Thirty Years' View (Vol. 2 of 2) / or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850
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- THIRTY YEARS' VIEW; OR, A HISTORY OF THE WORKING OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT FOR THIRTY YEARS, FROM 1820 TO 1850.
- CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
- THIRTY YEARS' VIEW.
- ADMINISTRATION OF MARTIN VAN BUREN.
- CHAPTER I.
- INAUGURATION OF MR. VAN BUREN.
- CHAPTER II.
- FINANCIAL AND MONETARY CRISIS: GENERAL SUSPENSION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS BY THE BANKS.
- CHAPTER III.
- PREPARATION FOR THE DISTRESS AND SUSPENSION.
- CHAPTER IV.
- PROGRESS OF THE DISTRESS, AND PRELIMINARIES FOR THE SUSPENSION.
- CHAPTER V.
- ACTUAL SUSPENSION OF THE BANKS: PROPAGATION OF THE ALARM.
- CHAPTER VI.
- TRANSMIGRATION OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES FROM A FEDERAL TO A STATE INSTITUTION.
- CHAPTER VII.
- EFFECTS OF THE SUSPENSION: GENERAL DERANGEMENT OF BUSINESS: SUPPRESSION AND RIDICULE OF THE SPECIE CURRENCY: SUBMISSION OF THE PEOPLE: CALL OF CONGRESS.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- EXTRA SESSION: MESSAGE, AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
- CHAPTER IX.
- ATTACKS ON THE MESSAGE: TREASURY NOTES.
- CHAPTER X.
- RETENTION OF THE FOURTH DEPOSIT INSTALMENT.
- CHAPTER XI.
- INDEPENDENT TREASURY AND HARD MONEY PAYMENTS.
- CHAPTER XII.
- ATTEMPTED RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- BANKRUPT ACT AGAINST BANKS.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- BANKRUPT ACT FOR BANKS: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH.
- CHAPTER XV.
- DIVORCE OF BANK AND STATE: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- FIRST REGULAR SESSION UNDER MR. VAN BUREN'S ADMINISTRATION: HIS MESSAGE.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- PENNSYLVANIA BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. ITS USE OF THE DEFUNCT NOTES OF THE EXPIRED INSTITUTION.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- FLORIDA INDIAN WAR: ITS ORIGIN AND CONDUCT.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- FLORIDA INDIAN WAR: HISTORICAL SPEECH OF MR. BENTON
- CHAPTER XX.
- RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS BY THE NEW YORK BANKS.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS: HISTORICAL NOTICES: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- MR. CLAY'S RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF RESUMING BANKS, AND MR. BENTON'S REMARKS UPON IT.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- RESUMPTION BY THE PENNSYLVANIA UNITED STATES BANK; AND OTHERS WHICH FOLLOWED HER LEAD.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF TEXAS: MR. PRESTON'S MOTION AND SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- DEBATE BETWEEN MR. CLAY AND MR. CALHOUN, PERSONAL AND POLITICAL, AND LEADING TO EXPOSITIONS AND VINDICATIONS OF PUBLIC CONDUCT WHICH BELONG TO HISTORY.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- DEBATE BETWEEN MR. CLAY AND MR. CALHOUN: MR. CLAY'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- DEBATE BETWEEN MR. CLAY AND MR. CALHOUN: MR. CALHOUN'S SPEECH; EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- DEBATE BETWEEN MR. CLAY AND MR. CALHOUN REJOINDERS BY EACH.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- INDEPENDENT TREASURY, OR, DIVORCE OF BANK AND STATE: PASSED IN THE SENATE: LOST IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- PUBLIC LANDS: GRADUATION OF PRICE: PRE-EMPTION SYSTEM: TAXATION WHEN SOLD.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- SPECIE BASIS FOR BANKS: ONE THIRD OF THE AMOUNT OF LIABILITIES THE LOWEST SAFE PROPORTION: SPEECH OF MR. BENTON ON THE RECHARTER OF THE DISTRICT BANKS.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH: COMPARATIVE PROSPERITY: SOUTHERN DISCONTENT: ITS TRUE CAUSE.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- PROGRESS OF THE SLAVERY AGITATION: MR. CALHOUN'S APPROVAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- DEATH OF COMMODORE RODGERS, AND NOTICE OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- ANTI-DUELLING ACT.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- SLAVERY AGITATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND RETIRING OF SOUTHERN MEMBERS FROM THE HALL.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- ABOLITIONISTS CLASSIFIED BY MR. CLAY ULTRAS DENOUNCED: SLAVERY AGITATORS NORTH AND SOUTH EQUALLY DENOUNCED AS DANGEROUS TO THE UNION.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- BANK OF THE UNITED STATES: RESIGNATION OF MR. BIDDLE: FINAL SUSPENSION.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- FIRST SESSION TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS: MEMBERS: ORGANIZATION: POLITICAL MAP OF THE HOUSE.
