Memoirs of John Adams Dix; comp. by his son, Morgan Dix.

New York Politics.-Barnburners and Hunkers.-Abolitionism.- Silas
Wright.-Canvass of 1844.-1845: Elected Senator of the United
States.-Annexation of Texas.-First Speech in the Senate, on the
Oregon Question.- Speech on French Spoliations.-Speech on the
Warehouse Bill.-Declines the Mission to England.-Speech on the
Lieutenant-general Bill.-The War with Mexico.-Speech on the Three
Million Bill.-Extension of Slavery.-Battle of Buena Vista.-Letters
of Major R. S. Dix.-Speech on European Intervention.-Slavery in
the Territories. - Anti-rentism in New York. - Defeat of Governor
Wright.-His Death.-Political Credo of General Dix.-Free-soil
Movement of 1848.-East Hampton.- Climate of Long Island.Sporting.-Nomination for Governor.-Defeat of Free-soilers.-Last
Speech in the Senate.-Port Chester.-Death of John J. Morgan.Manursing Island.-1852: Death of Baldwin Dix. —Reunion of the
Democratic Party. -Baltimore Convention. - Election of Franklin
Pierce.-The Mission to France.