Notes 1 Roy M. Robbins, "Horace Greeley: Land Reform and Unemployment," Agricultural History, Vol. VII (1933), pp. 18-41.
2 See, for example, Boston Mercantile Journal, April 14, 1837, and Chicago Weekly American, May 13, 1837.
3 Murray Kane, "Some Considerations of the Safety Valve Doctrine," Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. XXIII (1936), pp. 169-88.
4 Robbins, "Horace Greeley," loc. cit., p. 25.
5 "True Principles of Commercial Banking," United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Vol. II (1838), p. 126.
6 Congressional Globe, 25 Cong. 2 Sess., p. 564.
7 ibid., Appendix, 25 Cong. 3 Sess., p. 96.
9 Cong. Globe, 25 Cong. 2 Sess., p. 136.
10 25 Cong. 2 Sess., H. Ex. Doc. No. 208; 25 Cong. 2 Sess., S. Ex. Doc. No. 317; Racine Argus, February 14, 1838.
12 James D. Richardson (ed.), Messages and Papers of the Presidents (Washington, 1879-1903), Vol. III, p. 388.
13 National Intelligencer, February 5, 1838.
14 Cong. Globe, 25 Cong. 2 Sess., p. 142.
l5 Niles' Weekly Register, February 3, 1838.
17 The Jeffcrsonian, June 23, 1838.
18 Cong. Globe, 25 Cong. 2 Sess., p. 452. See Appendix for vote in the House.
19 The vote in the House was 107 to 53, and in the Senate 42 to 2.
20 Statutes at Large, Vol. V, p. 382.
21 United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Vol. IV (1839), p. 180.
22 Statutes at Large, Vol. V, p. 382.
23 For example, see: United Slates Magazine and Democratic Review, Vol. IV, pp. 137-43.
24 Message to Virginia Legislature, January 7, 1839, quoted in The Jeffersonian, January 26, 1839.
25 Cong. Globe, 25 Cong. 3 Sess., Appendix, p. 95.
26 "The Poetry of the West," United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Vol. IX, p. 9.
27 James H. Lanman, "The Progress of the Northwest," Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, Vol. Ill, p. 22.
28 Raynor G. Wellington, The Political and Sectional Influence of the Public Lands, 1828-1842 (Boston, 1914), p. 76.
30 Cong. Globe, 26 Cong, I Sess., p. 82.
31 Wellington, loc. cit., p. 79.
34 The Log Cabin, September 26, 1840; October 3, 1840.
35 George M. Stephenson, The Political History of the Public Lands, 1840-1862 (Boston, 1917), p. 43.
36 Speech of Jacob Thompson in House of Representatives, July 9, 1846; Cong. Globe, 29 Cong, I Sess., Appendix, p. 777.
37 ibid., 26 Cong. 2 Sess., Appendix, pp. 52, 64.
38 Wellington, The Political and Sectional Influence of the Public Lands, p. 87.
39 Cong. Globe, 26 Cong. 2 Sess., pp. 420-1.
40 Jackson to Blair, January 5, 1841, quoted in Wellington, loc. cit., p. 87.
41 Cong. Globe, 26 Cong. 2 Sess., Appendix, pp. 18, 19, 83.
44 Quoted in Cleveland Daily Herald, January 13, 1841.
45 Cong. Globe, 26 Cong. 2 Sess., Appendix, p. 38.
47 Webster's speech and Benton's defense attracted much attention, see: The Log Cabin, January 23, 1841; The Boston Quarterly, Vol. IV (1841), pp. 230-56.
48 "H.G." in The Log Cabin, January 23, 1841.
49 Cong. Globe, 26 Cong. 2 Sess., Appendix, pp. 99, 104, 230.
50 "H.G." in The Log Cabin, February 6, 1841.
51 Belfast (Maine) Republican Journal, February 4, 1841.
52 Cong. Globe, 26 Cong. 2 Sess., p. 58.
53 Richardson, Messages and Papers, Vol. IV, p. 47; Stephenson, The Political History of the Public Lands, p. 53.
54 Wellington, Political and Sectional History of the Public Lands, p. 96.
56 On June 22, W. C. Johnson of the Committee on Public Lands reported the distribution bill, see Cong. Globe, 27 Cong, I Sess., p. 89. On June 24 the bill was reported to include permanent, prospective preemption in practically the same form as Benton's Log-Cabin bill of the previous session.
58 Stephenson, loc. cit., p. 54.
59 Wellington, loc.cit., p. 98.
60 Cong. Globe, 27 Cong. I Sess., pp. 155-6.
62 The Log Cabin, July 10, 1841.
63 Cong. Globe, 27 Cong, I Sess., p. 175.
66 Wellington, loc. cit., p. 100.
68 Cong. Globe, 27 Cong. I Sess., pp. 388, 405-6. Three Whigs who had voted against the distribution amendment in February were brought over, which, together with the new Whigs elected in 1840, made the sum of 25 votes. Of the 17 votes opposed, all but 1, Clayton of Delaware, were Democratic votes, mostly from the West and South.
69 Statutes at Large, Vol. V, pp. 453-8.
70 Hibbard, History of Public Land Policies, p. 158. By permission of the Macmillan Co.
71 The Log Cabin, September 4, 1841.
72 Statutes at Large, Vol. V, p. 567.
73 Donaldson, The Public Domain, p. 753; Hibbard, History of Public Land Policies, p. 188.
74 Message to the Legislature, Niles' Weekly Register, Vol. LXV, p. 340, cited in Hibbard, loc. cit., p. 188.
75 Niles' Weekly Register, Vol. LXVI, p. 299.
76 Statutes at Large, Vol. V, Act of September 4, 1841, pp. 453-8.
77 ibid., p. 455; Opinions of Attorney-General, Vol. IV, p. 147.
78 Stephenson, loc. cit., p. 97. By permission of Chapman and Grimes Co., Inc.
79 Little Rock, Arkansas Banner, April 24, 1844.
80 New York Weekly Tribune, June 15, 1843; also consult issue of May 4, 1843, and the Daily Tribune, April 29, 1843.
81 New York Weekly Tribune, June 15, 1843.
82 Shosuke Sato, "The History of the Land Question in the United States," Johns Hopkins University Studies (Baltimore, 1886), vol. iv, p. 159.
83 Roy M. Robbins, "Preemtion: A Frontier Triumph," Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. XVIII (1931), pp. 331-49.