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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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