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Thirty Years' View

by Thomas Hart Benton

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Author
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858
Title
Thirty Years' View (Vol. 1 of 2) or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850
Credits
Produced by Curtis Weyant, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)
Subject
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861
Category
Text
eBook-No.
44851
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44851
Release Date
February 9, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THIRTY YEARS' VIEW;
  2. 2.AUTO-BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
  3. 3.PREFACE — 1.—MOTIVES FOR WRITING THIS WORK. — 2.—QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE WORK. — 3.—THE SCOPE OF THE WORK. — 4.—THE SPIRIT OF THE WORK.
  4. 4.CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
  5. 5.PRELIMINARY VIEW. — FROM 1815 TO 1820
  6. 6.THIRTY YEARS' VIEW.
  7. 7.CHAPTER I. — PERSONAL ASPECT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
  8. 8.CHAPTER II. — ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI.
  9. 9.CHAPTER III. — FINANCES.—REDUCTION OF THE ARMY.
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — RELIEF OF PUBLIC LAND DEBTORS.
  11. 11.CHAPTER V. — OREGON TERRITORY.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — FLORIDA TREATY AND CESSION OF TEXAS.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — DEATH OF MR. LOWNDES.
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — DEATH OF WILLIAM PINKNEY.
  15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — ABOLITION OF THE INDIAN FACTORY SYSTEM.
  16. 16.CHAPTER X. — INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — GENERAL REMOVAL OF INDIANS.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — VISIT OF LAFAYETTE TO THE UNITED STATES.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. — THE TARIFF, AND AMERICAN SYSTEM.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. — THE A. B. PLOT.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XV. — AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION IN RELATION TO THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. — INTERNAL TRADE WITH NEW MEXICO.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. — PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. — DEATH OF JOHN TAYLOR, OF CAROLINE.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. — PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XX. — THE OCCUPATION OF THE COLUMBIA.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. — COMMENCEMENT OF MR. ADAMS'S ADMINISTRATION.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. — CASE OF MR. LANMAN—TEMPORARY SENATORIAL APPOINTMENT FROM CONNECTICUT.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. — RETIRING OF MR. RUFUS KING.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. — REMOVAL OF THE CREEK INDIANS FROM GEORGIA.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXV. — THE PANAMA MISSION.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI. — DUEL BETWEEN MR. CLAY AND MR. RANDOLPH.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII. — DEATH OF MR. GAILLARD.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII. — AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION IN RELATION TO THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX. — REDUCTION OF EXECUTIVE PATRONAGE.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXX. — EXCLUSION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM CIVIL OFFICE APPOINTMENTS
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI. — DEATH OF THE EX-PRESIDENTS JOHN ADAMS AND THOMAS JEFFERSON.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII. — BRITISH INDEMNITY FOR DEPORTED SLAVES.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII. — MEETING OF THE FIRST CONGRESS ELECTED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF MR. ADAMS.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV. — REVISION OF THE TARIFF.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV. — THE PUBLIC LANDS—THEIR PROPER DISPOSITION—GRADUATED PRICES—PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS—DONATIONS TO SETTLERS.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI. — CESSION OF A PART OF THE TERRITORY OF ARKANSAS TO THE CHEROKEE INDIANS.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVII. — RENEWAL OF THE OREGON JOINT OCCUPATION CONVENTION.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1828, AND FURTHER ERRORS OF MONS. DE TOCQUEVILLE.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XXXIX. — RETIRING OF MR. MACON.
  46. 46.ADMINISTRATION OF ANDREW JACKSON.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XL. — COMMENCEMENT OF GENERAL JACKSON'S ADMINISTRATION.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLI. — THE FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE OF GENERAL JACKSON TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLII. — THE RECOVERY OF THE DIRECT TRADE WITH THE BRITISH WEST INDIA ISLANDS.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLIII. — ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GLOBE NEWSPAPER.
  51. 51.CHAPTER 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.
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLV. — REPEAL OF THE SALT TAX.
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLVI. — BIRTHDAY OF MR. JEFFERSON, AND THE DOCTRINE OF NULLIFICATION.
  54. 54.CHAPTER XLVII. — REGULATION OF COMMERCE.
  55. 55.CHAPTER XLVIII. — ALUM SALT. THE ABOLITION OF THE DUTY UPON IT, AND REPEAL OF THE FISHING BOUNTY AND ALLOWANCES FOUNDED ON IT.
  56. 56.CHAPTER XLIX. — BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
  57. 57.CHAPTER L. — REMOVALS FROM OFFICE.
