the Senate should consider well before they proceed further,407;the right of the President to dismiss his secretaries,407;two other impeachments going on at the same time,407;the President on trial for a high crime,407;for a misdemeanor,408;the Secretary of the Treasury on trial,408;the charge of being the instrument of the President,408;people called upon to rise and drive the Goths from the capitol,409;the bank was not the Treasury of the United States,409;fourteenth article of the bank charter,409;the legal existence of the Treasury brought out by the debates,"410.Union of Clay and Calhoun against Jackson,411;speech of Calhoun,411;gives Clay assurance of aid,411;the robbery of the Treasury,411;the revolution not to go backwards,412;entirely owing to the military nod nullifying attitude of South Carolina that the compromise was passed,412;a political coalition to act against Gen. Jackson,412;opposition to the "usurpations" of the President,413;contempt and scorn at the Secretary's reasons for removing the deposits,413;the removal of Secretary Dunne an abuse of power,413;Calhoun's independence of the bank,414;Clay disclaims all connection with the bank,414;the list of Congressional borrowers or retainers large,415.Message to Congress in 1834,477;relations with France,477;the indemnity stipulated in the treaty has not been paid,477;extracts,477;question of waiting on the action of France, or of action on our part, referred to Congress,478;United States should insist on a prompt execution,478;consequences considered,478;collision with France to be regretted on account of her position with regard to liberal institutions,478;condition of the finances,479;freedom from public debt,479;seizure of the dividends due the United States on stock, by the bank,479;other proceedings of the bank,480;criminality of the bank in making the distress,480;bank losses commenced at this period,480;selling the stock in the bank,480;law relative to public deposits,480;increase of the gold currency,481;reform in the Presidential election,481.Meeting of twenty-fourth Congress,568;choice of Speaker,569;message of the President,589;"relations with France,569;origin of our claims against France,569;extent of the injuries we received,569;an affair of uninterrupted negotiation for twenty years, except a short time when France was overwhelmed by the military power of United Europe,569;subject brought up in the message of 1829,570;exceptions taken to the message by the French Government,570;the justice of the claims recognized and the amount stipulated in the treaty of 1831,570;its ratification,570;delays of the French Government in their action upon the subject of its fulfilment heretofore stated,570;expectations founded on the promises of the French Government not realized,571;consultation with Congress relative to measures for reprisal,571;regarded as an insult by the French Government,571;recall of their Minister and suspension of all diplomatic intercourse,571;having vindicated the dignity of France, they next proceeded to illustrate her justice,571;bill passed in the Chamber of Deputies to make the appropriations necessary to carry into effect the treaty,571;a stipulation that the money should not be paid until it was ascertained that no steps had been authorized by Congress of a hostile character towards France,571;this point ascertained,572;subsequently the bill amended to require a satisfactory explanation of the President's message,"572;the apology repulsed by the President as a stain on the national character,572;injurious effects of the loss of the fortification bill in the previous Congress,572;the humane policy which governed the United States in the removal of the Indians,573;the revival of the gold currency and its influence on the industry of the country,573;increase of specie in the country,573;the transportation of the mails by railroad and the extortion of the companies,574;the transmission by mail into the slave States of incendiary publications tending to excite servile insurrection,574;reform in the mode of electing the two first officers of the Republic,575.Foreign Diplomacy.—Most alarm felt from this part of his administration by the opponents of his election,601;no part more successful, beneficial, and honorable,601.The British West India trade recovered,602.The French Indemnity treaty,602;efforts previously for redress,602;the message,602;Rives sent as Minister,602;the treaty,602;further proceedings,603.The Danish treaty of indemnity for spoliations on American commerce,603;consisted of illegal seizures and confiscations of American vessels in Danish ports during the time of the British orders in Council and the French decrees,603;negotiations of J. Q. Adams' administration,603;subsequent success of the negotiations,603.Neapolitan indemnity treaty for spoliations on American commerce,603;previous efforts to obtain indemnity,603;cause of delay,604;embarrassments,604;success,604.Spanish indemnity treaty for causes of complaint since 1819,604;Spanish blockades of ports of South American colonies,604;state of negotiations,604;success,605.Russian commercial treaty, none before negotiated,605;many previous