[27] Mr. Gallatin's assertion, which corresponded with that of Jefferson, that Washington had naturally strong passions, but had attained complete mastery over them, is quoted by the Earl of Stanhope (Lord Mahon) in his famous eulogy of Washington's attributes.
[28] The Gallatins claim to descend from one Callatinus, a Roman Consul.
[29] Souvenirs d'un Diplomate. Paris, 1882.
[30] This was the vault of the Witter family, a daughter of which Commodore Nicholson married.
[31] “In my youth the fashion was to decide in conformity with Lavater's precepts; then came Camper's facial angle, which gave a decided superiority to the white man and monkey; and both have been superseded by the bumps of the skull. This criterion is that which suits me best, for Spurzheim declared I had a capital head, which he might without flattery say to everybody.” Gallatin to Lewis T. Cist of Cincinnati, November 21, 1837.
INDEX[ToC]
- Adams, Henry, calls treaty of Ghent the work of Gallatin, [324]
- Adams, John, announces election of Gallatin as senator, [60];
- convenes Congress to consider relations with France, [132]
- his message, [133]
- replies coolly to resolution of House, [136], [137]
- remarks of McClanachan to, [138]
- his message in 1797, [139]
- visited by House to present answer, [140]
- wishes to establish new foreign missions, [141]
- informs Congress of French outrages, [147]
- and of preparations for war, [147]
- sends in X Y Z dispatches, [149]
- sends message on French relations, [152], [153]
- urges preparation for war, [155]
- thanks House for support, [155]
- delighted with support of Congress in 1799, [158]
- congratulates Congress on settlement at Washington, [162]
- supported for President by New England, [163]
- in election of 1800, [165]
- attributes distresses of Confederation to financial ignorance, [174]
- his breach with Hamilton, [177]
- Adams, John Quincy, on results of Gallatin's proposed appointment as secretary of state, [295];
- meets Gallatin and Bayard at St. Petersburg, [302]
- his training, comparison with Gallatin, [302], [303]
- given new commission, [312]
- differs with Clay over fisheries and Mississippi navigation, [323]
- appointed minister to England, [326]
- advised by Gallatin concerning commercial treaty, [333]
- appointed secretary of state, [334]
- informed by Gallatin of disadvantages of a war with Spain, [336], [337]
- his arguments in Apollon case disregarded by Gallatin, [338]
- his indignation, [338]
- writes opinion of Gallatin in his diary, [333], [339]
- described by Gallatin to Badollet, [339], [356]
- his pugnacity complained of by Crawford, [339]
- negotiates treaty with De Neuville, [340]
- comments of Gallatin upon, [340]
- appoints Rush secretary of treasury, [342]
- offers mission to England to Gallatin, [342], [343]
- promises Gallatin _carte blanche_, but gives him full instructions, [343]
- his instructions to Rush printed, [345]
- warns Gallatin to yield nothing, [346]
- congratulates Gallatin on his success, [348]
- candidate for presidency, [356]
- elected by House of Representatives, [358]
- at meeting of New York Historical Society, [384]
- Gallatin's friendly greeting to, [384]
- eulogizes Gallatin, [384], [385]
- his changing party compared with Gallatin's steadiness, [385]
- death, [386]
- Adams, William, on English peace commission, [316]
- Addington, Henry, on Clay's tone as diplomat, [345]
- Adet, P. A., French minister, imperils sympathy for France by impudence to Washington, [128];
- Aix-la-Chapelle, Congress of, [337]
- Alexander, Emperor of Russia, authorizes renewal of mediation, [308];
- Algiers, treaty with, [117], [118]
- Alien Bill, debate and passage in House, [152];
- petitions against, in Congress, [157]
- Allegheny County, its part in Whiskey Insurrection, [49], [68] [78], [96];
- Allègre, Sophie, marries Gallatin, her character and death, [30]
- Allègre, William, father-in-law of Gallatin, [30]
- Allen, ----, in debate on French relations, [136];
- attacks Gallatin as a French agent, [150]
- Allston, Joseph W., at free trade convention, 1831, [241]
- American Ethnological Society, founded by Gallatin, [379];
- Ames, Fisher, leading orator of Federalists, [99];
- Anderson, Professor, member of “The Club,” [367]
- Anti-Federalists, call convention to organize in favor of amending Constitution, [37];
- Apollon, seizure of, explained by Gallatin and Adams, [338]
- Army, reduction of, advocated by Gallatin, [108], [123>][129], [130] [186], [188];
- his course defended, [216]
- Arnold, Benedict, effect of his treason, [12];
- campaign of Lafayette against, [371]
- Ashburton, Lord. See Baring, Alexander.
