Dominance of Kitchen Cabinet--Portrait of Amos Kendall--Harriet Martineau’s impressions--Portrait of Major Lewis--Of Isaac Hill--Secret of partisan bitterness--The Marat of the Kitchen Cabinet--The establishment of the “Washington Globe”--Portrait of Frank Blair--Relations of the “Globe” to the President--To the National Democracy--Considered the Court Journal by diplomats--Buchanan’s experience with Nesselrode in Russia--The specialties of the Kitchen Cabinet members. VII. CLAY LEADS THE PARTY ONSLAUGHT 171 Whigs clamor for Senate leadership--Clay responds--Portrait of Clay the politician--Is nominated for President--Doubts success--Hopes to carry Pennsylvania or New York--His battery of genius in the Senate--Whig advantage in ability in the House--The rejection of Van Buren’s nomination as Minister to Great Britain--Its motive--Its stupidity--Flimsy nature of charges--“Kill a Minister to make a Vice-President”--Character of John M. Clayton--He opens attack on Post-Office Department--His open appeal to Calhoun to join Opposition--Clay’s tariff plans--Calls conference at Everett’s--His dogmatic manner--Adams unimpressed--Clay’s great tariff speech--Tyler’s reply--Impressions of public--Failure to involve Jackson as planned--The House battle--The dual reference--Character study of Adams--Of George McDuffie--Adams coöperates with Secretary McLane--Jackson attempts a reconciliation--Cause of failure--McDuffie’s bill and report--His slashing attack on protection--Adams reports bill based on Treasury report--Adams’s bill passes House--Amended out of recognition by Clay protectionists in Senate--Surrender of Senate conferees--The politics in it--Clay’s fury--He fails to make political capital--Tariff eliminated from campaign--Jacksonians take offensive--Embarrass Clay on land question--Political effect in new States--Kitchen Cabinet makes headway. VIII. CLAY FINDS HIS ISSUE 201