john adams. i recognize john adams. >> him more permanent than this will be necessary to defend the right, liberty, and properties of the people. and to protect the constitution of the united states of america. vice president john adams, massachusetts, 1797. >> it is true, sir, that members of the house of representatives are elected for two years. the president for four years. and the members of the senate for six years. and during the temporary years. and during the temporary official term, these officers constitute what is called "the government." and when the people make their what is called "the government." and when the people make their well known, the officer will obey that will. wisconsin, 1917. >> let me say, mr. president that when the women of the country come in and sit with you, though there may be but very few in the next few years i pledge you that you will get ability. integrity of purpose. you will get exhaustive patriotism. and you will get youthfulness. senator rebecca lattimo

john quincy adams did not think too highly of mr. hughes. he said, houston leave the whole science of diplomacy consists in giving -- hughes believes the whole science of diplomacy consists in giving dinners. who are the british sending? dr. william adams, admiralty lawyer. he's on the team because americans are known to favor legalistic arguments. lord gambier will look out for the british naval interests. they're not going to budge on this issue. the reason they can't is the minute they give up the idea of impressment what any british sailor does not want to be part of the navy, what are they going to do? desert to an american flag vessel. if you're great britain if you give up impressment, you just shot yourself in the foot. henry goulburn, is there to look after canada. still some very smart people. any questions so far? ok. what are the main issues they're going to tackle? we know the seizure of ships that was done. what is the number one issue? impressment. the u.s. will draw back immediately when negotiations began in august. in augus

brian lamb: i do that to ask you, was john adams a raving egomaniac? david stewart: that's a little strong. but there was a volatile quality to adams. which makes it remarkable he was able to achieve as much as he did. madison had a remarkable steadiness of disposition. people always commented on it. he was never flustered. john adams was always flustered. it's not easy to be a leader when you have that quality. brian lamb: in all of the time i have had the chance to interview people when simon & schuster books come out, i have never seen that dear reader from alice. everyone knows who alice is. david stewart: she is a wonderful editor at simon & schuster. she says james madison knows everybody. he was their partner both family and sometimes sparing. madison didn't use them but both he and they profited from the relationship. the most interesting was his life dolly. brian lamb: alex said the most surprising was she was a real partner. how did you get -- or why did alice mayhew do this for your book? david stewart: i can't explain her behavior in any re

the real john adams and this isn't the real senate. speakers were high-school students and the senate is a full-sized replica at the brand-new edward m. kennedy institute for the u.s. senate in boston. with the help of president obama, it was dedicated today. >> and no one made the senate come alive like ted kennedy. >> reporter: making the senate come alive is exactly what kennedy had in mind when he proposed building a model of the senate where up to 100 students at a time can write, debate and vote on legislation. jean maccormack is the institute president. >> are you inviting futurer voters or senators withs. >> we hope to in-- inspire both. >> they also want to inspire the students to reach across the aisle. kennedy was a fierst partisan. >> this is special interest legislation this say political payoff. make no mistake about it. >> but he was also one of the most productive senators in u.s. history because he knew his bills wouldn't pass without republican support. some of his former republican partners were here today including

john adams. andrew johnson brought up alcohol probably saved his life. the guy who was opposed to kill him got drunk and chickened out. he never would have been president. my question is teddy roosevelt mother was a southern belle from georgia. is that why he got into the mint juleps? he was probably exposed to them when he was growing up. mark: that's a good question. teddy was very proud of his southern roots. he was definitely introduced to any southern hospitality when i came around to drinking. for that matter, woodrow wilson as well. as a boy, we remember robert e lee coming through his town with the confederate cavalry. it's also interesting the bottom of the relatives of the presidents often had alcohol problems. that is kind of a common thread that i found throughout the book. not just with teddy roosevelt but with other people -- johnson, andrew johnson son had a very bad outlaw problem. very common. also, what you brought up with andrew johnson escaping the assassination because the assassin got drunk. with lincoln, the irony was that he did n

