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and legal basis of deposits controversy,325.Telegraph.SeeUnited States Telegraph.Tennessee, and White’s presidential candidacy,426,427;and Democratic Convention (1835),430;in election of 1836, Jackson and canvass,433,448,453,455.Territories, Tyler and slavery in,78.Texas, Jackson and,480.Theater, in Washington,16,17.Thompson, George, Abolitionist crusade,434.Thornton, William, Octagon House,8.Travel, conditions, to Washington,1-3.Treasury Department.SeeDuane, W. J.; Ingham, S. D.; McLane, Louis; Taner, R. B.; Woodbury, Levi.Troy Sentinel, in campaign of 1832,248.Turkey, treaty,229.Tyler, John, on Irving,15;career and character,77-80,441;origin and development of hostility to Jackson,78-80;sectionalist,78;and Jackson’s Cabinet,79;appearance,80;and rejection of Jackson’s nominations,82,83,85;joins Opposition,115,176;on Cabinet reorganization,127,130;on Taney’s official propriety,140n.;and rejection of Van Buren,180;and tariff,188;caution in campaign of 1832,230;and Nullification,261;and Force Bill,270,282;and compromise tariff,278,280,281;as leader of Opposition,285;and removal of deposits,329;and rejection of Stevenson,352;on attempt to assassinate Jackson,376;Poindexter investigation,382;vice-presidential candidacy,433;and instructions to expunge censure, resignation,441,442.Union.SeeNullification; Sectionalism.United States Telegraph, and spoils system,65;as Calhoun’s organ,85,91;campaign extras (1832),230,239;rescue by Whigs,277;and Abolitionism and sectionalism,444.See alsoGreen, Duff.Upham, Timothy, peculation, dismissal,75n.Van Buren, John, campaign bets,251.Van Buren, Martin, and Butler,1,310;and selection of Jackson’s Cabinet,40,42,45;presidential aspirations and Calhoun,40,85;selection for State portfolio,40;and Hamilton,41,201;political career and character,53-57;as lawyer,53;and civil service,54,68,70,74;in War of 1812,54;and suffrage,54;as leader against Adams’s Administration,55,64;appearance,55;manner,56;as orator,56;and Jackson-Calhoun break, beneficiary,88,110,111,114,115,179;and Jackson’s Union toast,100;resignation from Cabinet,116,124;and Mrs. Eaton, political effect,121,122;and Louis McLane,125,359n.;future (1830),127;and new Cabinet,127-29;and Kendall,149;on Lewis,154;and organ for Jackson,159-61;organ172,243;as Minister,177;rejection by Senate, political effect,178-82;West Indian trade negotiations,178;and Bank,205,206;and Bank veto,218,219;on Webster’s Bank veto speech,223;campaign canard on (1832)240;and Nullification,263,264;on compromise tariff,280n.;in New England tour,289;and removal of deposits,290,292-95,297,299-301,310;and Clay’s histrionics over distress,335-37;and French crisis,398;and Fortifications Bill,404,411;and Cora Livingston,406;Adams on,438,450;Jackson and succession,423;and vice-presidential candidates,431;and slavery issue,435,444,446-48,452;Crockett’s biography,436-38;attitude during campaign,438;and Bell,439;Calhoun’s attack,449;and campaign queries,452;electoral vote,454;and results of election,455,456;Cabinet,473;at Jackson’s last reception,473;Jackson at inaugural,479.Van Ness, J. P., residence,8;and reception of Jackson,37.Vaughan, C. R., and Mrs. Eaton,121n.,122.Verplanck, G. C., “mess,”13;tariff bill,267;mayoral campaign,355.Vigne, G. T., on Arlington,8n.;on Supreme Court,10n.Villemain, A. F., on Livingston Code,135.Virginia, in campaign of 1832,231;and Nullification,261-63,284;and removal of deposits,329;election of 1834,356,363,364;and Democratic vice-presidential nomination,430,431;Senators and instructions to expunge censure,441,442.Walker, R. J., election to Senate,365;and Abolitionist petitions,444n.War Department.SeeCass, Lewis; Eaton, J. H.War of 1812, Van Buren’s attitude,54;Calhoun’s services,89;Webster’s attitude,94,95;Taney’s attitude,136.Washington, Bushrod, and Mrs. Livingston,22.Washington in the thirties, condition of travel to,1;approach,2;hotels,3;streets, coach hire, lighting,4,5,7;lack of compactness,5,6;avenues,6;special residences,7,8;public buildings,8;Capitol,8-11;housing conditions,11;servants, slaves,11;cost of living,12;boarding-houses, messes,12;and celebrities,13-15;press letters from,16;theater,16,17;dissipation,18,19;social charm,19;fashions,20;society leaders,21-25;evening parties,25-27;foreign ministers in society,27;assemblies, opera,28;social