Thirty Years' View (Vol. 1 of 2): or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850Benton, Thomas Hart
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Thirty Years' View (Vol. 1 of 2): or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850
Benton, Thomas Hart
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861
LXXIX. Proclamation against Nullification 299
LXXX. Message on the South Carolina Proceedings 303
LXXXI. Reduction of Duties--Mr. Verplanck's
Bill 308
LXXXII. Reduction of Duties--Mr. Clay's Bill 313
LXXXIII. Revenue Collection, or Force Bill 330
LXXXIV. Mr. Calhoun's Nullification Resolutions 334
LXXXV. Secret History of the "Compromise" of
1833 342
LXXXVI. Compromise Legislation; and the Act,
so called, of 1833 344
LXXXVII. Virginia resolutions of '98-'99--Disabused
of their South Carolina Interpretation--1.
Upon their Own Words--2.
Upon Contemporaneous Interpretation 347
LXXXVIII. Virginia Resolutions of 1798--Disabused
of Nullification by their Author 354
LXXXIX. The Author's own View of the Nature
of Our Government, as being a Union
in Contradistinction to a League--Presented
in a Subsequent Speech on Missouri
Resolutions 360
XC. Public Lands--Distribution of Proceeds 362
XCI. Commencement of the Twenty-third
Congress--The Members', and President's
Message 369
XCII. Removal of the Deposits from the Bank
of the United States 373
XCIII. Bank Proceedings, on Seeing the Decision
of the President, in relation to the
Removal of the Deposits 379
XCIV. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury
to Congress on the Removal of the Deposits 381
XCV. Nomination of Government Directors,
and their Rejection 385
XCVI. Secretary's Report on the Removal of
Deposits 393
XCVII. Call on the President for a Copy of the
"Paper Read to the Cabinet" 399
XCVIII. Mistakes of Public Men--Great Combination
against General Jackson--Commencement
of the Panic 400
XCIX. Mr. Clay's Speech against President Jackson
on the Removal of the Deposits--Extracts 402
C. Mr. Benton's Speech in Reply to Mr. Clay--Extracts 406
CI. Condemnation of President Jackson--Mr.
Calhoun's Speech--Extracts 411
CII. Public Distress 415
CIII. Senatorial Condemnation of President
Jackson--his Protest--Notice of the
Expunging Resolution 423
CIV. Mr. Webster's Plan of Relief 433
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