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| | Preliminary View from 1815 to 1820 | [1] |
| CHAP. |
| I. | Personal Aspect of the Government | [7] |
| II. | Admission of the State of Missouri | [8] |
| III. | Finances—Reduction of the Army | [11] |
| IV. | Relief of Public Land Debtors | [11] |
| V. | Oregon Territory | [13] |
| VI. | Florida Treaty and Cession of Texas | [14] |
| VII. | Death of Mr. Lowndes | [18] |
| VIII. | Death of William Pinkney | [19] |
| IX. | Abolition of the Indian Factory System | [20] |
| X. | Internal Improvement | [21] |
| XI. | General Removal of Indians | [27] |
| XII. | Visit of Lafayette to the United States | [29] |
| XIII. | The Tariff, and American System | [32] |
| XIV. | The A. B. Plot | [34] |
| XV. | Amendment of the Constitution, in relation to the Election of President and Vice-President | [37] |
| XVI. | Internal Trade with New Mexico | [41] |
| XVII. | Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections in the Electoral Colleges | [44] |
| XVIII. | Death of John Taylor, of Caroline | [45] |
| XIX. | Presidential Election in the House of Representatives | [46] |
| XX. | The Occupation of the Columbia | [50] |
| XXI. | Commencement of Mr. Adams's Administration | [54] |
| XXII. | Case of Mr. Lanman—Temporary Senatorial Appointment from Connecticut | [56] |
| XXIII. | Retiring of Mr. Rufus King | [57] |
| XXIV. | Removal of the Creek Indians from Georgia | [58] |
| XXV. | The Panama Mission | [65] |
| XXVI. | Duel Between Mr. Clay and Mr. Randolph | [70] |
| XXVII. | Death of Mr. Gaillard | [77] |
| XXVIII. | Amendment of the Constitution, in relation to the Election of President and Vice-President | [78] |
| XXIX. | Reduction of Executive Patronage | [80] |
| XXX. | Exclusion of Members of Congress from Civil Office Appointments | [82] |
| XXXI. | Death of the ex-Presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson | [87] |
| XXXII. | British Indemnity for Deported Slaves | [88] |
| XXXIII. | Meeting of the first Congress Elected under the Administration of Mr. Adams | [91] |
| XXXIV. | Revision of the Tariff | [95] |
| XXXV. | The Public Lands—Their Proper Disposition—Graduated Prices—Pre-emption Rights—Donations to Settlers | [102] |
| XXXVI. | Cession of a Part of the Territory of Arkansas to the Cherokee Indians | [107] |
| XXXVII. | Renewal of the Oregon Joint Occupation Convention | [109] |
| XXXVIII. | Presidential Election of 1828, and Further Errors of Mons. de Tocqueville | [111] |
| XXXIX. | Retiring and Death of Mr. Macon | [114] |
| XL. | Commencement of General Jackson's Administration | [119] |
| XLI. | First Message of General Jackson to the two Houses of Congress | [121] |
| XLII. | The recovery of the Direct Trade with the British West India Islands | [124] |
| XLIII. | Establishment of the Globe Newspaper | [128] |
| XLIV. | Limitation of Public Land Sales—Suspension of Surveys—Abolition of the Office of Surveyor General—Origin of the United States Land System—Authorship of the Anti-slavery Ordinance of 1778—Slavery Controversy—Protective Tariff—Inception of the Doctrine of Nullification | [130] |
| XLV. | Repeal of the Salt Tax | [143] |
| XLVI. | Birthday of Mr. Jefferson, and the Doctrine of Nullification | [148] |
| XLVII. | Regulation of Commerce | [149] |
| XLVIII. | Alum Salt—The Abolition of the Duty upon it, and Repeal of the Fishing Bounty and Allowances Founded on It | [154] |
| XLIX. | Bank of the United States | [158] |
| L. | Removals from Office | [159] |
| LI. | Indian Sovereignties within the States | [163] |
| LII. | Veto on the Maysville Road Bill | [167] |
| LIII. | Rupture between President Jackson and Vice-President Calhoun | [167] |
| LIV. | Breaking up of the Cabinet, and Appointment of another | [180] |
| LV. | Military Academy | [182] |
| LVI. | Bank of the United States—Non-renewal of Charter | [187] |
| LVII. | Error of De Tocqueville, in relation to the House of Representatives | [205] |
