OR, THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, From the Original Documents, commencing with the Organizing of the Government. Edited by Colonel Thomas If. Benton, AUTHOR OF "THIRTY YEARS' VIEW." Published by D. Appleton & Co., 346 & 348 Broadway, New York. The great subject of these volumes, the POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, is one with which it is of the highest importance that every American who has a VOTE to cast, should be conversant. The interest of history, the poetical charm of eloquence, and the calm delights of philosophy are here blended. To all who would understand aright the progress of the United States, who would trace their development from a feeble colony to a mighty power among the nations, who would view with prescient eye the causes which are operating still further to promote their prosperity and glory, or the slight seeds of decay which may, even now, have begun to germinate, giving premonitions of coming decline and ruin; to all, in short, who love their country and anxiously desire her highest welfare, the facts of our political history, the progress of opinions on important subjects among our eminent Statesmen, must be worthy of the calmest and most serious consideration. Every one who has been compelled to search through a large volume to find here and there a few words on the subject which he is examining, has been irresistibly reminded of the "needle In the haystack." All such difficulty is here obviated by an INDEX, at once complete and accurate. 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