  58. 58.CHAPTER LI. — INDIAN SOVEREIGNTIES WITHIN THE STATES
  59. 59.CHAPTER LII. — VETO ON THE MAYSVILLE ROAD BILL.
  60. 60.CHAPTER LIII. — RUPTURE BETWEEN PRESIDENT JACKSON, AND VICE-PRESIDENT CALHOUN.
  61. 61.CHAPTER LIV. — BREAKING UP OF THE CABINET, AND APPOINTMENT OF ANOTHER.
  62. 62.CHAPTER LV. — MILITARY ACADEMY.
  63. 63.CHAPTER LVI. — BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.—NON-RENEWAL OF CHARTER.
  64. 64.CHAPTER LVII. — ERROR OF DE TOCQUEVILLE, IN RELATION TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
  65. 65.CHAPTER LVIII. — THE TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
  66. 66.CHAPTER LIX. — REJECTION OF MR. VAN BUREN, MINISTER TO ENGLAND.
  67. 67.CHAPTER LX. — BANK OF THE UNITED STATES—ILLEGAL AND VICIOUS CURRENCY.
  68. 68.CHAPTER LXI. — ERROR OF MONS. DE TOCQUEVILLE IN RELATION TO THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, THE PRESIDENT, AND THE PEOPLE.
  69. 69.CHAPTER LXII. — EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT.
  70. 70.CHAPTER LXIII. — BANK OF THE UNITED STATES—RECHARTER COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
  71. 71.CHAPTER LXIV. — BANK OF THE UNITED STATES—COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
  72. 72.CHAPTER 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.
  73. 73.CHAPTER LXVI. — BANK OF THE UNITED STATES—BILL FOR THE RECHARTER REPORTED IN THE SENATE—AND PASSED THAT BODY.
  74. 74.CHAPTER LXVII. — BANK OF THE UNITED STATES—BILL FOR THE RENEWED CHARTER PASSED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
  75. 75.CHAPTER LXVIII. — THE VETO.
  76. 76.CHAPTER LXIX. — THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM.
  77. 77.CHAPTER LXX. — PUBLIC LANDS.—DISTRIBUTION TO THE STATES.
  78. 78.CHAPTER LXXI. — SETTLEMENT OF FRENCH AND SPANISH LAND CLAIMS.
  79. 79.CHAPTER LXXII. — "EFFECTS OF THE VETO."
  80. 80.CHAPTER LXXIII. — PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1832.
  81. 81.CHAPTER LXXIV. — FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT JACKSON AFTER HIS SECOND ELECTION.
  82. 82.CHAPTER LXXV. — BANK OF THE UNITED STATES—DELAY IN PAYING THE THREE PER CENTS—COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION.
  83. 83.CHAPTER LXXVI. — ABOLITION OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
  84. 84.CHAPTER LXXVII. — SALE OF UNITED STATES STOCK IN THE NATIONAL BANK.
  85. 85.CHAPTER LXXVIII. — NULLIFICATION ORDINANCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
  86. 86.CHAPTER LXXIX. — PROCLAMATION AGAINST NULLIFICATION.
  87. 87.CHAPTER LXXX. — MESSAGE ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA PROCEEDINGS.
  88. 88.CHAPTER LXXXI. — REDUCTION OF DUTIES.—MR. VERPLANK'S BILL.
  89. 89.CHAPTER LXXXII. — REDUCTION OF DUTIES.—MR. CLAY'S BILL.
  90. 90.CHAPTER LXXXIII. — REVENUE COLLECTION, OR FORCE BILL.
  91. 91.CHAPTER LXXXIV. — MR. CALHOUN'S NULLIFICATION RESOLUTIONS.
  92. 92.CHAPTER LXXXV. — SECRET HISTORY OF THE "COMPROMISE" OF 1833.
  93. 93.CHAPTER LXXXVI. — COMPROMISE LEGISLATION; AND THE ACT, SO CALLED, OF 1833.
  94. 94.CHAPTER LXXXVII. — VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS OF '98-'99—DISABUSED OF THEIR SOUTH CAROLINA INTERPRETATION—1. UPON THEIR OWN WORDS—2. UPON CONTEMPORANEOUS INTERPRETATION.
  95. 95.CHAPTER LXXXVIII. — VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS OF 1798:—DISABUSED OF NULLIFICATION, BY THEIR AUTHOR.
  96. 96.CHAPTER 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.
  97. 97.CHAPTER XC. — PUBLIC LANDS:—DISTRIBUTION OF PROCEEDS.
