Branch, Mr., resolution of 378.
Brewster, Elder, 27, 31, 52.

British Parliament, power claimed by, over

charters, 5.

Brooks, Gov. John, 127.

declaration, 155.

Buena Vista, General Taylor at, 559.
Buffalo, building of a pier at, 424; recep-
tion of Mr. Webster at, and speech, May
22, 1851, 626; citizens of, exhorted to
preserve the Union, 627.

Buller, Justice, extract on government of
corporations, 21.

Bunker Hill Battle, address to survivors of,
127; important effects of, 129; changes
of the fifty years following the, 131;
survivors of, present at completion of
monument, 138; described, 141; estab-
lished Independence, 142.
Bunker Hill Monument, address at laying

of corner-stone, 123; William Tudor's
idea of erecting the, 123; laying of corner-
stone described, 123; completion of, 136;
veterans present at completion of, 138;
"stands on Union," 140; description of,

151.

Burke, Edmund, compliment to Charles
Fox, xxxviii; speeches of, criticised, lii;
bill for economical reform, 469.

C.

Cabot, George, notice of, 497.
Calhoun, J. C., President of Senate and
Vice-President of United States, 243;
resolutions on State sovereignty, 273;
speaks on Wilkins tariff bill, 273;
course in regard to tariff of 1816, 305;
resolutions of, relating to slavery, 445;
supports administration of Van Buren,
451; remarks of Mr. Webster on the
political course of, 453; letter on Sub-
Treasury bill, 453; change in views upon
Sub-Treasury bill, 454; advocates the
State-rights party, 455, 464, 467; his ob-
ject to unite the entire South, 457; attack
on Mr. Webster, 458; Mr. Webster's
reply to, 458; opposes Mr. Dallas's bill
for a bank, 460; bill of, for internal im-
provements, 466; extract from, on the
power of Congress, 467; took lead in an-
nexing Texas, 609; remarks upon admis-
sion of Texas, 611; dying testimony to
Mr. Webster's conscientiousness, xliii.
California, proposed annexation of, 563;
article of cession to United States, 587;
discovery of gold in, 601; Mexican pro-
vincial government overthrown by, 601;

Canning, Mr., opinion concerning Spain
and her colonies, 154; approval of the
Monroe declaration, 155.

Capitol, speech at laying of corner-stone
of the addition to the, 639; copy of
paper under corner-stone of, 644; foun-
dation laid by Washington, 644; plan for
extension of the, 644.

Carroll, Charles, signer of the Declaration,
176.

Cass, Lewis, Mexican speech of, 554; as a
Whig candidate, 575; as a candidate for
President, 584; personal character of,
584; in favor of the Compromise Line,
588; requests his recall from France, 667;
his construction of the treaty of Wash-
ington referred to, 669, 671; answer of
Mr. Webster to, concerning the African
squadron, 672.

Catharine the Second of Russia, policy in
respect to Greece, 70.

Cession, articles of, concerning New Mexico
and California, 587.

Channing, W. E., letter of, on slavery, 624
Charities, charters granted to founders
of, 7; colleges included under, 7, 510;
founder of incorporated, considered vis
itor, 7; government may incorporate, 7;
legal signification of, 7; opinion of Lord
Holt respecting the power of visitors
over, 7; right of visitation in, incorpo-
rated, 7; case of town of Bury St. Ed-
munds, 527; schools founded by, must
include religious instruction, 528.
Charity, legal definition of, 510.
Charles the Second, 39.

Charters, of Dartmouth College (1769), 1;
legislative power over, defined, 5; power
claimed by British Parliament over, 5;
Lord Mansfield on rights of, 5; legisla-
tive power over, limited, 6; granted to
founders of charities, 7; opinion of Lord
Commissioner Eyre on charities estab-
lished by, 9; how they affect property of
corporations, 12; of the nature of con-
tracts, 20, 21; how may be altered or
varied, 21; may be accepted at will, 21;
no difference between grants of corporate
franchise and tangible property, 21; of
Dartmouth College (1769) is a contract,
22; obtained by founders of English
liberty, 63; New England colonists re
quired them, 148

Chatham, Lord, his colonial policy, 42;
opinion of the first Congress, 162.
Chaucer, his use of word "green,” xxxix.
Chicago Road, President's opinion in re-
spect to, 353.