| LVIII. | The Twenty-second Congress | [208] |
| LIX. | Rejection of Mr. Van Buren, Minister to England | [214] |
| LX. | Bank of the United States—Illegal, and Vicious Currency | [220] |
| LXI. | Error of Mons. de Tocqueville, in relation to the Bank of the United States, the President, and the People | [224] |
| LXII. | Expenses of the Government | [229] |
| LXIII. | Bank of the United States—Recharter—Commencement of the Proceedings | [232] |
| LXIV. | Bank of the United States—Committee of Investigation Ordered | [235] |
| LXV. | The Three per Cent. Debt, and Loss in not Paying it when the Rate was Low, and the Money in the Bank of the United States without Interest | [242] |
| LXVI. | Bank of the United States—Bill for the Recharter Reported in the Senate, and Passed that Body | [243] |
| LXVII. | Bank of the United States—Bill for the Renewed Charter Passed in the House of Representatives | [250] |
| LXVIII. | The Veto | [251] |
| LXXIX. | The Protective System | [265] |
| LXX. | Public Lands—Distribution to the States | [275] |
| LXXI. | Settlement of French and Spanish Land Claims | [279] |
| LXXII. | "Effects of the Veto" | [280] |
| LXXIII. | Presidential Election of 1832 | [282] |
| LXXIV. | First Annual Message of President Jackson, after his Second Election | [283] |
| LXXV. | Bank of The United States—Delay in Paying the Three per Cents.—Committee of Investigation | [287] |
| LXXVI. | Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt | [291] |
| LXXVII. | Sale of United States Stock in the National Bank | [294] |
| LXXVIII. | Nullification Ordinance in South Carolina | [297] |
| LXXIX. | Proclamation against Nullification | [299] |
| LXXX. | Message on the South Carolina Proceedings | [303] |
| LXXXI. | Reduction of Duties—Mr. Verplanck's Bill | [308] |
| LXXXII. | Reduction of Duties—Mr. Clay's Bill | [313] |
| LXXXIII. | Revenue Collection, or Force Bill | [330] |
| LXXXIV. | Mr. Calhoun's Nullification Resolutions | [334] |
| LXXXV. | Secret History of the "Compromise" of 1833 | [342] |
| LXXXVI. | Compromise Legislation; and the Act, so called, of 1833 | [344] |
| LXXXVII. | Virginia resolutions of '98-'99—Disabused of their South Carolina Interpretation—1. Upon their Own Words—2. Upon Contemporaneous Interpretation | [347] |
| LXXXVIII. | Virginia Resolutions of 1798—Disabused of Nullification by their Author | [354] |
| LXXXIX. | The Author's own View of the Nature of Our Government, as being a Union in Contradistinction to a League—Presented in a Subsequent Speech on Missouri Resolutions | [360] |
| XC. | Public Lands—Distribution of Proceeds | [362] |
| XCI. | Commencement of the Twenty-third Congress—The Members', and President's Message | [369] |
| XCII. | Removal of the Deposits from the Bank of the United States | [373] |
| XCIII. | Bank Proceedings, on Seeing the Decision of the President, in relation to the Removal of the Deposits | [379] |
| XCIV. | Report of the Secretary of the Treasury to Congress on the Removal of the Deposits | [381] |
| XCV. | Nomination of Government Directors, and their Rejection | [385] |
| XCVI. | Secretary's Report on the Removal of Deposits | [393] |
| XCVII. | Call on the President for a Copy of the "Paper Read to the Cabinet" | [399] |
| XCVIII. | Mistakes of Public Men—Great Combination against General Jackson—Commencement of the Panic | [400] |
| XCIX. | Mr. Clay's Speech against President Jackson on the Removal of the Deposits—Extracts | [402] |
| C. | Mr. Benton's Speech in Reply to Mr. Clay—Extracts | [406] |
| CI. | Condemnation of President Jackson—Mr. Calhoun's Speech—Extracts | [411] |
| CII. | Public Distress | [415] |
| CIII. | Senatorial Condemnation of President Jackson—his Protest—Notice of the Expunging Resolution | [423] |
| CIV. | Mr. Webster's Plan of Relief | [433] |
| CV. | Revival of the Gold Currency—Mr. Benton's Speech | [436] |
| CVI. | Attempted Investigation of the Bank of the United States | [458] |