- Astor, John Jacob, assists Gallatin to float loan, [214];
- Astoria, foundation and history of, [288]
- Atwater, ----, member of Ethnological Society, [379]
- Bache, Franklin, educated at Geneva, [4];
- attacks Washington as a defaulter, in “Aurora,” [104]
- Bache, Richard, letter to, furnished by Franklin to Gallatin, [11]
- Bacourt, M. de, describes Gallatin in old age, [386]
- Badollet, Jean, college friend of Gallatin, [5];
- Arcadian schemes of, [9]
- letter of Gallatin to, [9]
- letters of Serre to, on life in Maine, [15], [25]
- informs Gallatin of troubles in Geneva, [25]
- at Gallatin's invitation, joins him in America, [25], [26]
- established at Greensburg, [27]
- letter of Gallatin to, [43]
- with Gallatin at anti-excise convention, [52]
- advised by Gallatin to avoid United States marshal, [55]
- letter of Gallatin to, on French Revolution, [56]
- letter of Gallatin to, on his wife, [59]
- instructed by Gallatin to secure reëlection of unseated members of legislature, [95]
- given an office by Gallatin, [287], [326]
- remark of Gallatin to, [299]
- letter of Gallatin to, on J. Q. Adams, [339]
- takes shares in Gallatin's land scheme, [361]
- manages store for Gallatin, [362]
- letters of Gallatin to, [365], [370]
- Balbi, quotes Gallatin in his Atlas, [374]
- Baldwin, Abraham, on committee on finance, [106]
- Bank of North America, established by Morris, [172], [248];
- Bank of United States, established by Hamilton, [175], [250], [251];
- its organization, [251], [252]
- borrowed from, by Gallatin, [204]
- petitions for a re-charter, [252]
- Gallatin's report in favor of, [252]-[254]
- a re-charter refused, [231], [254]
- its value, [255]
- opinion of Gallatin on, [255]
- controls state banks, [259]
- desire of Astor to crush, [259]
- remits specie to foreign stockholders, [260]
- its dissolution causes panic, [262], [263]
- reincorporation proposed, [265]
- vetoed, then approved, by Madison, [265]
- its subsequent history, [266]
- helps resumption of specie payments, [267]
- presidency of, declined by Gallatin, [268]
- deposits removed from, by Taney, [269]
- accepts charter from Pennsylvania, [271]
- its subsequent career, [271]
- fails in 1839, [276]
- weakness of Madison in 1812 in allowing its dissolution, [296]
- Bank, National, of New York, connection of Gallatin with, [269]-[277]
- Banks, state, difficulty of controlling their issues, [256];
- their evil effects, [257]
- status in 1811, [258]
- increase after termination of Bank of United States, [261], [262]
- suspend payment in 1815, [262]
- agree to resume, [267]
- supported by second Bank of United States, [267]
- Gallatin's “Considerations on,” etc., [268]
- connection of Gallatin with, [269]-[277]
- speculation craze of, in 1836, [271], [272]
- suspend payment in 1837, [272]
- conventions of, to prepare for resumption, [273]-[275]
- aided by Treasury, [275]
- “Suggestions” of Gallatin, [277]
- Barbour, Philip P., presides over free trade convention in 1831, [241]
- Baring, Alexander, explains to Gallatin British reasons for refusing Russian mediation, [306], [307];
- Barings, connection with Louisiana purchase, [193], [195];
- Barras, Comte, encouraged by Napoleon's success to bold measures against United States, [132]
- Bartlett, John Russell, gives anecdotes of Gallatin, [13], [22]
- Bartlett, ----, member of Ethnological Society, [379]
- Bathurst, Lord, promises to appoint peace commissioners, [314];
- Bayard, James A., elected to Congress, [132];
- on legislative encroachments on executive, [143]
- on resolution to furnish foreign correspondence, [156]
- defends Sedition Law by a clever amendment, [159]
- moves committee to arrange for balloting in 1800, [166]
- accompanies Gallatin as peace commissioner, [301], [302]
- willing to accept an informal renunciation of impressment, [305]
- goes to Amsterdam, [312]
- on new commission to treat directly, [312]
- visits London, [313]
- asks Monroe for authority to negotiate anywhere, [314]
- appointed minister to Russia, [326]
- Baylies, ----, his report on Western territory complained of by England, [345]
- Bentham, Jeremy, works translated by Dumont, [5];
