“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.