[647]Diddle was trying to make it appear that the real fight was “between Chestnut Street and Wall Street—between a Faro Bank and a National Bank,” as shown in his letter to Dr. Cooper. (Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 209.)[648]Tyler’sLife of Taney.[649]Catterall,Second Bank of the United States, 203.[650]Kendall, in hisAutobiography, gives no hint of such discouragement or advice.[651]Letter in Tyler’sLife of Taney.[652]The story of the added paragraph is told in Tyler’sLife of Taney.[653]Kendall’sAutobiography, 886.[654]Hamilton’sReminiscences, 266.[655]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 379.[656]These notes are incorporated in the 5th Exhibit accompanying Duane’sAddress to the People of the United States.[657]Kendall charges that Duane hoped to “feather his nest.” (Autobiography, 385.)[658]He served the Bank feebly during the fight that followed.[659]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 216.[660]Van Buren’s first choice was John Forsyth, or some Southerner, “if he is a speaking man.” (Autobiography, 606.) He tells of Daniel’s timidity in hisPolitical Parties in the United States, 322.[661]See Van Buren’s letter to Butler, in William Allen Butler’sA Retrospect of Forty Years, 39-43.[662]Hamilton’sReminiscences, 280.[663]Catterall,Second Bank of the United States, 318.[664]Ibid.[665]Diary, Nov. 18, 1833.[666]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 218.[667]Hone’sDiary, Dec. 27, 1833.[668]Hone’sDiary, Dec. 30, 1833.[669]Hamilton’sReminiscences, 270.[670]William Appleton.[671]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 219.[672]Catterall severely criticizes the banker for this attitude; for Catterall’s righteous sentence on this state of mind, seeSecond Bank of the United States, 229.[673]Second Bank of the United States, 321.[674]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 219.[675]Notably James Watson Webb.[676]Binney to Biddle,Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 220.[677]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 222.[678]Ibid., 218.[679]Memoirs, April 14, 1834.[680]Hone’sDiary, Jan. 28, 1834.[681]Ibid., Feb. 7, 1834.[682]Kendall’sAutobiography, 411.[683]History of the United States,IV, 201.[684]Kendall’sAutobiography, 412.[685]Seven Decades of the Union, 107.[686]Catterall’s view,Second Bank of the United States, 344.[687]Laborde.[688]Wilson’sWashington the Capital City,I, 244.[689]Seven Decades of the Union.[690]Ibid.[691]Adams’sMemoirs, Dec. 6, 1833.[692]Cong. Globe,I, 20-21.[693]Cong. Globe, 23.[694]Written Dec. 30, 1833, and quoted by Catterall.[695]Webster to Biddle,Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 218.[696]Adams’sMemoirs, Dec. 19, 1833.[697]Story to Webster,Life and Letters of Story,II, 156-58.[698]Clay’sWorks,V, 379.[699]Mrs. Smith, inFirst Forty Years, touches on this feature.[700]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 424.[701]Cong. Globe,I, 74 and 123.[702]Van Buren vividly describes these scenes, in hisAutobiography, 726-27.[703]Cong. Globe,I, 101.[704]Senator Frelinghuysen,Cong. Globe,I, 129.[705]Cong. Globe,I, 203.[706]Cong. Globe,I, 228.[707]Clay’sWorks,V, 377.[708]Letters and Times of the Tylers,I, 484.[709]Cong. Globe,I, 344.[710]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 422.[711]Washington Globe, Feb. 13, 1834.[712]Clay’sWorks,VII, 575-620.[713]Adams’sMemoirs, Jan. 23, 1834; Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, 353.[714]March’sReminiscences of Congress.[715]Catterall,Second Bank of the United States, 333.[716]Ibid.[717]Clay’sWorks,V, 377.[718]Such is Catterall’s view.[719]Memoir of Hugh Lawson White, 143.[720]Catterall,Second Bank of the United States, 336.[721]Cong. Globe,I, 264.[722]“Our city is full of distress committees. The more the better.” (Clay to Brooke,Works,V, 377.)[723]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 420.[724]Van Buren’s statement to Senator Foote, as given in theCasket of Reminiscences.[725]Clay’s speech,Cong. Globe,I, 269.[726]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 424.