Whigs determine to win in New York City election--Lewis’s advice to Hamilton--Mayoralty nominees make Bank the issue--Mixed result--Whig celebration at Castle Garden--Democrats celebrate inauguration of anti-Bank mayor--The fall elections--The Whigs take their name--Forsyth’s sharp comment--The hotch-potch combination--Jackson visits the Hermitage--His confidence--Cabinet changes--Whigs impatient of Bank issue--Biddle’s indignation--Jackson’s triumph in New Jersey--Whigs redouble efforts in New York--Liberty poles--Mobs in Philadelphia--The Virginia campaign--Leigh reëlected through a betrayal--Effect--Poindexter defeated in Mississippi--Whigs accept result as defeat--Weed dumps the Bank--Webster abandons it--Clay tired of its troubles--Effect on politics of Bank fight--Bitter congressional session of December, 1834--Attacks on Post-Office Department--Instructions from legislatures to expunge censure--Effect on Whigs--Post-Office scandal--Kendall made Postmaster-General--What he found, and did--Mrs. Eaton tries a bribe--Attempt to assassinate Jackson--Poindexter accused--His character and career--His quarrel with Jackson--Demands an investigation--Is exonerated--Calhoun’s fight on Federal patronage--Its political purpose--Debate--Democrats celebrate wiping out of national debt--Whig Senators refuse to buy paintings for President’s house. XIV. WHIG DISLOYALTY IN THE FRENCH CRISIS 386 The French indemnity treaty--French indifference to the obligation--Jackson determines to enforce treaty--Portrait of John Forsyth--Livingston sent to Paris--Real cause of difficulty there--Chamber again fails to appropriate--King sends regrets and assurances--Chamber again fails--Livingston advises show of spirit in Presidential Message--Jackson’s Message--Whig embarrassment, and criticism--Message reaches Paris--Livingston presents copy to de Rigny--King recalls French Minister--Livingston’s tact--Whigs plan to isolate Jackson--Whig papers apologize to France--Foreign Relations Committee of Senate packed against Jackson--Blair’s protest--Clay’s report--Circulated as political document to isolate the President--Clay suggests France may ask apology from Jackson--Buchanan explains the Paris state of mind--Defends Message--Senate passes Clay’s resolution--“Intelligencer” calls it to attention of France--Livingston’s spirited reply to de Rigny--Approved by Jackson, Van Buren, and Forsyth--Serurier refused audience by Forsyth--War clouds lower--Strange happenings in French Legation--House considers crisis--Adams’s attitude--Pays tribute to Jackson’s spirit--The amazing debate--Adams protests against tributes to France--Amendment to Fortifications Bill--Whig filibuster against it--The Nation naked to its foe--The Whig jubilation--French Chamber authorizes payment conditional on an apology from Jackson--Livingston leaves Paris--Mrs. Barton and Madame Pageot--Livingston’s tumultuous ovations in New York--Forsyth’s