CHAPTER XVII. THE ORGANIZATION OF OREGON TERRITORY AND THE COMPROMISE OF 1850, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXECUTION OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW, AND THE ELECTION OF 1852, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
CHAPTER XIX. THE REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE, . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
CHAPTER XX. THE STRUGGLE FOR KANSAS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
CHAPTER XXI. THE DRED SCOTT CASE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
CHAPTER XXII. THE STRUGGLE FOR KANSAS CONCLUDED, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
APPENDIX I. THE ELECTORAL VOTE IN DETAIL, 1820-1856, . . . . . . . . . . . 475
APPENDIX II. THE CABINETS OF MONROE, ADAMS, JACKSON, VAN BUREN, HARRISON, TYLER, POLK, TAYLOR, FILLMORE, PIERCE, AND BUCHANAN--1816-1858, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
CHRONOLOGY, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
BIBLIOGRAPHY, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
INDEX, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
LIST OF MAPS. FACING PAGE FLORIDA AT THE TIME OF ACQUISITION, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
TEXAS AT THE TIME OF ANNEXATION, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
OREGON AS DETERMINED BY THE TREATY OF 1846, . . . . . . . . . . 312
CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO IN 1850, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
NEBRASKA AND KANSAS, 1854-1861, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
THE NATIONALIZATION OF THE OLD REPUBLICAN PARTY
General Character of the Acts of the Fourteenth Congress--Madison's Message of December 5th, 1815--Change in the Principles of the Republican Party--The United States Bank Act of 1816--Report of the Bank Bill by Mr. Calhoun--Mr. Calhoun's Argument in Favor of the Bill--Webster's Objections to the Bank Bill--Mr. Clay's Support of the Bank Bill--Passage of the Bank Bill by the House of Representatives--The Passage of the Bank Bill by the Senate--The United States Bank of 1816 a Southern Measure--The Tariff Bill Framed by the Committee on Ways and Means--The Tariff Bill Reported--The Character of the Tariff Bill--Mr. Calhoun's Speech upon the Tariff Bill--The Passage of the Tariff Bill--The Army and Navy Bills--The Bill for National Improvements--Mr. Calhoun's Advocacy of this Bill--The Opposition to the Internal Improvements Bill--Passage of the Bill by Congress--Veto of the Bill by the President--The Failure of Congress to Override the Veto.