accepts secretaryship of state, 240;
  modifies Harrison’s inaugural, “kills proconsuls,” 244;
  De Bacourt’s account of, at reception of diplomatic corps, 245, 246;
  opinion as to general conduct of difficulties with England, 248;
  conduct of McLeod affair, 249;
  deprecates quarrel with Tyler, 250;
  decides to remain in the cabinet, 252;
  conduct of the Creole case, 253;
  management of Maine and Massachusetts, settles boundary, 254;
  obtains “Cruising Convention,” and extradition clause, letter on
    impressment, 255;
  character of negotiation and its success, 256;
  treaty signed, “the battle of the maps,” continues in cabinet, 257;
  refuses to be forced from cabinet, 258;
  speech in Faneuil Hall defending his course, 258;
  character of this speech, explains “Cruising Convention,” 259;
  refutes Cass, other labors in State Department, 260;
  resigns secretaryship of state and resumes his profession, 261;
  anxiety about Texas and Liberty party, supports Clay, 262;
  reelected to the Senate, 263;
  efforts to maintain peace with England, speech in Faneuil Hall, 265;
  letter to Macgregor suggesting forty-ninth parallel, opposition to war in
    the Senate, 266;
  attacked by Ingersoll and Dickinson, 267;
  speech in defence of Ashburton treaty, 268;
  remarks on President Polk’s refusal of information as to secret service
    fund, careless in his accounts, 269;
  absent when Mexican war declared, course on war measures, tour in the
    South, 270;
  denounces acquisition of territory, death of his son and daughter, visit
    to Boston for funerals, 271;
  refuses nomination for vice-presidency and opposes the nomination of
    Taylor, 272;
  has only a few votes in convention of 1848, 273;
  disgusted with the nomination of Taylor, decides to support it, speech at
    Marshfield, 274;
  course on slavery, draws Boston memorial, 275;
  character of this memorial, 276;
  attack on slave-trade in Plymouth oration, 277;
  compared with tone on same subject in 1850, 278;
  silence as to slavery in Panama speech, 279;
  treatment of slavery in reply to Hayne, 279, 280;
  treatment of anti-slavery petitions in 1836, 281;
  treatment of slavery in speech at Niblo’s Garden, 282, 283;
  treatment of anti-slavery petitions in 1837, 284;
  views as to abolition in the District, 285;
  attitude toward the South in 1838, 280;
  adopts principle of Calhoun’s Enterprise resolutions in Creole case, 287;
   attempts to arouse the North as to annexation of Texas, 288;
  objections to admission of Texas, 280;
  absent when Mexican war declared, 290;
  views on Wilmot Proviso, 291;
  speech at Springfield, 292;
  speech on objects of Mexican war, 293;
  Oregon, speech on slavery in the territories, 294;
  speech on Oregon Bill, and at Marshfield