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CHAPTER I.
The Young West1
CHAPTER II.
Benton's Early Life and Entry into the Senate23
CHAPTER III.
Early Years in the Senate47
CHAPTER IV.
The Election of Jackson, and the Spoils System69
CHAPTER V.
The Struggle with the Nullifiers88
CHAPTER VI.
Jackson and Benton make War on the Bank114
CHAPTER VII.
The Distribution of the Surplus143
CHAPTER VIII.
The Slave Question appears in Politics157[vi]
CHAPTER IX.
The Children's Teeth are set on Edge184
CHAPTER X.
Last Days of the Jacksonian Democracy209
CHAPTER XI.
The President without a Party237
CHAPTER XII.
Boundary Troubles with England260
CHAPTER XIII.
The Abolitionists Dance to the Slave Barons' Piping290
CHAPTER XIV.
Slavery in the New Territories317
CHAPTER XV.
The Losing Fight341
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