no one's ever really been prosecuted under that act. >> no comment from john adams. >> john adams couldon this controversy. every time someone does something like this on foreign policy you know people say it's a violation of the logan act, but it always seems to go away. want to get the latest about this controversy from the white house. we'll check in later with michelle kosinski. >>> also later this morning, a senate committee will take up the president's request to authorize the use of force against isis. the terrorist group releasing a chilling new video, a chilling video showing a child, a young teenager shooting a man isis alleged to be an israeli spy. this morning israel's defense minister saying defiantly the victim had absolutely no connection to israeli intelligence. meanwhile, isis losing its grip on tikrit. iraqi forces taking back large parts of the city overnight. the terrorists reportedly in retreat after a week now of heavy fighting. i want to go to cairo and bring in cnn's ian lee. good morning ian. >> reporter: good morning, christine. we're hearing from the iraqi gov

c-span: one of the things i noted is you mentioned abigail adams, john adams' wife. and i wanted to ask you what's in the famous `remember the ladies' to her husband--letter or what was that? >> guest: letter, yes. c-span: and why did you use that here? >> guest: well, this is a letter where she writes to john adams right at the moment of the declaration of independence. and she says, `please, when you make your new laws for this new country, remember the ladies and don't allow men to tyrannize over them. remember that all men would be tyrants if they would, and there's a need to restrain that.' she was referring to the problem of some men abusing their wives and this was a problem that was acknowledged and in the early legislation that was passed in the various states, particularly in the northern states, the laws were changed to accommodate those kinds of extreme situations. cruelty was established as a ground of divorce in most of the states--northern states, actually, in the pre-civil war period. and that was what she had in mind. the reason why i mention it is b

john adams, who rarely had a nice thing to say about anyone said about george washington, of course john adams was eclipsed by him john adams was vice president when washington was prime president, and he fought washington earlier over the conduct of the war he said washington had style, he knew how to command the stage. and at newburg he famously commanded the stage by giving a mumbling address but then had what was probably preplanned pulling out his glasses which people never saw, his reading glasses, and reading a letter. and he said, you know, going gray in your service, i've also lost my sight. and that humanized him before his men. and the newburg conspiracy was a pivotal point in america history where there was a coup aboot. and he squelched the coup not by what he said but how he said it. and so many times, same way with the constitutional convention. he never spoke. he spoke privately all the time and he worked out negotiations and compromises privately all the time. in public his style was such, his decorum was such he could with an eye, with a glance he could silence a person

anthony, two or three sacajawea and the rest are john adams. we need more than token representation for women. >> is your campaign made harder the fact that someone last to go to make space for a woman? >> it is harder no question about it. but the president on the 20, andrew jackson, there are a lot of people who think that his legacy the negative aspect of his legacy is enough to ask for him to be moved aside. he's known more for the indian removal act that led to the trail of tears deaths of thousands of native americans as they were forcibly moved from their land to the west. and he also was a very fierce opponent of paper money. he believed in coin, gold and silver coin. he didn't like the central banking system. he believed that paper money was illegitimate and he would be alarmed to see his face on any paper money as at all. >> susan stanton thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me and vote! >> to put a new face on a bill, someone's got to come off. there's a a system for assessing changing money how do historical figures rise a

it was passed in 1799 when john adams was president and it says no private citizen, nobody but the president of the united states can conduct negotiations with a foreign government to influence their actions or oppose american interests. a lot of people in washington today, democrats especially, were saying this is a violation. they should be prosecuted. 277,000 people have signed a petition asking the white house to prosecute the 47 senators. i think we can guess right now it's not going to happen. only one person has ever been indicted for this. that was 1803 and he wasn't convicted. probably not a execution -- constitutional law. but our standard is only the president so be negotiating with foreign powers. gwen: as soon as this letter got to the person it was indend -- intended to did iran do anything to exploit it? >> it wasn't actually sent to them. it was styled as an open letter on a web site. that's another thing that would make prosecution problematic. i think senator cotton did tweet it at the ayatollah but i don't know if that counts. but iran did say this is a sign of the decline

