Chapter XI. 
Political changes.

Aspirants for Congress—­A New Organization—­Two Parties—­A Protective
Tariff—­United States Bank—­The American System—­Internal Improvements
—­A Galaxy of Stars—­A Spartan Mother’s Advice—­Negro-Dealer—­
Quarter-Races—­Cock-Pitting—­Military Blunders on Both Sides—­Abner
Green’s Daughter—­Andrew Jackson—­Gwinn—­Poindexter—­Ad Interim—­
Generals by Nature as Civil Rulers

Chapter XII. 
Gossip.

Unrequited Love—­Popping the Question—­Practical Joking—­Satan Let
Loose—­Rhea, but not Rhea—­Teachings of Nature—­H.S.  Smith

Chapter XIII. 
Influence of childhood.

First Impressions—­Fortune—­Mirabeau B. Lamar—­Dr. Alonzo Church—­Julius
Caesar—­L.Q.C.  Lamar—­Texan Independence—­Colquitt—­Lumpkin—­What a Great
Man Can Do in One Day—­Charles J. Jenkins

Chapter XIV. 
A revolutionary veteran.

Tapping Reeve—­James Gould—­Colonel Benjamin Talmadge—­The Execution of Major Andre—­Character of Washington—­A Breach of Discipline—­ Burr and Hamilton—­Margaret Moncrief—­Cowles Meade

Chapter XV. 
Change of government.

Governor Wolcott—­Toleration—­Mr. Monroe—­Private Life of Washington
—­Thomas Jefferson—­The Object and Science of Government—­Court
Etiquette—­Nature the Teacher and Guide in all Things

Chapter XVI. 
Party principles.

Origin of Parties—­Federal and Republican Peculiarities—­Jefferson’s
Principles and Religion—­Democracy—­Virginia and Massachusetts
Parties—­War with France—­Sedition Law—­Lyman Beecher—­The Almighty
Dollar—­“Hail Columbia” and “Yankee Doodle”

Chapter XVII. 
Congress in its brightest days.

Missouri Compromise—­John Randolph’s Juba—­Mr. Macon—­Holmes and
Crawford—­Mr. Clay’s Influence—­James Barbour—­Philip P. Barbour—­
Mr. Pinkney—­Mr. Beecher, of Ohio—­“Cuckoo, Cuckoo!”—­National Roads
—­William Lowndes—­William Roscoe—­Duke of Argyle—­Louis McLean—­
Whig and Democratic Parties

Chapter XVIII. 
French and Spanish territory.

Settlers on the Tombigbee and Mississippi Rivers—­La Salle—­Natchez
—­Family Apportionment—­The Hill Country—­Hospitality—­Benefit of
African Slavery—­Capacity of the Negro—­His Future

Chapter XIX. 
The Natchez traditions.

Natchez—­Mizezibbee; or, The Parent of Many Waters—­Indian Mounds—­
The Child of the Sun—­Treatment of the Females—­Poetic Marriages—­
Unchaste Maids and Pure Wives—­Walking Archives—­The Profane Fire—­
Alahoplechia—­Oyelape—­The Chief with a Beard

Chapter XX. 
Exploration of the Mississippi valley.