Thirty Years' View

OR,

A HISTORY OF THE WORKING OF THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT FOR THIRTY YEARS,

FROM 1820 TO 1850.

CHIEFLY TAKEN

FROM THE CONGRESS DEBATES, THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF GENERAL JACKSON,
AND THE SPEECHES OF EX-SENATOR BENTON, WITH HIS
ACTUAL VIEW OF MEN AND AFFAIRS :

WITH

HISTORICAL NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS, AND SOME NOTICES OF EMINENT
DECEASED COTEMPORARIES.

BY A SENATOR OF THIRTY YEARS.
Thomas.
mas Hart - enter.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

346 AND 848 BROADWAY.

LONDON: 16 LITTLE BRITAIN.

1858.

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HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
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MAR 16:1962

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1856, by
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

IX. Attacks on the Message-Treasury Notes

K. Retention of the Fourth Deposit Instalment

XI. Independent Treasury and Hard Money Pay-

ments.

XII. Attempted Resumption of Specie Payments

XIII. Bankrupt Act against Banks

XIV. Bankrupt Act for Banks-Mr. Benton's

Speech

XV. Divorce of Bank and State-Mr. Benton's

Speech

XVI. First Regular Session under Mr. Van Bu-

ren's Administration-His Message

XVII. Pennsylvania Bank of the United States-

Its Use of the Defunct Notes of the ex-

pired Institution

XVIII. Florida Indian War-Its Origin and Con-

duct

PAGE

XXIV. Proposed Annexation of Texas-Mr. Pres-

ton's Motion and Speech-Extracts

XXV. Debate between Mr. Clay and Mr. Cal-

houn, Personal and Political, and lead-

ing to Expositions and Vindications of

Public Conduct which belong to His-

tory

XXVI. Debate between Mr. Clay and Mr. Cal-

houn-Mr. Clay's Speech-Extracts

XXVII. Debate between Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun

-Mr. Calhoun's Speech-Extracts

28 XXVIII. Debate between Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun

-Rejoinders by each

XXIX. Independent Treasury, or, Divorce of

Bank and State-Passed in the Senate

-Lost in the House of Representa-
tives

XXX. Public Lands-Graduation of Price-Pre-

emption System-Taxation when Sold .

XXXI. Specie Basis for Banks-One-third of the

Amount of Liabilities the Lowest Safe

Proportion-Speech of Mr. Benton on

the Recharter of the District Banks

XXXII. The North and the South-Comparative

Prosperity-Southern Discontent-Its

True Cause

67 XXXIII. Progress of the Slavery Agitation-Mr. Cal-

houn's Approval of the Missouri Compro-

mise

CHAP.

XXII. Mr. Clay's Resolution in Favor of Resum-

ing Banks, and Mr. Benton's Remarks

upon it

XXIII. Resumption by the Pennsylvania United

States Bank; and others which followed

LXIL

XLVIII Tax on Bank Notes-Mr. Bonton's Speech

-Extracts

•

LI. Death of Ex-Senator Hayne of South Car-

olina-Notice of his Life and Character

LIL Abolition of Specific Duties by the Com-

promise Act of 1833-Its Error, and

Loss to the Revenue, shown by Expe-

rience

LIII. Refined Sugar and Rum Drawbacks-

their Abuse under the Compromise

Act of 1833-Mr. Benton's Speech

LIV. Fishing Bounties and Allowances, and

their Abuse-Mr. Benton's Speech-

Extracts.

LV. Expenditures of the Government

LVL Expenses of the Government, Compara-

tive and Progressive, and Separated

from Extraordinaries

PAGE CHAP.

LVII. Death of Mr. Justice Barbour of the Su-

preme Court, and Appointment of Pe-

ter V. Daniel, Esq., in his place

LVIII. Presidential Election

•

LIX. Conclusion of Mr. Van Buren's Adminis-
tration

LX. Inauguration of President Harrison-His

Cabinet-Call of Congress-and Death

LXL Accession of the Vice-President to the

Presidency

Twenty-seventh Congress-First Session

-List of Members, and Organization of

the House.

LXIII. First Message of Mr. Tyler to Congress,

and Mr. Clay's Programme of Business

LXIV. Repeal of the Independent Treasury Act

LXV. Repeal of the Independent Treasury Act

-Mr. Benton's Speech.

154

157

XLIX. Liberation of Slaves belonging to Ameri-

can Citizens in British Colonial Ports. 182

L Resignation of Senator Hugh Lawson

White of Tennessee-His Death-Some

Notice of his Life and Character

National Bank-First Bill
Second Fiscal Agent-Bill Presented-
Passed-Disapproved by the Presi-

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