john. >> adam levin. good to have you with us. >> good to be here antonio. >> gullibility one of the victims very smart victims one was an nfl player had a radio show. these scammers were effective the way they went after taxpayers. >> one of them was a deputy treasury inspector general for tax administration. >> one of the top officers in the treasury. >> in the treasury. so i mean they know no bounds there is no limit what they are willing to do. threatening you with jail deportation in some cases possible physical harm this is scary stuff. >> it is and federal investigators are calling it the most wide suppression operation of its kind they've ever seen. but it couldn't have happened in your opinion if there hadn't been this recent epidemic of hacking and identity theft? >> well, i think that it permitted a great deal of personal identifying information to get into the wrong hands and the more people that have access to your information through hacks, the more people are empowered to do crazy things li

the appointment of john quincy adams two years ago it appears the advancement of these matters was made in december last year. we made a proposal for the british to me and discuss these matters. it was suggested by the british to remove it to gethent. they refuse last year and 1814. allowing them to discuss the terms of cease-fire and secession of possibility. they refused it. and december of the past year, 1814, they offered other terms of negotiation. the we were not entirely satisfied by those terms negotiation was better than no negotiation at all. our own ministers there, mr. adams, mr. craig, mr. russell they will recommence the negotiations. hopefully something fruitful has arrived. we won't know yet. thank you. [applause] >> you are watching "american history tv." 48 hours of american history on c-span 3. follow us on twitter . this is a live picture inside fords theatre, where all day today, until about 4:30 p.m., we will be you live coverage of a symposium on lincoln's life and legacy. fords theatre is the site where abraham lincoln was assassinated by john looks toy john wilk

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president number two, john adams. suppose a nation in some distant region, your second president is speaking. suppose a nation in some distant region, he wrote this in his diary, should take the bible for their only law book and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited. every member would be obliged in conscience to temperance, frugality, industry, to justice, kindness and charity toward his fellow men, and to piety, love and reverence toward almighty god. what a utopia. what a paradise. this region would be. look at us now. i'm still quoting what your second president said. i'm just giving you a picture of the ones who founded your country, if you think i'm just a little too real scrouse for your blood. statesmen my dear sir my plan and speculate for liberty and i mean there are a lot of them but it is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles on which freedom can securely stand. the only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue. and if this cannot be inspi

here is john quincy adams on this $500 legal tender note. incidentally, $500 with the equivalent of about $8,500 in today's money. the general public really didn't see this note. the average salary for a worker during the civil war in 1869 was about $25 a month. most people never really got to see john quincy adams on a note. grover cleveland was on our thousand dollar bill but he was on $20 bills during this time. james garfield appears on a note. this is a gold certificate that has his portrait and there is a mirror image of his portrait on a special kind of national bank note. it is called a brownback note issued in the 1880's. if you know garfield at all, he is known for a couple of things. one is he got assassinated. he had only been in office for seven months and died about 200 days later. for me the most important thing about garfield is that he was the only president that published a mathematic truth in a journal. this is a so-called trapezoidal proof of the pythagorean theorem. this was published in the journal of education back in

♪ >> reporter: president john adams federalist party wanted war but a pennsylvania doctor named georgence and brokered a deal to stop it! the federalists were furious and passed the logan act to make such diplomacy with prison times. not a single case has ever amounted to anything from these three cases. on a white house website tens of thousands of people have filed a petition for an investigation convinced republicans are now illegally interfering with foreign policy by sending a letter to iran's leadership but they probably should not expect much. after all, in 2008, candidate barack obama chatted with the iraqis and guess what republicans hollered about? yeah. the logan act. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> still ahead, a look ahead at the trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev. they are saying he is not responsible for the attack but now the fight to -- rather to avoid the death penalty. we got details of the defense's strategy to convince jurors to spare his life. you're never held responsible. you are saying "frog protection"? fraud. fro-g. frau-d. i think we're on the same page. at discov

indeed, during the war, it is yet to be confirmed, but she is a descendent of john adams, a fearless supporter, a nurse, and she smuggled medicine and supplies and any piece of clothing that had including her petticoat and hat. she crossed lines in the name of god, literally. she claimed to be a missionary all the way collecting military details that she would carry to the other side. for all, the decorating of the graves at the greenwood cemetery wasn't own act of resistance and civil war. it was no ordinary april event. this cause of decorating the graves. it was not women saying, the graves look lonely, let us go and a door in them. the federal troops under taylor would arrive the next day. in the monthly periodical called "the confederate veteran," landon would go on to recall what happened in the 30 years prior. she was the one who scripted it both then and at that moment. she did so in words. here are her reminiscences. i will try tonight go into a southern accent, which is hard. the evening was one of the darkest and the confederate struggle. there were rumors and disasters. g

