门罗深得人心的总统任期 Monroe's Popular Presidency

詹姆士门罗很容易地就获得政党提名参加1816年的总统选举，也轻易地赢得选举，他所属的民主共和党、后来成为民主党，是当时相当强势的政党，经济繁荣、在野党的联邦党势力尚未成型，而门罗本身又受到人们的喜爱，他是建国英雄们之中最后一位总统。门罗的总统任期之前是二十五年左右的民主共和党与联邦党人的竞争，但在他以183票选举人票、胜过联邦党人的34票选举人票之后，便可看出联邦党的衰落。

为了庆祝胜选，门罗开始了在新英格兰各州为期十五周的旅程，也是自乔治华盛顿之后第一位从事胜选之旅的总统；其后到南方、西方的旅程让他能有比之前总统更多与美国人接触的机会。波士顿哥伦比亚百年报（Boston Columbian Centinel newspaper）将他在麻塞诸塞州受到的热烈欢迎、称为一个「愉快感受年代」的开始。门罗再哪一次的演说中将这个时期称之为美国最美好的时代？

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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