[727]See Richardson’sMessages and Papers of the Presidents.[728]Cong. Globe,I, 317.[729]Ibid., 318.[730]Ibid.[731]Ibid., 321.[732]Ibid., 323.[733]Feb. 10, 1834.[734]Cong. Globe,I, 328.[735]Ibid., 368.[736]Especially the famous passage inspired by memories of his emotions on the ramparts of Quebec.[737]Sargent’sPublic Men and Events,II, 213.[738]Cong. Globe,I, 24.[739]Cong. Globe, 25.[740]Ibid., 43.[741]Adams’sMemoirs, Dec. 23, 1833.[742]Cong. Globe,I, 68.[743]Ibid., 84-94.[744]Washington Globe, June 3, 1834.[745]Adams’sMemoirs, March 28, 1834.[746]Adams refers to his “cadaverous look.”[747]Cong. Globe,I, 272.[748]Jenkins,Life of Polk.[749]The report very clearly explained the reasons. (Cong. Globe,I, 446-48.)[750]Cong. Globe,I, 409.[751]Cong. Globe,I, 454.[752]Letters and Times of the Tylers.[753]Hone’sDiary, March 4, 5, 6, 1834.[754]Hamilton’sReminiscences, 282.[755]Hone’sDiary, March 21, 1834.[756]Ibid., April 15, 1834.[757]Hone’sDiary, April 23, 1834.[758]Ibid., May 12, 1834.[759]Professor Tyler, inLetters and Times of the Tylers,I, 478, graphically shows the hotchpotch nature of the alliance.[760]Ambler’sThomas Ritchie.[761]Van Buren, finding his friend treacherous, discusses the resignation and the character of McLane at length in hisAutobiography, 611.[762]Biddle to Appleton,Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 240.[763]Hamilton to Woodworth,Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 244.[764]Hone’sDiary, Oct. 4, 1834.[765]Cong. Globe,I, 318.[766]Diary, Oct. 31, 1834.[767]Ibid., Nov. 5, 1834.[768]Diary, Nov. 6, 1834.[769]Ambler’sThomas Ritchie, 160.[770]Ibid., 166.[771]The story of the Mississippi contest is told by Senator Foote inA Casket of Reminiscences, 217-18.[772]Diary, Nov. 5, 1834.[773]Weed’sAutobiography,I, 372.[774]Albany Journal, Nov. 15, 1834.[775]Hone’sDiary, April 17, and Dec. 14, 1841.[776]Ibid., Jan. 18, 1844.[777]Cong. Globe,I, 176.[778]Thirty Years’ View,I, 550.[779]The words of the official reporter of theCongressional Globe.[780]Professor MacDonald, inJacksonian Democracy, p. 246, says that “a large part of the deficit, however, was fairly chargeable to the cost of the large number of post-offices and post-routes established in 1832.”[781]Cong. Globe,I, 206.[782]Cong. Globe,I, 283, merely refers to the excitement. Sargent’sPublic Men and Eventsgives the details.[783]Jacksonian Democracy, 51.[784]A Casket of Reminiscences, 65.[785]Kendall’sAutobiography, 337.[786]Ibid.[787]Autobiography, 351.[788]Miss Martineau graphically describes the attempt in herRetrospect of Western Travel,I, 161.[789]Letters and Times of the Tylers,I, 509.[790]Washington Globe, Feb. 2, 1835.[791]Cong. Globe,I, 183-84.[792]Washington Globe, Feb. 7. 1835.[793]Washington Globe, Feb. 23, 1835, sets forth all these facts.[794]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 163.[795]Sparks,Memories of Fifty Years, 335.[796]Sparks,Memories of Fifty Years.[797]Sparks,Memories of Fifty Years, 336-41; also, Foote’sCasket of Reminiscences, 218-20.[798]Washington Globe, Feb. 28. 1835.[799]Forsyth of Nydie, by Forsyth de Fronsac.[800]J. F. H. Claiborne, inThe Cabinet: Past and Present.[801]Knight’sReminiscences of Famous Georgians.[802]In a letter written Mrs. Forsyth on board the U.S.S. Hornet bearing him to the Court of Spain, now in possession of Waddy Wood, a descendant, Washington, D.C., the beautiful relations of the Forsyths are impressively disclosed.[803]Miller’sBench and Bar of Georgia.[804]Ibid.[805]Northern’sMen of Mark in Georgia.[806]Knight’sReminiscences of Famous Georgians.[807]Claiborne’sThe Cabinet: Past and Present.[808]Sparks,Memories of Fifty Years.[809]See Foote’sCasket of Reminiscences; Miller’sBench and Bar of Georgia; and Northern’sMen of Mark in Georgia.[810]This letter from Arthur Schaaf to Forsyth, written from Georgetown, June 25, 1831, is in possession of Waddy Wood, Washington, D.C.[811]Livingston to McLane,Messages and Papers,III, 130.[812]Buchanan’s diary, Sept. 12, 1833, Buchanan’sWorks,II, 388.[813]Buchanan’sWorks,II, 290-91.