president john adams' federalist party wanted war but a pennsylvania doctor named george logan traveledce and brokered a deal to stop it. the federalists were furious and passed the logan act to make such freelance diplomacy punishable by fines and prisons. and accumulations of violations have appeared ever since. not a single case has ever amounted to anything. still on a white house website, tens of thousands of people have signed a petition for an investigation. convinced republicans are now illegally interfering with foreign policy by sending a letter to iran's leadership. but they probably should not expect much. after all, in 2008, candidate barack obama chatted with the iraqis and guess what republicans hollered about? yeah, the logan act. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> justice department, by the way, is declining to comment on the logan act. but a federal law enforcement official did tell cnn something. this is a political issue, not a legal issue. >>> coming up just ahead, dzhokhar tsarnaev sitting silently in a federal courtroom as jurors look at him and simultaneously watch

when he leaves, he keeps an eagle eye on john adams to make sure he is doing the right thing. the commissioners write to washington. then washington dies in the 19th century. perhaps the second worst event in washington, d.c., history occurs. it is the election of thomas jefferson as president. thomas jefferson, a strong supporter of the potomac location for the seat of government, whose plan was to have the seat, the federal city within the 100 square miles, be located approximately the campus between 17th and third streets between what became constitution avenue and virginia avenue. there was to be merely a seat of government, not a capital, not a federal city, not a federal town. jefferson threw l'enfant's plan into the trash and along with it george washington's vision of this grand emporium, this great world capital, the capital of the future greatest empire in the world, commercial city cultural city, political city. no, jefferson said, just a political city. build some buildings. plant some trees. don't pave the streets. don't put in a water system. washington, d.c., is

this is a 216-year-old law signed by president john adams and now some are claiming that nearly halfillfully violated it. 46 republicans joined freshman senator tom cotton in writing to iran's leaders, asserting that any nuclear deal would need support from congress and the next president could override it. the logan act specifically forbids any american without permission from influencing quote, dissents or controversy gs involving the u.s. and a foreign government. this isn't the first time someone in congress has been accused of breaking this law. in fact the second bush administration slammed nancy pelosi former house speaker, after she met with syrian president bashar al assad on a trip to syria back in 2007. vice president dick cheney's reaction was pretty straightforward then and i quote, the president is the one who conducts foreign policy not the speaker of the house, end quote. politico's michael crowley wrote about this fight. the white house says the gop is trying to sandbag the president here but you're right, this sort of outrageous behavior really isn't that unpreceden

. >> reporter: berks county district attorney john adams says authorities are getting tips and sightings every day. they have released two police sketches fitting descriptions and certain sightings but nothing solid. >> we need help from the public. >> is what awesome is people are not stupid enough to fall for these things anymore. >> reporter: this three-year old says his peers have been listening to warnings from parents and teachers and they are being smart. >> we all know what is going on and we are vigilant. >> reporter: well, tomorrow on wednesday, law enforcement officials from nearly half dozen municipalities, here in berks county will meet once again with the district attorney he will be pulling descriptions, surveillance video, anything that will help them track and identify a suspect in these cases. we're reporting live from berks county i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> steve, thanks very much. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf delivers his first budget address today outlining a nearly $30 billion spending plan that includes tax increases to support public

john adams and thomas jefferson both died on july 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the declaration ofndependence. that was true, by the way. [laughter] we are fascinated to know that one of our nation's most revered leaders envision his own assassination just days before it happened. the tragedy is gripping. he confirms america's providential place in history. as with any apocryphal story, it seems believable because it's in keeping with what we know about lincoln's life and character. even more importantly, stories like these confirm the myths about lincoln that americans long to believe, that he was almost supernatural. in a sense, i think the fascination with biographers and their readers with lincoln's prophetic dreams may reveal more about lincoln's admirers than lincoln himself. during the war, he became a symbol of god's hand in the conflict. in may 1861, a rochester woman wrote to mary todd lincoln about a dream she had that she believed had significant meaning. she saw a great storm with terrible thunder and lightning and she said it was as if the heavens and earth were comin

