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Thirty Years' View (Vol. 1 of 2) / or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850 Thomas Hart Benton · History_-_American · 64 章
目录 CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. FLORIDA TREATY AND CESSION OF TEXAS. THE TARIFF, AND AMERICAN SYSTEM. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. REMOVAL OF THE CREEK INDIANS FROM GEORGIA. AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION IN RELATION TO THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. MEETING OF THE FIRST CONGRESS ELECTED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF MR. ADAMS. THE PUBLIC LANDS—THEIR PROPER DISPOSITION—GRADUATED PRICES—PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS—DONATIONS TO SETTLERS. RETIRING OF MR. MACON. 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. REPEAL OF THE SALT TAX. REMOVALS FROM OFFICE. RUPTURE BETWEEN PRESIDENT JACKSON, AND VICE-PRESIDENT CALHOUN. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.—NON-RENEWAL OF CHARTER. Chapter 15 REJECTION OF MR. VAN BUREN, MINISTER TO ENGLAND. EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES—BILL FOR THE RECHARTER REPORTED IN THE SENATE—AND PASSED THAT BODY. THE VETO. PUBLIC LANDS.—DISTRIBUTION TO THE STATES. ABOLITION OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. MESSAGE ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA PROCEEDINGS. REDUCTION OF DUTIES.—MR. CLAY'S BILL. MR. CALHOUN'S NULLIFICATION RESOLUTIONS. VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS OF '98-'99—DISABUSED OF THEIR SOUTH CAROLINA INTERPRETATION—1. UPON THEIR OWN WORDS—2. UPON CONTEMPORANEOUS INTERPRETATION. PUBLIC LANDS:—DISTRIBUTION OF PROCEEDS. BANK PROCEEDINGS, ON SEEING THE DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT, IN RELATION TO THE REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITS. SECRETARY'S REPORT ON THE REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITS. MR. BENTON'S SPEECH IN REPLY TO MR. CLAY—EXTRACTS. SENATORIAL CONDEMNATION OF PRESIDENT JACKSON: HIS PROTEST: NOTICE OF THE EXPUNGING RESOLUTION. REVIVAL OF THE GOLD CURRENCY—MR. BENTON'S SPEECH. Chapter 32 MR. TANEY'S REPORT ON THE FINANCES—EXPOSURE OF THE DISTRESS ALARMS—END OF THE PANIC. COMMENCEMENT OF THE SESSION 1834-'35: PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. FRENCH SPOLIATIONS: SPEECH OF MR. WRIGHT, OF NEW-YORK. Chapter 36 FRENCH SPOLIATIONS—MR. BENTON'S SPEECH. THE EXPUNGING RESOLUTION. Chapter 39 DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUE. COMMENCEMENT OF TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS—PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. MAIL CIRCULATION OF INCENDIARY PUBLICATIONS. FRENCH AFFAIRS—APPROACH OF A FRENCH SQUADRON—APOLOGY REQUIRED. SLAVERY AGITATION. ADMISSION OF THE STATES OF ARKANSAS AND MICHIGAN INTO THE UNION. MILITARY ACADEMY—SPEECH OF MR. PIERCE. RECHARTER OF THE DISTRICT BANKS—SPEECH OF MR. BENTON: THE PARTS OF LOCAL AND TEMPORARY INTEREST OMITTED. TEXAS INDEPENDENCE—MR. BENTON'S SPEECH. FINAL REMOVAL OF THE INDIANS. RECISION OF THE TREASURY CIRCULAR. EXPUNGING RESOLUTION.—MR. BENTON'S THIRD SPEECH. RETIRING AND DEATH OF GENERAL JACKSON—ADMINISTRATION OF MARTIN VAN BUREN. INDEX TO VOL. I. Chapter 54 Chapter 55 Chapter 56 Chapter 57 Chapter 58 Chapter 59 Chapter 60 Chapter 61 Chapter 62 Chapter 63 THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE