Insurgents Surrender--"The Dreadful Night"--Hamilton's
Inquisition, 174

INDEPENDENCE VINDICATED.

CHAPTER XXII.

Arrogance of France--Americans and Louis XVI.--Genet Defies Washington
--The People Support the President--War With the Indians--Defeat of St.
Clair--Indians State Their Case--General Wayne Defeats the Savages--
Jay's Treaty--Retirement of Washington--His Character--His Military
Genius--Washington as a Statesman--His Views on Slavery--His Figure in
History, 180

CHAPTER XXIII.

John Adams President--Jefferson and the French Revolution--The French
Directory--Money Demanded From America--"Millions for Defence; Not One
Penny for Tribute"--Naval Warfare with France--Capture of The Insurgent
--Defeat of The Vengeance--Peace With France--Death of Washington--
Alien and Sedition Laws--Jefferson President--The Louisiana Purchase--
Burr's Alleged Treason--War with the Barbary States--England Behind the
Pirates--Heroic Naval Exploits--Carrying War Into Africa--Peace With
Honor, 191

CHAPTER XXIV.

French Decrees and British Orders in Council--Damage to American
Commerce--The Embargo--Causes of the War of 1812--The Chesapeake and The
Leopard--President and Little Belt--War Declared--Mr. Astor's Messenger
--The Two Navies Compared--American Frigate Victories--Constitution
and Guerriere--United States and Macedonian--Constitution and Java--
American Sloop Victories--The Shannon and Chesapeake--"Don't Give Up
the Ship!" 200

CHAPTER XXV.

The War on Land--Tecumseh's Indian Confederacy--Harrison at Tippecanoe--
General Hull and General Brock--A Fatal Armistice--Surrender of Detroit
--English Masters of Michigan--General Harrison Takes Command in the
Northwest--Harrison's Answer to Proctor--"He Will Never Have This Post
Surrendered"--Croghan's Brave Defence--The British Retreat--War on the
Niagara Frontier--Battle of Queenstown--Death of Brock--Colonel Winfield
Scott and the English Doctrine of Perpetual Allegiance, 209

CHAPTER XXVI.

Battle of Lake Erie--Master-Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry--Building a
Fleet--Perr