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| I. | Inauguration of Mr. Van Buren | 7 |
| II. | Financial and Monetary Crisis—General Suspension of Specie Payments by the Banks | 9 |
| III. | Preparation for the Distress and Suspension | 11 |
| IV. | Progress of the Distress, and Preliminaries for the Suspension | 16 |
| V. | Actual Suspension of the Banks—Propagation of the Alarm | 20 |
| VI. | Transmigration of the Bank of the United States from a Federal to a State Institution | 23 |
| VII. | Effects of the Suspension—General Derangement of Business—Suppression and Ridicule of the Specie Currency—Submission of the People—Call of Congress | 26 |
| VIII. | Extra Session—Message, and Recommendations | 28 |
| IX. | Attacks on the Message—Treasury Notes | 32 |
| X. | Retention of the Fourth Deposit Instalment | 36 |
| XI. | Independent Treasury and Hard Money Payments | 39 |
| XII. | Attempted Resumption of Specie Payments | 42 |
| XIII. | Bankrupt Act against Banks | 43 |
| XIV. | Bankrupt Act for Banks—Mr. Benton's Speech | 45 |
| XV. | Divorce of Bank and State—Mr. Benton's Speech | 56 |
| XVI. | First Regular Session under Mr. Van Buren's Administration—His Message | 65 |
| XVII. | Pennsylvania Bank of the United States—Its Use of the Defunct Notes of the expired Institution | 67 |
| XVIII. | Florida Indian War—Its Origin and Conduct | 70 |
| XIX. | Florida Indian War—Historical Speech of Mr. Benton | 72 |
| XX. | Resumption of Specie Payments by the New York Banks | 83 |
| XXI. | Resumption of Specie Payments—Historical Notices—Mr. Benton's Speech—Extracts | 85 |
| XXII. | Mr. Clay's Resolution in Favor of Resuming Banks, and Mr. Benton's Remarks upon it | 91 |
| XXIII. | Resumption by the Pennsylvania United States Bank; and others which followed her lead | 94 |
| XXIV. | Proposed Annexation of Texas—Mr. Preston's Motion and Speech—Extracts | 94 |
| XXV. | Debate between Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun, Personal and Political, and leading to Expositions and Vindications of Public Conduct which belong to History | 97 |
| XXVI. | Debate between Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun—Mr. Clay's Speech—Extracts | 101 |
| XXVII. | Debate between Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun—Mr. Calhoun's Speech—Extracts | 103 |
| XXVIII. | Debate between Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun—Rejoinders by each | 112 |
| XXIX. | Independent Treasury, or, Divorce of Bank and State—Passed in the Senate—Lost in the House of Representatives | 124 |
| XXX. | Public Lands—Graduation of Price—Pre-emption System—Taxation when Sold | 125 |
| XXXI. | Specie Basis for Banks—One-third of the Amount of Liabilities the Lowest Safe Proportion—Speech of Mr. Benton on the Recharter of the District Banks | 128 |
| CXVI. | Eulogy on Senator Linn—Speeches of Mr. Benton and Mr. Crittenden | 485 |
| CXVII. | The Coast Survey—Attempt to diminish its Expense, and to expedite its Completion by restoring the Work to Naval and Military Officers | 487 |
| CXVIII. | Death of Commodore Porter, and Notice of his Life and Character | 491 |
| CXIX. | Refunding of General Jackson's Fine | 499 |
| CXX. | Repeal of the Bankrupt Act—Attack of Mr. Cushing on Mr. Clay—Its Rebuke | 503 |
| CXXI. | Naval Expenditures and Administration—Attempts at Reform—Abortive | 507 |
| CXXII. | Chinese Mission—Mr. Cushing's Appointment and Negotiation | 510 |
| CXXIII. | The Alleged Mutiny, and the Executions (as they were called) on Board the United States man-of-war, Somers | 522 |
| CXXIV. | Retirement of Mr. Webster from Mr. Tyler's Cabinet | 562 |
| CXXV. | Death of William H. Crawford | 562 |
| CXXVI. | First Session of the Twenty-eighth Congress—List of Members—Organization of the House of Representatives | 563 |
| CXXVII. | Mr. Tyler's Second Annual Message | 565 |
| CXXVIII. | Explosion of the Great Gun on Board the Princeton man-of-war—the Killed and Wounded | 567 |
| CXXIX. | Reconstruction of Mr. Tyler's Cabinet | 569 |
| CXXX. | Death of Senator Porter, of Louisiana—Eulogium of Mr. Benton | 569 |
| CXXXI. | Naval Academy, and Naval Policy of the United States | 571 |
| CXXXII. | The Home Squadron—Its Inutility and Expense | 575 |
| CXXXIII. | Professor Morse—His Electro-Magnetic Telegraph | 578 |
| CXXXIV. | FrÉmont's Second Expedition | 579 |
| CXXXV. | Texas Annexation—Secret Origin—Bold Intrigue for the Presidency | 581 |
| CXXXVI. | Democratic Convention for the Nomination of Presidential Candidates | 591 |
| CXXXVII. | Presidential—Democratic National Convention—Mr. Calhoun's Refusal to Submit his Name to it—His Reasons | 596 |
| CXXXVIII. | Annexation of Texas—Secret Negotiation—Presidential Intrigue—Schemes of Speculation and Disunion | 599 |
| CXXXIX. | Texas Annexation Treaty—First Speech of Mr. Benton against it—Extracts | 600 |
| CXL. | Texas or Disunion—Southern Convention—Mr. Benton's Speech—Extracts | 613 |
| CXLI. | Texas or Disunion—Violent Demonstrations in the South—Southern Convention proposed | 616 |
| CXLII. | Rejection of the Annexation Treaty—Proposal of Mr. Benton's Plan | 619 |
| CXLIII. | Oregon Territory—Conventions of 1818 and 1828—Joint Occupation—Attempted Notice to Terminate it | 624 |
| CXLIV. | Presidential Election | 625 |
| CXLV. | Amendment of the Constitution—Election of President and Vice-President—Mr. Benton's Plan | 626 |
| CXLVI. | The President and the Senate—Want of Concord—Numerous Rejections of Nominations | 629 |
| CXLVII. | Mr. Tyler's Last Message to Congress | 631 |
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