THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES MADISON 1809–1813 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. BY HENRY ADAMS. VOLS. I. AND II.--THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF JEFFERSON. 1801–1805. VOLS. III. AND IV.--THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION OF JEFFERSON. 1805–1809. VOLS. V. AND VI.--THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF MADISON. 1809–1813. VOLS. VII., VIII., AND IX.--THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION OF MADISON. 1813–1817. WITH AN INDEX TO THE ENTIRE WORK. (_In Press._) HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DURING THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES MADISON BY HENRY ADAMS VOL. V. NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1890 _Copyright, 1890_ BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS. University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. CONTENTS OF VOL. V. CHAPTER PAGE I. SUBSIDENCE OF FACTION 1 II. ALIENATION FROM FRANCE 22 III. CANNING’S CONCESSIONS 42 IV. ERSKINE’S ARRANGEMENT 66 V. DISAVOWAL OF ERSKINE 87 VI. FRANCIS JAMES JACKSON 109 VII. NAPOLEON’S TRIUMPH 133 VIII. EXECUTIVE WEAKNESS 154 IX. LEGISLATIVE IMPOTENCE 176 X. INCAPACITY OF GOVERNMENT 199 XI. THE DECREE OF RAMBOUILLET 220 XII. CADORE’S LETTER OF AUGUST 5 241 XIII. THE MARQUESS WELLESLEY 262 XIV. GOVERNMENT BY PROCLAMATION 289 XV. THE FLORIDAS AND THE BANK 316 XVI. CONTRACT WITH FRANCE 338 XVII. DISMISSAL OF ROBERT SMITH 359 XVIII. NAPOLEON’S DELAYS 380 XIX. RUSSIA AND SWEDEN 404 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. CHAPTER I.