China, trade of United States with, 95.
Choate, Rufus, 496.

Christian charity defined, 510; spirit of,

519.

Christianity, blended influence of civiliza-
tion and, 65; observance of the Sabbath
a part of, 518; essentials of, part of the
common law, 527, 530.

Christian Ministry, and the Religious In-
struction of the Young, speech in Su-
preme Court, 505.

Christian Ministry, opprobrium cast on the,
by the Girard will, 508; establishment
of, by Christ, 515; work of the, in United
States, 509, 516.

Christians, religious belief of, 521.
Christ's command, "Suffer little children,"
&c., referred to, 517.

Church, grants to, cannot be rescinded, 13.
Civil Law, maxim of, in regard to slavery,
573.

Clay, Henry, speech on tariff of 1824 criti-
cised by Mr. Webster, 78; author of
American system of tariff, 78; resolution
of, relating to slavery in District of Co-
lumbia, 445; resolutions in respect to
slavery, 600.

Clayton, J. M., his explanation of Mr.
Mann's mission, 680.
Clergy, eulogium on, 509.

Coast Survey of United States, 648.
College Livings, rights and character of, 16;
attack of James the Second on Magdalen
College, 17.

Colleges, are eleemosynary corporations, 6,
8, 22; charters granted to, 7; founda-
tion of, considered by Lord Mansfield, 9;
charters should be kept inviolate, 23;
party or political influence dangerous to,
23.

Colonies, establishment of Greek, 31; of
New England, 34, 35; of Roman, 33; of
West India, 34, 35; Spanish in South
America, 134, 144; New England and
Virginia, 144; English and Spanish com-
pared, 145; original ground of dispute
between England and the, 164; American,
declared free and independent, 641.
Colonists, English, in America, secret of
their success, 147; brought their charters,
148; in Virginia, failed for want of charter,
148; allegiance to the king, 165.

Columbus, O., convention at, in regard to
the observance of the Sabbath, 518.
Commerce, condition of, in 1824, 83;
its national character, 92, 498; how
affected by laws of Confederation, 114;
power of Congress to regulate, 114, 120;
resolutions of New Jersey in regard to,
115; Mr. Witherspoon's motion in Con-
gress concerning, 115; of Virginia in re
gard to, 115; necessity of vesting Con-
gress with power to control, 115; law of
Congress paramount, 120; guarded by
the general government, 497.

Compact and government as distinguished
from each other, 284.

Compromise Act, principle of, 489.
Compromise Line, in respect to slavery,
588.

Concurrent Legislation, defined and argued,
116; effect on monopolies, 119.
Confederation, its effect on commerce, 114;
of 1781 a league, 276; state of the country
under the, 281.

Confessions, how to be regarded, 220.
Congress of Delegates, at Philadelphia,

1774, 162; resolutions on the Declaration,
165; sat with closed doors, 166.
Congress of Greece, of 1821, 72.
Congress of United States, power to regu-
late commerce, 114, 120; should have
power to regulate commerce, 115; and
the States, argument on concurrent power
of, 115; exclusive right over monopolies,
116; possesses exclusive admiralty juris-
diction, 118; law of, paramount, 120;
laws of, in opposition to State law, 122;
power concerning rights of authors and
inventors, 122; its coinage powers, 185;
to establish uniform bankrupt laws, 186;
power over slave trade, 233; no power
over slavery, 233, 429, 636; power to
make laws, 293, 331; exclusive power to
lay duties, 300; duty of, in case of a Presi-
dential veto, 320; passes first bank
charter, 1791, 327; to establish banks, 328,
334, 335; power of, continuous, 336;
duties of both houses, 375; power to bor-
row money, 375; in regard to public
moneys, 382; no precise time for ex-
piration of session, 414; power over
ceded territory, 445; no control over
slavery, 571.

Congress of Verona, in regard to Greek
revolution, 70, 153.

Connecticut, law of, concerning steam nav-
igation, 112.

