Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 1 (of 2)
CHAPTER XV.
1837–1841.
Mr. Van Buren’s Presidency—The Financial Troubles 418 accumulating—Remedy of the Independent Treasury—Buchanan on the Causes of Specie Suspension, and the Pennsylvania Bank of the United States—Great Political Revolution of 1840—Buchanan declines a Seat in Mr. Van Buren’s Cabinet