[319] Van Buren commenced the cross-examination of Cass in a flippant manner, but was almost instantly sobered by the demeanor and dignity of the witness. Young’s Life of Lewis Cass.

[320] Key’s letter to Taney, Tyler’s Life of Taney.

[321] Tyler’s Life of Taney.

[322] Letters and Times of the Tylers, I, 423.

[323] Miller’s Bench and Bar of Georgia.

[324] Letter to Taney, Tyler’s Life of Taney.

[325] First Forty Years, 320.

[326] MS. letter of Arthur Schaaf to Senator John Forsyth, written from Georgetown June 25, 1831, furnished the author by Mr. Waddy Wood, Washington, D.C.

[327] Memoirs, April 25, 1831.

[328] Hamilton took the stump in a vain attempt to defeat his reëlection.