to Aaron Hobart

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to Aaron Hobart

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Type
Letters
Date
1836/03/15
Author/Creator
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Title
to Aaron Hobart
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Discusses disagreements in Congress over his positions at a time when, in his capacity as congressman, he was opposing patronage policies and the proposed "Gag Rule." Comments that "It was unfortunate for Mr. [Daniel] Webster that in the position he occupied on the 3d of March 1835 he hurried the Senate of the United States into a desperate quarrel with the House...upon principles so utterly untenable, and so unpatriotic, that they are sinking him and the Senate, under an unparalleled load of public odium." Although Webster and his followers are trying to take him down, Adams reports, "that Satisfaction will also be denied them." Adams was referring to Webster's successful scuttling of Roger B. Taney's nomination to replace Gabriel Duvall on the Supreme Court. On 3 March 1835, the last day of the Senate session, Webster postponed Taney's nomination by passing a bill that the House refused to agree to, thus starting the quarrel Adams mentioned.

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