Constitution of United States, provision con-
cerning er post facto laws, 19; its origin to

regulate commerce, 114, 115; its authority
to establish bankrupt laws, 179; law of, in
regard to contracts, 180; object of the,
185; provides a medium for payment of
debts, and a uniform mode of discharging
them, 186; prohibitions of, concerning
contracts and payment of debts, 187;
provisions for settling questions of Con-
stitutional law, 265; to be interpreted by
the judicial power, 265, 282; as a com-
pact, 270; not a compact between Sover-
eign States, argued, 278; object of, 281;
not a league, 282; what it says of itself,
283; its relations to individuals, 286;
Madison's opinion of, 313; provision of,
in case of a Presidential veto, 320;
President Jackson's view of, 354; our
duty to the, 358; protects labor, 361;
division of powers conferred by, 379; on
power of removal from office, 398; divides
powers of government, 398; recognized
slavery, 429, 570; does not speak of
Sovereign States, or Federal Govern-
ment, 588; protects existing government
of a State, 542; and the Union, speech
on, March 7, 1850, 600; formation of the,
628; provision of, concerning fugitives,
629; officers of the law bound to support
the, 630; how it affected the institution
of slavery, lx.

Constructive presence defined, 210.
Contracts, cases cited concerning obliga-

tion of, 19; defined, include grants, 19;
provision concerning obligation of, 19;
law of the Constitution in regard to, 180;
obligation of, defined, 180, 181; obliga-
tion of, rests on universal law, 181; the
law not a part of, argued, 182-184; the
constitutional provision in regard to, 185;
prohibition on state law concerning, 187.
Convention of 1787, remarks on, 287.
Copper, duties received from, 108.
Corporate Franchises, power of Legislature
over, limited, 6.

Corporations, acts of Legislature, on Dart-
mouth College (1769), 2, 3; royal preroga-
tive to create, 5; power of King over,
limited by Legislature, 5; power of Legis-
lature to create, 5; opinion of Lord Mans-
field on rights of, 5; divers sorts of, 6;
eleemosynary, nature of, defined, 6, 9;
power of, over property possessed by
them, 6; charter rights of visitors of, 7;
power of visitation over transferable, 7;
argument of Stillingfleet, 8; rights of
trustees object of legal protection, 11;
franchises granted to, 11; concerning
pecuniary benefit from, 11; concerning
orivate property, 12; concerning grants

of land to, 18; right of trustees to elect
officers, 16; legislature, cannot repeal
statutes creating private, 20; extract from
Justice Buller on government of, 21; how
charters of, may be altered or varied, 21;
possible dangers of independent govern-
ment, 22.

Cotton, attempt to naturalize growth of, in
France, 99; how affected by tariff of
1824, 102; proposed reduction of duty
on, 243; culture of, protected, 304; how
its cultivation affects slavery and the
South, 608.

Cotton Manufactures, importance of, 101;
of England and United States, 105.
Crawford, Mr., opposing candidate to Mr.
Adams, 581.

Credit System, and the Labor of the United
States, remarks on, 449.

Credit System, benefit of, in United States,
364; evils arising from abuse of, 364.
Criminal Law, its object, 198.
Cumberland Road Bill, approved, 415.
Currency, effect of paper issues to depre-
ciate, 81; paper, of England, effect on
prices, 81; the laboring man's interest
in, 360; experiment of exclusive specie,
362; President's interference with, 433;
soundness of, 440; derangement of, effect
of, 442; its restoration an object of revolu
tion of 1840, 490.

Cushing, Thomas, delegate to Congress,

162.

Custom-house Bonds, act of 1800 in regard
to, 383.

D.

Dallas, Geo. M., proposition of, for a bank,
460.

Dane, Nathan, drafted Ordinance of 1787,
231.

Danemora, iron mines of, 105.

Dartmouth College, argument in case of,
1; acts of Legislature affecting, 1, 3, 14,
15, 16, 18; corporation of, (1769,) 2;
charter of, (1769,) is a contract, 22; ob-
servation of Mr. Webster on opinion of
court of N. H. concerning, 22; incident
connected with Mr. Webster's argument
in case of, xxi.
Davis, Judge, 532.

