. A brief history of the United States . and sent to Port Moultrie, where he died the following year. t No Vice-President being chosen by the people, Colonel R. M. Johnson wasselected by the Senate. I Martin Van Buren was bom 1782; died 1862. He early took an interest inpolitics, and in 1818 started a new organization of the democratic party of NewYork, his native State, which had the power for over twenty years. In 1831 he wasappointed minister to England, whither he went in September, but when the nomi-nation came before the Senate in December, it was rejected, on the ground that hehad sided
. A brief history of the United States . and sent to Port Moultrie, where he died the following year. t No Vice-President being chosen by the people, Colonel R. M. Johnson wasselected by the Senate. I Martin Van Buren was bom 1782; died 1862. He early took an interest inpolitics, and in 1818 started a new organization of the democratic party of NewYork, his native State, which had the power for over twenty years. In 1831 he wasappointed minister to England, whither he went in September, but when the nomi-nation came before the Senate in December, it was rejected, on the ground that hehad sided with England against the United States, on certain matters, and had carriedparty contests and their results into foreign negotiations. His party regarded this asextreme political persecution, and the next year elected him to the thus became the head of the Senate which a few months before condemned him,and where he now performed his duties with dignity, courtesy, and impartiality. i837] DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATES. 179. tion, now burst with terrible fury. The banks contractedtheir circulation. * Business men could not pay their were every-day occurrences, and the losses in NewYork city alone, duringMarch and Ai)ril, exceed-ed $100,000,000. Propertyof all kinds declined invalue. Eight of the Statesfailed, wholly or in the United Statesgovernment could not payits debts, t Consternation the birth-place of martin van upon all classes. Confidence was destroyed, and tradestood still. Foreign Affairs.—^e Patriot War (1837-8).—TheCanadian rebellion against England, at this time, stirred thesympathies of the American people. Meetings were held,volunteers offered, and arms contributed. The Presidentissued a proclamation refusing the protection of the United —As a President, Van Buren was the subject of mncti partisan censure. The coun-try was passing through a peculiar crisis, and his was a difficult position to fill withsatis
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