- CHAPTER XL.
- FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS: PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
- CHAPTER XLI.
- DIVORCE OF BANK AND STATE; DIVORCE DECREED.
- CHAPTER XLII.
- FLORIDA ARMED OCCUPATION BILL: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER XLIII.
- ASSUMPTION OF THE STATE DEBTS.
- CHAPTER XLIV.
- ASSUMPTION OF THE STATE DEBTS: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER XLV.
- DEATH OF GENERAL SAMUEL SMITH, OF MARYLAND; AND NOTICE OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.
- CHAPTER XLVI.
- SALT; THE UNIVERSALITY OF ITS SUPPLY; MYSTERY AND INDISPENSABILITY OF ITS USE; TYRANNY AND IMPIETY OF ITS TAXATION; SPEECH OF MR. BENTON: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER XLVII.
- PAIRING OFF.
- CHAPTER XLVIII.
- TAX ON BANK NOTES: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS:
- CHAPTER XLIX.
- LIBERATION OF SLAVES BELONGING TO AMERICAN CITIZENS IN BRITISH COLONIAL PORTS.
- CHAPTER L.
- RESIGNATION OF SENATOR HUGH LAWSON WHITE OF TENNESSEE: HIS DEATH: SOME NOTICE OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.
- CHAPTER LI.
- DEATH OF EX-SENATOR HAYNE OF SOUTH CAROLINA: NOTICE OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.
- CHAPTER LII.
- ABOLITION OF SPECIFIC DUTIES BY THE COMPROMISE ACT OF 1833: ITS ERROR, AND LOSS TO THE REVENUE, SHOWN BY EXPERIENCE.
- CHAPTER LIII.
- REFINED SUGAR AND RUM DRAWBACKS: THEIR ABUSE UNDER THE COMPROMISE ACT OF 1833: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH.
- CHAPTER LIV.
- FISHING BOUNTIES AND ALLOWANCES, AND THEIR ABUSE: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER LV.
- EXPENDITURES OF THE GOVERNMENT.
- CHAPTER LVI.
- EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT, COMPARATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE, AND SEPARATED FROM EXTRAORDINARIES.
- CHAPTER LVII.
- DEATH OF MR. JUSTICE BARBOUR OF THE SUPREME COURT, AND APPOINTMENT OF PETER V. DANIEL, ESQ., IN HIS PLACE.
- CHAPTER LVIII.
- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
- CHAPTER LIX.
- CONCLUSION OF MR. VAN BUREN'S ADMINISTRATION.
- ADMINISTRATION OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
- CHAPTER LX.
- INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT HARRISON: HIS CABINET—CALL OF CONGRESS—AND DEATH.
- ADMINISTRATION OF JOHN TYLER.
- CHAPTER LXI.
- ACCESSION OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT TO THE PRESIDENCY.
- CHAPTER LXII.
- TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS: FIRST SESSION: LIST OF MEMBERS, AND ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE.
- CHAPTER LXIII.
- FIRST MESSAGE OF MR. TYLER TO CONGRESS, AND MR. CLAY'S PROGRAMME OF BUSINESS.
