Stephen A. Douglas eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 492 pages of information about Stephen A. Douglas.

Stephen A. Douglas eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 492 pages of information about Stephen A. Douglas.

Tariff, views of Douglas on, 314-315.

Taylor, Zachary, in Mexican War, 109, 114;
  nominated for presidency, 132;
  message, 166.

Texas, as campaign issue, 84;
  Douglas on annexation of, 85;
  and slavery, 89;
  and Missouri Compromise, 90;
  joint resolution adopted, 90;
  admitted, 100-101;
  and Mexican boundary, 110-114, 122-123;
  and New Mexico boundary, 176, 187.

“The Third House,” 53, 54.

Toombs, Robert, 189, 190;
  Kansas bill, 300; 303, 340;
  on committee of thirteen, 446.

Trumbull, Lyman, senator from Illinois, 268-269;
  Democracy questioned, 274-275;
  on Kansas, 294;
  on Toombs bill, 302;
  opposes Douglas, 349.

Tyler, John, 79 n.; 84.

Urquhart, J.D., Douglas’s law partner, 45.

Utah, territorial organization of, 181-187;
  Mormons in, 220;
  polygamy and intervention in, 401.

Van Buren, Martin, nominated by Free-Soilers, 132.

Wade, Benjamin F., 269, 272, 338, 446, 458, 463.

Walker, Cyrus, 45, 58.

Walker, Isaac P., 140, 174.

Walker, Robert J., governor of Kansas, 325.

Washington Sentinel, prints Nebraska bill, 232.

Washington Territory, organization of, 224.

Washington Union, on Douglas, 207;
  forecast of Nebraska legislation, 228;
  supports Kansas-Nebraska bill, 240;
  assails Douglas, 341, 381.

Webster, Daniel, on the Constitution, 140.

Whig party, convention of 1848, 132;
  campaign of 1852, 207;
  decline, 260-262;
  nominates Fillmore, 280.

Whitney, Asa, 222.

Wigfall, Louis T., 455-456, 468.

Wilmot proviso, 107, 117, 128, 132.

Wilson, Henry, Republican leader, 348;
  favors re-election of Douglas, 349;
  foe to compromise, 463, 473-474.

Winthrop, Robert C., 86.

Wood, Fernando, 418.

Wyandot Indians, memorial of, 222, 223.

Wyatt, John, 21-22.

Yancey, William L., resolution of, 132;
  speech in Charleston convention, 419.

Yates, Richard, 265.

“Young America,” 198, 200, 214.

Young, Brigham, 91.

Young, Richard M., 62, 118, 119.

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