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Spain, refuses to ratify a treaty of indemnity, 210; consents to the transfer of
Louisiana, 211; aggressions of, 216; negotiations with, 221; treaties
with, 299-301; ratification of, delayed, 302-3.

Speaker of the house, long contest for, 893, &c.; suspension of, 272; resumed,
282.

Specie circular of 1836, 666; Ewing's motion to rescind, debate on, bill passed,
and vetoed, 668-72; repealed, 702.

Spoliations, French, bill to pay claims for, 623; Adams' proposition, respecting
the delay of France to pay indemnity, 631.

Sprague, Peleg, of Maine, speech on Indian bill, 521-6,

Stamp act, 37, 161.

State governments, during the revolution, 49.

St. Clair, Gen., defeat of, by western Indians, 94.

St. Domingo, non-intercourse with, 220.

St. Marks and Pensacola, taken by Jackson, 290-2.

Stevenson, Andrew, speaker of the house, 1001; rejected as minister to England,
617-18.

Stewart, Andrew, speech of, on woolens bill, 407; on tariff of 1846, 868-71.
Stoddart, Benj., of Md., secretary of the navy, 160.

Sub-treasury, origin of, 620; recommended by Van Buren, 679; debated and
lost, again defeated, 689; speeches of Tallmadge, Calhoun, Clay, and
Webster, 690-702; established, 732; act repealed, 747; re-established,
874.
Suppressed documents, in relation to the controversy with France and England,

229-31.

Supreme court, opinion of, on bank question, 305, &c.; on insolvent and bank-
rupt laws, 308; in case of the Cherokees, 557; in case of Amistad cap-
tives, 727.

Taxation, right of, claimed by Great Britain, 33, 39; John Adams' sentiments on,
34; stamp act, glass, paper, &c., taxed, and acts resisted, 37-41; tax
law of congress opposed in Pennsylvania, 186-7.

Talleyrand, French minister of foreign affairs, 162, 164-5.

Taney, Roger B., attorney-general, 518; appointed secretary of the treasury, and
removes the deposits, 594; nomination of, rejected, 617.

Tariff of 1816, 279-81; vote on bill of 1820, 321-3; of 1824, proceedings on 322-
40; Clay's speech, 323, &c.; Webster's, against, 331, &c.; Philadelphia
meeting, on defeat of woolens bill, 412; Harrisburg convention, 412-14;
of 1828, 414-18; southern feeling, 419-20; attempt at the session of
1830-1; to revise, 534-6; of 1832, reports on, bills, and passage of,
562-3; Verplank's bill, and Clay's compromise, of 1832-3, 583-7; bills
and reports in 1842, of committee on manufactures, and of secretary
of the treasury, 770-9; distribution proviso, 779; bill vetoed, 780; re-
port of com. of thirteen, bill passed and approved, 782-3; attempt to
repeal, 828; prices of goods at Richmond, 829; attacked in 1846, by the
president and secretary of the treasury, 865-8; Stewart's reply, 868;
bill reported, amended, passed, 871-3.

Tassels, George, an Indian, execution of, 527.

Taylor, General, locates army at Corpus Cristi; is ordered to the Rio Grande,

835; named for president, nominated, proceedings of convention, 874-9;
letter to Alison, 879; disaffection of the whigs; Buffalo convention, 880-1;
letters of Albany meeting, election, 882-3; inauguration, and cabinet,
892; message to congress, 894; his death, 910.

Territory acquired from Mexico, propositions for government of, 894, &c.; Bell's
resolutions, committee of thirteen, report of, 943-4.

Texas, independence of, recognized, 662-5; Preston's resolutions for annexation,
and speech, 703-4; Adams' speech, 709-11; proposition to annex, with-
drawn, 712; annexation of, revived; treaty concluded, and rejected,
786-90; Benton's resolution, and debate on, 790-8; president appeals to
the house, 798; letter of Clay on annexation of, 799-802; letter of Van
Buren, 803-8; propositions for annexation, and a bill passed, 816-21;
discussion, 821-7; Nashville convention proposed, 827-8.

Texas, annexation effected, 830; protest of Mexican minister, 833; Benton on

Texas and New Mexico boundary bill, 905-9; controversy with Texas;

boundary bill passed, 911.
Treasury circular, (see specie circular,) issue of, authorized, 684-7, 739, 811.
Treaty, with Great Britain, (Jay's,) 137; call of the house for correspondence, and

refused by the president, 142-3; treaty negotiated by Pinkney and Mon-

roe, and rejected, 221-2.
Tripoli, relations with, 202.
Tyler, John, report of, on charges against the bank, 619-20; on French spolia-
tion bill

, 623 ; nominated vice-president, 735 ; his political opinions,
737 ; election, 738; becomes president, 745; vetoes bank bills, 748-9;
resignation and statements of his secretaries, 749-52; new cabinet, 754;

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Western lands, ceded to general government, 58, 85.
West India trade, 382, &c.; Gallatin sent to England; negotiation cut off, 384;

treaty, 386; M'Lane's arrangement, 528-30; relief from the effects of

the treaty prayed for, 784. Whisky insurrection in western Pennsylvania, 105, 106. White, Hugh L., on Indian bill, 514-15; on expunging resolution, 622 ; on re

CORRECTIONS.

On page 281, it is stated, that the bill to incorporate a bank of the United States, was defeated in the senate "by the casting vote of the vice-president, George Clinton, who was opposed to the bill, not on the ground of its unconstitutionality," &c. This is not correct. The writer had in mind the opinions of a certain other distinguished public functionary, which were, through inadvertence, attributed to Mr. Clinton, whose opposition to the bank, it is well known, was based upon the ground of unconstitutionality, as stated on page 985 of this work. On page 1004, the statement purporting to exhibit "the value of certain articles imported," is a statement of articles exported, as the intelligent reader will readily perceive.