Branch, Mr., resolution of 378. Brewster, Elder, 27, 31, 52.
British Parliament, power claimed by, over
establishment of local government in, 602; slavery excluded from, by law of nature, 615.
Canada, cession to England, effect on the colonies, 42.
Brougham, Mr., his approval of the Monroe Canals, act of 1824 concerning, 245.
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,
Burke, Edmund, compliment to Charles Fox, xxxviii; speeches of, criticised, lii; bill for economical reform, 469.
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
Chateaubriand, M. de, quoted respecting | Columbus, Christopher, portrayed, 124, 144 the Holy Alliance, 64.
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,
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,
Custom-house Bonds, act of 1800 in regard to, 383.
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
object and foundation, 165; speeches of | Emigration, different motives for, 31, 557;
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.
Deposits, removal of, by the President, 369. | England, effect of taxation on land-holders
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.
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.
Ex post facto laws, prohibited by Consti- | Franklin, Benjamin, 39; appointed to draft tution of U. S., 19.
Eyre, Lord Commissioner, opinion of, on chartered charities, 9.
Faneuil Hall, draped in mourning for the first time, 156; reception of Mr. Webster at, Sept. 30, 1842, 481. Federalism, history of, 252.
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.
Federalist, extract from, on the Constitution, Free Trade, speech of Mr. Webster on, 109, 289.
Festival of Sons of New Hampshire, 598. Fillmore, Millard, laid corner-stone of ex- tension to the Capitol, 644; addressed,
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,
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.
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.
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.
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