INDEX TO THE SELECTIONS FROM WEBSTER. A. "ACCEDE," a word not found in the Constitution, 162. Adams and Jefferson, coincidences in the death and lives of, 62. members of the committee to prepare the Declaration of Inde- Adams, John, birth and education, 66. admitted to the bar, 66. defends British officers and soldiers, 67. a remarkable letter of, 68. delegate to Congress, 69. important resolution, reported by, 72. power in debate, 76. knowledge of colonial history, 77. supposed speech in favor of independence, 80. minister abroad, 84. delegate to Massachusetts Convention, 84. Vice President and President of the United States, 85. his description of the first prayer in Congress, 307. Adams, Samuel, delegate to Congress, 307. anecdote of, 307. Addition to the Capitol, address at the laying of the corner stone of the, 409. brief account of the proceedings of the day, in Mr. Webster's speech at a dinner, same day, 405. America, her contributions to Europe, 292. familiarity with republican principles at the commencement of American government, elements of, 292. American people, prepared for popular government, 55. American Revolution, its purposes, 163. effect of, 163. commenced in New England, 23. Ancestry, respect for, 14. Anti-slavery conventions, proceedings of, 387. Gothic, 105. Asiento, stipulation respecting slaves in the treaty, 397. Berkeley, Bishop, 338. Boston, Mechanics Institution of, 98. citizens of, present a Vase to Mr. Webster, 228. violation of law in, 434. Brewster, Elder William, supposed address of, 375. Brooks, Governor John, first president of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, 65. Buffalo, reception of Mr. Webster at, in 1833, 178. its trade, 179. reply to the mechanics and manufacturers of, 180. speech delivered on the occasion, 379. Bunker Hill Battle, address to the survivors of, 47. completion of the, 280. Mr. Webster's address, 280. C. CALHOUN, J. C., attack upon Mr. Webster, 272. an honest nullifier, 262 California, establishment of a local government in, 344. its declaration of independence, and discovery of gold in, 344. Capitol, extension of, 409. brief account of the proceedings of the day, in Mr. Webster's foundation of, laid by Washington, 418. Charleston, S. C., arrival of Mr. Webster at, 316. Chatham, Lord, his opinion of the first Congress, 70. Chief Justice of the United States, a Roman Catholic, 372. work of the, 302. Christian ministry and religious instruction of the young, speech on, in Clergy, eulogium on, 298. Colonists, English, character of, 290. Columbia, S. C., reception of Mr. Webster at, 322. Columbus, portrayed, 43. Commerce, extent of power of Congress to regulate, 271. between the States, 267. Common Schools of New England, 259. Compromise Measures, 361. Confederation, object of, 382. Congress of Delegates at Philadelphia, in 1774, 69. sat with closed doors, 76. Congress of the United States, has no power over slavery in the States, 237. has power over slavery in the District of Columbia, 237. peculiarities of, 233. founded on compromise, 235. not a compact between sovereign States, 157, 166, 167. preamble of, 445. provision of, in regard to fugitive slaves and apprentices, 397. Constitution and the Union, speech for, 341. Cotton, influence of its production upon the south and upon slavery, 351. Currency, important question respecting, 265. cannot be maintained by the States of uniform value, 268. power of Congress to regulate, (extract from Mr. Madison's mes D. DANGER from executive patronage, 218. Declaration of Independence, committee to prepare, 72. Deposits, removal of, 200. Dissolution of the Union, evils of, 156. Duché, Rev. Mr., anecdote of, 307. E. EDUCATION, effect of its diffusion, 26, 259. Effects of instructions to members of Congress, 365. Emigration, a common incident, 17. English language, its correct use in the United States, 291. Eulogium on General Taylor, 362. Europe in the nineteenth century, 46. her power annihilated in America, 46. Exchange, cause of difference in, 266. Expunging resolution, Constitution violated by, 248. F. FARROW, Mr., his address to Mr. Webster, on behalf of the students Festival of the sons of New Hampshire, 328. Fillmore, President, address to, at the laying of the corner stone of the First commandment of the Decalogue fountain of all revealed truth, 303 last remarks on, 125. Franklin, Benjamin, 72. French Chambers, a member rejected from, for giving pledges to con stituents, 366. French and Indians, New Hampshire settlements attacked by, 332. Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, 386. more favorable to the fugitive than the law of 1793, 400. Fugitives from labor, to be surrendered, 384. G. GEORGIA, her patriotism, 326. the abundance of her resources, 326. Girard, Stephen, suit of his heirs, 296. Girard College, provision of Girard's will respecting no Sabbath in, 305. difficulty of establishing, 55. its duty respecting currency, 279. its permanency, 56, 138. Government, American, its origin and character, 24. its protection to persons and property, 139. Greece, revolution in, 32. our obligations to, 33. has accomplished much, 38. propriety of the appointment of agents to, 39. Greeks, sympathy for, 39. H. HAMILTON, Alexander, his services, 134. Hamilton, General James, at a meeting of the Charleston New England Hancock, John, recommends association for protecting navigation, 191. signature to the Declaration of Independence, 442. Harrington, quoted, 25. Harvard College, 22. objects of its foundation, 27. Haven, Messrs. John and others, letter to, 426. Hayne, Robert Y., eulogium on, 322. Holmes, Oliver W., quoted, 421. Hume, his remarks on the administration of justice, 141. I. IMMORTALITY, yearning of the soul for, 305. Inauguration of Washington, 136. Indiana, its growth, 257. internal improvement of, 257. Indians and French, dangers from, 332. Internal improvements, 243. in New England, 23. influence of, 223. principles of, 261. |