Debt, abolition of imprisonment for, 474
Debtor and Creditor, law of, 472, 473.
Debts, the Constitution provides for the
payment and discharge of, 186.
Declaration of Independence, 163; com-
mittee appointed to draft the, 164; its

Webster for, and dissenting, ascribed to
Adams and another, 167, 168; anniver-
sary of, 641.

Democracy, Northern, policy of, 611.

Grecian, 32; Roman, 33; purposes and
prospects of Pilgrim Fathers, 35; toward
the West, 41; to California, began, 601;
how encouraged by England, 656.

See Public Moneys.

"6 First

Dexter, Samuel, character of, 261.
Disbursing Officers, tenure of office, 396.
Discourse delivered at Plymouth, on
Settlement of New England," 25.
Dissolution of the Union, evils of, 346.
District of Columbia, remarks of Mr. Web-
ster on Slavery in, 445; resolutions on
Slavery in, 445; power of Congress in,
446.

Divine Right, a doctrine of the Holy Alli-
ance, 63.

Dix, J. A., his vote for admission of Texas,
611.

Domestic Industry, not confined to manu-
factures, 98.

Dorr, Thomas W., at the head of revolu-
tionary government of Rhode Island,
535; tried for treason, 536.

Dough Faces, voted for Missouri Compro-
mise, 583.

Douglass, Stephen H., amendment concern-
ing Missouri, 569.

Drum-Beat of England, 371.

Duane, W. J., removal of, from office, 368.
Duché, Rev. Mr., opened first Congress
with prayer, 522.

Durfee, Chief Justice, charge of, in Dorr
case of Rhode Island, 545.

Duties on Imports, extract from speech on,
(1846,) 110.

E.

Education, provision for general diffusion
of, in New England, 47, 48; sentiment of
John Adams on, 174.

Edwards, Jonathan, his use of the word
"sweetness," xxxix.

Election, of officers of colleges, 16.
Elections, rights of, 12; American system
of, 540.

Electricity, progress in, 648.

Eleemosynary corporations, nature of, de-
fined, 6, 9; colleges are included under,
22.

Ellenborough, Lord, on commercial re-
strictions, 87.

Ellsworth, Oliver, extract from, on the Con.
stitution, 288, 295.
Eloquence, defined by Webster, 167.
Embargo, Mr. Hillhouse's opinion of, 260;
opposed by Massachusetts, 260.

in, 44; how land was holden, in time of
Henry the Seventh, 44; paper system of,
effect on prices, 81; protective system of,
84; policy of, in respect to paper currency,
86; manufacture of silk in, 87; removed
certain restrictions on trade, 89; pro-
visions concerning her shipping interest,
109; course of, in regard to Spanish
colonies, 154; the original ground of dis
pute between the Colonies and, 164; rela-
tion of South Carolina to, in 1775, 259;
maritime power of, in war of 1812, 461;
imprisonment for debt abolished in, 474;
progress of its power, 501; law of, in
regard to charitable institutions, 527;
representative system of, 538, 642; right
claimed by, in respect to impressment,
655; encourages emigration, 656.
English Colonists, in America, secret of
their success, 147.

English Composition, school-boy's attempt
at, xi; falseness of style, xii.

English Language, correct use in the United
States, 148.

English Revolution of 1688, 63; participa
tion of Massachusetts in, 39.

Europe, effect in United States of pacifi-

cation of, 242; condition of, at the birth
of Washington, 341.

Everett, Edward, Minister to England, 487;
draft for the Hülsemann letter, 678.
Ewing, Thomas, resolution in regard to
payments for public lands, 438; plan for
a national bank, 490.

Exchange, the rate of, 96; English stand-
ard of, 97.

Exchequer, plan of, Mr. Webster's appro
bation of, 491, 492; sent to Congress Y
1842, 491.

Exclusion of Slavery from the Territories
speech on, Aug. 12, 1848, 569.
Executive of United States, power over the
press, 351, 352; refuses to execute law
of Congress, 353; patronage, dangers of,
394, 395; power of, defined, 398; exten-
sion of its power, 430, 431; change in the
fiscal system effected by, 436.
Executive Patronage, and removals from
office, speech on, 347.

