PARTICULARISTS AND STRONG GOVERNMENT WHIGS 5 FEDERALS AND ANTI-FEDERALS 6 REPUBLICANS AND FEDERALS 8 DOWNFALL OF THE FEDERALS 12 DEMOCRATS AND FEDERALS 17 JEFFERSON DEMOCRATS 19 HARTFORD CONVENTION 20 TREATY OF GHENT 20 CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS 21 PROTECTIVE TARIFF 21 MONROE DOCTRINE 23 MISSOURI COMPROMISE 24 TARIFF—AMERICAN SYSTEM 25 TENURE OF OFFICE—ELIGIBILITY 27 NULLIFICATION—DEMOCRATS AND FEDERALS 29 UNITED STATES BANK 31 JACKSON’S SPECIAL MESSAGE ON THE UNITED STATES BANK 33 CONCEPTION OF SLAVERY QUESTION 35 DEMOCRATS AND WHIGS 37 THE HOUR RULE 39 NATIONAL BANK BILL—FIRST 41 „ „ „ SECOND 43 OREGON TREATY OF 1846 47 TREATY OF PEACE WITH MEXICO 49 CLAY’S COMPROMISE RESOLUTIONS 51 ABOLITION PARTY—RISE AND PROGRESS OF 53 KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL 55 RITUAL OF THE AMERICAN PARTY 57 KANSAS STRUGGLE 71 LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS DEBATE 73 CHARLESTON CONVENTION—DEMOCRATIC, 1860 81 DOUGLAS CONVENTION, 1860, BALTIMORE 86 BRECKINRIDGE CONVENTION, 1860, BALTIMORE 86 CHICAGO REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, 1860 86 AMERICAN CONVENTION, 1860 87 SECESSION—PREPARING FOR 87 SECESSION—VIRGINIA CONVENTION, 1861 91 „ INTER-STATE COMMISSIONERS 96 „ SOUTHERN CONGRESS, PROCEEDINGS OF 97 „ CONFEDERATE CONSTITUTION 97