character,28;Sunday in,29;unhealthfulness,29;and election of Jackson,31,35.See alsoWhite House.Washington Globe, establishment as Jackson organ,160,161,164;daily, finances,165;political power,166-68;and foreign affairs,168,169;lead in campaign of 1832,228,242,248.See alsoBlair, F. P.Washington Theater,16.Watkins, Tobias, peculation, dismissal,75.Webb, J. W., on Isaac Hill,86;and Bank controversy,208,228;losses through Bank policy,318;names Whig Party,357.See also New York Courier and Enquirer.Webster, Daniel, and Harriet Martineau,14;and Mrs. Livingston,22;in society,24;on inauguration crowd (1829),37;on Jackson as president-elect,38;denunciation of Jackson’s removals,76;and Calhoun’s candidacy,90;Hayne debate as political,92,93,98;Union issue of debate,93,97,99,103;political career and character,94-96;and War of 1812,94,95;as orator,95;effect of Hayne’s speech,96,97;reply, effect,98;Crawford investigation,108;and Clay’s return to Senate,171;and party leadership,172,173;as anti-Jackson leader,176;and rejection of Van Buren,178,180;and tariff (1832),195;and Bank recharter as issue,210-12;and forcing of recharter application,213;on veto message,222,223;in campaign of 1832,244;attitude on Nullification, and Jackson,260,273-77,288;and compromise tariff,278,280;and removal of deposits,309;advice to Bank,310,314;and Bank retainers,324;and legal phase of removal,325;and distress petitions,327;Bank harangue,330,355;and censure debate,332;compromise recharter measure,333-35;on Jackson’s Protest,342;and spring elections (1834),354;on elections of 1834,365;and expunging censure,371,469;patronage inquiry,383;and Fortifications Bill,403,410,412;and Adams,414;presidential candidacy (1836),432,433,452;Adams on candidacy,438,450;and confirmation of Taney,441.Weed, Thurlow, and attacks on Mrs. Jackson,33;and rejection of Van Buren,181;as practical politician,227;and removal of deposits,298;on elections of 1834 and Bank,366,367.Welles, Gideon, pre-inaugural conferences,39.West, and Clay’s public lands policy,196;Democrats and (1835),431.West Indies, American trade negotiations,178,229.Whig (National Republican) Party, need of leader,176;and other elements of Opposition,184;origin, antagonistic elements,285,357;assumes name,357.White, D. L., peculation, dismissal,75n.White, H. L., and Cabinet position,127,128;and Calhoun and Webster-Hayne debate,92,93;as Jacksonian leader,176;and tariff,195;hostility to Bank,204;on Bank veto,222,224;on tension in Bank issue,222;and removal of deposits,293,334,335;and expunging censure,370;and Fortifications Bill,403;drift from Jackson,423;as logical anti-Van Buren candidate,424,425;Whigs and candidacy,424,432;Democratic efforts to suppress,426;character,427;Tennessee and candidacy,427;Blair’s denunciation,428;and slavery issue,436;and Crockett’s biography of Van Buren,436;Adams on,438,450;and Abolitionist petitions,445;and Abolitionist mail bill,448;attack in Senate on Jackson,448;basis of candidacy,449;organ,451;on Jackson’s canvass in Tennessee,453;electoral vote,454,455.White, Mrs. H. L., boarding-house,12;and husband’s presidential candidacy,425.White House, Jackson’s receptions,47,473;pictures for,385;Jackson’s life in,475-78.Whitney, R. M., affair,458-61.Wilde, R. H., as Opposition leader,177;tariff speech,268;and Lewis,324.Wilkins, William, and tariff bill,194,195;and Bank,211n.,217;Force Bill,269,270.Willis, N. P., on Washington,5;in Washington society,15.Wirt, William, and Mrs. Livingston,22;and defeat (1828),35;advances to Jackson,38;and Jackson-Calhoun break,111-13;Anti-Masonic candidacy, and Clay,234,249,303.Wise, H. A., on Jackson and distress petitions,317;and Fortifications Bill,404;and Adams’s speech against Senate,419;Whitney affair,457-61;on expunging censure,471.Wolf, George, and Bank, Senate resolution on,318,329.Woodbury, Levi, “mess,”12;and Jackson (1829),40;selection as Secretary of the Navy,129;and Berrien,129;and Bank,210,217;in New England tour,289;and removal of deposits,293;transfer to Treasury portfolio,359.Woodbury, Mrs. Levi, as social leader,23.Wright, Silas, and removal of deposits,299;and Webster’s recharter measure,335;Poindexter investigation,382;and vice-presidential candidates (1835),431;and Abolitionist mail bill,448;and expunging censure,465.


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