[647]Diddle was trying to make it appear that the real fight was “between Chestnut Street and Wall Street—between a Faro Bank and a National Bank,” as shown in his letter to Dr. Cooper. (Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 209.)
[647]Diddle was trying to make it appear that the real fight was “between Chestnut Street and Wall Street—between a Faro Bank and a National Bank,” as shown in his letter to Dr. Cooper. (Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 209.)
[648]Tyler’sLife of Taney.
[648]Tyler’sLife of Taney.
[649]Catterall,Second Bank of the United States, 203.
[649]Catterall,Second Bank of the United States, 203.
[650]Kendall, in hisAutobiography, gives no hint of such discouragement or advice.
[650]Kendall, in hisAutobiography, gives no hint of such discouragement or advice.
[651]Letter in Tyler’sLife of Taney.
[651]Letter in Tyler’sLife of Taney.
[652]The story of the added paragraph is told in Tyler’sLife of Taney.
[652]The story of the added paragraph is told in Tyler’sLife of Taney.
[653]Kendall’sAutobiography, 886.
[653]Kendall’sAutobiography, 886.
[654]Hamilton’sReminiscences, 266.
[654]Hamilton’sReminiscences, 266.
[655]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 379.
[655]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 379.
[656]These notes are incorporated in the 5th Exhibit accompanying Duane’sAddress to the People of the United States.
[656]These notes are incorporated in the 5th Exhibit accompanying Duane’sAddress to the People of the United States.
[657]Kendall charges that Duane hoped to “feather his nest.” (Autobiography, 385.)
[657]Kendall charges that Duane hoped to “feather his nest.” (Autobiography, 385.)
[658]He served the Bank feebly during the fight that followed.
[658]He served the Bank feebly during the fight that followed.
[659]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 216.
[659]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 216.
[660]Van Buren’s first choice was John Forsyth, or some Southerner, “if he is a speaking man.” (Autobiography, 606.) He tells of Daniel’s timidity in hisPolitical Parties in the United States, 322.
[660]Van Buren’s first choice was John Forsyth, or some Southerner, “if he is a speaking man.” (Autobiography, 606.) He tells of Daniel’s timidity in hisPolitical Parties in the United States, 322.
[661]See Van Buren’s letter to Butler, in William Allen Butler’sA Retrospect of Forty Years, 39-43.
[661]See Van Buren’s letter to Butler, in William Allen Butler’sA Retrospect of Forty Years, 39-43.
[662]Hamilton’sReminiscences, 280.
[662]Hamilton’sReminiscences, 280.
[663]Catterall,Second Bank of the United States, 318.
[663]Catterall,Second Bank of the United States, 318.
[664]Ibid.
[664]Ibid.
[665]Diary, Nov. 18, 1833.
[665]Diary, Nov. 18, 1833.
[666]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 218.
[666]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 218.
[667]Hone’sDiary, Dec. 27, 1833.
[667]Hone’sDiary, Dec. 27, 1833.
[668]Hone’sDiary, Dec. 30, 1833.
[668]Hone’sDiary, Dec. 30, 1833.
