ee on Territories, 99;
offers bill on Oregon, 101;
opposes compromise and arbitration, 101-103;
renominated for Congress, 103;
and the President, 104-106;
proposes organization of Oregon, 106;
advocates admission of Florida, 107;
defends Mexican War, 109-110;
claims Rio Grande as boundary, 111-114;
seeks military appointment, 114-115;
re-elected (1846), 115;
defends Polk's war policy, 116-117;
elected Senator (1847), 117-118.
_United States Senator_:
appointed chairman of Committee on Territories, 119;
on Ten Regiments bill, 120-122;
on Abolitionism, 124-126;
second attempt to organize Oregon, 129;
favors Clayton Compromise, 130;
proposes extension of Missouri Compromise line, 131;
offers California statehood bills, 134-137;
advocates "squatter sovereignty," 138-139;
presents resolutions of Illinois Legislature, 140;
marriage, 147;
denies ownership of slaves, 149-150;
removes to Chicago, 169;
advocates central railroad, 169-172;
speech on California (1850), 177 ff.;
concerts territorial bills with Toombs and Stephens, 181-182;
vote on compromise measures, 187-188;
defends Fugitive Slave Law, 191-194;
presidential aspirations, 195-196;
on intervention in Hungary, 199-200;
candidacy (1852), 200-206;
in campaign of 1852, 207;
re-elected Senator, 208 _n._;
death of his wife, 208;
on Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 211-214;
hostility to Great Britain, 215-216;
travels abroad, 217-219;
proposes military colonization of Nebraska, 221;
urges organization of Nebraska, 224-225;
report of January 4, 1854, 229 ff.;
offers substitute for Dodge bill, 231-232;
interprets new bill, 233-234;
and Dixon, 235-236;
drafts Kansas-Nebraska bill, 237;
secures support of administration, 237-238;
reports bill, 239;
arraigned by Independent Democrats, 241;
replies to "Appeal," 241-243;
proposes amendments to Kansas-Nebraska bill, 246, 249;
closes debate, 251-254;
answers protests, 256-257;
faces mob in Chicago, 258-259;
denounces Know-Nothings, 263;
in campaign of 1854, 264 ff.;
debate with Lincoln, 265-266;
and Shields, 267, 268;
on the elections, 269-272;
and Wade, 272-273;
on "Black Republicanism," 275-276;
candidacy at Cincinnati, 276-278;
supports Buchanan, 278;
reports on K