Andrew Jackson (98 page)

“From the moment of landing”: Hone, 1:96.

“I have witnessed enthusiasms before . . . I am sure”: Jackson to Andrew Jackson Jr., June 14, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:109.

“The President must hasten back to Washington . . . other fifth mere fatigue”: Entries for June 25 and 27, 1833, J. Q. Adams,
Memoirs
, 9:4–5.

“I
could not
be present”: Adams to Quincy, no date given, in Nagel, 343.

“much captivated by the ease . . . reach Washington again”: Entry for June 27, 1833, J. Q. Adams,
Memoirs
, 9:5.

“E pluribus unum”: Moore, 433.

“I can not do that . . . a thing again”: Jackson quoted without date in Parton, 3:488.

“domestic dependent nation”:
Cherokee Nation v. State of Georgia
, 30 U.S. 1 (1831).

“The acts of Georgia are repugnant”:
Worcester v. State of Georgia
, 31 U.S. 515 (1832).

“Their example will induce . . . utter annihilation”: Jackson annual message, December 6, 1830,
Compilation of Messages and Papers
, 3:1082–86.

“Being more and more convinced . . . live may prescribe”: Jackson to Senate and House of Representatives, February 15, 1832, ibid., 1128–29.

“I am happy to inform you . . . their immediate acceptance”: Jackson annual message, December 4, 1832, ibid., 1167.

“John Marshall has made his decision”: Greeley quoted in Garrison, 193.

39. W
EALTH
V
ERSUS
C
OMMONWEALTH

“They will not
dare
to remove them . . . cannot be recalled”: Biddle to Webster, April 8, 1833,
Correspondence of Biddle
, 202.

“I am informed by a gentleman . . . a sound currency”: Hamilton to Jackson, February 28, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:22–23.

“hydra of corruption”: Jackson to Hardy Cryer, April 7, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:53.

“Can any impartial and unprejudiced mind . . . and decisive measures”: Taney to Jackson, March 1833 (no day given),
CAJ
, 5:37–41.

“If this apprehension . . . be forever enslaved”: Jackson to Duane, June 26, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:122.

“Most of the banks there”: Kendall to Jackson, August 2, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:146.

“Some of the banks . . . or
no removal
”: Kendall to Jackson, August 25, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:169–70.

“The divine right of kings . . . enabled to issue”: Jackson message to cabinet, September 18, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:192–203, and
Compilation of Messages and Papers
, 3:1224–38. The former version is Jackson’s draft and captures more of his language; the latter is the revision by Taney, which was the version published.

“In half an hour”: Biddle to J. S. Barbour, April 16, 1833,
Correspondence of Biddle
, 207–08.

“nest of gamblers”: Biddle to Thomas Cooper, July 31, 1833, ibid., 214.

“It is dreadful here . . . Bank are perishing”: Swartout to Biddle, November 23, 1833, ibid., 217–18.

“absolutely frightful”: Boston
Courier
, January 20, 1834, in Catterall, 326.

“My own view of the matter . . . inevitably be prostrated”: Biddle to William Appleton, January 27, 1834,
Correspondence of Biddle
, 219.

“The whole future is full of gloom . . . shall not break”: Biddle to John Watmough, February 8, 1834, ibid., 221.

“You may rely on it . . . to the country”: Biddle to Joseph Hopkinson, February 21, 1834, ibid., 222.

“This worthy President thinks . . . lodgings in Arabia”: Ibid.

“The Bank, Mr. Van Buren”: Van Buren,
Autobiography
, 625.

“We have got the Bank in Baltimore . . . in six weeks”: Jackson to Van Buren, October 5, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:216.

“Were all the worshippers”: Jackson to Van Buren, January 3, 1834,
CAJ
, 5:238.

“My conscience told me . . . and my country”: Jackson to Andrew Jackson Jr., October 11, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:217.

“There is no real general distress . . . were put down”: Jackson to James Hamilton, February 2, 1834,
CAJ
, 5:244.

“Relief, sir! . . . you from breaking”:
Niles’ Register
, March 1, 1834, in Catterall, 351–52; unidentified informant to Parton, no date given, Parton, 3:549–50.

“Didn’t I manage them well?”: Ibid.

“The storm in Congress is still raging . . .
monster must perish
”: Jackson to Andrew Jackson Jr., February 16, 1834,
CAJ
, 5:249.

“Nicholas Biddle now rules the Senate”: Jackson to Edward Livingston, June 27, 1834,
CAJ
, 5:272.

“The clamour of pressure in the money market . . . end well here”: Jackson to Swartout, March 15, 1834,
CAJ
, 5:255.

“After staggering along”: Weed in Albany
Evening Journal
, November 15, 1834, in Catterall, 357.

