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A. B. Plot.
On April 19, 1824, Ninian Edwards, a former United States Senator from Illinois, presented an address to the Congress, preferring charges against William H. Crawford, then Secretary of the Treasury and a candidate for the Presidency.
The address was accompanied by letters, reflecting on the integrity of Secretary Crawford, signed A. B. The House appointed a committee of seven to investigate the charges, and on May 25 the committee submitted a report exonerating Secretary Crawford.
While on his way to Mexico, to which he had been sent on a public mission, Mr. Edwards acknowledged the authorship of the letters and also made new accusations against Secretary Crawford.
After the committee had exonerated the Secretary, Mr. Edwards was recalled to substantiate his charges, but failed to do so. This episode became known as the A. B. Plot.
Albany regency,
A name popularly given to a few active and able men of the democratic party who became associated in 1822, of whom Martin Van Buren was a leader, having their headquarters at Albany, N. Y., and who, in a great degree, controlled the action of their party throughout the Union.
Their first great trial of strength was seen in an effort to elect William H. Crawford President of the United States in 1824, instead of John Quincy Adams.
See Hunkers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , William Henry , 1784 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Argus , capture of the. (search)
Argus, capture of the.
The American brig Argus, Capt. W. H. Allen, bore to France William H. Crawford, United States minister to that government.
She afterwards cruised in British waters, and by the celerity of her movements and destructive energy she spread consternation throughout commercial England.
She carried 32-pound carronades and two bowguns; and her commander, who had served under Decatur, was one of the most gallant men of the navy.
He roamed the chops of the Channel successfully; and, sailing around Land's End, in the space of thirty days he captured no less than twenty valuable British merchantmen, with cargoes valued at $2,000,000. Too far away from friendly ports into which he might send his prizes, he burned all the vessels.
Every non-combatant captive he allowed to remove his private property, and for this generosity he was thanked by them.
The British government, alarmed by the exploits of the Argus, sent out several cruisers after her. Just before the dawn
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crawford , William Harris 1772 - (search)
Crawford, William Harris 1772-
Statesman; born in Amherst county, Va., Feb. 24, 1772; taught school several years and became a lawyer, beginning practice in Lexington, Ga., in 1799.
He compiled the first digest of the laws of Georgia, published in 1802: was a member of his State legislature from 1803 to 1807; was United States Senator from 1807 to 1813, in which body he was regarded as its ablest member.
In 1813 he was sent as United States minister to France, and on his return (1815) was appointed Secretary of War; but in October, 1816, he was transferred to the Treasury Department, which post he held until 1825, when he was defeated as Democratic candidate for the Presidency, having been nominated the previous year by a congressional caucus.
He had four other candidates to oppose— Adams, Calhoun, Jackson, and Clay.
At about that time his health failed, and he never fully recovered it. He became a circuit judge in Georgia, and was warmly opposed to nullification.
He died ne
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