- CHAPTER LXIV.
- REPEAL OF THE INDEPENDENT TREASURY ACT
- CHAPTER LXV.
- REPEAL OF THE INDEPENDENT TREASURY ACT: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH.
- CHAPTER LXVI.
- THE BANKRUPT ACT: WHAT IT WAS: AND HOW IT WAS PASSED.
- CHAPTER LXVII.
- BANKRUPT BILL: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER LXVIII.
- DISTRIBUTION OF THE PUBLIC LAND REVENUE AND ASSUMPTION OF THE STATE DEBTS.
- CHAPTER LXIX.
- INSTITUTION OF THE HOUR RULE IN DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: ITS ATTEMPT, AND REPULSE IN THE SENATE.
- CHAPTER LXX.
- BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF MRS. HARRISON, WIDOW OF THE LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
- CHAPTER LXXI.
- MRS. HARRISON'S BILL: SPEECH OF MR. BENTON EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER LXXII.
- ABUSE OF THE NAVAL PENSION SYSTEM: VAIN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT IT.
- CHAPTER LXXIII.
- HOME SQUADRON, AND AID TO PRIVATE STEAM LINES.
- CHAPTER LXXIV.
- RECHARTER OF THE DISTRICT BANKS: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER LXXV.
- REVOLT IN CANADA: BORDER SYMPATHY: FIRMNESS OF MR. VAN BUREN: PUBLIC PEACE ENDANGERED—AND PRESERVED:—CASE OF MCLEOD.
- CHAPTER LXXVI.
- DESTRUCTION OF THE CAROLINE: ARREST AND TRIAL OF McLEOD: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER LXXVII.
- REFUSAL OF THE HOUSE TO ALLOW RECESS COMMITTEES.
- CHAPTER LXXVIII.
- REDUCTION OF THE EXPENSE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS BY REDUCING THE NUMBER.
- CHAPTER LXXIX.
- INFRINGEMENT OF THE TARIFF COMPROMISE ACT OF 1833: CORRECTION OF ABUSES IN DRAWBACKS
- CHAPTER LXXX.
- NATIONAL BANK: FIRST BILL.
- CHAPTER LXXXI.
- SECOND FISCAL AGENT: BILL PRESENTED: PASSED: DISAPPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT.
- CHAPTER LXXXII.
- SECRET HISTORY OF THE SECOND BILL FOR A FISCAL AGENT, CALLED FISCAL CORPORATION: ITS ORIGIN WITH MR. TYLER: ITS PROGRESS THROUGH CONGRESS UNDER HIS LEAD: ITS REJECTION UNDER HIS VETO.
- CHAPTER LXXXIII.
- THE VETO MESSAGE HISSED IN THE SENATE GALLERIES.
- CHAPTER LXXXIV.
- RESIGNATION OF MR. TYLER'S CABINET.
- CHAPTER LXXXV.
- REPUDIATION OF MR. TYLER BY THE WHIG PARTY: THEIR MANIFESTO: COUNTER MANIFESTO BY MR. CALEB CUSHING.
- CHAPTER LXXXVI.
- THE DANISH SOUND DUES.
- CHAPTER LXXXVII.
- LAST NOTICE OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
- CHAPTER LXXXVIII.
- END AND RESULTS OF THE EXTRA SESSION.
- CHAPTER LXXXIX.
- FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT TYLER.
- CHAPTER XC.
- THIRD PLAN FOR A FISCAL AGENT, CALLED EXCHEQUER BOARD: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH AGAINST IT: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER XCI.
- THE THIRD FISCAL AGENT, ENTITLED A BOARD OF EXCHEQUER.
- CHAPTER XCII.
- ATTEMPTED REPEAL OF THE BANKRUPT ACT.
- CHAPTER XCIII.
- DEATH OF LEWIS WILLIAMS, OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND NOTICE OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.
- CHAPTER XCIV.
