Mason to be Attorney-General, and English mission for himself,
takes but little part in election, 148;
interview with Mr. Adams, 148, 149;
friendly relations with Mr. Adams, supports administration, 149;
real hostility to, feels that he is not properly recognized, and accepts
senatorship, 150;
inactive in election, allied with Clay and Adams, and founders of Whig
party, 161;
Spanish claims, first sees Marshfield, English friends, Niagara, oration
at Bunker Hill, and eulogy on Adams and Jefferson, 152, 153;
grief on death of his wife, 154;
appearance in Washington after death of his wife, 155;
speech on bill for revolutionary officers, on tariff of 1828, 156, 165;
free-trade Federalist when he entered Congress, 157;
remarks in 1814 on protective duties, 158, 159;
advocates modifications in tariff of 1816, 160;
speech at Faneuil Hall against tariff in 1820, 160-163;
speech against tariff of 1824, 163-165;
reasons for his change of position, as to tariff in 1828, 166, 167;
speech at Boston dinner, 167;
character of this change of policy, and question of consistency, 168;
treats free trade or protection as a question of expediency, 169;
change on the constitutional question, 170;
opposes Jackson's removals from office, 172;
first speech on Foote's resolution, 173;
second speech, reply to Hayne, 174;
argument on nullification, 175;
weak places in his argument, 176;
intention in this speech, definition of the Union as it is, 179, 180;
scene of the speech and feeling at the North, 181;
opening sentence of the speech, 182;
manner and appearance on that day, 183;
variety in the speech, 184;
sarcasm, defence of Massachusetts, 185;
character of his oratory, 186, 187;
of his imagination, 188;
of his style, 189;
preparation of speeches, 190;
physical appearance and attributes, 191, 192;
manner with and effect on children, 193;
effect of his appearance in England, 194;
anecdotes of effect produced by his look and appearance, 195;
constitutional indolence, needs something to excite him in later life,
anecdote, 196;
defence of Prescott, 197;
Goodridge case, White case, greatness of argument in latter, 198;
opening passage compared with Burke's description of Hyder Ali's
invasion, 199;
as a jury lawyer, 200;
compared in eloquence with other great orators, 201, 202;
perfect taste of as an orator, 203;
rank as an orator, 204;
change made by death of Ezekiel and by second marriage, 205;
general effect on the country of reply to Hayne, 206;
ambition for presidency begins, desires consolidation of party, no
chance for nomination, 207;
advocates renewal of bank charter, 208;
overthrows doctrines of bank veto, 209;
opposes confirmation of Van Buren as minister to England, 210;
defeats confirmation, 211;
predicts trouble from tariff, 212;
sees proclamation, wholly opposed to Clay's first Compromise Bill, 213;
sustains the administration and supports the Force Bill, 214;
reply to Calhoun, "the Constitution not a compact," 216, 217;
opposes the Compromise Bill, 218;
Benton's view of, 219, 220;
impossible to ally himself with Jackson, 221;
joins Clay and Calhoun, 222;
soundness of his opposition to compromise, 223;
falls in behind Clay, tour in the West, nominated by Massachusetts for
presidency, 224;
no chance of success, effect of desire for presidency, 225;
alliance with Clay and Calhoun, opinion as to the bank, 226;
presents Boston resolutions against President's course, 227;
speaks sixty-four times on bank during session, 228;
speech on the "protest," 229;
attitude in regard to troubles with France, 230;
defeats Fortification Bill, speech on executive patronage, 231;
defeat of Benton's first expunging resolution, 232;
defence of his course on Fortification Bill, 233;
speech on "Specie Circular" and against expunging resolution, 234;
desires to retire from the Senate but is persuaded to remain, 235;
efforts to mitigate panic, 236;
visits England, hears of Harrison's nomination for presidency, 237;
enters campaign, speech of 1837 at Niblo's Garden, 238;
speeches during campaign, 239;
accepts secretaryship of state, 240;
modifies Harrison's inaugural, "kills proconsuls," 244;
De Bacourt's account of, at reception of diplomatic corps, 245, 246;
opinion as to general conduct of difficulties with England, 248;
conduct of McLeod affair, 249;
deprecates quarrel with Tyler, 250;
decides to remain in the cabinet, 252;
conduct of the Creole case, 253;
management of Maine and Massachusetts, settles boundary, 254;
obtains "Cruising Convention," and extradition clause, letter on
impressment, 255;
