門羅深得人心的總統任期 Monroe's Popular Presidency

詹姆士門羅很容易地就獲得政黨提名參加1816年的總統選舉，也輕易地贏得選舉，他所屬的民主共和黨、後來成為民主黨，是當時相當強勢的政黨，經濟繁榮、在野黨的聯邦黨勢力尚未成型，而門羅本身又受到人們的喜愛，他是建國英雄們之中最後一位總統。門羅的總統任期之前是二十五年左右的民主共和黨與聯邦黨人的競爭，但在他以183票選舉人票、勝過聯邦黨人的34票選舉人票之後，便可看出聯邦黨的衰落。

為了慶祝勝選，門羅開始了在新英格蘭各州為期十五週的旅程，也是自喬治華盛頓之後第一位從事勝選之旅的總統；其後到南方、西方的旅程讓他能有比之前總統更多與美國人接觸的機會。波士頓哥倫比亞百年報（Boston Columbian Centinel newspaper）將他在麻塞諸塞州受到的熱烈歡迎、稱為一個「愉快感受年代」的開始。門羅再哪一次的演說中將這個時期稱之為美國最美好的時代？

James Monroe easily won his party's nomination to run for president in 1816, and he just as easily won the election. His Democratic-Republican Party, which later became simply the Democratic Party, was very strong at the time. The economy was good, the rival Federalist Party was weak and unpopular, and Monroe himself was likable and popular. He was the last of the Founding Fathers to serve as president. Monroe's presidency followed some 25 years of rivalry between Democratic-Republicans and Federalists, but when he was elected with 183 electoral votes to the Federalists' 34, it signaled the end of the Federalist Party.

To celebrate his election victory, Monroe launched a 15-week tour through the New England states, the first presidential tour since George Washington's. Later tours to the South and West put him in touch with more Americans than any previous president. The Boston Columbian Centinel newspaper called his reception in Massachusetts the start of an "era of good feelings." In what speech does Monroe refer to this period of good times for the country?

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