CALENDAR
JX
JANUARY, 1850-FEBRUARY, 1850
PAGE To the Editors of the Union, January 10, 1850; concerns Memucan Hunt's letter to the creditors of Texas and the Holders of Texas liabilities ------------·--·----------------- _______________ 112 Resolution, January 14, 1850, concerning negro slavery___________ ____ 113 Resolution, January 30, 1850, concerning the public domain: would grant to each immigrant family, not already landholders, or worth $1500, the amount of 160 acres; special provision for female settlers with f a1nily ------------------------------------- ------------------------····--·---_ 113 Speech on the Compromise of 1850, February 8, 1850: Congress had no right to impose upon territories seeking statehood any other condition than that of having a republican form of government; Calhoun's resolution of February 19, 1847, cited and supported by argument; discussion of the Wilmot Proviso; a plea for sacrifice on the part of both North and SQ'Uth for the preservation of the union; a1·gument that the Texas boundary claims were just and valid; long argument on the value of the union, and the necessity for its preservation; gives his reasons for his refusal to sign the Southern Address; lays the blame for much of the agitation on southern statesmen; discussion of the Southern Convention; denial of charge that he had said that South Carolina influenced the calling of the convention; discussion of the defects of the South Carolina constitution; review of his own personal service and sacrifice for the South _____ _ ____________________ 119 To Edward Hall, April 24, 1850, a refutation of Hall's statement con- cerning Houston's conduct of the Texas government while he was President of the Republic__________________________ 144 To Mrs. Houston, April 30, 1850, upon the birth of their third daughter, Willie Mary, who was later Mrs·. J. S. Morrow_______________________ 145 To Henderson Yoakum, May 6, 1850, concerning the death of their mutual friend, Sam Laughlin____________________________________ 147 Remarks, May 8, 1850, concerning the admission of California as a state -------------------------·-------------··-··--------····-148 Remarks, May 9, 1850, opposing the creation of a Board of Accounts: the board unnecessary; dangerous to the treasury, and to the moral status of the country; not beneficial to the business of Congress__ 149 To Henderson Yoakum, May 14, 1850: tells that the President and his Cabinet are prodding Henry Clay, who is determined to oust the Cabinet; says that the President (Taylor) was not a man of high intelligence, and had no real friends_________ _ ___ 153 Remarks, June 4, 1850, urging the refund of certain tariff duties___ 154 Resolution, June 11, 1850, concerning Texan boundary claims in New Mexico: asks the President to inform the Senate whether military officers had had orders at Santa Fe to hold possession against the authorities of Texas_______ ---------------------------- 155 Speech, June 12, 1850, on the Texas-New Mexico boundary: Texas not responsible for the bad condition of the Pueblo Indians; New Mexico not benefited by the extension of its territory; the United States responsible for the state of affairs; inefficient Indian agents sent out;
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