];
  • spoils system, [96];
  • difficulties, [97], [100];
  • and panic of 1837, [102];
  • and Independent Treasury, [103];
  • and Texas, [104], [105], [107], [121], [127], [167];
  • and opposition, [108];
  • and Democrats, [109];
  • blamed for panic, [110];
  • and campaign of 1840, [111], [114], [120];
  • and Walker, [129];
  • not renominated, [130], [147];
  • against Cass, [172];
  • Free-Soil candidate, [173].
• Vance, Zebulon B., opposed to Davis, [312].
• Vanderbilt, Commodore, steamboat and railroad lines, [192].
• Vermont, for Scott, [182].
• Verplanck Tariff Bill, Jackson's measure, [73].
• Vicksburg, [293].
• Virginia, [3], [7], [10], [11], [13], [14];
  • for Jackson, [18], [23], [28], [30];
  • depression, [39];
  • and nullification, [46], [50], [55], [67], [72];
  • embassy from, to South Carolina, [75];
  • internal improvements and debt, [98];
  • for Van Buren, [111];
  • banks, [115], [117];
  • loses representative, [121];
  • Van Buren and Texas, [128], [132], [133], [140], [143], [149];
  • and slavery, [161], [162];
  • and Compromise of 1850, [178], [195];
  • convicts, in 1860, [213];
  • springs, [214];
  • Know-Nothing fight, [242];
  • John Brown raid, [258], [264];
  • calls peace conference, [272];
  • secession of, [275];
  • Union areas, [279];
  • western revolt and statehood, [279];
  • resistance to conscript laws, [311];
  • opposition party, [312], [323].

• Wade, Benjamin F., [242], [253], [299].
• Walker, Robert J., Senator, [128];
  • Texas and Oregon letter, [129];
  • Baltimore Convention, [129], [140], [147];
  • Secretary of the Treasury, [147];
  • Independent Treasury, [150];
  • Tariff of 1846, [150], [151];
  • for annexing Mexico, [157], [235];
  • Governor of Kansas, [249];
  • clash with Van Buren, [249];
  • financial agent of United States in Europe, [315].
• Walker, William, [198], [235].
• War of 1812, [84];
  • debt paid, [99];
  • and New England, [268].
• Washington, D.C., and Bank, [79], [209].
• Washington Territory, [199].
• Webster, Daniel, [15], [17], [30], [37], [54], [55];
  • debate with Hayne, [61], [63], [66], [69], [70], [73], [74], [79], [80], [82], [84], [91], [93], [96], [107], [108], [110];
  • and Clay, [117];
  • Ashburton Treaty, [123], [125];
  • mission to England, [126];
  • resigns as Secretary of State, [126];
  • and campaign of 1844, [131];
  • and Oregon, [149], [150], [152];
  • and “all of Mexico,” [158];
  • snubbed, [171], [172], [173];
  • and Compromise of 1850, [176], [179];
  • “Seventh-of-March” speech, [179];
  • attacked, [180];
  • Secretary of State, [180], [181];
  • death, [181], [268].
• Weed, Thurlow, for Taylor, and Southern alliance, [171], [179], [243], [255];
  • conciliatory, [269], [271].
• Wentworth, John, Republican leader, [255].
• West, [2], [3];
  • radical, [4];
  • against Adams, [17];
  • and Jackson, [18], [21], [23];
  • alliance with South, [19], [24], [25], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [36], [109], [131], [159];
  • religious life, [33];
  • schools and colleges, [34], [35];
  • and East, [39], [40], [43], [46];
  • banks and circulation, [45];
  • and courts, [51], [55], [58], [59];
  • and public lands, [59], [62];
  • and Bank, [60], [61], [63], [66], [67];
  • Bank and Jackson, [69], [70], [74];
  • market for East, [75], [80];
  • removal of Indians, [87];
  • population, [89], [90];
  • speculation in, [91], [92];
  • canals and railroads, [92], [93], [97];
  • against Van Buren, [93], [96], [110];
  • state debts, [98], [106];
  • Specie Circular, [101], [108];
  • for Harrison, [111], [112];
  • and Calhoun, [120];
  • Texas and Oregon, [122];
  • Webster-Ashburton Treaty, [124];
  • Walker letter, [129];
  • and Mexican War, [160];
  • for Cass, [172];
  • railroad building, [189], [201], [205], [213];
  • school lands, [223];
  • threats of secession, [268];
  • love of Union, [289];
  • against emancipation, [304].
• West Indies, trade with British, [84].
• West Virginia, organized and admitted, [279];
  • lost to South, [313].
• Whigs, campaign of 1836, [93];
  • panic of 1837, [102], [108], [109];
  • in 1840, [110];
  • divided, [114];
  • and Tyler, [115];
  • and Texas, [128], [147];
  • Independent Treasury, [151];
  • Taylor for President, [155], [157];
  • and Wilmot Proviso, [170];
  • Convention of 1848, [171], [173];
  • Southern and Taylor, [174];
  • Southern, for Union, [178];
  • secure Compromise of 1850, [181];
  • Northwestern, join Republicans, [241];
  • Eastern, and Know-Nothings, [242], [243], [264].
• White, Hugh Lawson, revolt against Jackson, [93];
  • candidate for President, [93].
• Whitney, Asa, and Pacific Railroad, [204], [233].
• Whitney, Eli, cotton gin, [199].
• Whittier, John G., lines on Webster, [180], [220].
• Wilmot, David, and Wilmot Proviso, [170].
• Wilmot Proviso, and Northwest, [153];
  • in Congress, [170].
• Wirt, William, [17], [53];
  • and anti-Masonic party, [67], [70].
• Wisconsin, [87];
  • settlement, [89], [90], [105], [106];
  • made State, [198];
  • Indians removed, [199], [205];
  • Republican party in, [241];
  • nullifies Fugitive Slave Law, [252];
  • Democratic, [302].
• Wise, Henry A., [67];
  • supports Tyler, [116], [121];
  • defeats Know Nothings, [243], [253];
  • and John Brown raid, [258].
• Women, position of, on frontier, [32];
  • in factories, [210];
  • life on farm, [212].
• Woolens Bill of 1827, [6].
• Worcester Convention of 1857, [253].
• Wright, Silas, [82], [105], [108].

• Yale College, influence, [222].
• Yancey, William L., Oregon and Texas, [132];
  • expansionist, [150];
  • and crisis of 1850, [176];
  • retirement in 1850, [181];
  • and public education, [223], [261];
  • for secession, [264];
  • opposed to Davis, [312];
  • death, [312].
• Yucatan, United States and, [157].