shows moral weakness by abandon- | Wilkinson, General James, Jackson's
ing free trade, 336; condemns pet
bank policy, 357; his report on re-
moval of deposits, 364; in 1842
calls a bank an obsolete idea, 401;
letter of Catron to, on Texas, 418;
contempt for, 26; quarrels with
Jackson, 35; occupies Mobile, 42.
Williams, John, senator from Tennes-
see, his popularity, 95; defeated
by Jackson for reëlection, 95.
Wirt, William, calls South Carolina
seaman laws unconstitutional, 169;
his opinion reversed by Berrien,
219; holds branch drafts legal, 270;
nominated for President by anti-
masons, 294; his letter of accep-
tance, 294, 295; hopes to be sup-
ported by national republicans, 295;
later wishes to withdraw, 295; vote
for, in 1832, 321.
defeated by Harrison for anti-ma-Williams, Sherrod, interrogates candi-
sonic nomination, 444; his presiden-
tial ambitions, 444; vote for, 448.
Webster, Ezekiel, on Calhoun's popu-
larity in New Hampshire, 105.
West, demands free land, 232; de-
mands internal improvements, 232.
Whig party, not organized before
1830, 289; its national convention
of 1831, 298; makes Bank the is-
sue of campaign, 298, 299; sup-
ports banks against metallic cur-
rency, 389; finally abandons Bank,
401; fails to unite in 1834, 439;
coalesces partly with anti-masons,
444; divides between White and
Harrison, 444, 445.
Wood, John, shot by Jackson for in-
subordination, 40.
Woodbury, Levi, shocked at a billiard
table in the White House, 146;
gives place in Senate to Hill, be-
comes Secretary of Navy, 212; com-
plains to Ingham of Mason, 271,
272; his animosity against Mason
and Webster, 273; elected to Sen-
ate as an Adams man, 274; neutral
on removal of deposits, 346; sends
report to Congress on banking, 358;
refuses to receive branch drafts,
374; report on circulation, 391.
Worcester, a missionary, condemned
for violating Georgia laws concern-
ing Cherokees, 226; refuses at first
to accept a pardon, 228.
Worthington,
White, Hugh L., a claim of his pushed
by Jackson in Congress, 15; refuses
to resign from Senate to give place
to Eaton, 212; piqued at Jackson
for failure to receive War Depart-
ment, 212; goes into opposition,
365; hated by Jackson, 441; leads
Tennessee against Van Buren, 441;
nominated for President, 444; vote
for, in 1836, 448.
Whitney, Reuben M., accuses Biddle
of nepotism, 306; proved to have
lied, 306; enters kitchen cabinet,
306; publishes an "Address to the
American People," 306; urges re-
moval of deposits, 347; suggests it
to Duane, 349; becomes agent of
Treasury in dealing with deposit
banks, 358; gives deposits for polit-
ical reasons, 358, 359.
- seizes Spanish
papers under Jackson's orders, 89.
Wright, Fanny, her career, 449.
Wright, Silas, opposes Mallary's wool
tariff, 243; announces pet bank
policy, 357.
Wilkins, William, receives Pennsylva- YOUNG MEN'S CONVENTION, nominates
nia's electoral vote in 1832, 321.
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