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Gold, and silver as legal tender, 95; discovered in California, 601.

Goodhue, Mr., 497.

Goodridge Robbery Case, Mr. Webster's management of, xv.

Government, nature and constitution of, 43; republican form of, laws which regulate, 43; of France, how effected by subdivision of land, 44, 53; subdivision of lands necessary to free form of, 44; the true principle of a free, 45; to be founded on property, 45; absolute or regulated, the question of the age, 60; influence of knowledge over, 131-133; difficulty of establishing popular, 132; influence of public opinion on, 133; popular, practicable, 134; popular, overthrown in Spain, 153; powers of, concerning local improvement, 238; power of, over internal improvements, 243; doctrine of South Carolina on State rights, 255; popular, rests on two principles, 297; the success of a united, 499.

Government, American, character of, established by the Pilgrims, 35; origin and character of, 43; system of representation in, 46; founded on morality and religious sentiment, 49; origin and source of power, 257; its establishment, 285; majority must govern, 295; danger of political proscription to the, 349; two principles upon which it stands, 319.

Grants, legislature no power to rescind, when given for educational or religious purposes, 13; protection of, 19; included under contracts, 19.

Great Britain, negotiation of treaty with, 481.

Greece, saved by battle of Marathon, 28; emigration from, 32; speech on revolution in, 57; appeal to United States concerning revolution in, 57; extract from President Monroe, on revolution in, 58; we are her debtors, 58; improved condition of, 68; conduct of Allied Sovereigns in regard to contest in, 69; Congress at Verona, 1822, concerning independence of, 70; Congress of 1821, 72; revolution of 1821 in, 72; society of Vienna to encourage literature in, 72; propriety of appointing an agent to, 75; liberty of, 641; want of union among her states, 642.

Greeks, Baron Strogonoff on the massacre of the, 71; excited to rebellion by Russia, 69; our sympathy for cause of, 67; the oppression of, by Turkey, 68; what they have accomplished, 74.

Griswold, George, toast to Daniel Webster, 496.

H.

Hale, Representative to Congress, 385.

Hamilton, Alexander, his services, 309.

Hancock, John, presides in Congress, 167; signed the Declaration, 170; first signer of the Declaration, 497.

Harbor Bill, course of President Jackson concerning, 353.

Hardin, Col., description of New Mexico, 567.

Harrison, Wm. Henry, President, 481; the "Log Cabin" candidate, 476; civil character of, 577.

Hartford Convention, 235; design of, 253.

Harvard College, 40, 48.

Harvey, Peter, story told of Mr. Webster by, xv.

Hayne, Robert Y., speaks on Foot's resolution, 227; reply of Webster to, on Foot's resolution, 227; votes on internal improvement, 245.

Hemp, growth of, to be encouraged, 107; importation of, 107; effect of increased duty on, 108.

Henry, Patrick, 172.

Henry the Seventh, division of land in England in time of, 44; colonies planted in the reign of, 142.

Hermitage, supposed visit of occupant of, to the Senate Chamber, 446.

Hillard, Mr., remarks in Massachusetts Senate, 618.

Hillhouse, Mr., opinion on the embargo law, 260.

Hoar, Mr., mission of, to South Carolina, 621.

Holland, trade of, with the United States, 93; our treaty with, of 1782, 170.

Holt, Lord, opinion of, respecting power of visitors over corporations, 7.

Holy Alliance, origin of, 61; effect on social rights, 62, 64; extract from Puffendorf, bearing on principles of, 62; principles of the, 62, 63; forcible interference a principle of, 63.

Home Market, effect of manufactures on, 84.

House of Commons, representation in the, 642.

Hülsemann Letter, written by Mr. Webster, 679.

Hume, Mr., remark on administration of justice, 316.

Hungarians, arrival of, in the United States, 682.

Hungary, President Taylor's interest in the revolution in, 679; correspondence relating to revolution in, 682.

Hunter, Mr., 678

Huskisson, Mr., 491; policy of, in respect to commerce, 98.

Hutchinson, Gov., 165.

I.

Immortality, inquiries concerning, 517.

Impeachment, closing appeal in defence of Judge James Prescott, 55.

Imports, excess of, over exports, explained, 93.

Impressment, convention of 1803, in respect to, 655; English law in respect to, 655; letter of Mr. Webster to Lord Ashburton respecting, 655; injuries of, 658; letter of Lord Ashburton on, 659; rule of the United States in respect to, 658.

Imprisonment for Debt, abolition of, 474.

Inauguration of Washington, 312.

India and China, trade of United States with, 96.

Individual Rights, concerning charities, 12.

