XXI. Commencement of Mr. Adams's Administration 54 XXII. Case of Mr. Lanman--Temporary Senatorial Appointment from Connecticut 56 XXIII. Retiring of Mr. Rufus King 57 XXIV. Removal of the Creek Indians from Georgia 58 XXV. The Panama Mission 65 XXVI. Duel Between Mr. Clay and Mr. Randolph 70 XXVII. Death of Mr. Gaillard 77 XXVIII. Amendment of the Constitution, in relation to the Election of President and Vice-President 78 XXIX. Reduction of Executive Patronage 80 XXX. Exclusion of Members of Congress from Civil Office Appointments 82 XXXI. Death of the ex-Presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson 87 XXXII. British Indemnity for Deported Slaves 88 XXXIII. Meeting of the first Congress Elected under the Administration of Mr. Adams 91 XXXIV. Revision of the Tariff 95 XXXV. The Public Lands--Their Proper Disposition--Graduated Prices--Pre-emption Rights--Donations to Settlers 102 XXXVI. Cession of a Part of the Territory of Arkansas to the Cherokee Indians 107 XXXVII. Renewal of the Oregon Joint Occupation Convention 109 XXXVIII. Presidential Election of 1828, and Further Errors of Mons. de Tocqueville 111 XXXIX. Retiring and Death of Mr. Macon 114 XL. Commencement of General Jackson's Administration 119 XLI. First Message of General Jackson to the two Houses of Congress 121 XLII. The recovery of the Direct Trade with the British West India Islands 124 XLIII. Establishment of the _Globe_ Newspaper 128 XLIV. Limitation of Public Land Sales--Suspension of Surveys--Abolition of the Office of Surveyor General--Origin of the United States Land System--Authorship of the Anti-slavery Ordinance of 1778--Slavery Controversy--Protective Tariff--Inception of the Doctrine of Nullification 130 XLV. Repeal of the Salt Tax 143 XLVI. Birthday of Mr. Jefferson, and the Doctrine of Nullification 148 XLVII. Regulation of Commerce 149 XLVIII. Alum Salt--The Abolition of the Duty upon it, and Repeal of the Fishing Bounty and Allowances Founded on It 154 XLIX. Bank of the United States 158