It was
during the second Administration of President Jackson that the act
changing the ratio between the gold and silver dollar was passed.
This volume contains President Van Buren's message recommending the
independent treasury or subtreasury, and the discussion of that subject,
which terminated in what has been termed "the divorce of the bank and
state in the fiscal affairs of the Federal Government," and which
President Van Buren considered a second Declaration of Independence. The
controversy with Great Britain in relation to the northeastern boundary
of the United States is also included in Van Buren's Administration, and
will prove highly interesting.
The omission of indexes to Volumes I and II has been commented on. The
answer to such comments is, it was deemed best to omit the index to each
volume and publish a general and comprehensive index to the entire work,
in a separate volume. This index will be ready for distribution soon
after the issuance of the last volume.
JAMES D. RICHARDSON.
NOVEMBER 26,1896.
Andrew Jackson
March 4, 1833, to March 4, 1837
Andrew Jackson
SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
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