efforts,605;every thing else granted but a commercial treaty,605;final success of negotiations,606.Portuguese indemnity for seizures during the blockade of Terceira,606;treaty made,606;inability of Portugal to pay,606;time extended and payment made,606.Treaty with the Ottoman Empire made in 1831,606;first treaty with that power,606;still further treaty in relation to our commerce needed,607;stipulations,607;success,607.Renewal of the treaty with Morocco,608.Treaty with Siam,608.Treaty with Sultan of Muscat,608.Last message,684;recapitulation of the auspicious state of things at home and abroad,684;the deposit act,684;the distribution scheme,685;effects,685;issuance of the Treasury circular,685;attack upon the circular in Congress,686;Seminole hostilities in Florida,686;the stock in the Bank of the United States,687;the delay of appropriations,688;mail contracts with railroads,688;supervision over the Indian tribes,689;the mode of the Presidential election,689.Farewell address of President Jackson,732;on disunion,732;his apprehensions,733.Conclusion of his administration,733;remarks and reflections,733,734;appearance at the inauguration of Van Buren,735;his reception,735;his retirement,735;his decease,736;his first appearance to the writer,736;first interview,736;intercourse,736;Mrs. Jackson,737,739;his character,737,738;elected Major-General in Tennessee,738;nephews,739.Jackson and Calhoun, rupture between.—Pamphlet of Mr. Calhoun relative to,167;its title,167;its contents,167;the case as it was made out in the pamphlet an intrigue on the part of Van Buren to supplant a rival,168;this case confronted by Jackson,168;his previous opinion of Calhoun,168;the reply of Jackson never published heretofore,168;how it came into the possession of Benton,168;letter of Kendall,168;contents of Jackson's exposition,168;justification of himself under the law of nations and the treaty with Spain for taking military possession of Florida,168;do. under the orders of Monroe and Calhoun as Secretary of War,168;a statement of Mr. Calhoun's conduct towards him in all that affair of the Seminole War, &c.,169;"introduction,169;extracts from orders,169;letter of Calhoun,169;Jackson's letter to Monroe,169;manner of the reception the letter,170;reply by John Rhea,170;circumstances under which Jackson entered Florida,170;conduct of the Spanish authorities,171;the impressions under which Jackson acted,171;his dispatch to the Secretary of War,172;acted within the letter and spirit of orders, and in accordance with the secret understanding of the Government, in taking possession of St. Marks and Pensacola,172;letters to the Secretary of War,172;no replies of disapprobation,172;statements of a Georgia journal,173;no reason to doubt Mr. Calhoun's approval,173;further evidence,173;letter of Col. A. P. Hayne,173;his impressions derived from Mr. Calhoun,174;informed that Calhoun was the instigator of the attacks upon him,174;and that Crawford was unjustly blamed,174;statement of Mr. Cobb,174;inquiries of Col. Hamilton of Mr. Calhoun,174;private letter of Gen. Jackson to Mr. Calhoun,174;Calhoun's reply,175;recapitulation,175;how the suspicions of Gen. Jackson were wakened against Mr. Calhoun,175;statement of Mr. T. Ringold,175;the statement of Mr. Crawford obtained,175;inquiry relative to its correctness, of Calhoun,175;his reply,175;note,175;united testimony of the Cabinet,176;toast of Calhoun by Gen. Jackson,177;the report on the resolutions of censure in the House,177;its bitterness due to Mr. Calhoun,177;proceedings of Mr. Leacock,177;Calhoun's secret communications to him,178;report of Mr. Leacock,178;a darker shade added,178;success of Calhoun's management thus far,179;the mask worn by Mr. Calhoun,179;further statements," 180;calamitous events followed this rupture,180;Crawford's words relative to the production of the private letter of Jackson to Monroe in the Cabinet meeting,180.Jackson, attempted assassination of.—The President and Cabinet attend the funeral of William E. Davis,521;circumstances of the attempt to shoot the President,521;the assailant knocked down and secured,521;the prisoner,521;the pistols,521;prisoner examined by physicians relative to the soundness of his mind,522;report of physicians,522;diseased mind acted upon by a general outcry against a public man,523;not tried, but treated as insane,524.Jackson, President, Senatorial Condemnation of.—Clay and Calhoun the leading spirits in this measure,423;the resolution passed,423;irrelevance of the resolution to any right or duty of the Senate,423;its effect,423;composure of President Jackson,424;course of his friends,424;mischief of the distress,424;the Protest of the President,425;its contents,425;extracts,425;"it wants both the form and substance of a legislative measure,425;the whole phraseology judicial,425;its charges,425;in substance an impeachment of the President,425;this impeachment originated in the Senate without the aid or concurrence of the House,426;Senators from three States voted contrary to the sense of their legislatures,426;words of the Protest,427;an appeal to his private history for the patriotism and integrity of his life,"427;the excitement