[669]Hamilton’sReminiscences, 270.
[669]Hamilton’sReminiscences, 270.
[670]William Appleton.
[670]William Appleton.
[671]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 219.
[671]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 219.
[672]Catterall severely criticizes the banker for this attitude; for Catterall’s righteous sentence on this state of mind, seeSecond Bank of the United States, 229.
[672]Catterall severely criticizes the banker for this attitude; for Catterall’s righteous sentence on this state of mind, seeSecond Bank of the United States, 229.
[673]Second Bank of the United States, 321.
[673]Second Bank of the United States, 321.
[674]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 219.
[674]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 219.
[675]Notably James Watson Webb.
[675]Notably James Watson Webb.
[676]Binney to Biddle,Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 220.
[676]Binney to Biddle,Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 220.
[677]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 222.
[677]Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 222.
[678]Ibid., 218.
[678]Ibid., 218.
[679]Memoirs, April 14, 1834.
[679]Memoirs, April 14, 1834.
[680]Hone’sDiary, Jan. 28, 1834.
[680]Hone’sDiary, Jan. 28, 1834.
[681]Ibid., Feb. 7, 1834.
[681]Ibid., Feb. 7, 1834.
[682]Kendall’sAutobiography, 411.
[682]Kendall’sAutobiography, 411.
[683]History of the United States,IV, 201.
[683]History of the United States,IV, 201.
[684]Kendall’sAutobiography, 412.
[684]Kendall’sAutobiography, 412.
[685]Seven Decades of the Union, 107.
[685]Seven Decades of the Union, 107.
[686]Catterall’s view,Second Bank of the United States, 344.
[686]Catterall’s view,Second Bank of the United States, 344.
[687]Laborde.
[687]Laborde.
[688]Wilson’sWashington the Capital City,I, 244.
[688]Wilson’sWashington the Capital City,I, 244.
[689]Seven Decades of the Union.
[689]Seven Decades of the Union.
[690]Ibid.
[690]Ibid.
[691]Adams’sMemoirs, Dec. 6, 1833.
[691]Adams’sMemoirs, Dec. 6, 1833.
[692]Cong. Globe,I, 20-21.
[692]Cong. Globe,I, 20-21.
[693]Cong. Globe, 23.
[693]Cong. Globe, 23.
[694]Written Dec. 30, 1833, and quoted by Catterall.
[694]Written Dec. 30, 1833, and quoted by Catterall.
[695]Webster to Biddle,Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 218.
[695]Webster to Biddle,Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 218.
[696]Adams’sMemoirs, Dec. 19, 1833.
[696]Adams’sMemoirs, Dec. 19, 1833.
[697]Story to Webster,Life and Letters of Story,II, 156-58.
[697]Story to Webster,Life and Letters of Story,II, 156-58.
[698]Clay’sWorks,V, 379.
[698]Clay’sWorks,V, 379.
[699]Mrs. Smith, inFirst Forty Years, touches on this feature.
[699]Mrs. Smith, inFirst Forty Years, touches on this feature.
[700]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 424.
[700]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 424.
[701]Cong. Globe,I, 74 and 123.
[701]Cong. Globe,I, 74 and 123.
[702]Van Buren vividly describes these scenes, in hisAutobiography, 726-27.
[702]Van Buren vividly describes these scenes, in hisAutobiography, 726-27.
[703]Cong. Globe,I, 101.
[703]Cong. Globe,I, 101.
[704]Senator Frelinghuysen,Cong. Globe,I, 129.
[704]Senator Frelinghuysen,Cong. Globe,I, 129.
[705]Cong. Globe,I, 203.
[705]Cong. Globe,I, 203.
[706]Cong. Globe,I, 228.
[706]Cong. Globe,I, 228.
[707]Clay’sWorks,V, 377.
[707]Clay’sWorks,V, 377.
[708]Letters and Times of the Tylers,I, 484.
[708]Letters and Times of the Tylers,I, 484.
[709]Cong. Globe,I, 344.
[709]Cong. Globe,I, 344.
[710]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 422.
[710]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 422.
[711]Washington Globe, Feb. 13, 1834.