among the patriots it was , something understood well by washington and john adams, and that is the importance of what happens to the navy in the outcome of this war. clinton knew new york. his father had been governor of new york. his father had been an admiral. his uncle had bid in admiral. -- been an admiral. he understood the role of the sea. and he told them at home, he wants the government that the moment a superior french fleet arrives on the coast of america, any detachment to the british army could be surrounded. which was exactly what happened. he believes that there had been at least three occasions when the british could have been defeated before yorktown. you had the superior french fleet off the coast of america. the government was supposed to guarantee it would always be a superior british fleet off the coast, and this was essential for the success of british arms in america. lord cornwallis was his junior which often gets forgotten. at the home government increasingly communicated directly with cornwallis. he became essentially his own commander. cornwallis after clinton had ta

here's john quincy adams, henry clay. so, we signed a treaty on the 24th of december. you can't send it out on social media. american and british representatives each with copies of the treaty deparle and then on january 2. they try to get into the chesapeake bay to go directly to washington, d.c., but ice and bad weather mean they have to go up to new york and overland. the treaty does not arrive, and they both sailed [indiscernible] february 14, the treaty arrives in washington. 200 years ago, today. on the 15th, madison is going to review the treaty. on the 15th he will give it to the senate and say, make this happen. on the 16th, the senate is going to ratify it. madison is going to sign it later on that afternoon here at the octagon house, and the very next day, a ratified copy of the treaty will be given to anthony baker. he was the british representative that came from london in washington, d.c. war of 1812 is over. right? right. the octagon house. that's an old photo. i've got to get an updated photo. this is really cool. this is a baltimore newspaper. baltimor

and the federalist party in power controlling congress and the john adams' fedder assy got -- federal fed up and had had enough and the great irony in adams was he was most forceful about free speech when he was speaking out against the british authorities and now when he was in power he didn't like it so much and the sedition act made it illegal to criticize the government with heavy fines and jail time. >> wow! >> and what they did was set in motion the first great test or hurdle of whether we will live up to the first amendment. >> how today do we differentiate between free speech and terrorism and when you have blogs and facebook and people wanting to join with isis or sympathizing with their efforts, at what point are we allowed to step in and do something about that? >> that is a great question and there is a very difficult line that has to be drawn with that example of fire in the crowded theater, imminent harm a clear and present danger where you are putting somebody else's rights directly at risk. i think that what you can't do is use your rights to destroy somebody else's ri

he recounted a conversation he had with john adams and hamilton about the british constitution. adams said it would be the perfect constitution if it only was purged of its corruption and given a quality representation. and hamilton said purge it of its corruption and will become a useless institution, as it stands it is the most perfect government ever created. jefferson of course was appalled by this but hamilton was, and this speaks to the question of what is a public good. hamilton thought that what is the problem if the team has to bribe small minded members of parliament to do what they should do anyway? we've seen it at times for our history. lincoln had to dispense patronage to a congressman from new jersey to get the 13th amendment passed. the response when i read that that was very striking. one reaction would be thank god yet available patronage. but the same time though it's a difficult, it's a difficult, seemingly difficult to find -- define the public interest at times. the way justice potter stewart described pornography. you know when you see it. we can talk abou

the near future, negotiations having taken place in saint petersburg with the appointment of john quincy adams in 1813 these were made in december of last year, waiting for the proposal of the british to meet and discuss these matters, they suggested removing the situation where it was again suggested that they remove it. the british have refused negotiations as offered during the summer of last year terms like dropping the charge as discussed with us, terms of the cease-fire and cessation of hostilities. they refused it, but found in the past year that they did offer other terms of negotiations. though we were not entirely satisfied with those terms commonly -- those negotiations were better than none at all. our own misters were there and they had been instructed to recommence negotiations and hopefully something fruitful has arrived from them. we will not know yet. thank you again. [applause] >> you are watching "american history tv." all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> former dealer and cataloger in u.s. and world paper

