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Virginia--Siege of Yorktown--Cornwallis Surrenders--"Oh, God; it is All Over!" 155
FOURTH PERIOD.
UNION.
CHAPTER XX.
Condition of the United States at the Close of the Revolution--New England Injured and New York Benefited Commercially by the Struggle-- Luxury of City Life--Americans an Agricultural People--The Farmer's Home--Difficulty of Traveling--Contrast Between North and South-- Southern Aristocracy--Northern Great Families--White Servitude--The Western Frontier--Early Settlers West of the Mountains--A Hardy Population--Disappearance of the Colonial French--The Ordinance of 1787--Flood of Emigration Beyond the Ohio, 167
CHAPTER XXI.
The Spirit of Disunion--Shays' Rebellion--A National Government Necessary--Adoption of the Constitution--Tariff and Internal Revenue--The Whiskey Insurrection--President Washington Calls Out the Military--Insurgents Surrender--"The Dreadful Night"--Hamilton's Inquisition, 174
INDEPENDENCE VINDICATED.
CHAPTER XXII.
Arrogance of France--Americans and Louis XVI.--Genet Defies Washington --The People Support the President--War With the Indians--Defeat of St. Clair--Indians State Their Case--General Wayne Defeats the Savages-- Jay's Treaty--Retirement of Washington--His Character--His Military Genius--Washington as a Statesman--His Views on Slavery--His Figure in History, 180
CHAPTER XXIII.
John Adams President--Jefferson and the French Revolution--The French Directory--Money Demanded From America--"Millions for Defence; Not One Penny for Tribute"--Naval Warfare with France--Capture of The Insurgent --Defeat of The Vengeance--Peace With France--Death of Washington-- Alien and Sedition Laws--Jefferson President--The Louisiana Purchase-- Burr's Alleged Treason--War with the Barbary States--England Behind the Pirates--Heroic Naval Exploits--Carrying War Into Africa--Peace With Honor, 191
CHAPTER XXIV.
French Decrees and British Orders in Council--Damage to American Commerce--The Embargo--Causes of the War of 1812--The Chesapeake and The Leopard--President and Little Belt--War Declared--Mr. Astor's Messenger --The Two Navies Compared--American Frigate Victories--Constitution and Guerriere--United States and Macedonian--Constitution and Java-- American Sloop Victories--The Shannon and Chesapeake--"Don't Give Up the Ship!" 200
CHAPTER XXV.
The War on Land--Tecumseh's Indian Confederacy--Harrison at Tippecanoe-- General Hull and General Brock--A Fatal Armistice--Surrender of Detroit --English Masters of Michigan--General Harrison Takes Command in the Northwest--Harrison's Answer to Proctor--"He Will Never Have This Post Surrendered"--Croghan's Brave Defence--The British Retreat--War on the Niagara Frontier--Battle of Queenstown--Death of Brock--Colonel Winfield Scott and the English Doctrine of Perpetual Allegiance, 209
CHAPTER XXVI.
Battle of Lake Erie--Master-Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry--Building a Fleet--Perry on the Lake--A Duel of Long Guns--Fearful Slaughter on the Lawrence--"Can Any of the Wounded Pull a Rope?"--At Close Quarters-- Victory in Fifteen Minutes--"We Have Met the Enemy and They Are Ours"-- The Father of Chicago Sees the End of the Battle--The British Evacuate Detroit--General Harrison's Victory at the Thames--Tecumseh Slain--The Struggle in the Southwest--Andrew Jackson in Command--Battle of Horseshoe Bend--The Essex in the Pacific--Defeat and Victory on the Ocean--Captain Porter's Brave Defence--Burning of Newark--Massacre at Fort Niagara-- Chippewa and Lundy's Lane--Devastation by the British Fleet--British Vandalism at Washington--Attempt on Baltimore--"The Star Spangled Banner" 216
CHAPTER XXVII.
British Designs on the Southwest--New Orleans as a City of Refuge--The Baratarians--The Pirates Reject British Advances--General Jackson Storms Pensacola--Captain Reid's Splendid Fight at Fayal--Edward Livingston Advises Jackson--Cotton Bales for Redoubts--The British Invasion--Jackson Attacks the British at Villere's--The Opposing Armies--General Pakenham Attempts to Carry Jackson's Lines by Storm--The British Charge--They are Defeated with Frightful Slaughter--Pakenham Killed--Last Naval Engagement --The President-Endymion Fight--Peace--England Deserts the Indians as She Had Deserted the Tories--Decatur Chastises the Algerians, 225
SOUTH AMERICA FREE.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
England and Spanish America--A Significant Declaration--The Key to England's Policy in South America--Alexander Hamilton and the South Americans--President Adams' Grandson a Filibuster--Origin of the Revolutions in South America--Colonial Zeal for Spain--Colonists Driven to Fight for Independence--A War of Extermination--Patriot Leaders--The British Assist the Revolutionists--American Caution and Reserve--The Monroe Doctrine--Why England Championed the Spanish-American Republics --A Free Field Desired for British Trade--The Holy Alliance--Secretary Canning and President Monroe--The Monroe Declaration Not British, But American, 233
PROGRESS.
CHAPTER XXIX.
The United States Taking the Lead in Civilization--Manhood Suffrage and Freedom of Worship--Humane Criminal Laws--Progress the Genius of the Nation--A Patriotic Report--State Builders in the Northwest--Illinois and the Union--Immigration--British Jealousy--An English Farmer's Opinion of America--Commerce and Manufactures--England Tries to Prevent Skilled Artisans From Emigrating--The Beginning of Protection--The British Turn on their Friends the Algerians--General Jackson Invades Florida--Spain Sells Florida to the United States, 246
CHAPTER XXX.
The Missouri Compromise--Erie Canal Opened--Political Parties and Great National Issues--President Jackson Crushes the United States Bank--South Carolina Pronounces the Tariff Law Void--Jackson's Energetic Action--A Compromise--Territory Reserved for the Indians--The Seminole War-- Osceola's Vengeance--His Capture and Death--The Black Hawk War--Abraham Lincoln a Volunteer--Texas War for Independence--Massacre of the Alamo --Mexican Defeat at San Jacinto--The Mexican President a Captive--Texas Admitted to the Union--Oregon--American Statesmen Blinded by the Hudson Bay Company--Marcus Whitman's Ride--Oregon Saved to the Union--The "Dorr War," 253
CHAPTER XXXI.
War With Mexico--General Zachary Taylor Defeats the Mexicans--Buena Vista--Mexicans Four to One--"A Little More Grape, Captain Bragg!"-- Glorious American Victory--General Scott's Splendid Campaign--A Series of Victories--Cerro Gordo--Contreras--Churubusco--Molino del Rey--Chapultepec--Stars and Stripes Float in the City of Mexico-- Generous Treatment of the Vanquished--Peace--Cession of Vast Territory to the United States--The Gadsden Purchase, 264
CHAPTER XXXII.
The Union in 1850--Comparative Population of Cities and Rural Districts --Agriculture the General Occupation--Commercial and Industrial Development--Growth of New York and Chicago--The Southern States-- Importance of the Cotton Crop--Why the South Was Sensitive to Anti-Slavery Agitation--Manufactures--Religion and Education--The Cloud on the Horizon, 272
THE SLAVERY