Walker: Life of Andrew Jackson; by A. Walker. Philadelphia, 1860.
Webster's Correspondence: The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster; edited by Fletcher Webster. 2 vols. Little, Brown & Co.: Boston, 1857.
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Whig Almanac: The Whig Almanac (from 1838). Horace Greeley: New York.
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Wise: Seven Decades of the Union; by Henry A. Wise. Lippincott: Philadelphia, 1872.
ABERDEEN, LORD, satisfied with Jack- son's offer regarding West India trade, 215.
Abolitionists, their origin and growth, 410; send documents to the South, 411.
Adair, General John, remonstrates with Jackson for accusing Kentucky troops of cowardice, 46; as gover- nor of Kentucky, supports "relief" acts, 163; petitions for redress, 164. Adams, John, prevents war with
France, 31; unfairly blamed for alien and sedition acts, 255; on re- sponsibility of Treasury Department to House, 353.
Adams, John Quincy, on motives of Congress in refunding Jackson's fine, 57; defends Jackson's course in Florida, 80; vindicates it to Spain and England, 82; friendly re- lations with Jackson, 82; says vice- presidency would be a good retreat for Jackson's old age, 82; his de- fence of Jackson plausible but un- sound, 83; his case against Arbuth- not, 83; consults Jackson on Texan boundary, 84; reports Jackson as willing to abandon Texan claim, 84, 85; on plan to nominate Clay for Vice-President in 1820, 92; re- ceives one electoral vote, 92; recog- nizes strength of Jackson as candi- date, 99; his public services, party connections, and character as candi- date, 102-104; his estimate of Cal- houn, 104, 105; friendly with Cal- houn, 105; on Crawford's quarrels with Monroe, 107; on Benton's motives for supporting Jackson, 114; refuses to appoint Benton to office, 114; electoral and popular vote for, 115; on the infatuation
of Pennsylvania for Jackson, 115 elected President by House, 116; his encounter with Jackson after election, 117; gives Clay State De- partment, 118; accused by Jackson of a corrupt bargain, 119; Clay's reasons for supporting, 120; thought a less dangerous rival for Clay than Jackson, 120; not at first the object of Jackson's resentment, 122; de- nies the bargain story, 123; his re- lations with Clay unfriendly before 1824, 124; approached by Letcher with suggestion to appoint Clay, 124; told by Clay of purpose to vote for him, 124; asked by Scott to appoint Clay, refuses to promise, 125; urged by Webster not to pro- scribe federalists, 125; hated by federalists, 125; conscious of his lack of support, 134; rendered un- popular by bargain cry, 136; his theory of presidency, 138; wishes to guide and suggest national im- provements, 138, 139; makes no at- tempt to create an administration party, 141; offers Treasury to Craw- ford, 141; appoints Rush, a politi- cal opponent, 141; refuses to aid election of Mason, 141; refuses to punish officials for opposition, 142; refuses to appoint friends to office, 142; refuses to bid for popularity with Germans, 142; refuses to dis- miss McLean, 142, 143; refuses to correct a slander, 143; his inter- view with Binns, 143; his adminis- tration in a minority, 143, 144; slanders against, in campaign of 1828, 145, 146; still refuses to dis- miss McLean, 146; controversy with Giles and with New England feder- alists about changing party in 1807,
147; electoral and popular vote for, | Adams, Mrs. J. Q., gives a ball in 148, 149; his administration too un- worldly, 149; compared with that of his father, 149; refusal of Jack- son to call upon, 179; hurt at the slight, 180; failure of attempt to reconcile with Jackson, 180; his mortification at discovery of Wat- kins's defalcation, 189 n.; on reasons for rejection of Hill's nomination by Senate, 191; refuses to run on ticket with Crawford, 198; refers to quar- rel between Calhoun and Jackson, 209; says Jackson offered War De- partment to Drayton, 212; on Jack- son's attitude in Peck impeachment case, 220; as President, appoints agent to investigate Creek treaty, 222; orders Gaines to prevent tres- pass on Creek lands, 222; defied by Troup, 222; unpopular in South- west for protecting Indians, 224; on Stevenson's election as Speaker, 241; his attitude toward tariff of 1828, 251 n.; chairman of Commit- tee on Manufactures, 262; wishes to pay debt and then lower duties, 263; proposes abolition of Phi Beta Kappa, 294; an anti-mason, 295; his report on the Bank, 302; on branch drafts, 303; on Bank's sales of coin, 303; on Bank's share in internal improvements, 304; on charge of non-user against Bank, 305; on charge of Bank's subsidiz- ing press, 305; objects to loans by Bank to members of Congress, 310; disgusted at Harvard's compliment to Jackson, 350; accuses Jackson of posing, 350; his report on currency, 389; sustains Jackson's attitude toward France, 405; negotiates in 1819 concerning western boundary of Louisiana, 412; as President, orders Poinsett to buy Texas, 413; said by Jackson to have prevented annexation of Texas in 1836, 418; his speech against war for Texas, 420; on factiousness of politics, 430; denounced by Jackson for his opposition to Texas, 457, 458; con- troversy with Jackson as to latter's position on Texas in 1819, 458, 459.
honor of Jackson, 104. Alabama, opposes a congressional caucus, 109; resents expulsion of intruders from Cherokee territory, 228; denounces tariff, 256, 257, 335; opposes nullification, 335; nomi- nates White in 1836, 444.
Albany Regency, controlled by Van Buren, 111; tries to prevent choice of electors in New York by people, 111; loses control of Legislature to "people's party," 111.
Alien and sedition laws, less tyran- nical than embargo, 32. Ambrister, Robert, captured by Jack- son in Florida, 74; his questiona- ble status, 74, 75; condemned to be shot, his sentence commuted, 75; ordered by Jackson to be hanged, 75.
Anti-masons, origin of, 289-293; dis- rupt old political parties, 292; hold convention at Utica, their prin- ciples, 293; spread into Pennsylva- nia and New England, 293; hold national conventions and nominate Wirt for President, 294, 295; their relations with Clay, 295; decline to call a convention in 1836, 443; nominate Harrison for presidency, 444.
Arbuthnot, Alexander, seized by Jack- son in Florida, 72; his relations with Indians, 73; tells his son to remove goods from Jackson's ad- vance, 73; considered by Jackson to have warned Indians, 73; tried and condemned on charge of incit- ing Creeks to war, 74; his con- demnation unwarranted, 74, 78; hanged by Jackson's order, 75; Adams's case against, plausible, but unsound, 83.
Arkansas, admitted as a State, 446, 447.
Armstrong, John, his advice to Jack- son about invading Florida in 1814, 43.
Aury, Louis de, a pirate in Florida, 67.
Avery, Colonel Waightstill, his duel with Jackson, 20.
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