- THE CIVIL LIST EXPENSES: THE CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF CONGRESS: AND THE REVENUE COLLECTION EXPENSE.
- CHAPTER XCV.
- RESIGNATION AND VALEDICTORY OF MR. CLAY
- CHAPTER XCVI.
- MILITARY DEPARTMENT: PROGRESS OF ITS EXPENSE.
- CHAPTER XCVII.
- PAPER MONEY PAYMENTS: ATTEMPTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: RESISTED: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH.
- CHAPTER XCVIII.
- CASE OF THE AMERICAN BRIG CREOLE, WITH SLAVES FOR NEW ORLEANS, CARRIED BY MUTINY INTO NASSAU, AND THE SLAVES LIBERATED.
- CHAPTER XCIX.
- DISTRESS OF THE TREASURY: THREE TARIFF BILLS, AND TWO VETOES: END OF THE COMPROMISE ACT.
- CHAPTER C.
- MR. TYLER AND THE WHIG PARTY: CONFIRMED SEPARATION.
- CHAPTER CI.
- LORD ASHBURTON'S MISSION, AND THE BRITISH TREATY.
- CHAPTER CII.
- BRITISH TREATY: THE PRETERMITTED SUBJECTS: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER CIII.
- BRITISH TREATY: NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY ARTICLE: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACT.
- CHAPTER CIV.
- BRITISH TREATY: NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER CV.
- BRITISH TREATY: EXTRADITION ARTICLE: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACT.
- CHAPTER CVI.
- BRITISH TREATY; AFRICAN SQUADRON FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE; MR. BENTON'S SPEECH; EXTRACT.
- CHAPTER CVII.
- EXPENSE OF THE NAVY: WASTE OF MONEY NECESSITY OF A NAVAL PEACE ESTABLISHMENT, AND OF A NAVAL POLICY.
- CHAPTER CVIII.
- EXPENSES OF THE NAVY: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER CIX.
- MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT AT THE OPENING OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF 1842-3.
- CHAPTER CX.
- REPEAL OF THE BANKRUPT ACT: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH; EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER CXI.
- MILITARY ACADEMY AND ARMY EXPENSES.
- CHAPTER CXII.
- EMIGRATION TO THE COLUMBIA RIVER, AND FOUNDATION OF ITS SETTLEMENT BY AMERICAN CITIZENS: FREMONT'S FIRST EXPEDITION.
- CHAPTER CXIII.
- LIEUTENANT FREMONT'S FIRST EXPEDITION: SPEECH, AND MOTION OF SENATOR LINN.
- CHAPTER CXIV.
- OREGON COLONIZATION ACT: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH.
- CHAPTER CXV.
- NAVY PAY AND EXPENSES: PROPOSED REDUCTION: SPEECH OF MR. MERIWETHER, OF GEORGIA: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER CXVI.
- EULOGY ON SENATOR LINN: SPEECHES OF MR. BENTON AND MR. CRITTENDEN.
- CHAPTER CXVII.
- THE COAST SURVEY: ATTEMPT TO DIMINISH ITS EXPENSE, AND TO EXPEDITE ITS COMPLETION, BY RESTORING THE WORK TO NAVAL AND MILITARY OFFICERS.
- CHAPTER CXVIII.
- DEATH OF COMMODORE PORTER, AND NOTICE OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.
- CHAPTER CXIX.
- REFUNDING OF GENERAL JACKSON'S FINE.
- CHAPTER CXX.
- REPEAL OF THE BANKRUPT ACT: ATTACK OF MR. CUSHING ON MR. CLAY: ITS REBUKE.
- CHAPTER CXXI.
- NAVAL EXPENDITURES, AND ADMINISTRATION ATTEMPTS AT REFORM: ABORTIVE.
- CHAPTER CXXII.
- CHINESE MISSION: MR. CUSHING'S APPOINTMENT AND NEGOTIATION.
- CHAPTER CXXIII.
- THE ALLEGED MUTINY, AND THE EXECUTIONS (AS THEY WERE CALLED) ON BOARD THE UNITED STATES MAN-OF-WAR, SOMERS.
- CHAPTER CXXIV.
- RETIREMENT OF MR. WEBSTER FROM MR. TYLER'S CABINET.
- CHAPTER CXXV.
- DEATH OF WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD.
- CHAPTER CXXVI.
- FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS: LIST OF MEMBERS: ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
- CHAPTER CXXVII.
- MR. TYLER'S SECOND ANNUAL MESSAGE.
- CHAPTER CXXVIII.
- EXPLOSION OF THE GREAT GUN ON BOARD THE PRINCETON MAN-OF-WAR: THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
- CHAPTER CXXIX.
- RECONSTRUCTION OF MR. TYLER'S CABINET.
- CHAPTER CXXX.
- DEATH OF SENATOR PORTER, OF LOUISIANA: EULOGIUM OF MR. BENTON.
- CHAPTER CXXXI.
- NAVAL ACADEMY, AND NAVAL POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES.
- CHAPTER CXXXII.
- THE HOME SQUADRON: ITS INUTILITY AND EXPENSE.
- CHAPTER CXXXIII.
- PROFESSOR MORSE: HIS ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
- CHAPTER CXXXIV.
- FREMONT'S SECOND EXPEDITION.
- CHAPTER CXXXV.
- TEXAS ANNEXATION: SECRET ORIGIN; BOLD INTRIGUE FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
- CHAPTER CXXXVI.
- DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION FOR THE NOMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
- CHAPTER CXXXVII.
- PRESIDENTIAL: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: MR. CALHOUN'S REFUSAL TO SUBMIT HIS NAME TO IT: HIS REASONS.
- CHAPTER CXXXVIII.
- ANNEXATION OF TEXAS: SECRET NEGOTIATION PRESIDENTIAL INTRIGUE: SCHEMES OF SPECULATION AND DISUNION.
- CHAPTER CXXXIX.
- TEXAS ANNEXATION TREATY: FIRST SPEECH OF MR. BENTON AGAINST IT: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER CXL.
- TEXAS OR DISUNION: SOUTHERN CONVENTION: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER CXLI.
- TEXAS OR DISUNION: VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE SOUTH: SOUTHERN CONVENTION PROPOSED.
- CHAPTER CXLII.
- REJECTION OF THE ANNEXATION TREATY: PROPOSAL OF MR. BENTON'S PLAN.
- CHAPTER CXLIII.
- OREGON TERRITORY: CONVENTIONS OF 1818 AND 1828: JOINT OCCUPATION: ATTEMPTED NOTICE TO TERMINATE IT.
- CHAPTER CXLIV.
- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
- CHAPTER CXLV.
- AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION: ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT: MR. BENTON'S PLAN.
- CHAPTER CXLVI.
- THE PRESIDENT AND THE SENATE: WANT OF CONCORD: NUMEROUS REJECTIONS OF NOMINATIONS.
- CHAPTER CXLVII.
- MR. TYLER'S LAST MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
- CHAPTER CXLVIII.
- LEGISLATIVE ADMISSION OF TEXAS INTO THE UNION AS A STATE.
- ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES K. POLK.
- CHAPTER CXLIX.
- THE WAR WITH MEXICO: ITS CAUSE: CHARGED ON THE CONDUCT OF MR. CALHOUN: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH.
- CHAPTER CL.
- MR. POLK'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS, AND CABINET.
- CHAPTER CLI.
- MR. BLAIR AND THE GLOBE SUPERSEDED AS THE ADMINISTRATION ORGAN: MR. THOMAS RITCHIE AND THE DAILY UNION SUBSTITUTED.
- CHAPTER CLII.
- TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS: LIST OF MEMBERS: FIRST SESSION: ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE.
- CHAPTER CLIII.
- MR. POLK'S FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
- CHAPTER CLIV.
- DEATH OF JOHN FORSYTH.
- CHAPTER CLV.
- ADMISSION OF FLORIDA AND IOWA.