“The explosion of the cap . . . great crowd between”: Benton,
Thirty Years’ View
, 1:521.

“He replied that it had been . . . Bank of the United States”: Report by Dr. Caussin and Dr. Thomas Sewell, no date given, quoted in Benton,
Thirty Years’ View
, 1:522–23.

“The circumstance made a deep impression . . . the President’s heart”: Benton,
Thirty Years’ View
, 1:524.

40. A
N
O
LD
F
RIEND AND A
N
EW
F
RONTIER

“It’s not you they are after . . . has some privileges”: Jackson quoted in Terrell, 126.

“So long as that flag shall bear aloft . . . of eternity’s waves”: Houston speech to House, May 7, 1832,
Writings of Houston
, 1:224.

“I was dying out . . . set me up again”: James,
Raven
, 172.

“the greatest act of tyranny”: Jackson to Anthony Butler, April 19, 1832,
CAJ
, 4:436.

“The people will inquire”: Jackson to Andrew Jackson Jr., May 13, 1832,
CAJ
, 4:438.

yet he was able to remit the fine: Attachment to Houston to Jackson, April 20, 1834,
Writings of Houston
, 1:289.

“in addition to his many merits”: Jackson to Bustamante, October 7, 1830,
CAJ
, 4:185.

“No contingency can authorise . . . as well as prudence”: Jackson to Butler, March 23, 1830,
CAJ
, 4:129.

“the desert or grand prairie”: Jackson to Butler, October 6, 1830,
CAJ
, 4:183.

“The grand prairie . . . best exertions”: Jackson to Butler, October 7, 1830,
CAJ
, 4:184.

“I feel great anxiety . . . of both countries”: Jackson to Butler, August 24, 1831,
CAJ
, 4:335.

“I cannot but think . . . in that quarter”: Jackson to Butler, February 15, 1831,
CAJ
, 4:244–45.

“This is but a drop . . . of my remark”: Butler to Jackson, February 27, 1832,
CAJ
, 4:413.

“The intimations you so appropriately gave . . . on foreign relations”: Jackson to Butler, April 19, 1832,
CAJ
, 4:435.

“He still directs the Department of Foreign Affairs . . . contemplated secret article”: Butler to Jackson, July 18, 1832,
CAJ
, 4:463–64.

“I still hope that General Santa Anna’s patriotism”: Jackson to Butler, October 1, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:213.

“a very singular conversation . . . shall not fail”: Butler to Jackson, October 28, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:219.

“astonishment . . . from my intention”: Jackson to Butler, November 27, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:228–29.

“Provided you keep within your instructions . . .
their public debt
”: Jackson to Butler, October 30, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:222.

“I admonish you . . . on our part”: Jackson to Butler, November 27, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:228–29.

“What you advise of being cautious . . . is more appropriate”: Butler to Jackson, February 6, 1834,
CAJ
, 5:244–46.

“Ask nothing but what is right”: Jackson to Livingston, June 27, 1834,
CAJ
, 5:272. Remini’s
Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy
has the fullest account of the French spoliations dispute (3:201ff.).

“Begin at the Gulf of Mexico”: Jackson to Butler, September 4, 1832,
CAJ
, 4:472.

“I will succeed in uniting Texas to our country”: Butler to Jackson, January 2, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:2.

“Keep within your instructions”: Jackson to Butler, February 14, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:17.

“What a scamp”: Jackson note in margin of Butler to Jackson, March 7, 1834,
CAJ
, 5:252.

“Should the present incumbents continue”: Butler to Jackson, September 26, 1833,
CAJ
, 5:210.

“I must really have thought you deranged”: Jackson to Houston, June 21, 1829, Jackson papers, Library of Congress.

Jackson apparently gave Houston five hundred dollars: Haley, 89.

“all the tribes of Indians . . . aid and protection”: Houston passport, no date given, ibid., 90.

“It has been my first . . . way of St. Antone”: Houston to Henry Ellsworth, December 1, 1832,
Writings of Houston
, 1:267–70.

“Nineteen twentieths . . . ten millions of souls”: Houston to Jackson, February 13, 1833, ibid., 1:274–76.

“committee of vigilance and safety . . . of the country”: Houston et al. to Jackson, September 11, 1835, ibid., 1:299–300.

“You have heard of the revolt in Texas . . . to do so”: Butler to Jackson, c. November 1835,
CAJ
, 5:375–76.

“This country is in a perfect tempest . . . in ashes”: Butler to Jackson, December 19, 1835,
CAJ
, 5:381.

“sanguinary manner in which . . . language requiring
force
”: Gaines to Cass, March 29, 1836,
Papers of the Texas Revolution
, 5:231–33.