Insolvent Debtors, act of New York concerning, 179.+

Insolvents, hopeless condition of, 472.

Intellectual being, inquiries of an, 517.

Interference, forcible, a principle of the Holy Alliance, 63; a violation of public law, 65.

Internal Improvements, in New England, 43; progress of, 80; general benefit from, 238; course of South Carolina towards, 238; at the West, opposition of the South to, 240; attention of United States directed to, 242; course pursued by Mr. Webster in Congress towards, 243; votes of Hayne on, 245; Mr. Calhoun's bill for, 466.

International Law, duty of United States in regard to, 60, 61, 66.

Ireland, coasting trade of England with, 109; legislation desired in, 499.

Iron, concerning home manufacture of, 104-106; how affected by tariff of 1824, 104; effect of increased duty on, 108.

J.

Jackson, Andrew, veto on United States Bank Bill, 320; opinion of Mr. Webster on the veto of the Bank bill, 337, 338; message in regard to the Bank of United States, 343; uses his power to remove from office, 347; sentiments of Webster on re-election of, 357; protest of, 367; removal of deposits by, 369; recommends letters of marque and reprisal against France, 420; remarks of Mr. Webster on, 423; his course concerning the currency, 434; inauguration as President, 434; act of making sales of public lands payable in gold and silver, 438; character of, 439; elected President _vice_ Mr. Adams in 1828, 581; idea of bridging the Potomac, 652.

James the First, his tyranny, 377.

James the Second, attack on college livings at Magdalen College, 17.

Jay, John, his services, 311; appointed Chief Justice, 311; quoted, 538; treaty of 1794 with England, 608.

Jefferson, Thomas, news of the death of, 156; birth and education of, 163; elected to first Congress, 163, 172; his paper on "Rights of America," 163; appointed to draft the Declaration, 164; remark on Adams in Congress, 166; Governor of Virginia, 172; his "Notes on Virginia," 172; Minister abroad, 172; Secretary of State, 172; Vice-President and President, 172, 173; his "Manual of Parliamentary Practice," 172; founded University of Virginia, 173; his scholarship, 173; last days of, 173; inscription for his monument, 173; Louisiana acquired in administration of, 175; correspondence concerning the Confederation, 287; use of his power to remove from office, 348; opposed to expending money without appropriation, 418; admitted Louisiana into the Union, 559; opinion of admitting Louisiana into the Union, 630; rule in respect to impressment, 658.

Jewish Talmuds, 524.

Johnson, Hon. Richard M., effort for abolition of imprisonment for debt, 474.

Johnston, Samuel, extract on the Constitution, 288.

Jones, Sir William, extract from, 643.

Joseph the Second, quoted, 681.

Judiciary of United States, to interpret questions of constitutional law, 265, 282; extent of its power, 265, 293; Mr. Madison's opinion on, 294; Mr. Pinkney on the, 294; its duties and extent, 316; how vacancies are filled, 318; decides the constitutional laws, 330.

K.

Kemble, Mr., anecdote of, xxiii.

Kennistons, Defence of the, xv.

Kent, Chancellor, remarks at Webster dinner in New York, 307.

King, Gov., action of, in revolution of Rhode Island, 536.

King, Mr., of Alabama, 413.

King, Rufus, resolution of, in 1785, in regard to slavery, 235; member of Congress, and of the Convention of 1787, 606; on impressment, 657.

King Solomon's Lodge, erect a monument to General Warren, 123.

Knapp, J.F. and J.J., Jr., convicted of murder of Captain Joseph White, 103.

Knowledge, its influence over governments, 131-133; diffusion of, in United States, 650.

Knowlton, anecdote of, xxvi.

Kossuth, Louis, demanded of Turkey by Emperor of Russia, 598; extract from speech of Mr. Webster on, 598; his communication to American Chargé d'Affaires, 682.

L.

Labor, how to be protected, 82; different prices of, 105; protected by the Constitution, 361.

Laborers, their interest in the currency, 360; character of Northern, 620; of the North, compared with Southern slaves, 620.

Labor-Saving Machines, 451.

Lafayette, Gen., addressed by Webster at Bunker Hill, 130.

Land, a subdivision of, necessary to free form of government, 44; effect of taxation on division of, in England, 44; how holden in England in time of Henry the Seventh, 44; prophecy concerning subdivision of, on government of France, 44, 53.

Landing of Pilgrims at Plymouth, picture representing, 52.