  98. 98.CHAPTER XCI. — COMMENCEMENT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS.—THE MEMBERS, AND PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
  99. 99.CHAPTER XCII. — REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITS FROM THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
  100. 100.CHAPTER XCIII. — BANK PROCEEDINGS, ON SEEING THE DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT, IN RELATION TO THE REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITS.
  101. 101.CHAPTER XCIV. — REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO CONGRESS ON THE REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITS.
  102. 102.CHAPTER XCV. — NOMINATION OF GOVERNMENT DIRECTORS, AND THEIR REJECTION.
  103. 103.CHAPTER XCVI. — SECRETARY'S REPORT ON THE REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITS.
  104. 104.CHAPTER XCVII. — CALL ON THE PRESIDENT FOR A COPY OF THE "PAPER READ TO THE CABINET."
  105. 105.CHAPTER XCVIII. — MISTAKES OF PUBLIC MEN:—GREAT COMBINATION AGAINST GENERAL JACKSON:—COMMENCEMENT OF THE PANIC.
  106. 106.CHAPTER XCIX. — MR. CLAY'S SPEECH AGAINST PRESIDENT JACKSON ON THE REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITS—EXTRACTS.
  107. 107.CHAPTER C. — MR. BENTON'S SPEECH IN REPLY TO MR. CLAY—EXTRACTS.
  108. 108.CHAPTER CI. — CONDEMNATION OF PRESIDENT JACKSON—MR. CALHOUN'S SPEECH—EXTRACTS.
  109. 109.CHAPTER CII. — PUBLIC DISTRESS.
  110. 110.CHAPTER CIII. — SENATORIAL CONDEMNATION OF PRESIDENT JACKSON: HIS PROTEST: NOTICE OF THE EXPUNGING RESOLUTION.
  111. 111.CHAPTER CIV. — MR. WEBSTER'S PLAN OF RELIEF.
  112. 112.CHAPTER CV. — REVIVAL OF THE GOLD CURRENCY—MR. BENTON'S SPEECH.
  113. 113.CHAPTER CVI. — ATTEMPTED INVESTIGATION OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
  114. 114.CHAPTER CVII. — MR. TANEY'S REPORT ON THE FINANCES—EXPOSURE OF THE DISTRESS ALARMS—END OF THE PANIC.
  115. 115.CHAPTER CVIII. — REVIVAL OF THE GOLD CURRENCY.
  116. 116.CHAPTER CIX. — REJECTION OF MR. TANEY, NOMINATED FOR SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
  117. 117.CHAPTER CX. — SENATORIAL INVESTIGATION OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
  118. 118.CHAPTER CXI. — DOWNFALL OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
  119. 119.CHAPTER CXII. — DEATH OF JOHN RANDOLPH, OF ROANOAKE.
  120. 120.CHAPTER CXIII. — DEATH OF MR. WIRT.
  121. 121.CHAPTER CXIV. — DEATH OF THE LAST OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
  122. 122.CHAPTER CXV. — COMMENCEMENT OF THE SESSION 1834-'35: PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
  123. 123.CHAPTER CXVI. — REPORT OF THE BANK COMMITTEE.
  124. 124.CHAPTER CXVII. — FRENCH SPOLIATIONS BEFORE 1800.
  125. 125.CHAPTER CXVIII. — FRENCH SPOLIATIONS: SPEECH OF MR. WRIGHT, OF NEW-YORK.
  126. 126.CHAPTER CXIX. — FRENCH SPOLIATIONS—MR. WEBSTER'S SPEECH.
  127. 127.CHAPTER CXX. — FRENCH SPOLIATIONS—MR. BENTON'S SPEECH.
  128. 128.CHAPTER CXXI. — ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JACKSON.
  129. 129.CHAPTER CXXII. — ALABAMA EXPUNGING RESOLUTIONS.
  130. 130.CHAPTER CXXIII. — THE EXPUNGING RESOLUTION.
  131. 131.CHAPTER CXXIV. — EXPUNGING RESOLUTION: REJECTED, AND RENEWED.
  132. 132.CHAPTER CXXV. — BRANCH MINTS AT NEW ORLEANS, AND IN THE GOLD REGIONS OF GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
  133. 133.CHAPTER CXXVI. — REGULATION DEPOSIT BILL.
  134. 134.CHAPTER CXXVII. — DEFEAT OF THE DEFENCE APPROPRIATION, AND LOSS OF THE FORTIFICATION BILL.
