SECTIONALISM IN VIRGINIA FROM 1776 TO 1861

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INDEX INDEX Abolitionists: unpopularity of, 225; danger to the Union, 226; threatened by eastern prints, 310. Adams, John, breach with Hamilton , 75. Adams, J. Q.: and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 126; in campaign of 1824, 127; interest in Virginia politics, 132-33. Agriculture: societies formed, !I4; opposed abolition, 225. "Agricola," essays of, 21 I. American system: opposed in eastern Virginia, !I5-I6; attitude of the west toward, !I8; opposition of east increases, 119-20; arguments against tariff of 1824, 120; denounced by the General Assembly, 121; interest of western salt-makers in, 121-22; tariff of 1828, 122; influence of Virginia statesmen, ISO; effect on internal improvements , 1829-33, 175; devotion of west to, 202; surrender by Clay, 219. Andrew, Bishop James 0., a slave-owner, 286. Anti-Federalists: arguments of, 56-57; control Assembly of 1789-90, 59; loss of political control, 60. Archer, W. S.: arguments on internal improvements, 176; orthodox Whig, 230. Assumption of state debts, opposed by Virginia, 62. Augusta County, petition on abolition , 189. Baltimore: market of the Valley, 16; commercial rival of Richmond ,I75· Baltimore and Ohio R.R. Co. See Railroads. Banks: U.S. Bank favored in eastern Virginia, 220; subject of sectional strife, 237-40; independent banks incorporated, 300. Bank of United States, desired by Federalists, 9I. Barbour, James, U.S. senator and friend of Adams, 127. Barbour, J. S., position on Nullification , 2IO. Barbour, P. P.: member of Congress , IOI; member of convention of 1829-30, 145; on reprt')sentation in convention, 160; speech on internal improvements , 176; candidate for vicepresidency , 206; Democratic leader, 222. Battelle, Rev. Gordon, position of, on negro slavery, 294. Bell, John, candidate for presidency , 330. Bill of Rights: work of Mason, 28; opposed by conservatives, 29; attempt to amend, 148; text of reformers, 149; little considered in 1850, 268; popular in western Virginia, 255. Blackstone: effect of, upon young men, 20; on rights of aliens, 7I. Board of Public Works: incorporated ,I05; members made elective by popular vote, 266. 353 Bonus bill, favored by Federalists, 98-99. 354 SECTIONALISM IN VIRGINIA, 1776-1861 Border states: church controversies in, 283; attitude toward negro slavery, 285. Botts, John Minor, member of convention of 1850-51, 263. Braxton, Carter, opposed to Bill of Rights, 29. Breckenridge, John C.: candidate for presidency, 330; position of party in Virginia, 332. Brockenbrough, John W., candidate for governor in 1859, 319. Brodnax, W. H., on evil effects of slavery, 194. Brooks, Elisha, salt manufacturer, 84. Brown, John, effect of Raid on Virginia politics, 329. Buffalo and New Orleans Turnpike : arguments pro and con, 175-77; bill for, defeated, 177· Calhoun, J. C.: author of Bonus bill,98; unpopular in Virginia in 1824, 128; influence on Virginia leaders,15O-51; letter on formation of Whig party, 221; influence on Virginians, 225-29; favored for presidency in 1844, 233; reconciled to Ritchie, 235; opposition to war with Mexico, 236; triumph in Virginia politics , 236; displaced Jefferson in east, 270. Campbell, Alexander: speech on Bill of Rights, 148-49; on theories of government, 154-55; efforts in behalf of free schools, 273· Cass, Lewis, popular in western Virginia, 237. Caucus, congressional, nominated Crawford in 1824, 13I. Charles City County, abolition petition, 190. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co. See Internal improvements. Christian Advocate and Journal of Baltimore, indicted, 289. Churches, and negro slavery, 282-86. Clarksburg: reform convention of 1842, 254-55; educational convention of 1841, 276. Clay, Henry: remarks on abolition of entail, 33; presidential candidate in 1824, 128; candidate for presidency, 1832, 205; popularity in west, 219; visits in western Virginia, 220; letter on formation of Whig party, 221; choice of west for president , 227. Clemens, Sherrard: in duel with O. Jennings Wise, 321; popularity in western Virginia, 322. Collins, Rev. J. A.: opposition to negro slavery, 284-85; changed attitude toward slavery, 294. Commerce, British restrictions of, 48-49; interest of the Tidewater in, 48-49; activity in, 82. Commercial conventions: interest in education, 279; forerunners of Confederacy, 308; unpopular in western Virginia, 309. "Committee of Revision of 1776," personnel and work of, 34. Compromise of 1850: reception in Virginia, 300; repudiated, 302. Constitution of 1776, provisions of, 29-30. Constitution of 1830: provisions of, 168; ratification of, 171-72; opposition to, in trans-Alleghany , 172-74; provisions for future representation, 253. Constitution of 1851: provisions of, 264-68; opposed by east, 270; church property, 292. Constitutional convention (Virginia ), 1776: personnel, 25...