ris, 211;
appoints Monroe, 216;
his mistake in not appointing a political supporter, 212;
disgusted at Monroe's behavior, 213, 214;
recalls Monroe and appoints C.C. Pinckney, 214;
angered at French policy, 214;
his contempt for Monroe's self-justification, 215, 216;
review of foreign policy, 216-219;
his guiding principle national independence, 216;
and abstention from European politics, 217;
desires peace and time for growth, 217, 218;
wishes development of the West, 218, 219;
wisdom of his policy, 219;
considers parties dangerous, 220;
but chooses cabinet from Federalists, 220;
prepared to undergo criticism, 221;
willingness to bear it, 221;
desires to learn public feeling, by travels, 221, 222;
feels that body of people will support national government, 222;
sees and deplores sectional feelings in the South, 222, 223;
objects to utterances of newspapers, 223;
attacked by "National Gazette," 227;
receives attacks on Hamilton from Jefferson and his friends, 228, 229;
sends charges to Hamilton, 229;
made anxious by signs of party division, 229;
urges both Hamilton and Jefferson to cease quarrel, 230, 231;
dreads an open division in cabinet, 232;
desirous to rule without party, 233;
accomplishes feat of keeping both secretaries in cabinet, 233;
keeps confidence in Hamilton, 234;
urged by all parties to accept presidency again, 235;
willing to be reelected, 235;
pleased at unanimous vote, 235;
his early immunity from attacks, 237;
later attacked by Freneau and Bache, 238;
regards opposition as dangerous to country, 239;
asserts his intention to disregard them, 240;
his success in Genet affair, 241;
disgusted at "democratic" societies, 242;
thinks they fomented Whiskey Rebellion, 242;
denounces them to Congress, 243;
effect of his remarks, 244;
accused of tyranny after Jay treaty, 244;
of embezzlement, 245;
of aristocracy, 245;
realizes that he must compose cabinet of sympathizers, 246;
reconstructs it, 246;
states determination to govern by party, 247;
slighted by House, 247;
refuses a third term, 248;
publishes Farewell Address, 248;
his justification for so doing, 248;
his wise advice, 249;
address Attacked by Democrats, 250, 251;
assailed in Congress by Giles, 251;
resents charge of be
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