Lands, Public, Mr. Foot's resolution in regard to, 227; views of Mr. Webster concerning the disposition of, 237, 238; powers of government to donate for local improvement, 238; donations of, necessary for local improvement, 239; liberal reduction in price of, favored by New England, 241; whence obtained, 426; States have no sovereignty over, 426; question of revenue connected with, 427; liberal policy in respect to sales of, 427; revenue arising from sales of, 428; act making sales of, payable in gold and silver, 438.

Lansdowne, Lord, quoted on prohibitory duties, 86, 94.

Law, of the land, relating to individual franchise, 16; interest and duty of United States in international, 66; criminal, its object, 198; Mr. Webster's respect for, 319; representation the foundation of, 643; the supreme rule, 643.

Laws, validity of, not to depend upon the motive, 301.

Laybach, circular of sovereigns at, 62.

Lay preaching and lay teaching, 513.

League, defined, 278.

Lee, Richard Henry, resolution of June, 1776, 163.

Legislation, society to be regarded in, 103; concurrent power of States with Congress, 116-118; will of the people ascertained by, 541.

Legislative Power, over charters, defined, 5; restriction imposed upon, 23.

Legislature, Acts of. _See_ Acts of Legislature.

Legislature, power of King over corporations, limited by, 5; power of, to create corporations, 5; power of, over charters, limited, 6; cannot resume grants of land given for educational or religious purposes, 13; power of, to affect individual rights, 15; cannot repeal statutes creating private corporations, 20; power of, restrained by Ordinance of 1787, 234.

Legislatures, to support the Constitution of United States, 286.

Leigh, Mr., 412.

Letters of Marque, against France, asked by President Jackson, 420.

Liberties, defined, 11.

Liberty, love of religious, 29; characteristics of, 122; the contests for, 385; principles of American, 536; of Greece, Rome, and America, 641, 642.

Lincolnshire, Pilgrims in, 30.

Literature, its advantages in public life, 174; progress in, 649.

Liverpool Blue Coat School, 528.

Liverpool, Lord, 491; on freedom of trade, 86.

Livingston and Fulton, right of steam navigation granted by New York, 112.

Livingston, Chancellor, his services, 311.

Livingston, Robert R., 126.

Local institutions for local purposes, and general institutions for general purposes, 498.

Local legislation, benefits of, 498, 499.

Log Cabin Candidate, remarks on, 476.

Log Cabin, origin of the term, 476.

Louisiana, acquisition of, 175; how obtained, 429; slave-holding States framed from, 608; admission of, into the Union, 630; Mr. Jefferson's opinion of admitting to the Union, 630.

Luther, Reformation of, 143.

M.

Macaulay, extract from, on English lawyers and English statesmen, xli.

McCleary, fell at Charlestown, 130.

McDowell, Governor of Virginia, 619.

MacDuffie, speech on Internal Improvements referred to, 244.

Machinery, law prohibiting exportation of, from England, 91.

Machines, not labor-saving, but labor-doing, 451.

McLane, Louis, instructions to, concerning colonial trade, 581.

McLeod, Alexander, case of, 482.

Madison, James, knowledge of the Constitution, 247, 256, 313; on the Judiciary, 294; extracts from, on duties on imports, 303; his public services, 310, 312; opinion on nullification, 313; Secretary of State and President, 313; approved United States Bank, 331; opinion in regard to removal from office, 347; on impeachment, 431; Secretary of State, 559; article of, admitting Louisiana into Union, 559; opinion of, on slavery, 606.

Majority Government, 295.

Mann, A.D., instructions to, 683.

Mansfield, Lord, opinion of, on chartered rights, 5; foundation of colleges considered by, 9.

Manufactures, acts of 1816 and 1824 respecting, 99.

Marathon, battle of, how affected Greece, 28.

Marshfield, speech at, Sept. 1, 1848, 575.

Martial Law, defined, 549.

Martin, Mr., opinions on the Judiciary, 294; objections to the Constitution, 303.

Maryland, settlement of, 125.

Mason, J.W., on slave labor, 573; bill concerning fugitive slaves, 617.

Mason, Jeremiah, death of, 589; obituary remarks of Mr. Webster, 589; resolutions on death of, 589; his ancestry, 590; appointed Attorney-General, 592; Senator of United States, 593; his style as an orator, xix; his respect for Daniel Webster, xx.

Massachusetts, participation in English Revolution, 39; commercial progress of, 40; voted against tariff of 1824, 110; Constitution of, when framed and revised, 170, 171; eulogium on (Webster), 254; opposes the embargo law, 260; duty to the Constitution, 358; her general prosperity, 451; her action on abdication of James II., 537.

Mathers, father and son, 39.

Mayflower, compact signed in her cabin, 35; object of her voyage, 143.

