l88 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 



September, 1825, for his native country. The authorities of 

 Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, the principal 

 officers of the Government, civil, military, and naval, members 

 of Congress, and other citizens assembled on that day at the 

 President's house to take leave of the General. President 

 Adams addressed him with dignity, but with evident emotion, 

 and bade him adieu. 



At the usual term of office an active canvass was com- 

 menced for the election of the successor of Mr. Monroe. 

 Four candidates were proposed : Messrs. Jackson, Adams, 

 Clay, and Crawford. Mr. Adams was elected, and Mr. Monroe 

 retired. 



The principal event of Mr. Monroe's term of office was 

 the celebrated doctrine preached by him, and known as 

 Monroe's doctrine, in which he says : AMERICA TO THE 

 Americans, and to no one else, and advising the 

 inhabitants to unite and to repel all foreign invasion in 

 America. 



JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, 1825— 1829. 



JOHN QUINCY Adams, the sixth President of the United 

 States, entered upon the duties of his office in March, 1825. 

 In his inaugural address he insisted on the discarding of every 

 remnant of rancour against each other, to be all friends, and to 

 work harmoniously for the welfare and prosperity of the 

 country. 



During his administration, an important treaty was 

 concluded with the Indian tribe of the Creeks. By this treaty 

 the Creeks ceded all the lands lying within the boundaries 

 of the State of Georgia, inhabited by them, in exchange for 

 others situated westward of the Mississippi, on the Arkansas 

 River. A treaty was also concluded with the Indian tribe of 

 Kandas, ceding all their lands, within and without the limits 

 of Missouri, excepting a reservation on the Kansas River, 

 thirty miles square, including their villages. For these lands, 

 the United States agreed to pay them, 3,500 dollars yearly, 

 during twenty years, to provide for their education and civili- 

 sation, and to furnish them with a specified quantity of agri- 

 cultural stock. 



Another treaty was also concluded with the Great and 

 Little usages, for their lands situated in Arkansas and else- 

 where, for an annuity of 7,000 dollars for twenty years, and 

 other provisions. 



