, 1876-07-04

ond struggle with Great Britain took It's
origin In tho assertion Of tho 1nttcr'a claim to
Tho rioht OF searching American vcsscla for
English deserters aud tho insolenco with which
tho British navn1 officers prosecuted It. This
continued, and was further aggravated by
certain arbitrary restrictions On American
commerce, TIL no alternative but war re.
,naiuet for the United Stases President
MADISON reluctantly acquiesccd, and sent
message to Congress June /, 1912, on the
subieot Congress adopted manifesto in,-
mcdialely, and tho net declaring war WAS
signed on the 1871, Of the sanc msnth. This
war, further complicated By tho hostility OF
ruauy of tho Iu,linn tribes, lasted until tho
famous European struggle Of the Same epoch
wna finished, and peaco was declared by the
Treaty Of Ghent Dec. "a, 1874. It had been
exceedingly unpopular, and had cost tho
country serious losses, leaving debt
Of $50, 600. Tho banks generally sus- !
pended specie payments, and there WINS
no uniform OF stable currency. It was
then TINT tho Nationn1 Dank waa char
tered and located OF Philadelphia, with q
capital Of $35 5,000, 900, and authorized to
issue circulating notes rcdcemablo in gold
and silver; 1t was the renewnl OF ita charter
| (cxpiring by limitation In twenty yoars) tint
JAcEsoA vetoed in 1872. AloNEoE's Adminis-
trasion wns m era OF peace md good WILL
supported by both parties, mid ho was TO-
elected by all the electoral votes except ono.
It was during lis Administration, however,
| TINT tho county was divided for tho first
tjmc on the eiavory question, which was dos
1 tinod later to figure 80 conspicuously IN our
history. It was tho controversy ovor tho
formation Of the Missouri Constitution. For
thu first time tho North mud tho South woro
arrayed against eaeh other, and for tho first
tmo tho threats came from tho South OF n
dissolution of tho Union. Tho rosnlt was
tho famous compromise, ny "nleh s'a'ofy
was prohibited forever north OF " degrees
90. minutes. The "h1oHHoE doctrine was
cnunciatod during the Same Administration
as a result Of the discussion over the rocog-
milton Of tho independence OF the Spanish
American Republics. Jous QUINCY ADAMS
Administration succeeded, anl tho most con-
j; spicuous event in it was the adoption Of
"the American System OF protecting home
manufactures" the Tariff law oi ls28 WINS
} enncted on the basis Of this sophs'n. 1t
WINS the starting.point of tic disconsent
) Of South Carolina, which threatened seccF-
sion in JAoksoss time, when tho thrift OF
1889 imposed additional duties on foreign
t goods. JACKSON Ind just hoen reelected.
He denied the right OF notification, asson'
: blcd tho army at Charleston under Gen.
3 scorr, and threatened to hang tho lcadors
8 His fir1nncss cut oil this incipient rebellion
r. in tho bud, and HENRY cLArs tariff compro
It miso poured oil Oh tho troubled watozs. I
s wns during JAcxsoAs Administration also tha
'- tho Seminole, Or Florida, Indian war brok
n out, which lasted till 1912 and cost $40, LOCO,
@ MO.
1t In YAK BuBEs'e time occurred tho f1nancio
t. crisis Of 1897. when the mercantile failure
s" IN TIM CITY of New York alono amounted t
il $1oo, 900, GOO within space Of two month";
ID md nearly the whole Of his term was ocor
10 pied in deYising measures to establish
II stable currency and a sound system q
"a finance, Con. HARRISON, 1t will DO reneu
70 bored, died lust ono month aftor his inaugt
~ ration. and A1r, TYLER succeeded 10 tt
,K prea,d oncy, and signalized the accident t
ut going over to tho Democrats and doscrtir
ID the Wings who had elected him,-the N
at tionn1. .Bank controversy still boing tho rail-
nd inc point. The proposition to annex Tex
ly bscame the leading question in 1914 NJ
an Wv N,tnzr. who lad written letter oppo
he iue It, was dropped by the Democratic part
mt which elected JAMES X. Polk over Clay, vi
had made tie same mistake rs VAN DuRE
&C. The troubles with Mc1ico begun almost /,
ar, mcdiately, and war was declared on A1ay l
&C. 1876. Congress- votcd $40, 100000 ant 60
:ho authority 70 coll 10000 volunteers. 1t ]
Lhe suited in the annexation Of New Mexico a
viii California, and tho .sonty Of peace was sign
ian Feb, 2, 1913, establishing tho line Of t
in Rio Grando Us the boundary. Meanwhile t
nut slavery question was asserting itself, and
[ni- 1Hao-t3 nnti.glayory societies wero foru
pby throughout tho Northern States. Congr
wi. tried to ignore it by refusing for whilo
,1r ,ouo;1or opv ,,nf;finns hut It would -,