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Title: A popular history of the United States of America, from the aboriginal times to the present day
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Cincinnati, Philadelphia (etc.) Jones brothers & company San Francisco, A. L. Bancroft & co.
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ld be overwhelmed; but the President, ever asfearless as he was self-willed and stubborn, held on his course, un-moved by the clamor. The resolution of censure stood upon the jour-nal of the Senate for four years and was then expunged from therecord through the influence of Senator Thomas H. Benton of Mis-souri. The financial panic of 1836-7, following soon after theremoval of the funds, was attributed by the opponents of the admin-istration to the Presidents arbitrary action and the prospective des-truction of the national bank. To these strictures the adherents ofhis own party replied that the financial distress of the country wasattributable to the bank itself, which was declared to be an institutiontoo powerful and despotic to exist in a free government. The Presi-dent was but little concerned with the excitement: he had just en-tered on his second term, with Martin Van Buren for Vice-Presidentinstead of Mr. Calhoun. In 1834 the strong will of the chief magistrate was brought into
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(433j JACKSONS ADMINISTRATION. 435 conflict with France. The American government held an old claimagainst that country for damages done to the commerce of the UnitedStates in the wars of Napoleon. In 1831 the French king had agreedto pay five million dollars for the alleged injuries; but the dilatorygovernment of France postponed and neglected the payment untilthe President, becoming wrathful, recommended to Congress to makereprisals on French commerce, and at the same time directed theAmerican minister at Paris to demand his passports and come home.These measures had the desired effect, and the indemnity was promptlypaid. The government of Portugal was brought to terms in a similarmanner. The country, though flourishing, was not without calamities.Several eminent statesmen fell by the hand of death. On the 4th ofJuly, 1831, ex-President Monroe passed away. Like Jefferson andAdams, he sank to rest amid the rejoicings of the national anniver-sary. In the following year Charles Carroll

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