- influences Gallatin, [388]
- Bentson, ----, on Astor's hostility to United States Bank, [259]
- Berlin and Milan decrees, negotiations for compensation for seizures under, [333]
- Biddle, C. C., at free trade convention in 1831, [241]
- Biddle, Nicholas, in panic of 1837, [275]
- Blount, William, on committee on finance, [107];
- impeached, [138]
- Bonaparte, Jerome, his flight to America, [332]
- Bonaparte, Napoleon, his precocity compared to that of Gallatin, [32];
- Boorman, James, at free trade convention in 1831, [241]
- Borgo, Pozzo di, compared to Gallatin, [32]
- Boston, visit of Gallatin to, [12]-[14], [17];
- Botts, John M., letter of Gallatin to, on bank, [256]
- Boundary, northeast, in treaty of Ghent, [321], [322];
- Bourdillon, ----, takes share in Gallatin's land scheme, [361]
- Bourne, Shearjashub, on committee on finance, [106]
- Brackenridge, Judge H. H., on Gallatin's part in anti-excise agitation, [50];
- in Washington County, advises moderation, [69]
- an authority for history of insurrection, [71]
- his character and policy, [71]
- leads Pittsburgh committee to urge moderation upon rioters, [72]
- describes Bradford's behavior, [72]
- his estimate of numbers under arms, [72]
- compares excitement with that in 1765 and 1775, [74]
- at Parkinson's Ferry meeting, [78]
- supports Gallatin's efforts to prevent rebellion, [80], [82]
- on committee to confer with United States commissioners, [81]
- describes Gallatin's speech, [82]
- claims credit for preventing civil war, [84]
- on threats of secession, [86]
- defeated by Gallatin for Congress, [93]
- Bradford, David, represents Washington County in anti-excise proceedings, [51];
- elected to legislature, [54]
- low opinion of Gallatin concerning, [54]
- tries to shirk responsibility, [69]
- then determines on extreme measures, robs mail, [69]
- calls for armed resistance, [70]
- unable to countermand order, [70]
- assumes office of major-general, [72]
- his harangue to the insurgents, [73]
- at meeting at Parkinson's Ferry, [78]
- advocates armed resistance, [79]
- on committee on resolutions, [80]
- named to confer with United States commissioners, [81]
- urges rejection of their terms, [81], [82]
- excepted from amnesty, flies from the country, [84], [85]
- Bradford, James, in anti-excise convention, [52]
- Bradford, ----, member of Ethnological Society, [379]
- Bradish, Luther, his eulogy of Gallatin, [388]
- Breading, Nicholas, in Pennsylvania ratifying convention, [35]
- Breckenridge, John, his brief career, [355]
- Brevoort, ----, member of “The Club,” [367]
- Brodhead, John Romeyn, orator at fortieth anniversary of New York Historical Society, [384]
- Buck, Daniel, on committee on finance, [107]
- Burke, Edmund, on place of revenue in the state, [218]
- Burr, Aaron, his connection with Dayton, [104];
- Cabinet, its lack of financial coöperation under Jefferson, [188];
- Cabot, George, on committee to consider Gallatin's eligibility to senate, [61]
- Calhoun, John C., reports plan for a national bank, [265];
- California, discovery of gold in, [353], [354]
- Campbell, George W., furnished with report by Gallatin on injuries of Great Britain, [292], [303];
- secretary of treasury, [312]
- Canning, George, his policy toward United States, [225], [295], [344];
- Carnahan, Dr., describes entry of Whiskey Rebellion prisoners into Cannonsburg, [91]
- Castlereagh, Lord, discourages offer of Russia to mediate, [304];
- gives assurance of safety to cartel-ship, [307]
- refuses second offer of mediation, [311]
- offers to deal directly, [312]
- member of cabinet most favorable to America, [314]
- advises English commissioners to moderate demands, [319]
- approves treaty of Ghent, [326]
- arranges commercial convention with Gallatin, [326]
- expresses friendly feelings, [335]
- Cazenove, ----, takes shares in Gallatin's land scheme, [361]
- Charles X., in Revolution of 1830, [370], [372]
- Chase, Salmon P., negotiations with Treasury Note Committee, 196 and note;
- Chateaubriand, succeeds Montmorenci, [340];
- Cheriot, ----, takes share in Gallatin's land scheme, [361]
- Chesapeake, captured by Leopard, [224]
- Chevalier, Michel, his studies on money, [278]