character of negotiation and its success, 256;
treaty signed, "the battle of the maps," continues in cabinet, 257;
refuses to be forced from cabinet, 258;
speech in Faneuil Hall defending his course, 258;
character of this speech, explains "Cruising Convention," 259;
refutes Cass, other labors in State Department, 260;
resigns secretaryship of state and resumes his profession, 261;
anxiety about Texas and Liberty party, supports Clay, 262;
reelected to the Senate, 263;
efforts to maintain peace with England, speech in Faneuil Hall, 265;
letter to Macgregor suggesting forty-ninth parallel, opposition to war in
the Senate, 266;
attacked by Ingersoll and Dickinson, 267;
speech in defence of Ashburton treaty, 268;
remarks on President Polk's refusal of information as to secret service
fund, careless in his accounts, 269;
absent when Mexican war declared, course on war measures, tour in the
South, 270;
denounces acquisition of territory, death of his son and daughter, visit
to Boston for funerals, 271;
refuses nomination for vice-presidency and opposes the nomination of
Taylor, 272;
has only a few votes in convention of 1848, 273;
disgusted with the nomination of Taylor, decides to support it, speech at
Marshfield, 274;
course on slavery, draws Boston memorial, 275;
character of this memorial, 276;
attack on slave-trade in Plymouth oration, 277;
compared with tone on same subject in 1850, 278;
silence as to slavery in Panama speech, 279;
treatment of slavery in reply to Hayne, 279, 280;
treatment of anti-slavery petitions in 1836, 281;
treatment of slavery in speech at Niblo's Garden, 282, 283;
treatment of anti-slavery petitions in 1837, 284;
views as to abolition in the District, 285;
attitude toward the South in 1838, 280;
adopts principle of Calhoun's Enterprise resolutions in Creole case, 287;
attempts to arouse the North as to annexation of Texas, 288;
objections to admission of Texas, 280;
absent when Mexican war declared, 290;
views on Wilmot Proviso, 291;
speech at Springfield, 292;
speech on objects of Mexican war, 293;
Oregon, speech on slavery in the territories, 294;
speech on Oregon Bill, and at Marshfield on Taylor's nomination, 295;
adheres to Whigs, declares his belief in Free Soil principles, 296;
effort to put slavery aside, 297;
plan for dealing with slavery in Mexican conquests, refutes Calhoun's
argument as to Constitution in territories, 298;
Clay's plan of compromise submitted to, 300;
delivers 7th of March speech, 301;
analysis of 7th of March speech, 301, 302;
speech disapproved at the North, 303;
previous course as to slavery summed up, change after reply to Hayne,
304;
grievances of South, 305;
treatment of Fugitive Slave Law, 305-308;
course in regard to general policy of compromise; merits of that policy,
308-312;
views as to danger of secession, 313, 314;
necessity of compromise in 1850, 315;
attitude of various parties in regard to slavery, 316;
wishes to finally settle slavery question, 317;
treatment of extension of slavery, 318;
disregards use of slaves in mines, 319;
inconsistent on this point, 321;
interviews with Giddings and Free-Soilers, 322;
real object of speech, 323;
immediate effect of speech in producing conservative reaction, 324;
compliments Southern leaders in 7th of March speech, 325, 326;
effort to sustain the compromise measures, bitter tone, 327;
attacks anti-slavery movement, 328, 329;
uneasiness evident, 330;
motives of speech, 330-332;
accepts secretaryship of state, 333;
writes the Huelsemann letter, 334;
treatment of Kossuth and Hungarian question, 335;
of other affairs of the department, 336:
hopes for nomination for presidency, 337;
belief that he will be nominated, 338;
loss of the nomination, 339;
refuses to support Scott, 340;
character of such a course, 341-343;
declining health, accident at Marshfield, 344;
death and burial, 345;
disappointments in his later years, 346;
his great success in life, 347;
his presence, 348;
character of his intellect, 348, 349;
dignity, 349;
character as a statesman, 350;
sense of humor, 351;
charm in conversation, 352;
large nature, love of large things, 353;
affection, generosity, treatment of friends, 355;
admired but not generally popular, 356;
distrust of his sincerity, 355, 356;
failings, indifference to debt, 356;
extravagance, 357;
attacked on money matters, 358;
attitude toward New England capitalists and in regard to sources of
money, 359;
moral force not equal to intellectual, 360;
devotion to Union, place in history, 361-362.
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