i was in the eastern side of our state months ago with the district attorney, john adams. mr. adams was walking through some of the basic challenges and he emphasized among other things that the perpetrators were first highly organized and two often reside in jurisdictions far from the victims and beyond the reach of local authorities and even pointed to perpetrators residing in foreign countries. that is among the many challenges that much of your testimonies pointed to. i don't want to be estimate stick because i do what to get to the part of your testimony we talk about what has been happening with the justice department and the success you have had, but there is a sense because of the scope and gravity that we are not winning. and from a national perspective i want to ask you, how would you assess the war? >> the tech division has a dual role. we prosecute the offenders. we are receiving substantial and increasing sentences. we share information we obtain from these cases with the irs, who is working hard to improve filters and better identify fraudulence. that is the tax

what he really taught me was the meaning of john adams off the rations -- off the rations that the senates of the constitution. no republican can be for any duration without a senate, and the senate deeply and strongly rooted, strong enough to bear up against all popular storms and passions. i think you believe that with every fiber in his being. i had a from w front row seat, which i can never repay the family four, during the 36 years of my his 50 years in the senate, watching the liberal lion of the senate. including the last time he was on the senate to cast a vote for the health care bill, before looking at. as divided as the body was on that act, everything goes senator stood with thunderous applause and tears in their eyes welcoming back the lion in the senate, knowing his passion was to see to it that we no longer debated whether health care care was a privilege or right. [applause] i watched him as the debate contested some of the most divisive storms of our time. the voting rights act. equal rights amendment. watergate. wars in vietnam and iraq. the supreme court nominee to serv

the appointment of john quincy adams two years ago it appears the advancement of these matters was made in december last year. we made a proposal for the british to me and discuss these matters. it was suggested by the british to remove it to gethent. they refuse last year and 1814. allowing them to discuss the terms of cease-fire and secession of possibility. they refused it. and december of the past

to bank political iraq refers on john quincy adams and calvin coolidge. you can watch these anytime or search our video library at www.c-span.org. on the next washington journal april ryan talks about her book, "the presidency in black and white," how modern presidents have handled race relations. and, republican proposals to modify or replace the affordable care act. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span on washington journal. >> monday night on "the communicators, the founder of media, communications on the sec decision affected -- fcc decision affected the internet. >> there are all kinds of regulatory fees, additional rental fees, taxes at the local level, i think, utilities, regulatory utilities, in the states where we are operating. one government does not want to raise or money. >> monday night at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators," on c-span2. >> next, david cameron taking questions from members of the house of commons. then, former secretary of state hillary

he recounted a conversation he had with john adams and hamilton about the british constitution. adams said it would be the most perfect constitution if it only was purged of its corruption and given equality representation. and hamilton said, burn it of it corruption and it -- purge it of its corruption and it will become a useless institution. as it stands it is the most perfect government if create. and jefferson was appalled by this but hamilton was -- this speaks to the question of what is the public good. hamilton thought that what is the probe almost if the king has to bribe small-minded venal members of parliament to do what they should do anyway? and we have seen that at times throughout our history. for instance, lincoln had to dispense patronage to a congressman from new jersey to get the 13th amendment passed. so, the response, when i read that i was -- that was very striking and one reaction would be thank god he had available pattronnage. but at the same time, though, it's a difficult -- it's a difficult seemingly difficult to define the public interest at times. but

john adams and thomas jefferson both tied on july 4 1826, the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence. that was true, by the way. we are fascinated to know that one of our most revered leaders envision his own assassination just days before it happened. the tragedy is gripping. it confirms our place in history. it seems believable because it's in keeping with what we know about lincoln. stories like these confirm the myths about lincoln that americans long to believe, that he was almost supernatural. the fascination with biographers and their readers with lincoln's dreams may say more about lincoln's admirers. during the war, he became a symbol of god's hand in the conflict. a woman wrote to mary todd lincoln about a dream she had that she believed had significant meaning. she saw a great storm with terrible thunder and lightning and she said it was as if the heavens and earth were coming together. she saw lincoln standing above the clouds. he was towering over the city of washington with a book in his hand. he was crowned with honors. he looked very smiling. i thought i