- Cheves, Langdon, at free trade convention in 1831, [241]
- Chôteau, Pierre Louis, meets Gallatin, his influence over Indians, [287], [374]
- Circourt, Count de, reviews Gallatin's “Synopsis of the Indian Tribes,” [378]
- Civil service, monopolized by Federalists, [280];
- Clare, Thomas, his house the headquarters of Gallatin in 1784, [22], [24];
- rents Gallatin a house, [25]
- Clay, Henry, denounces Gallatin for advocating free trade, [242];
- apologizes, [242]
- on peace commission, [312]
- arrives at Gottenburg, [313]
- corresponds with Gallatin concerning place of negotiation, [314]
- differs with Adams over Mississippi navigation and fisheries, [323]
- joins Gallatin in England, [326]
- urges Gallatin to accept mission to Panama Congress, [342]
- letter of Gallatin to, on instructions as minister to England, [343]
- tone of his diplomatic correspondence, [345]
- Gallatin's opinion of, [356]
- resignation of Gallatin in his favor, [358]
- secures election of Adams, [358]
- Clinton, George, marriage of his daughter to Genet, [102]
- “Club, The,” in New York, Gallatin's membership of, [366], [367]
- Coast survey, established, [290]
- Coinage, debate concerning, in Congress, [140];
- regulated by Morris, [172]
- Coles, Edward, letter of Gallatin to, [284]
- Confederation, Articles of, political conditions under, [33], [34]
- Congress, adopts amendments to Constitution suggested by New York and Virginia, [40];
- passes excise law, [49]
- modifies it, [52]
- gives state courts jurisdiction in excise cases, [67]
- receives tricolor from France, [130]
- complained of by Jefferson as weak, [138]
- suspends commercial intercourse with France, [151]
- passes acts authorizing naval defense, [153]
- presence of Washington, Pinckney, and Hamilton at, in 1798, [155]
- speech of Adams to, [155]
- responsibility for war thrown upon, by Madison, [205]
- authorizes loan in 1812, [209], [212]
- damages Treasury by procrastination, [212]
- supports Gallatin's policy of extinguishing debt, [215]
- repeals internal revenue act, [221]
- passes embargo, [225]
- extends terms of credit on revenue bonds, [226]
- refuses to recharter the bank, [231], [254]
- declares war, imposes increased duties, [234]
- reimposes internal taxes, [236]
- adopts non-importation against England and France, [292]
- orders out naval force, [294]
- repeals embargo, [294]
- Constable, John, at free trade convention in 1831, [241]
- Constellation, defeats La Vengeance, [160]
- Constitution of Pennsylvania, convention called to revise, [40], [41];
- Constitution of the United States, adopted, [35];
- struggle over ratification in Pennsylvania, [35]
- movement in favor of new convention to amend, [36]-[40]
- amended, [40]
- power of Representatives to appropriate, [109]
- debate in Congress on relation of treaty power to House of Representatives, [110]-[115]
- argument of Washington on treaty power, [114], [115]
- debate in House on relation of Executive to Congress, [142]-[147]
- power of Senate to require treasury reports, [161]
- in relation to state bills of credit, [257]
- question of power of United States to acquire territory, [285]
- in relation to National University, [291]
- to annexation of Texas, [351]
- Cook, Edward, presides over meeting of whiskey insurgents at Parkinson's Ferry, [79];
- indorses resolution to submit to terms of United States commissioners, [83]
- Cooper, Dr. Samuel, interested in Gallatin through Madame Pictet, [17]
- Couronne, ----, takes shares in Gallatin's land scheme, [361]
- Crawford, William H., follows Gallatin's treasury policy, [215];
- at Gallatin's suggestion, urges Emperor again to mediate, [315]
- complains of Adams's pugnacity, [339]
- wishes Gallatin to stand for Vice-President, [341]
- looked upon by Gallatin as strongest leader after the triumvirate, [355]
- supported by Gallatin, Jefferson, and Madison against Adams, [356]
- stricken with paralysis, [357]
- nominated for President by caucus, [357]
- defeated by Adams, [358]
- Cuba, avowed intention of United States to prevent English seizure of, by war if necessary, [346]
- Cumberland Road, reported to Congress in 1807, [290]