- CHAPTER CLVI.
- OREGON TREATY: NEGOTIATIONS COMMENCED, AND BROKEN OFF.
- CHAPTER CLVII.
- OREGON QUESTION: NOTICE TO ABROGATE THE ARTICLE IN THE TREATY FOR A JOINT OCCUPATION: THE PRESIDENT DENOUNCED IN THE SENATE FOR A SUPPOSED LEANING TO THE LINE OF FORTY-NINE.
- CHAPTER CLVIII.
- OREGON TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT: BOUNDARIES AND HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY: FRAZER'S RIVER: TREATY OF UTRECHT: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER CLIX.
- OREGON JOINT OCCUPATION: NOTICE AUTHORIZED FOR TERMINATING IT: BRITISH GOVERNMENT OFFERS THE LINE OF 49: QUANDARY OF THE ADMINISTRATION: DEVICE: SENATE CONSULTED: TREATY MADE AND RATIFIED.
- CHAPTER CLX.
- MEETING OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE 29TH CONGRESS: PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE: VIGOROUS PROSECUTION OF THE WAR RECOMMENDED: LIEUTENANT-GENERAL PROPOSED TO BE CREATED.
- CHAPTER CLXI.
- WAR WITH MEXICO: THE WAR DECLARED, AND AN INTRIGUE FOR PEACE COMMENCED THE SAME DAY.
- CHAPTER CLXII.
- BLOODLESS CONQUEST OF NEW MEXICO: HOW IT WAS DONE: SUBSEQUENT BLOODY INSURRECTION, AND ITS CAUSE.
- CHAPTER CLXIII.
- MEXICAN WAR: DONIPHAN'S EXPEDITION: MR. BENTON'S SALUTATORY ADDRESS, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
- CHAPTER CLXIV.
- FREMONT'S THIRD EXPEDITION, AND ACQUISITION OF CALIFORNIA.
- CHAPTER CLXV.
- PAUSE IN THE WAR: SEDENTARY TACTICS: "MASTERLY INACTIVITY."
- CHAPTER CLXVI.
- THE WILMOT PROVISO; OR, PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES: ITS INUTILITY AND MISCHIEF.
- CHAPTER CLXVII.
- MR. CALHOUN'S SLAVERY RESOLUTIONS, AND DENIAL OF THE RIGHT OF CONGRESS TO PROHIBIT SLAVERY IN A TERRITORY.
- CHAPTER CLXVIII.
- THE SLAVERY AGITATION: DISUNION: KEY TO MR. CALHOUN'S POLICY: FORCING THE ISSUE: MODE OF FORCING IT.
- CHAPTER CLXIX.
- DEATH OF SILAS WRIGHT, EX-SENATOR AND EX-GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK.
- CHAPTER CLXX.
- THIRTIETH CONGRESS: FIRST SESSION: LIST OF MEMBERS: PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
- CHAPTER CLXXI.
- DEATH OF SENATOR BARROW: MR. BENTON'S EULOGIUM.
- CHAPTER CLXXII.
- DEATH OF MR. ADAMS.
- CHAPTER CLXXIII.
- DOWNFALL OF SANTA ANNA: NEW GOVERNMENT IN MEXICO: PEACE NEGOTIATIONS: TREATY OF PEACE.
- CHAPTER CLXXIV.
- OREGON TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT: ANTI-SLAVERY ORDINANCE OF 1787 APPLIED TO OREGON TERRITORY: MISSOURI COMPROMISE LINE OF 1820, AND THE TEXAS ANNEXATION RENEWAL OF IT IN 1845, AFFIRMED.
- CHAPTER CLXXV.
- MR. CALHOUN'S NEW DOGMA ON TERRITORIAL SLAVERY: SELF-EXTENSION OF THE SLAVERY PART OF THE CONSTITUTION TO THE TERRITORIES.
- CHAPTER CLXXVI.
- COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUTENANT-COLONEL FREMONT.
- CHAPTER CLXXVII.