[711]Washington Globe, Feb. 13, 1834.
[712]Clay’sWorks,VII, 575-620.
[712]Clay’sWorks,VII, 575-620.
[713]Adams’sMemoirs, Jan. 23, 1834; Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, 353.
[713]Adams’sMemoirs, Jan. 23, 1834; Mrs. Smith’sFirst Forty Years, 353.
[714]March’sReminiscences of Congress.
[714]March’sReminiscences of Congress.
[715]Catterall,Second Bank of the United States, 333.
[715]Catterall,Second Bank of the United States, 333.
[716]Ibid.
[716]Ibid.
[717]Clay’sWorks,V, 377.
[717]Clay’sWorks,V, 377.
[718]Such is Catterall’s view.
[718]Such is Catterall’s view.
[719]Memoir of Hugh Lawson White, 143.
[719]Memoir of Hugh Lawson White, 143.
[720]Catterall,Second Bank of the United States, 336.
[720]Catterall,Second Bank of the United States, 336.
[721]Cong. Globe,I, 264.
[721]Cong. Globe,I, 264.
[722]“Our city is full of distress committees. The more the better.” (Clay to Brooke,Works,V, 377.)
[722]“Our city is full of distress committees. The more the better.” (Clay to Brooke,Works,V, 377.)
[723]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 420.
[723]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 420.
[724]Van Buren’s statement to Senator Foote, as given in theCasket of Reminiscences.
[724]Van Buren’s statement to Senator Foote, as given in theCasket of Reminiscences.
[725]Clay’s speech,Cong. Globe,I, 269.
[725]Clay’s speech,Cong. Globe,I, 269.
[726]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 424.
[726]Benton’sThirty Years’ View,I, 424.
[727]See Richardson’sMessages and Papers of the Presidents.
[727]See Richardson’sMessages and Papers of the Presidents.
[728]Cong. Globe,I, 317.
[728]Cong. Globe,I, 317.
[729]Ibid., 318.
[729]Ibid., 318.
[730]Ibid.
[730]Ibid.
[731]Ibid., 321.
[731]Ibid., 321.
[732]Ibid., 323.
[732]Ibid., 323.
[733]Feb. 10, 1834.
[733]Feb. 10, 1834.
[734]Cong. Globe,I, 328.
[734]Cong. Globe,I, 328.
[735]Ibid., 368.
[735]Ibid., 368.
[736]Especially the famous passage inspired by memories of his emotions on the ramparts of Quebec.
[736]Especially the famous passage inspired by memories of his emotions on the ramparts of Quebec.
[737]Sargent’sPublic Men and Events,II, 213.
[737]Sargent’sPublic Men and Events,II, 213.
[738]Cong. Globe,I, 24.
[738]Cong. Globe,I, 24.
[739]Cong. Globe, 25.
[739]Cong. Globe, 25.
[740]Ibid., 43.
[740]Ibid., 43.
[741]Adams’sMemoirs, Dec. 23, 1833.
[741]Adams’sMemoirs, Dec. 23, 1833.
[742]Cong. Globe,I, 68.
[742]Cong. Globe,I, 68.
[743]Ibid., 84-94.
[743]Ibid., 84-94.
[744]Washington Globe, June 3, 1834.
[744]Washington Globe, June 3, 1834.
[745]Adams’sMemoirs, March 28, 1834.
[745]Adams’sMemoirs, March 28, 1834.
[746]Adams refers to his “cadaverous look.”
[746]Adams refers to his “cadaverous look.”
[747]Cong. Globe,I, 272.
[747]Cong. Globe,I, 272.
[748]Jenkins,Life of Polk.
[748]Jenkins,Life of Polk.
[749]The report very clearly explained the reasons. (Cong. Globe,I, 446-48.)
[749]The report very clearly explained the reasons. (Cong. Globe,I, 446-48.)
[750]Cong. Globe,I, 409.
[750]Cong. Globe,I, 409.
[751]Cong. Globe,I, 454.
[751]Cong. Globe,I, 454.
[752]Letters and Times of the Tylers.
[752]Letters and Times of the Tylers.