general cira olo, i was in the eastern side of our state and i was with the district attorney, john adams, and mr. adams kind of walked through the basic challenges of prosecutorial standpoint, and he emphasized, among other things that the perpetrators were first, highly organized, number two, are in jurisdictions very far away from the victims and very out of reach from local authorities, and i'm sure you have all seen, they are residing in foreign countries. so that is among the many challenges that much of your testimonies pointed to. i don't want to be pessimistic, because i do want to get to your part of the testimony, we talk about what has been happening with the justice department and some of the success you have had, but there is i think a sense, because of the scope and the gravity of the problem, that we are not winning. i want to just ask you how you would >> we have a dual role. we prosecute the offenders. we are receiving substantial and increasing sentences. we share information we obtain from these cases with the irs who is working hard to improve filters and better ident

he recounted a conversation he had with john adams and hamilton about the british constitution.would be the most perfect constitution if only it was purged of its corruption and given a quality of representation. hamilton said purge it of its corruption and it will become a useless institution as it stands it is the most perfect government ever created. jefferson of course, was appalled by this. hamilton -- and this picture the question of what is the public good. hamilton thought that what is the problem if the king has to bribe small minded members of parliament to do what they should do anyway? and we have seen that at times throughout history. lincoln had history. lincoln had to dispense patronage to a congressman from new jersey to get the 13th amendment passed. and the response, you know when i read that command was very striking. one reaction would be think god he had the available patronage. at the same time it is a difficult, seemingly difficult thing to do find the public interest. but it sort of you know the way justice potter stewart described pornography, you know i

i was in burke county, the eastern side of our state, with john adams and mr. adams was walking through some of the basic challenges from prosecutorial standpoints. he emphasized, and other things, that the perpetrators were highly organized and often reside in jurisdictions forward from the victims of local authorities. he also points to, perpetrators reside in foreign countries. that is among the many challenges that much of you and your testimonies pointed to. i don't want to be pessimistic because i do want to get to part of her testimony where you talk about what has been happening with the justice department and some of the success you have had, but there is a sense because of the scope and gravity of the problem that we are not winning. allen to just, from a national perspective, ask you how you would assess the war or the battle? cirillo: thank you. the tax division has adorable in these models. we prosecute the offenders. we are receiving substantial and increasing sentences. in addition, we share information we obtain from these cases with the irs, wh

the appointment of john quincy adams two years ago in 1815, it -- in it appears the investment 1813, of these matters were made in december last year. we made a proposal for the british to meet and discuss these matters and suggested moving the situation to gothenburg and then it was suggested by the british to move it to ghent. the ghent tad -- the british had refused our offer to discuss last year. we allowed them to discuss the terms of the cease-fire and the cessation of hostilities. we found this past december in 1814, they were open to negotiation. we thought some negotiations would be better than no negotiations at all. mr. gallatin, mr. adams, mr. cleary, mr. russell's, and others ordered to reconstruct the negotiations and hopefully something fruitful will arrive from them. we do not know yet. inc. you again. -- thank you again. [applause] >> you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook @cspanhistory. >> now isis rears their ugly head and the army is shaky. you should not be surprised by that. you

because he makes a distinction between the indian policies of monroe and john quincy adams and jackson. he says because monroe and adams were much more respectful of treaty obligations, but jackson viewed them as subjects and not as people. to negotiate with. so, i think that answers part of the question, why you can say this is andrew jackson. but for andrew jackson, any -- indian policy would have taken a different turn. he may have come up with a similar result, but it would have been perhaps really different. because they are two different approaches. professor feller: would it have taken a different turn? i'm thinking out loud here. had the indians not been removed , not been all over the other things that removed is a nice euphemism for, before andrew jackson? if i understand correctly, and maybe i don't, what we are bringing up here is the tension between the individual explanation and the national explanation? to what extent are jackson's characteristics, is his mindset and his actions typical or reflective of what the country is or it to what extent is it just him? i got that