- FREMONT'S FOURTH EXPEDITION, AND GREAT DISASTER IN THE SNOWS AT THE HEAD OF THE RIO GRANDE DEL NORTE: SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERY OF THE PASS HE SOUGHT.
- CHAPTER CLXXVIII.
- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
- CHAPTER CLXXIX.
- LAST MESSAGE OF MR. POLK.
- CHAPTER CLXXX.
- FINANCIAL WORKING OF THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE HARD MONEY SYSTEM.
- CHAPTER CLXXXI.
- COAST SURVEY: BELONGS TO THE NAVY: CONVERTED INTO A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT: EXPENSE AND INTERMINABILITY: SHOULD BE DONE BY THE NAVY, AS IN GREAT BRITAIN: MR. BENTONS SPEECH: EXTRACT.
- CHAPTER CLXXXII.
- PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE TERRITORIES, WITH A VIEW TO MAKE IT CARRY SLAVERY INTO CALIFORNIA, UTAH AND NEW MEXICO.
- CHAPTER CLXXXIII.
- PROGRESS OF THE SLAVERY AGITATION: MEETING OF MEMBERS FROM THE SLAVE STATES: INFLAMMATORY ADDRESS TO THE SOUTHERN STATES.
- ADMINISTRATION OF ZACHARY TAYLOR.
- CHAPTER CLXXXIV.
- INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT TAYLOR: HIS CABINET.
- CHAPTER CLXXXV.
- DEATH OF EX-PRESIDENT POLK.
- CHAPTER CLXXXVI.
- THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS: FIRST SESSION: LIST OF MEMBERS: ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE.
- CHAPTER CLXXXVII.
- FIRST AND ONLY ANNUAL MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT TAYLOR.
- CHAPTER CLXXXVIII.
- MR. CLAY'S PLAN OF COMPROMISE.
- CHAPTER CLXXXIX.
- EXTENSION OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE LINE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN: MR. DAVIS, OF MISSISSIPPI, AND MR. CLAY: THE WILMOT PROVISO.
- CHAPTER CXC.
- MR. CALHOUN'S LAST SPEECH: DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION PROCLAIMED UNLESS THE CONSTITUTION WAS AMENDED, AND A DUAL EXECUTIVE APPOINTED—ONE PRESIDENT FROM THE SLAVE AND ONE FROM THE FREE STATES.
- CHAPTER CXCI.
- DEATH OF MR. CALHOUN: HIS EULOGIUM BY SENATOR BUTLER.
- CHAPTER CXCII.
- MR. CLAY'S PLAN OF SLAVERY COMPROMISE: MR. BENTON'S SPEECH AGAINST IT: EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER CXCIII.
- DEATH OF PRESIDENT TAYLOR.
- ADMINISTRATION OF MILLARD FILLMORE.
- CHAPTER CXCIV.
- INAUGURATION AND CABINET OF MR. FILLMORE.
- CHAPTER CXCV.
- REJECTION OF MR. CLAY'S PLAN OF COMPROMISE.
- CHAPTER CXCVI.
- THE ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA: PROTEST OF SOUTHERN SENATORS: REMARKS UPON IT BY MR. BENTON.
- CHAPTER CXCVII.
- FUGITIVE SLAVES—ORDINANCE OF 1787: THE CONSTITUTION: ACT OF 1793: ACT OF 1850.
- CHAPTER CXCVIII.
- DISUNION MOVEMENTS: SOUTHERN PRESS AT WASHINGTON: SOUTHERN CONVENTION AT NASHVILLE: SOUTHERN CONGRESS CALLED FOR BY SOUTH CAROLINA AND MISSISSIPPI.
- CHAPTER CXCIX.
- THE SUPREME COURT: ITS JUDGES, CLERK, ATTORNEY-GENERALS, REPORTERS AND MARSHALS DURING THE PERIOD TREATED OF IN THIS VOLUME.
- CHAPTER CC.
- CONCLUSION.
- INDEX TO VOL. II.
- D. APPLETON & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS.
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