| CVII. | Mr. Taney's Report on the Finances—Exposure of the Distress Alarms—End of the Panic | [462] |
| CVIII. | Revival of the Gold Currency | [469] |
| CIX. | Rejection of Mr. Taney—Nominated for Secretary of the Treasury | [470] |
| CX. | Senatorial Investigation of the Bank of the United States | [470] |
| CXI. | Downfall of the Bank of the United States | [471] |
| CXII. | Death of John Randolph, of Roanoake | [73] |
| CXIII. | Death of Mr. Wirt | [475] |
| CXIV. | Death of the last of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence | [476] |
| CXV. | Commencement of the Session, 1834-'35: President's Message | [477] |
| CXVI. | Report of the Bank Committee | [481] |
| CXVII. | French Spoliations before 1800 | [487] |
| CXVIII. | French Spoliations—Speech of Mr. Wright, of New-York | [489] |
| CXIX. | French Spoliations—Mr. Webster's Speech | [505] |
| CXX. | French Spoliations—Mr. Benton's Speech | [514] |
| CXXI. | Attempted Assassination of President Jackson | [521] |
| CXXII. | Alabama Expunging Resolutions | [524] |
| CXXIII. | The Expunging Resolution | [528] |
| CXXIV. | Expunging Resolution: Rejected, and Renewed | [549] |
| CXXV. | Branch Mints at New Orleans, and in the Gold Regions of Georgia and North Carolina | [550] |
| CXXVI. | Regulation Deposit Bill | [553] |
| CXXVII. | Defeat of the Defence Appropriation, and loss of the Fortification Bill | [554] |
| CXXVIII. | Distribution of Revenue | [556] |
| CXXIX. | Commencement of Twenty-Fourth Congress—President's Message | [568] |
| CXXX. | Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia | [576] |
| CXXXI. | Mail Circulation of Incendiary Publications | [580] |
| CXXXII. | French Affairs—Approach at a French Squadron—Apology Required | [588] |
| CXXXIII. | French Indemnities—British Mediation—Indemnities Paid | [600] |
| CXXXIV. | President Jackson's Foreign Diplomacy | [601] |
| CXXXV. | Slavery Agitation | [609] |
| CXXXVI. | Removal of the Cherokees from Georgia | [624] |
| CXXXVII. | Extension of the Missouri Boundary | [626] |
| CXXXVIII. | Admission of the States of Arkansas and Michigan into the Union | [627] |
| CXXXIX. | Attempted Inquiry into the Military Academy | [638] |
| CXL. | Military Academy—Speech of Mr. Pierce | [641] |
| CXLI. | Expunging Resolution—Peroration of Senator Benton's Second Speech | [645] |
| CXLII. | Distribution of the Land Revenue | [649] |
| CXLIII. | Recharter of the District Banks—Speech of Mr. Benton—The Parts of Local and Temporary Interest Omitted | [658] |
| CXLIV. | Independence of Texas | [665] |
| CXLV. | Texas Independence—Mr. Benton's Speech | [670] |
| CXLVI. | The Specie Circular | [676] |
| CXLVII. | Death of Mr. Madison, Fourth President of the United States | [678] |
| CXLVIII. | Death of Mr. Monroe, Fifth President of the United States | [679] |
| CXLIX. | Death of Chief Justice Marshall | [681] |
| CL. | Death of Col. Burr, Third Vice-President of the United States | [681] |
| CLI. | Death of William B. Giles, of Virginia | [682] |
| CLII. | Presidential Election of 1836 | [683] |
| CLIII. | Last Annual Message of President Jackson | [684] |
| CLIV. | Final Removal of the Indians | [690] |
| CLV. | Recision of the Treasury Circular | [694] |
| CLVI. | Distribution of Lands and Money—Various Propositions | [707] |
| CLVII. | Military Academy—Its Riding House | [712] |
| CLVIII. | Salt Tax—Mr. Benton's Fourth Speech | [714] |
| CLIX. | Expunging Resolution—Preparation for Decision | [717] |
| CLX. | Expunging Resolution—Mr. Benton's Third Speech | [719] |
| CLXI. | Expunging Resolution—Mr. Clay, Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Webster—Last Scene—Resolution Passed and Executed | [727] |
| CLXII. | The Supreme Court—Judges and Officers | [731] |
| CLXIII. | Farewell Address of President Jackson—Extract | [732] |
| CLXIV. | Conclusion of General Jackson's Administration | [733] |
| CLXV. | Retiring and Death of General Jackson—Administration of Martin Van Buren | [735] |