[753]Hone’sDiary, March 4, 5, 6, 1834.
[753]Hone’sDiary, March 4, 5, 6, 1834.
[754]Hamilton’sReminiscences, 282.
[754]Hamilton’sReminiscences, 282.
[755]Hone’sDiary, March 21, 1834.
[755]Hone’sDiary, March 21, 1834.
[756]Ibid., April 15, 1834.
[756]Ibid., April 15, 1834.
[757]Hone’sDiary, April 23, 1834.
[757]Hone’sDiary, April 23, 1834.
[758]Ibid., May 12, 1834.
[758]Ibid., May 12, 1834.
[759]Professor Tyler, inLetters and Times of the Tylers,I, 478, graphically shows the hotchpotch nature of the alliance.
[759]Professor Tyler, inLetters and Times of the Tylers,I, 478, graphically shows the hotchpotch nature of the alliance.
[760]Ambler’sThomas Ritchie.
[760]Ambler’sThomas Ritchie.
[761]Van Buren, finding his friend treacherous, discusses the resignation and the character of McLane at length in hisAutobiography, 611.
[761]Van Buren, finding his friend treacherous, discusses the resignation and the character of McLane at length in hisAutobiography, 611.
[762]Biddle to Appleton,Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 240.
[762]Biddle to Appleton,Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 240.
[763]Hamilton to Woodworth,Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 244.
[763]Hamilton to Woodworth,Correspondence of Nicholas Biddle, 244.
[764]Hone’sDiary, Oct. 4, 1834.
[764]Hone’sDiary, Oct. 4, 1834.
[765]Cong. Globe,I, 318.
[765]Cong. Globe,I, 318.
[766]Diary, Oct. 31, 1834.
[766]Diary, Oct. 31, 1834.
[767]Ibid., Nov. 5, 1834.
[767]Ibid., Nov. 5, 1834.
[768]Diary, Nov. 6, 1834.
[768]Diary, Nov. 6, 1834.
[769]Ambler’sThomas Ritchie, 160.
[769]Ambler’sThomas Ritchie, 160.
[770]Ibid., 166.
[770]Ibid., 166.
[771]The story of the Mississippi contest is told by Senator Foote inA Casket of Reminiscences, 217-18.
[771]The story of the Mississippi contest is told by Senator Foote inA Casket of Reminiscences, 217-18.
[772]Diary, Nov. 5, 1834.
[772]Diary, Nov. 5, 1834.
[773]Weed’sAutobiography,I, 372.
[773]Weed’sAutobiography,I, 372.
[774]Albany Journal, Nov. 15, 1834.
[774]Albany Journal, Nov. 15, 1834.
[775]Hone’sDiary, April 17, and Dec. 14, 1841.
[775]Hone’sDiary, April 17, and Dec. 14, 1841.
[776]Ibid., Jan. 18, 1844.
[776]Ibid., Jan. 18, 1844.
[777]Cong. Globe,I, 176.
[777]Cong. Globe,I, 176.
[778]Thirty Years’ View,I, 550.
[778]Thirty Years’ View,I, 550.
[779]The words of the official reporter of theCongressional Globe.
[779]The words of the official reporter of theCongressional Globe.
[780]Professor MacDonald, inJacksonian Democracy, p. 246, says that “a large part of the deficit, however, was fairly chargeable to the cost of the large number of post-offices and post-routes established in 1832.”
[780]Professor MacDonald, inJacksonian Democracy, p. 246, says that “a large part of the deficit, however, was fairly chargeable to the cost of the large number of post-offices and post-routes established in 1832.”
[781]Cong. Globe,I, 206.
[781]Cong. Globe,I, 206.
[782]Cong. Globe,I, 283, merely refers to the excitement. Sargent’sPublic Men and Eventsgives the details.
[782]Cong. Globe,I, 283, merely refers to the excitement. Sargent’sPublic Men and Eventsgives the details.
[783]Jacksonian Democracy, 51.
[783]Jacksonian Democracy, 51.
[784]A Casket of Reminiscences, 65.
[784]A Casket of Reminiscences, 65.
[785]Kendall’sAutobiography, 337.
