CONTENTS FOOT'S RESOLUTION TO LIMIT SALES OF WESTERN LANDS, THE MEMORABLE DEBATE ON FOOT'S RESOLUTION, 1830.- From "Congressional Debates," First Session, Twenty- SOUTH CAROLINA'S ORDINANCE OF NULLIFICATION, 1832.- JACKSON'S PROCLAMATION TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CARO- LINA, 1832. From "Senate Document" No. 30, Twenty- second Congress, Second Session, pp. 78-92 JACKSON'S VETO OF THE RECHARTER OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, 1832.-From "Senate Document" No. 180, Twenty-second Congress, First Session (1831-32), Serial No. 214, and "House Executive Document" No. CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY, 1833. From text in "Platform of the American Anti- JOHN QUINCY Adams on the Right of PetitioN AND FREE- DOM OF SPEECH, 1838.-From pamphlet issued by Gales WEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATY, 1842. From "Revised Statutes Relating to District of Columbia .. 1873-74 together with the public treaties." Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875, pp. 315-320. THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS, 1845.-From "United States Statutes at Large," Vol. V., pp. 797-798 . . POLK'S MEXICAN WAR MESSAGE, 1845.-From "Senate Journal," First Session, Twenty-ninth Congress, 1845- 46 (Serial No. 469), pp. 280–285. . OREGON TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN, 1846.-From "Re- vised Statutes Relating to District of Columbia 1873-74... together with the public treaties." Wash- ington: Government Printing Office, 1875, pp. 320-322. 289 THE INDEPENDENT TREASURY ACT, 1846.-From "United States Statutes at Large," Vol. IX., pp. 59-66 . . . TREATY OF GUADALUPE-HIDALGO, 1848.-From "Revised Statutes Relating to District of Columbia . . . 1873-74 together with the public treaties." Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875, pp. 492-501 ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- 257 325 NOTES ON ILLUSTRATIONS ANDREW JACKSON. From a painting by Amans, 1840, in ROBERT FULTON.-From a portrait by Benjamin West, painted in 1805. FULTON'S FIRST STEAMBOAT.-Redrawn from an old print . CARPENTERS' HALL, PHILADELPHIA. From a photograph MARTIN VAN BUREN. From a portrait by Henry Inman, in the possession of W. Duer, Esq. JAMES KENT. Redrawn from an old print JEREMIAH MASON.-Redrawn from an old print MODEL OF THE JOHN STEVENS LOCOMOTIVE. THE FIRST DANIEL WEBSTER. From a daguerrotype in the possession of Charles Lanman, Esq. ROBERT YOUNG HAYNE.-From an engraving after a drawing by J. B. Longacre TITLE-PAGE OF SPEECH OF DANIEL WEBSTER.-From the original in the New York Public Library . PAGE 2 4 6 8 II 13 15 17 20 22 24 26 29 THE DE WITT CLINTON TRAIN WHICH RAN IN 1830 BETWEEN ALBANY AND SCHENECTADY.-Photographed from the original locomotive and carriages by A. P. Yates, official photographer of the New York Central Railroad . DANIEL WEBSTER.-From the painting by G. P. A. Healy, now in Faneuil Hall, Boston, Mass Facing p. BELL'S STEAMBOAT Comet, 1812.-Redrawn from an old print ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. From a photograph by Brady NICHOLAS BIDDLE.-Engraved by J. B. Longacre and T. B. ELECTORAL TICKET OF 1836.-From a photograph of the original ticket A NORTH CAROLINA MANSION OF THE OLD STYLE.-From JOHN C. CALHOUN. From the painting by De Bloch, in the possession of John C. Calhoun, Esq. Facing p. SILAS WRIGHT, JR.-From an engraving after a daguerrotype by Brady SAM HOUSTON.-Redrawn from an old print CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK.-Reproduced from an engraving kindly loaned by the McCormick Company of Chicago. JOHN GREENLEAF Whittier. From an engraving by Wilcox after a daguerrotype. 73 75 EDGAR ALLAN POE.-From Harper's Monthly Magazine 77 69 71 |