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CONTENTS.
DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
1 Dangers to popular government.
2. Preventive in the Constitution-How destroyed.
3. Political revolution, what.
4. Country actually engaged in revolution-may be arrested, how.
5. Nation divided into two classes-speculative and practical-descrip.
tion of them.
6. The nation in danger from conspiracy cannot rely on the former: but
must depend on the latter.
7. Appeal, to the practical class.
8. Notice of public men.
CHAPTER I.
OF PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
9. All free States obnoxious to parties; of what kind.
10. Parties essential to their safety-When dangerous.
11. Reasons for this essence of party.
12. United States fortunate in having parties of a general character.
13. Character and result of party action.
14. Momentary cessation of parties in the United States.
15. Instrumentality of Mr. Monroe in producing this.
16. The peace deceptive-New combinations.
17. Candidates for the Presidency easily selected by the old parties-why-
Course of office.
18. Calm before the storm.
19. Rotation in office-what.
20. The true principles in relation to office.
21. Such principles acceptable to the mass of the people.
22. Candidates for office under the ancient parties.
23. Change in the character of parties-several personal parties formed-
denunciation of caucus-wherefore.-Candidates for the Presiden-
cy in 1824.
CHAPTER II.
ELECTION OF 1824.
24. General Andrew Jackson selected as a candidate for the Presidency.
25. State of the electoral vote. General Jackson had not a plurality of
the people's votes.
26. Election devolves on the House of Representatives. Duties of the
House.
27. State of parties in the House.
28. Mr. Clay and his friends determine the election in favour of Mr:
Adams.
CHAPTER III.
ADMINISTRATION OF MR. ADAMS.
33. Principles of Mr. Adams' administration like those of his predeces-
sors.
34. Exhibited in his inaugural address.
35. Mr. Adams' views particularly liable to misconstruction.
36. Mr. Adams' wishes in relation to party.
37. Principles on which he formed his cabinet-and made appointments
to office.
38. Injurious effect of these principles upon his popularity.
39. His policy, exclusively, American.
40. Favourite objects of his policy.
41. Inducements to the Panama Mission.
42. Results anticipated by the administration from the convention.
43. Views of previous administrations on the interests involved therein.
44. Very important results of Mr. Monroe's declaration.
45. Character of the Panama Convention.
46. Deference of Mr. Adams for the co-ordinate departments of the Gov-
ernment, in preparing the Panama Mission.
47. The Mission approved by Congress.
48. Opposition against it.
49. Character of the opposition.
50. Difference of opinion on the American System, no ground for parties
relative to the administration.
51. Dangerous nature of the workings of party on the "American Sys-
tem."
52. Important that the system should be understood by the country.
53. Power to lay taxes for other purposes than revenue long exercised.
54 Interests involved in this question.
55. The American System becomes, apparently, the settled policy of the
country-Its scope.
56. Active opposition excited against it.
57. Source of the power to enact a protective tariff.
58. Principles on which it is opposed.
59. Modified admission of the power
60. Congress may lay taxes for the regulation of commerce, but not for
the protection of manufactures.
61. Various views as to the extent of the admitted power of taxation.
62. Remarks on the opinion that the power of taxation is limited by the
enumerated powers granted to Congress.
63. The right to lay taxes for other purposes than revenue results from
every construction of the taxing power.
64. Of the expediency of exercising this power.
65. Violent opposition proposed to it.
66. Of the right of the General Government to appropriate its funds for
internal improvements.
67. Consequences of a construction denying this right.
68. Construction supporting renders the Constitution consistent.
29. Of the extent of this right.
70. The powers to raise and appropriate monies for the public welfare
are inseparable.
71. Such dependence, the effect of design.
72. Views which support this construction.
73. What is the limitation to the exercise of this power.
74. The practice of the Government, what.
75. The power to make certain internal improvements depends on the
enumerated powers.
"S. The expediency of using the power for internal improvement.
77. The use cannot be abandoned.
Other objects of Mr. Adams' policy disposed of.
CHAPTER IV.
OPPOSITION TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF MR. ADAMS.
79. No substantive difference between the principles of the administra-
tion and its opponents.
80. Who were the malcontents?
81. The question answered.
82. Inducements of certain southern sections to oppose Mr. Adams' ad-
ministration. His opponents unite in the cry of corruption.
