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CHAPTER I.

The Young West1

CHAPTER II.

Benton's Early Life and Entry into the Senate23

CHAPTER III.

Early Years in the Senate47

CHAPTER IV.

The Election of Jackson, and the Spoils System69

CHAPTER V.

The Struggle with the Nullifiers88

CHAPTER VI.

Jackson and Benton make War on the Bank114

CHAPTER VII.

The Distribution of the Surplus143

CHAPTER VIII.

The Slave Question appears in Politics157

CHAPTER IX.

The Children's Teeth are set on Edge184

CHAPTER X.

Last Days of the Jacksonian Democracy209

CHAPTER XI.

The President without a Party237

CHAPTER XII.

Boundary Troubles with England260

CHAPTER XIII.

The Abolitionists Dance to the Slave Barons' Piping290

CHAPTER XIV.

Slavery in the New Territories317

CHAPTER XV.

The Losing Fight341