Executive Usurpation, speech on, 353.
Exeter College, judgment of Lord Holt, in
case of, 7; argument of Stillingfleet, 8.
Exports from the United States, 79, 93.

Eyre, Lord Commissioner, opinion of, on
chartered charities, 9.

F.

Faneuil Hall, draped in mourning for the
first time, 156; reception of Mr. Webster
at, Sept. 30, 1842, 481.
Federalism, history of, 252.

the Declaration, 164.

Franklin, State of, constitution of, and pro-
vision to supply a currency, 470.

Free Blacks, from North, how treated at
the South, 620.

Free Press, attributes of, 350; the bestow
ing of office on conductors of the, 351.
Free Schools, of New England, 47.
Free Soil men, character of, 631.

Free Soil Party, platform of, 580; nominate
Martin Van Buren, 581.

Festival of Sons of New Hampshire, 598.
Fillmore, Millard, laid corner-stone of ex-
tension to the Capitol, 644; addressed,

653.

Fitch, John, grant to, concerning steam
navigation, 112.

Fitzsimmons, Mr., suggests protective du-
ties, 303.

Flagg, George, his painting of the Landing
of the Pilgrims, 52.

Fletcher v. Peck, case of contract, 19.
Florida, acquisition of, 429; admitted into

the Union, 559; cession of, 608.
Foot's Resolution, in Congress, concerning
Public Lands, 227; Mr. Webster's second
speech on, 227; Mr. Webster's last re-
marks on,
269.

Foreigners, as stockholders in U. S. Bank,
325-327.

Foreign Interference, President Monroe on,

153.

Foreign Trade, to be encouraged, 94, 98.
Forsyth, John, moves to reduce duty on
cotton, 243.

Fortification Bill, speech on loss of the,
407; history of, 410-413; extract from
President's Message on, 416.

Foster, John, extract from his "Essay on
Evils of Popular Ignorance," 523.
Fox, Charles, remark on Lord Chancellor
Thurlow, xxxvii; and Burke, speeches
of, compared, lvi.
France, subdivision of landed property in,
44; prophecy concerning government of,
44, 53; allies enter into, effect on trade,
80; invasion of Spain, 153; alliance of
U. S. with, declared void, 278; letters of
marque, asked by President Jackson,
420.

Franchise, and liberty, synonymous terms,
11; individual, protected by law, 15.
Franchises, corporate, power of Legislature
over, limited, 6; granted to trustees of
corporations, 11.

Francis the First, quoted, 681.

note.

Freights, rates of, 83, 108; of iron frem
Sweden, 106.

French Indemnity Loan, of 1818, 81.
Frothingham, Richard, extract from, on lay.
ing corner-stone of Bunker Hill Monu-
ment, 123; account of completion of
Bunker Hill Monument, 135.

Fugitive Slave Law, of 1793, and 1850, 634;
opposition to, 635.

Fugitive Slaves, complaint of the South and

duty of the North concerning, 617; pro-
vision of the Constitution in respect to,
629.

Fulton, Robert, his exclusive right to navi-
gation, 112.

Fulton and Livingston, grant of steam navi-
gation to, by New York, 112.

G.

Gage, Governor, convenes General Court
at Salem, 162; rejects John Adams as
Councillor, 162.

Gaines, Major, description of New Mexico,
564

Gallagher, Wm. D., extract from, on
growth of Western trade, 646.
General Court, convened at Salem, 162; at
Salem dissolved, and power of England
terminated, 162.

Georgia, cession of her Western territory,
608.

German Literature, play ridiculing the, 454.
Gerry, Samuel, 170.

Gibbons v. Ogden, case of, 111; argument
of Mr. Webster in, 111.
Girard College, provisions of Girard's will
in regard to, 506; restriction concerning
religious instruction in, 507; no observ
ance of the Sabbath there, 518.
Girard, Stephen, will of, contested, 505,
his scheme derogatory to Christianity,
515, 516.

Glass, duty on, advisable, 102.