[785]Kendall’sAutobiography, 337.
[786]Ibid.
[786]Ibid.
[787]Autobiography, 351.
[787]Autobiography, 351.
[788]Miss Martineau graphically describes the attempt in herRetrospect of Western Travel,I, 161.
[788]Miss Martineau graphically describes the attempt in herRetrospect of Western Travel,I, 161.
[789]Letters and Times of the Tylers,I, 509.
[789]Letters and Times of the Tylers,I, 509.
[790]Washington Globe, Feb. 2, 1835.
[790]Washington Globe, Feb. 2, 1835.
[791]Cong. Globe,I, 183-84.
[791]Cong. Globe,I, 183-84.
[792]Washington Globe, Feb. 7. 1835.
[792]Washington Globe, Feb. 7. 1835.
[793]Washington Globe, Feb. 23, 1835, sets forth all these facts.
[793]Washington Globe, Feb. 23, 1835, sets forth all these facts.
[794]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 163.
[794]Retrospect of Western Travel,I, 163.
[795]Sparks,Memories of Fifty Years, 335.
[795]Sparks,Memories of Fifty Years, 335.
[796]Sparks,Memories of Fifty Years.
[796]Sparks,Memories of Fifty Years.
[797]Sparks,Memories of Fifty Years, 336-41; also, Foote’sCasket of Reminiscences, 218-20.
[797]Sparks,Memories of Fifty Years, 336-41; also, Foote’sCasket of Reminiscences, 218-20.
[798]Washington Globe, Feb. 28. 1835.
[798]Washington Globe, Feb. 28. 1835.
[799]Forsyth of Nydie, by Forsyth de Fronsac.
[799]Forsyth of Nydie, by Forsyth de Fronsac.
[800]J. F. H. Claiborne, inThe Cabinet: Past and Present.
[800]J. F. H. Claiborne, inThe Cabinet: Past and Present.
[801]Knight’sReminiscences of Famous Georgians.
[801]Knight’sReminiscences of Famous Georgians.
[802]In a letter written Mrs. Forsyth on board the U.S.S. Hornet bearing him to the Court of Spain, now in possession of Waddy Wood, a descendant, Washington, D.C., the beautiful relations of the Forsyths are impressively disclosed.
[802]In a letter written Mrs. Forsyth on board the U.S.S. Hornet bearing him to the Court of Spain, now in possession of Waddy Wood, a descendant, Washington, D.C., the beautiful relations of the Forsyths are impressively disclosed.
[803]Miller’sBench and Bar of Georgia.
[803]Miller’sBench and Bar of Georgia.
[804]Ibid.
[804]Ibid.
[805]Northern’sMen of Mark in Georgia.
[805]Northern’sMen of Mark in Georgia.
[806]Knight’sReminiscences of Famous Georgians.
[806]Knight’sReminiscences of Famous Georgians.
[807]Claiborne’sThe Cabinet: Past and Present.
[807]Claiborne’sThe Cabinet: Past and Present.
[808]Sparks,Memories of Fifty Years.
[808]Sparks,Memories of Fifty Years.
[809]See Foote’sCasket of Reminiscences; Miller’sBench and Bar of Georgia; and Northern’sMen of Mark in Georgia.
[809]See Foote’sCasket of Reminiscences; Miller’sBench and Bar of Georgia; and Northern’sMen of Mark in Georgia.
[810]This letter from Arthur Schaaf to Forsyth, written from Georgetown, June 25, 1831, is in possession of Waddy Wood, Washington, D.C.
[810]This letter from Arthur Schaaf to Forsyth, written from Georgetown, June 25, 1831, is in possession of Waddy Wood, Washington, D.C.
[811]Livingston to McLane,Messages and Papers,III, 130.
[811]Livingston to McLane,Messages and Papers,III, 130.
[812]Buchanan’s diary, Sept. 12, 1833, Buchanan’sWorks,II, 388.
[812]Buchanan’s diary, Sept. 12, 1833, Buchanan’sWorks,II, 388.
[813]Buchanan’sWorks,II, 290-91.
[813]Buchanan’sWorks,II, 290-91.