Chateaubriand, M. de, quoted respecting
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,
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Church, grants to, cannot be rescinded, 13.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, Christopher, portrayed, 124, 144.
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, 273; 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, 538; 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;
fr nchises granted to, 11; concerning
pecuniary benefit from, 11; concerning
private property, 12; concerning grants

of land to, 13; 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, 103.
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, 161; 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.

Dexter, Samuel, character of, 261.
Disbursing Officers, tenure of office, 396.
Discourse delivered at Plymouth, on “ First
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,
£35; 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.

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.

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.

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 in
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-
tution of U. S., 19.

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.

Federalist, extract from, on the Constitution,
289.

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.

Franklin, Benjamin, 39; appointed to draft
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.

Free Trade, speech of Mr. Webster on, 109,

note.

Freights, rates of, 83, 108; of iron from
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,
565.

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.

Gold, and silver as legal tender, 95; dis-
covered 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 regu-
late, 43; of France, how effected by sub-
division 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, practi-
cable, 134; popular, overthrown in Spain,
153; powers of, concerning local im-
provement, 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, estab-
lished by the Pilgrims, 35; origin and
character of, 43; system of representa-
tion 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 revolu-
tion in, 57; appeal to United States con-
cerning revolution in, 57; extract from
President Monroe, on revolution in, 58;
we are her debtors, 58; improved condi-
tion 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 en-
courage literature in, 72; propriety of ap
pointing 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 Rus-
sia, 69; our sympathy for cause of, 67;
the oppression of, by Turkey, 68; what
they have accomplished, 74.
Griswold, George, toast to Daniel Web-
ster, 496.

H.

Hale, Representative to Congress, 585.
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 char-
acter 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 resolu-
tion, 227; reply of Webster to, on Foot's
resolution, 227; votes on internal im-
provement, 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 Eng-
land 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, 315.

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

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