...honorable men of all parties. The great effort of his administration was to mature, into a permanent system, the application of all the superfluous revenue of the Union to internal improvement. This policy was first suggested in a resolution introduced by him, and adopted by the Senate of the...

...moderation and devoted patriotism. The great effort of Ins administration was to mature^ into a permanent system, the application of all the superfluous revenue of the Union to internal improvement. This policy was first suggested in a resolution introduced by him, and adopted by the Senate of the...

...themselves." His first message to Congress contained the following special recommendations : '' The maturing into a permanent and regular system the application of all the superfluous revenues of the Union to internal improvement." " The establishment of a uniform standard of weights...

...themselves." His first message to Congress contained the following-special recommendations: "The maturing into a permanent and regular system the application of all the superfluous revenues of the Union to internal improvement." " The establishment of a uniform standard of weights...

...for office. In his first message, Mr. Adams made several important recommendations : " The maturing into a permanent and regular system the application of all the superfluous revenues of the Union to internal improvement; " ' ' the establishment of a uniform standard of weights...

...usefulness was narrowed. In his first message to Congress, in 1825, Mr. Adams recommended : "The maturing into a permanent and regular system the application of all the superfluous revenues of the Union to internal improvement. " The establishment of a uniform standard of weights...

...world. And my life will end in disappointment of the good which I would have done, had I been permitted. The great effort of my administration was to mature...permanent and regular system the application of all the 1 Diary IV, 502, January 10, 1820. superfluous revenue of the Union to internal improvement which at...

...administration a far-reaching scheme for educational and internal development. In February, 1837, he wrote that "The great effort of my administration was to mature...permanent and regular system the application of all the surplus revenue of the Union to internal improvement which at this day would have afforded high wages...

...after his crushing defeat in 1828 for information about his presidency, John Quincy Adams wrote that "the great effort of my administration was to mature...application of all the superfluous revenue of the Union." Such a system "would have afforded high wages and constant employment to hundreds of thousands of laborers"...

...and economic history as well. "The great effort of my administration," he told a friend in 1837, was "internal improvement, improvement which at this day...and constant employment to hundreds of thousands of labourers. . . ," a nation "checkered over with rail Roads and canals." It might still happen, but...