  135. 135.CHAPTER CXXVIII. — DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUE.
  136. 136.CHAPTER CXXIX. — COMMENCEMENT OF TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS—PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
  137. 137.CHAPTER CXXX. — ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
  138. 138.CHAPTER CXXXI. — MAIL CIRCULATION OF INCENDIARY PUBLICATIONS.
  139. 139.CHAPTER CXXXII. — FRENCH AFFAIRS—APPROACH OF A FRENCH SQUADRON—APOLOGY REQUIRED.
  140. 140.CHAPTER CXXXIII. — FRENCH INDEMNITIES: BRITISH MEDIATION: INDEMNITIES PAID.
  141. 141.CHAPTER CXXXIV. — PRESIDENT JACKSON'S FOREIGN DIPLOMACY.
  142. 142.CHAPTER CXXXV. — SLAVERY AGITATION.
  143. 143.CHAPTER CXXXVI. — REMOVAL OF THE CHEROKEES FROM GEORGIA.
  144. 144.CHAPTER CXXXVII. — EXTENSION OF THE MISSOURI BOUNDARY.
  145. 145.CHAPTER CXXXVIII. — ADMISSION OF THE STATES OF ARKANSAS AND MICHIGAN INTO THE UNION.
  146. 146.CHAPTER CXXXIX. — ATTEMPTED INQUIRY INTO THE MILITARY ACADEMY.
  147. 147.CHAPTER CXL. — MILITARY ACADEMY—SPEECH OF MR. PIERCE.
  148. 148.CHAPTER CXLI. — EXPUNGING RESOLUTION—PERORATION OF SENATOR BENTON'S SECOND SPEECH.
  149. 149.CHAPTER CXLII. — DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAND REVENUE.
  150. 150.CHAPTER CXLIII. — RECHARTER OF THE DISTRICT BANKS—SPEECH OF MR. BENTON: THE PARTS OF LOCAL AND TEMPORARY INTEREST OMITTED.
  151. 151.CHAPTER CXLIV. — INDEPENDENCE OF TEXAS.
  152. 152.CHAPTER CXLV. — TEXAS INDEPENDENCE—MR. BENTON'S SPEECH.
  153. 153.CHAPTER CXLVI. — THE SPECIE CIRCULAR.
  154. 154.CHAPTER CXLVII. — DEATH OF MR. MADISON, FOURTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
  155. 155.CHAPTER CXLVIII. — DEATH OF MR. MONROE, FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
  156. 156.CHAPTER CXLIX. — DEATH OF CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL.
  157. 157.CHAPTER CL. — DEATH OF COL. BURR, THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
  158. 158.CHAPTER CLI. — DEATH OF WILLIAM B. GILES, OF VIRGINIA.
  159. 159.CHAPTER CLII. — PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1836.
  160. 160.CHAPTER CLIII. — LAST ANNUAL MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT JACKSON.
  161. 161.CHAPTER CLIV. — FINAL REMOVAL OF THE INDIANS.
  162. 162.CHAPTER CLV. — RECISION OF THE TREASURY CIRCULAR.
  163. 163.CHAPTER CLVI. — DISTRIBUTION OF LANDS AND MONEY—VARIOUS PROPOSITIONS
  164. 164.CHAPTER CLVII. — MILITARY ACADEMY: ITS RIDING-HOUSE.
  165. 165.CHAPTER CLVIII. — SALT TAX: MR. BENTON'S FOURTH SPEECH AGAINST IT.
  166. 166.CHAPTER CLIX. — EXPUNGING RESOLUTION—PREPARATION FOR DECISION.
  167. 167.CHAPTER CLX. — EXPUNGING RESOLUTION.—MR. BENTON'S THIRD SPEECH.
  168. 168.CHAPTER CLXI. — EXPUNGING RESOLUTION: MR. CLAY, MR. CALHOUN, MR. WEBSTER: LAST SCENE: RESOLUTION PASSED, AND EXECUTED.
  169. 169.CHAPTER CLXII. — THE SUPREME COURT—JUDGES AND OFFICERS.
  170. 170.CHAPTER CLXIII. — FAREWELL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT JACKSON—EXTRACT.
  171. 171.CHAPTER CLXIV. — CONCLUSION OF GENERAL JACKSON'S ADMINISTRATION.
  172. 172.CHAPTER CLXV. — RETIRING AND DEATH OF GENERAL JACKSON—ADMINISTRATION OF MARTIN VAN BUREN.
  173. 173.INDEX TO VOL. I.
  174. 174.Recent American History and Biography. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's note:

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