which ensued upon its reading in the Senate,427.Notice of the Expunging resolution given,428;remarks,428;"instance of the House of Commons,428;the question brought before the American people,428;motion to reject the President's message, is the question,429;the charges of the resolution,429;speeches in support of the resolution,430;three characters in which the Senate can act,430;one of the most difficult and delicate tasks in the convention was to select a court for the trial of impeachments,430;it is an object not more to be desired, than difficult to be obtained,431;further remarks,431;the Star Chamber Court,432;what occasion has the Senate, sitting as a court of impeachment, for the power of execution,"432;motion carried,432;reasons for the Senate's refusal,433.Jefferson, Thomas, rejects the treaty of 1807,1;his idea of a commercial communication with Asia,14;his interview with the traveller Ledyard,14;seeks discovery of the Columbia river,14;projects the expedition of Lewis and Clarke,14;views on the cession of Texas,16;letter to Dr. Breckenridge,16;as a statesman,28;remarks on future French affairs,31;remarks on the road from Georgia to New Orleans,43;decease of,87;character,87,88;his connection with the doctrine of nullification,148.Jesup, Gen., second to Mr. Clay in the duel with Randolph,70;his statement,70.Johnny, the servant of Randolph, anxiety for his master at the duel between Randolph and Clay,75.Johnson, Charles, on reference of the Bank memorial to a select committee,235.Johnson, Henry, Senator from Louisiana,7;governor,7.Johnson, Richard M., Senator from Kentucky,7;votes for the Missouri Compromise,8;Judge of Supreme Court,8.On committee of bank investigation,241;reports on imprisonment for debt,292.Joint Committeeof both Houses on the admission of Missouri,9.Jones, Francis, Representative from Tennessee,7.KKendall, Amos, letter to Calhoun,168;Postmaster General,181.King, Rufus, Senator from New York,7;appointed Ministerto England,57;long service in the Government,57;his manners,57;dress,57;courtesy between him and Van Buren,57;his suggestions to Senator Benton,58;his statement of the sentiment of the revolutionary period,58.King, William R., Senator from Alabama,7;votes for the Missouri Compromise,8;on the Expunging resolutions of Alabama,525,526,527.King, John P., on abolition petitions,613,617;on the independence of Texas,666.Kremer, George, avowed author of an anonymous publication against Clay;71.LLafayette,his visit.—An absence of forty years,29;manner of his reception,29;address of Speaker Clay,30;Lafayette in the presence of posterity,30;appropriation of money and land to Lafayette,30;the grants opposed30;reasons,30;advocated,31;his sacrifices,31;views of Jefferson,31;return of Lafayette to France,31.Lanman, James,the case of.—On the expiration of the Senatorial term of Lanman, the Legislature of Connecticut failing to elect, the governor appointed him,56;debate on the validity of the appointment,56;not a case in which a governor can fill a vacancy, the vacancy foreseen, nothappened,56;precedents reported to the Senate,56;unsatisfactory,56;motion to admit, rejected,56.Lawrence, Richard, attempts to assassinate President Jackson,521.Leake, Walter, votes for the Missouri Compromise,8.Ledyard, John, attempts the discovery of the Columbia river,14.Letcher, Robert P., moves the compromise tariff bill,309.Lewis, of North Carolina, on the admission of Arkansas,632.Livingston, Edward, Secretary of State,181.Lloyd, Edward, Senator from Maryland,7;governor,7;votes for the Missouri Compromise,8.Logan, William, votes for the Missouri Compromise,8.Lowndes, William, Representative from South Carolina,7;weight of his opinions,8;on the committee to whom was referred the application of Missouri,9;decease,18;his character,18.Lowrie, Walter, votes for the Missouri Compromise,8.MMacaulay, his description of removals from office,162.Macon, Nathaniel, Senator from North Carolina,7;votes for the Missouri Compromise,8;opposes the grants to Lafayette,30;his vote for Vice-President in 1824,45;answer relative to the authorship of the report on the Panama mission,68.Retirement of,114;his temperament,114;fixed the time for his retirement long before,114;his resignation,114;his death,114;his character,114;sketch of his life,115;enters the army,115;refuses to leave the camp for the legislative assembly of his native State,115;the battle of Guilford,115;Macon's civil life,116;his political principles,116;disregard of wealth,117;his friendships,117;his executor,117;codicil to his will,117;his charity,118;his dress,118;his disinterestedness,118;his simplicity,118;letter on the Military Academy,182;his character,534.Madison, James, yields in favor of the second bank,3;on the regulation of commerce,156;his veto of an internal improvement bill,167;his letter on slavery agitation,609;remarks,623;decease of—time of his death,678;remarks of Dr. Witherspoon,678;his talent,677;his writings,679;characteristics,679.McGuire, J. C., publishes a quarto volume of Madison's letters,149.Mangum, Willie P., on the branch Mints,550.Marcy, William L., for Van Buren as Minister to England,216.Marshall, John, Chief Justice,7;