OF THE

LIFE, ADMINISTRATION,
AND TIMES

OF

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,

Sixth President of the United States.

End of the Unpartisan Period of the Republic,

AND

Great Struggle for the Right of Petition.

BY

JOHN ROBERT IRELAN, M. D.

CHICAGO:

FAIRBANKS AND PALMER PUBLISHING CO.

COPYRIGHTED

BY L. T. PALMER,

1887.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

BOYHOOD OF MR. ADAMS-STARTING IN LIFE

CHAPTER II.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AS A BOY IN EUROPE - A PICTURE

AND STUDY-HIS FIRST PUBLIC SERVICE

CHAPTER III.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS IN COLLEGE, AND AS A LAWYER-

THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S PICTURES OF HIMSELF

MARRIAGE

CHAPTER IV.

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11

23

HIS

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GENERAL WASHINGTON PROVIDES FOR THE SON OF HIS

SUCCESSOR-NOMINALLY A LAWYER AGAIN-MR. AD-

AMS TAKES A SEAT IN THE SENATE-GOSSIP

CHAPTER V.

54

MR. ADAMS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE THE FEDER-

ALISTS THE "PROFESSOR" OF RHETORIC IN HARVARD. 70

CHAPTER VI.

RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES-JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

ABROAD-DIPLOMATIC DISSIPATIONS

CHAPTER VII.

GHENT WONDERFUL CONDUCT OF THE AMERICAN COM-

MISSIONERS-SWEET PEACE-THE TREATY

CHAPTER VIII.

EVIL PRACTICES-MR. ADAMS AND JEREMY BENTHAM-

ENGLISH TREATIES-THE AMERICAN CABINET

CHAPTER IX.

THE CABINET AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE—ADAMS AND

SOCRATES-WASHINGTON SOCIETY AND ETIQUETTE

CHAPTER X.

ENGLAND AND, SPAIN-MR. ADAMS'S WONDERFUL FEAT-

GENERAL JACKSON AND THE COUNTRY SAVED-FLOR-

IDA OURS-WHAT OF THE WORK?.

CHAPTER XI.

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124

142

THE CABINET - AMERICAN DIPLOMACY-AN EPITAPH -

WORK OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE-HIS DEFENSE 153

CHAPTER XII.

THE CABINET SWIMMER-" THE MONROE DOCTRINE"-THE

MISSOURI COMPROMISE HUMAN SLAVERY

CHAPTER XIII.

THE CAUCUS-GREAT CONTEST FOR THE PRESIDENCY-

WHO MADE GENERAL JACKSON PRESIDENT?

CHAPTER XIV.

KING CAUCUS THE LAST-SECOND GREAT CONTEST IN THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

ELECTED PRESIDENT

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184

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CHAPTER XV.

"SCAN. MAG."-THE STORY OF THE IMPUTED BARGAIN AND

CORRUPTION-OLD HICKORY NEVER RELENTS

TION"-" BLIFIL AND BLACK GEORGE"-REPENTANCE—

WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD

234

CHAPTER XVII.

JOHN C. CALHOUN "OUR FEDERAL UNION: IT MUST BE

PRESERVED

"

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248

CHAPTER XVIII.

MR. ADAMS'S INAUGURATION-THE NEW ADMINISTRATION—

BEFORE THE STORM-MR. ADAMS AND LA FAYETTE—

DISTINGUISHED GODFATHERS

CHAPTER XIX.

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MEETING OF CONGRESS-MR. ADAMS'S FIRST MESSAGE—

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS-JUST PRINCIPLES NOT POP-

FIRST SESSION OF THE "19TH" CONGRESS-GEORGIA VER-

SUS THE UNITED STATES-"Lo! THE POOR INDIAN "-

THE GREAT PANAMA CONGRESS, AND WHAT CAME OF IT. 313

CHAPTER XXI.

SECOND SESSION OF THE NINETEENTH TERM OF CONGRESS-

SECOND ANNUAL MESSAGE-THREE GREAT GENERALS

IN POLITICS

324

CHAPTER XXII.

THIRD ANNUAL MESSAGE-FIRST SESSION OF THE TWEN-

TIETH TERM OF CONGRESS-TARIFF OF 1828--WHOSE ACT

WAS IT?-WHO SHALL BE FIRST?-AN EVIL PICTURE 347

CHAPTER XXIII.

GOSSIP-CABINET TROUBLES AND CHANGES THE PRESIDENT

MAKES THE FIRST LICK ON THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO

CANAL "THE FOX OF KINDERHOOK

CHAPTER XXIV.

BITTER PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST OF 1828 — NULLIFICATION

AND THE HARTFORD CONVENTION

MEN AND PRINCIPLES

372

FREEMASONRY—

385