83. Removal of the publishers of the laws, inquired into.
84. Heats produced by this inquiry.
85. Other subjects introduced for party action.
86. History of the pretence of retrenchment.
87. Injustice to the administration of Mr. Adams-Summary.
88. Progress in the formation of a new party.
89. A design to control the public press avowed, by Mr. Van Buren.'
90. Position of Mr. Van Buren in 1827.
91. His measures.
92. Proofs of the combination.
93. Components of the combination.
94. Reciprocal concessions of the northern and southern partisans. Mr.
Van Buren's offering.
95. Object of Mr. Van Buren's visit to the South.
96. Motive of the combination illustrated by the conduct of Mr. Ran-
dolph.
97. General Jackson selected by the combination.
CHAPTER V.
QUALIFICATIONS OF GEN. JACKSON FOR CIVIL EMPLOYMENT.
98. Claim of irresponsibility for General Jackson.
99. Reasons for denying this.
100. Exalted intellectual power ascribed to the General, by an English
panegyrist.
101. Supernatural intelligence attributed to him by an American-depen-
dant.
102. Exaggerated praise begets inquiry.
103. Birth and education of General Jackson.
104. Settles at Nashville-success there-enters into public life.
105. Proves incompetent to the civil offices to which he was appointed.
106. His martial tastes.
107. Enters the service of the United States-disobeys orders.
108. He is engaged in the Creek war.
109. The General's conduct in the campaign.
110. The subject of great eulogium.
111. Award of the historic muse.
112. The General receives a commission in the regular army.
113. First Florida campaign.
114. Remarks on the campaign of New Orleans.
115. Proclamation of martial law.
116. Examination of the reasons alleged therefor.
117. Case of Mr. Louaillier and others.
118. The General's conduct rebuked by the administration.
119. Public opinion of Jackson's character.
120. Causes of the Seminole war.
121. General Jackson disobeys orders in raising troops.
122. Enormities of the Seminole campaign.
123. Charges against the General.
124. How disposed of.
125. The General's ignorance and disregard of the laws again exemplified.
126. The Florida campaign is not the boast of the General or his flatterers.
His conduct reprobated by Congress.
127. General Jackson, Governor of Florida. His tyrannical conduct.
128. Froceedings against the Spanish ex-governor.
129. Comment thereon.
130. Nature of the ordinances of General Jackson in Florida.
131. Effects of these ordinances upon the inhabitants.
132. Disability of General Jackson for civil employment as deduced from
his life.
133. General Jackson elected to the Senate in 1824, resigns in 1825.
134. Military glory frequently obtained without ability.
135. How has the General become popular?
136. Admirably qualified as the agent of party.
CHAPTER VI.
ELECTION OF GENERAL JACKSON TO THE PRESIDENCY AND COM-
MENCEMENT OF REFORM.
137. General Jackson chosen President. State of the electoral vote.
138. Causes of his election.
139. Doubts of his political principles.
140. Letter to Mr. Monroe, principles therein supported
141. The General becomes the slave of party.
142. Violent emotions of party cupidity.
143. Avowal of venality by the party presses.
144. Corruption of the press.
145. Proscription becomes the policy of the administration.
146. Presidential policy as exposed in the inaugural speech.
147. New source of power opened for the President.
148. The nature of this power further exhibited.
149. Further illustration..
150. What abuses required reform.
151. Rapidity and extent of reform.
152. New tenure of office.
153. Abuse of the power of appointment-bribery, change of the constitu-
tion, plan of a great national party.
154. Influence of the appointing power extended and systematized.
155. President's reasons for changes in office.
156. Conditions on which members of Congress are to be appointed-appli.
cants for change encouraged.
157. True sense of rotation in office.
158. Present necessity for manifestation of the President's views in rela
tion to office.
159. General Jackson's Letter to the Legislature of Tennessee, disapprov
ing the appointment of members of Congress to office.
160. Many appointments made by the General from Congress.
161. Number of officers and dependents upon the President in the United
States.
162. Case of illustration from Boston.
163. Case from Ohio.
164. Case in the War Department.
165. Case of proposed bargain between applicants.
166. Case of reward for indecent violence.
167. Reprobation of the President's course by an administration editor.
168. Unconstitutional exercise of the appointing power.