CHAPTER VII.

General Character of President Jackson's Administrations. - Speedy

Discord among the Parties which had united for his Elevation. —

Mr. Webster's Relations to the Administration. Veto of the

Bill, and in Opposition to Mr.

Madison's Letter on Secession.

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Bank. Rise and Progress of Nullification in South Carolina.

The Force Bill, and the Reliance of General Jackson's Adminis-

tration on Mr. Webster's Aid. His Speech in Defence of the

Calhoun's Resolutions.- Mr.

The Removal of the Deposits.

Motives for that Measure. The Resolution of the Senate

disapproving it.The President's Protest.- Mr. Webster's Speech

on the Subject of the Protest. Opinions of Chancellor Kent and

Mr. Tazewell. The Expunging Resolution. - Mr. Webster's

Protest against it. - Mr. Van Buren's Election. - The Financial

Crisis and the Extra Session of Congress. The Government Plan

of Finance supported by Mr. Calhoun and opposed by Mr. Web-

ster. Personalities. - Mr. Webster's Visit to Europe and dis-

tinguished Reception. The Presidential Canvass of 1840.

Election of General Harrison.

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CHAPTER VIII.

son. -

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Course

Critical State of Foreign Affairs on the Accession of General Harri-

- Mr. Webster appointed to the State Department. - Death

of General Harrison. Embarrassed Relations with England.

Formation of Sir Robert Peel's Ministry, and Appointment of

Lord Ashburton as Special Minister to the United States.

pursued by Mr. Webster in the Negotiations. - The Northeastern

Boundary. Peculiar Difficulties in its Settlement happly over-

come. - - Other Subjects of Negotiation. - Extradition of Fugitives

from Justice.

Suppression of the Slave-Trade on the Coast of

Africa. History of that Question. Affair of the Caroline. -

Impressment. Other Subjects connected with the Foreign Rela-

tions of the Government. Intercourse with China. - Independ-

ence of the Sandwich Islands.

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- Correspondence with Mexico. —

Mr. Webster resigns his Place in Mr. Tyler's Cabinet. Attempts

to draw public Attention to the projected Annexation of Texas.

- Supports Mr. Clay's Nomination for the Presidency. — Causes

of the Failure of that Nomination. Mr. Webster returns to the

Senate of the United States. Admission of Texas to the Union.

-The War with Mexico. Mr. Webster's Course in Reference

to the War. Death of Major Webster in Mexico. - Mr. Web-

ster's unfavorable Opinion of the Mexican Government. Settle-

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ment of the Oregon Controversy.

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Mr. Webster's Agency in

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effecting the Adjustment. Revival of the Sub-Treasury System

and Repeal of the Tariff Law of 1842. - Southern Tour.

Success of the Mexican War and Acquisition of the Mexican

Provinces. Efforts in Congress to organize a Territorial Govern-

ment for these Provinces. - Great Exertions of Mr. Webster on

the last Night of the Session. - Nomination of General Taylor,

and Course of Mr. Webster in Reference to it. A Constitution

of State Government adopted by California prohibiting Slavery.

Increase of Antislavery Agitation. Alarming State of Affairs.

- Mr. Webster's Speech for the Union. Circumstances under

which it was made, and Motives by which he was influenced.

General Taylor's Death, and the Accession of Mr. Fillmore to

the Presidency. - Mr. Webster called to the Department of

State.

CHAPTER X.

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Personal Appearance and Habits of Mr. Webster. A Member of

Mr. Fillmore's Cabinet. Efforts to rally the Whigs to a support

of the Compromise. - Speech of 4 July, 1851.

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Foreign ques-

Action of the

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Accident.

Reception at

tions Hungary, Cuba, Nicaragua.

Whig Nominating Convention.

Illness and Death. - Remarks at Public Services.

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Speeches delivered on Various Public Occasions

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A Discourse delivered at Plymouth, on the 22d of December, 1820.

THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT

231

An Address delivered at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the

Bunker Hill Monument at Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the

17th of June, 1825.

THE COMPLETION OF THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT. 255

An Address delivered on Bunker Hill, on the 17th of June, 1843,

on Occasion of the Completion of the Monument.

ADAMS AND JEFFERSON

A Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John

Adams and Thomas Jefferson, delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston,

on the 2d of August, 1826.

285

The Embarkation of the Pilgrims from Delft-Haven

From the painting by Edgar Parker after the picture by Robert
W. Weir, in the Rotunda of the Capitol, Washington

The Battle of Bunker Hill

From the painting by John Trumbull, in the Yale School
of Fine Arts, New Haven, Conn.

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66 227

242

Facsimile from the Original Manuscript of the Speech at the Completion of Bunker Hill Monument

In the collection of Miss Helen Richards Healey

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

From the painting by Gilbert Stuart

From the painting by Gilbert Stuart, in Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, Me.

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DANIEL WEBSTER

BY

EDWARD EVERETT

WITH ADDITIONS BY

WILLIAM EVERETT

BOSTON

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1903