ABSTRACT
The second term of Mr. Monroe closed in March, 1825 - after the tariff law of 1824 had been passed in response to his recommendation for "additional protection". In October, 1825, during the first year of Mr. Adams' administration, General Jackson was again brought forward as a candidate for the Presidency, by the Legislature of Tennessee. The purpose at that time, on the part of his friends, was to make what was called "bargain and corruption", between Mr. Adams and Mr. Clay, the leading feature of the contest. The general anxiety on the subject of protection was so great, that it was impossible to keep that question out of view, and the discussion of it became more earnest as the election approached. By that time some of the politicians in the cotton-growing States, especially South Carolina, had indicated opposition to protection, which created apprehensions in other parts of the Union that it might, in the end, be endangered.