Melville, Major, removed from custom-house, 348.

Members of Congress, appointment of, to office, 350.

Merchant Vessels, national territory, 656.

Message, of President Monroe on foreign interference, approved by Lord Brougham, 155; how received by the people, 155; of Gen. Jackson, 1829, views in respect to Bank of the United States, 434.

Methodist Church v. Remington, case of, 530.

Methodist Episcopal Church, separation of, in regard to slavery, 604.

Mexican treaty, clauses ceding New Mexico and California, 587; Mr. Webster's vote in respect to, 587.

Mexican War, speech on, 551; objects of the, 552, 553, 556.

Mexico, the Sixteen Million Loan Bill for prosecuting war with, 551; treaty of 1848 between United States and, 551; objects of the war with, the cession of territory, 552, 553, 556; forced to cede territory to United States, 552, 601; aversion of, to cede territory, 557; war declared against, 601; the treaty with, 632.

Military Academy at West Point, the appropriation for, 408.

Military Achievements, important by their results, 28.

Milton, John, use of words, xiii.

Missionaries in Georgia, 353.

Mississippi River, future centre of the country, 622.

Missouri Compromise, line of, 570.

Missouri, law for the admission of, 569.

Monmouth, associations of, 339.

Monopolies, report on impracticability of, 89; power of Congress over, 116; effect of State power over, 119.

Monroe, James, extract from message on the struggle in Greece, 58; extract from message concerning foreign interference, 153.

Morris, Robert, notice of, 497.

Morton, Perez, delivered eulogy on Gen. Warren, 123.

Murder, of Capt. Joseph White, at Salem, 189; portrayed, 195; what constitutes a principal in, 207; what constitutes an abettor to, 208; two sorts of, 208.

Murphy, Mr., in regard to Texas, 612.

N.

Napoleon, attempt in respect to cotton, 99.

Nashville Convention, 622.

National Law, concerning offences against the, 598; Emperor of Russia bound by, 598.

Natural Hatred of Poor for the Rich, remarks of Webster on, 359.

Navigation, English act of 1660, restricting the trade of the N.E. Colonies, 37; condition of that of United States (1824), 83; of Hudson River and Long Island Sound, exclusive claim of Fulton to, 112.

Navy, creation of, 175; Mr. Webster's early support to the, 461; of the United States, its strength in 1850, 649.

Neutrality of United States, defined, 152.

New England, discourse on First Settlement of, 25; first settlement of, 28; English Act of Navigation, 1660, restricting trade of, 37; progress of the first century of, 38; opening of second century of, 40; population of, in 1820, 40; her part in wars between England and France, 42; war of the Revolution begun in, 42; internal improvement in, 43; the subdivision of lands in, necessary, 43, 44; right of primogeniture abolished in, 44; free schools of, 47; prosperity of, in 1824, 78; forced into manufactures, 110; causes which led to settlement of, 141-144; its free schools, 174; attack of Hayne on, 236, 249; policy of, concerning Western population, 238; interest of, in public improvements, 239; when, how, and why her measures favor the West, 240; favors reduction of price of public lands, 241; supported administration of Washington, 250; her course concerning the embargo, 261; New England Society of New York, object of its formation, 500; settlement of, 501.

New Hampshire, acts of Legislature, relating to Dartmouth College, 1, 14, 15, 16, 18; legislative and judicial power, separate, 15; extract from speech, at festival of natives of, 598.

New Jersey, law of, concerning steam navigation, 112; resolutions concerning commerce, 115.

New Mexico, proposed annexation of, 562; population of, 563; country described by Major Gaines, 565; nature of country inhabitants, 566; prognostications of Mr. Webster in regard to admission of, 568; article of cession to United States, 587; existence of peonism in, 615; slavery excluded from, by law of nature, 615.

Newton, Isaac, 158.

New York, grant of steam navigation to John Fitch, 112; grant of steam navigation to Livingston and Fulton, 112; laws of, concerning steam navigation, 112, 113; act of, concerning insolvent debtors, 179; insolvent law of, 183; public dinner given to Webster in, 307; growth of, contemporary with the Constitution, 309; her loyalty to the Union, 318; toast of Webster to City of, 319; Reception of Webster at, in 1837, 422; law of 1845 in respect to elections, 542; her vote for annexing Texas, 631.

Niles, J.M., his vote for admission of Texas, 611.

North, duty of, in respect to fugitive slaves, 617; complaints of, against the South, 620.

North and South, grievances of, 617, 620.

Northern Democracy, policy of, 611.

Northwestern Territory, concerning slavery in, 234; slavery excluded from, 571.

