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CONTENTS.
DANIEL WEBSTER AS A MASTER OF ENGLISH STYLE
THE DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CASE
Argument before the Supreme Court of the United States, at Wash-
ington, on the 10th of March, 1818.
A Discourse delivered at Plymouth, on the 22d of December, 1820.
DEFENCE OF JUDGE JAMES PRESCOTT
55
The closing Appeal to the Senate of Massachusetts, in Mr. Webster's
"Argument on the Impeachment of James Prescott," April 24th,
1821.
THE REVOLUTION IN GREECE.
57
A Speech delivered in the House of Representatives of the United
States, on the 19th of January, 1824.
States, on the 1st and 2d of April, 1824.
THE CASE OF GIBBONS AND OGDEN
111
An Argument made in the Case of Gibbons and Ogden, in the Su-
preme Court of the United States, February Term, 1824.
An Address delivered at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the
Bunker Hill Monument at Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the
17th of June, 1825.
THE COMPLETION OF THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT
An Address delivered on Bunker Hill, on the 17th of June, 1843,
on Occasion of the Completion of the Monument.
136
២. រឺ
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Extracts from the Speech on "The Panama Mission," delivered in
the House of Representatives of the United States, on the 14th of
April, 1826.
ADAMS AND JEFFERSON
A Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson, delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston,
on the 2d of August, 1826.
THE CASE OF OGDEN AND SAUNDERS
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179
An Argument made in the Case of Ogden and Saunders, in the Su-
preme Court of the United States, January Term, 1827.
THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN JOSEPH WHITE
189
An Argument on the Trial of John Francis Knapp, for the Murder
of Joseph White, of Salem, in Essex County, Massachusetts, on the
Night of the 6th of April, 1830.
Second Speech on "Foot's Resolution," delivered in the Senate of
the United States, on the 26th and 27th of January, 1830.
THE CONSTITUTION NOT A COMPACT BETWEEN SOVEREIGN
STATES
A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 16th of
February, 1833, in Reply to Mr. Calhoun's Speech on the Bill
"Further to Provide for the Collection of Duties on Imports."
PUBLIC DINNER AT NEW YORK
A Speech delivered at a Public Dinner given by a large Number of
Citizens of New York, in Honor of Mr. Webster, on March 10th,
1831.
THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO OF THE UNITED STATES BANK
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307
A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 11th of
July, 1832, on the President's Veto of the Bank Bill.
THE CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON
A Speech delivered at a Public Dinner in the City of Washington,
on the 22d of February, 1832, the Centennial Anniversary of
Washington's Birthday.
EXECUTIVE PATRONAGE AND REMOVALS FROM OFFICE . 347
From a Speech delivered at the National Republican Convention,
held at Worcester (Mass.), on the 12th of October, 1832.
EXECUTIVE USURPATION.
From the same Speech at Worcester.
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359
THE NATURAL HATRED OF THE POOR TO THE RICH.
From a Speech in the Senate of the United States, January 31st,
1834, on "The Removal of the Deposits."
From a Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the
22d of February, 1834.
THE PRESIDENTIAL PROTEST
A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 7th of
May, 1834, on the subject of the President's Protest against the
Resolution of the Senate of the 28th of March.
Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 16th of February,
1835, on the Passage of the Bill entitled "An Act to Repeal the
First and Second Sections of the Act to limit the Term of Service
of certain Officers therein named."
ON THE LOSS OF THE FORTIFICATION BILL IN 1835.
367
894
A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 14th
of January, 1836, on Mr. Benton's Resolutions for Appropriating
the Surplus Revenue to National Defence.
A Speech delivered at Niblo's Saloon, in New York, on the 15th of
March, 1837.
SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Remarks made in the Senate of the United States, on the 10th of
January, 1838, upon a Resolution moved by Mr. Clay as a Sub-
stitute for the Resolution offered by Mr. Calhoun on the Subject of
Slavery in the District of Columbia.
THE CREDIT SYSTEM AND THE LABOR OF THE UNITED
From the Second Speech on the Sub-Treasury, delivered in the Senate
of the United States, on the 12th of March, 1838.
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445
449
REMARKS ON THE POLITICAL COURSE OF MR. CALHOUN, IN
1838
From the same Speech.
REPLY TO MR. CALHOUN
A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 22d of
March, 1838, in Answer to Mr. Calhoun.
18th of May, 1840, on the proposed Amendment to the Bill estab-
lishing a Uniform System of Bankruptcy.
"THE LOG CABIN CANDIDATE
From a Speech delivered at the great Mass Meeting at Saratoga, New
York, on the 12th of August, 1840.
ADDRESS TO THE LADIES OF RICHMOND
478
Remarks at a Public Reception by the Ladies of Richmond, Virginia,
on the 5th of October, 1840.
481
RECEPTION AT BOSTON
A Speech made in Faneuil Hall, on the 30th of September, 1842, at
a Public Reception given to Mr. Webster, on his Return to Boston,
after the Negotiation of the Treaty of Washington.
THE LANDING AT PLYMOUTH
A Speech delivered on the 22d of December, 1843, at the Public
Dinner of the New England Society of New York, in Commemo-
ration of the Landing of the Pilgrims.
THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AND THE RELIGIOUS INSTRUC-
TION OF THE YOUNG.
A Speech delivered in the Supreme Court at Washington, on the
20th of February, 1844, in the Girard Will Case.
496
505
An Argument made in the Supreme Court of the United States, on
the 27th of January, 1848, in the Dorr Rebellion Cases.
A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 23d of
March, 1848, on the Bill from the House of Representatives for
raising a Loan of Sixteen Millions of Dollars.
EXCLUSION OF SLAVERY FROM THE TERRITORIES
Remarks made in the Senate of the United States, on the 12th of
August, 1848.
Delivered at a Meeting of the Citizens of Marshfield, Mass., on the
1st of September, 1848.
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598
600
From a Speech delivered in Boston, on the 7th of November, 1849,
at a Festival of the Natives of New Hampshire established in
Massachusetts.
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION
March, 1850.
A Speech delivered before a large Assembly of the Citizens of Buffalo
and the County of Erie, at a Public Reception, on the 22d of May,
An Address delivered at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the Addi-
tion to the Capitol, on the 4th of July, 1851.
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