Nullification, right of, denied, 257; right of, never advanced in New England, 263; practical operations of, in South Carolina, 266; practical operation of, 279, 282, 298; threatened in South Carolina, 355; dangerous tendency of, 355.

O.

Oath, legal definition of, 526.

Office. _See_ Removal from Office.

Ogden, A., his right to navigation, 113.

Ogden v. Saunders, argument in case of, 179.

Ohio, settled mostly by Southern emigration, 574.

Old Colony Club, formation of, 25.

Old Thirteen, their public lands, 426.

Ordinance of 1787, drafted by Nathan Dane, 231, 234; prohibits slavery, 231; restrained legislative power, 234.

Oregon, bill to organize a government for, 569; established a free Territory, 587; government of, established, 616.

Ormichund v. Barker, case of, 526.

Orphans, provision of Stephen Girard for education of, 506.

Otis, James, his speech on Writs of Assistance noticed, 161.

P.

Paine, Robert Treat, 170; delegate to Congress, 162.

Paine, Thomas, extract from his "Age of Reason," 514.

Panama Mission, speech on, 152.

Paper Currency, of England, effect on prices, 81; the evils of, 82; experiment of a redeemable, 363; advantages of a, in the United States, 363; prediction concerning irredeemable, 365.

Parable of the prodigal son, 647; the widow's mite, referred to, 519.

Parker, Chief Justice, 207; death of, 194.

Parliament, power of, over the Colonies, 165.

Parmenter, Mr., voted for tariff of 1842, 489.

Parthenon, referred to, 346.

Parties, origin of, 250; violence of, 251.

Party Spirit, Washington's exhortation against, 345.

Patent-Office, established, 648.

Patterson, Mr., propositions of, in regard to Confederation, 287.

Peace, the policy of the United States, 59.

Peaceable Secession, the impossibility of, 621.

Penn, William, 529.

Pennsylvania, memorial to abolish slavery, 232; opinion on tariff bill, 258, 262; how affected by veto of U.S. Bank Bill, 323; of Christian origin, 512; the public policy of, 529; laws of, in regard to charitable bequests, 530.

Peonism, existence of, in New Mexico, 615.

People, source of power, 257; will of, to be ascertained by legislation, 541.

Perkins, Thomas H., eulogized, 138.

Peter the Great, policy of Russia developed under, 69.

Philadelphia, convention of Whigs at, 575.

Phillips v. Bury, case of Exeter College, 7.

Pickering, Timothy, amendment to Mr. Calhoun's bill for internal improvements, 466.

Pilgrim Fathers, first celebration of anniversary of landing of, 25; our homage for, 27; prophecy for the future of their work, 29; motives which led them into exile, 29; departure of, for Holland, 30; establish their government, 35; their purposes and prospects in emigration, 35.

Pilgrim Festival at New York, speech of Mr. Webster, 496.

Pilgrim Society, formation of, 25.

Pinkney, Thomas, opinion on the Judiciary, 294.

Plymouth, Landing of Pilgrims at, speech in commemoration of, Dec. 22, 1820, 25; speech of Dec. 22, 1843, 496.

Plymouth Rock, landing on, described, 27.

Policy, of United States, peaceful, 59; neutral, defined, 152.

Political Parties, existence of, 250.

Political Power, the people the source of, 537.

Political Revolution, 132.

Polk, James K., will of, to take territory from Mexico, 557; remarks of Mr. Webster on, 558; elected President in 1844, 583; avowal in respect to Mexican war, 602.

Poor, the, and the Rich, 359.

Pope, quotation from, 583.

Popular Knowledge, progress of, and the causes, 450.

Posterity, our relation to, 26.

Potomac River, idea of President Jackson to bridge the, 652.

Prescott, Judge James, closing appeal in defence of, 55.

Prescott, William, at Bunker Hill, 138.

President of the United States, power of removal from office, 329; no power to decide constitutionality of laws, 330; power to remove and to control an officer, 369; former practice of, to address Congress in person, 374; power of appointing public officers, 383; oath of, 384; is responsible to the people, 391; not the sole representative of the people, 391; power of, over removal from office, 397, 399; custom of, on last day of a session of Congress, 413; duty of, 417; how communicate his wishes to Congress, 417; called the representative of the American people, 432.

Presidential Protest, speech on, 367; general doctrines of, 392.

Presidential Veto of United States Bank Bill, speech on, 320.

Press, freedom of, essential to free government, 619; violence of, in respect to slavery, 619.

Primogeniture, the right of, abolished in New England, 44.

Property, general division of, necessary to free government, 45.