382; law of 1836 to regulate deposits of,
437.
Public Opinion, power of, 67, 483; its influ-
ence over governments, 133.
Public Worship, in United States, 651.
Puffendorf, extract from, bearing on prin-
ciples of Holy Alliance, 62.
Putnam, Judge, 532.
Quakers, their preachers, 524.
Quincy, Josiah, Jr., quoted, 129.
Quincy, Hon. Josiah, 159.
Radicals, of South Carolina, 244.
Railroads, first in America, 126.
Raleigh, Sir W., referred to, 143.
Randolph, Jefferson, proposition of, to
abolish slavery, 619.
Randolph, Gov., on domestic slavery, 232.
Raymond, Henry J., reporter of Mr. Web-
ster's speeches, xxiv.
Reception of Mr. Webster at Boston, Sept.
30, 1842, 481; at Buffalo, May 22, 1851,
626; at New York, 307.
Reformation, provisions for religious in-
struction in schools at time of, 526.
Religion, the only conservative principle,
524; state of society without, 525; sup-
posed case of a graduate of Girard Col-
lege questioned in regard to, 525; neces-
sity of, to man, 650.
Removal from Office, speech of Webster on,
347; power of President in regard to, 347,
397, 399; decision of Congress in regard
to, 347; Mr. Madison's opinion in regard
to, 347; Mr. Jefferson's use of the power
of, 348; concerning the press, 351; ex-
tract from constitution of England on,
389; dangers of unlimited power in, 395;
act of 1820 in regard to, 396, 397; act of
1789 on, 397, 401, 402, 404, 405; Constitu-
tion of U. S. on, 398; manner of, 400;
power of, incident to power of appoint-
ment, 400, 401, 402; effect of a nomina-
tion on, 401; concerning inferior officers,
402; reasons must be stated for, 404.
Removal of Deposits, object of, 366; by ex-
ecutive power, 369.
Reply to Hayne, by Webster, 227.
Representation, American system of, 46;
in connection with government, 341; in-
equality of, produced by annexing slave
States, 561; of slaves, complaints of the
North against, 620; popular governments
established on the basis of, 642; in House
of Commons, 642; the foundation for law,
643.
Representative Government, experiment
of, 341.
Representative System in England, 538.
Republican Government. See Government,
American.
Repudiation denounced, 494.
Resolutions, for appointment of an agent to
Greece, 57; by John Adams, preparatory
to the Declaration, 163; of Congress on
Declaration of Independence, 165; of
Foot in Congress, in regard to Public
Lands, 227; of Congress concerning slav-
ery, 233; of Calhoun concerning State
sovereignty, 273; of Convention of 1787,
287; of Senate concerning executive
veto, 368; on slavery in District of Co-
lumbia, 445; on Mr. Webster's speech on
Girard will, 505; from State Legislatures
respecting slavery, 618.
Retrospective law, defined, 14; extract
from Chief Justice Kent on, 14; passage
of, prohibited, 14.
Revenue, Mr. Webster's views on, 428.
Revolution, defined, 277.
Revolution, American, causes of, 37; begun
in New England, 42; commemorated by
Bunker Hill Monument, 125, 126; sur-
vivors of, at Bunker Hill, 127; character
of state papers of, 130; originated on a
question of principle, 371.
Revolution in Greece, speech on, 57.
Revolution of 1840, its objects, 488.
Revolution, Political, 132.
Rhetoric, Daniel Webster as a master of
English style, xi.
Rhode Island, argument on government of,
535; proceedings of revolutionary party
of 1841 in, 535; proceedings of the Dorr
party in, 544; new constitution of, 545;
action of President Tyler in respect to
insurrection in, 547; error of charter
government of, 549; good effects of the
agitation in, 549.
Rich, Capt. Benjamin, 487.
Richmond, Va., address to the ladies of,
478.
Right of Approach, of ships of war at sea,
664.
Right of Search, letter of Mr. Webster on
the, 660; British claim to, 662; not dis-
tinct from right of visit, 662; view of the
United States, on, 664-666; Lord Aber-
deen on the, 670.
Rights, Legal, not affected by pecuniary
profit, 12; of electors, 12; of individuals,
in regard to own property, 12; individ- | Shipping Interest, how affected by tariff of
ual, protected by law, 15.
Rio Grande, Texas claims to line of, 562;
worthlessness of the valley of the, 565.
Rives, W. C., opinions of the Constitution,
284.
Robbins, Rev. Chandler, delivers address
on anniversary of landing of Pilgrims, 25.
Robinson, Rev. John, 30, 31.
Rome, liberty of, 642.
Rusk, Mr., Senator from Texas, 563.
Russia, extract from Emperor on proper
policy, 64; under Peter the Great, 69;
excited the Greeks to rebellion, 69; under
Catharine the Second, 70; her trade with
the United States, 93; Emperor of, bound
by the law of nations, 598; Emperor of,
demands Kossuth of Turkey, 598.
Ruxton, Mr., description of New Mexico,
567.
Sabbath, convention at Columbus, O., in
regard to observance of the, 518; the ob-
servance of, a part of Christianity, 518.
St. Asaph, Bishop of, extract from dis-
course, 640.
Salem, sentiments of, at the closing of port
of Boston, 129; General Court at, 162.
Sargent, Henry, picture representing Land-
ing of the Pilgrims, by, 52.
Schools, founded by charity, must include
religious instruction, 528.
Schools of New England, 174.
Science and literature, 51.
Scio, destruction of, 73.
Scott, Gen. Winfield, brilliant campaign of,
554; referred to, 578.
Seamen, letter of Daniel Webster on im-
pressment of, 658.
Search. See Right of Search.
Secession, defined, 276; right of States to,
denied, 278, 282; practical consequences
of, 279; no such thing as peaceable, 621;
of Virginia, improbability of, 646; men
of the Southern States addressed in re-
spect to, 647.
Secretary of the Treasury, his custody of
the public moneys, 368.
Senate of the United States, a body of,
equals, 229; resolution concerning execu-
tive veto, 368; its right of self-defence,
372.
Shakspeare, use of words, xiii.
Shaw, Chief Justice, 532.
Sheridan, remark of, xxv.
Sherman, Roger, appointed to draft the
Declaration, 164.
Shipping of England, provisions in respect
Ships of War, their right to approach ves-
sels at sea, 664.
Silk, manufacture of, in England, 87.
Silsbee, Hon. N., 349.
"Sink or swim, survive or perish," etc.,
168.
Slave, and Slavery, words not found in the
Constitution, 606.
Slave-holding States, advantages of, in re-
spect to representation, 233; rights of,
in regard to new territories, 572.
Slave Labor, its relation to free, 573; com-
pared with laboring men of the North,
620.
Slavery, prohibited by Ordinance of 1787,
231; petitions to first Congress to abolish,
232; memorial from Pennsylvania to abol-
ish, 232; Gov. Randolph, sentiments on,
232; Mr. Webster's sentiments on, 232;
Congress has no power over, in the
States, 233; plans for exclusion of, in
Northwestern Territory, 234; resolution
of Rufus King in regard to, 235; views
of Mr. Webster on, 429; beyond the
power of Congress, 429; recognized by
the Constitution, 429, 570; inexpediency
of annexing slave States, 429; in District
of Columbia, remarks on, 445; Mr. Web-
ster's opinion in regard to power of Con-
gress over, 462; speech on exclusion of
from the territories, 569; peculiarity of
American, 570; entailed upon the colo-
nies by England, 571; Congress has no
control over, 571, 636; excluded from
Northwestern Territory, 571; exists by
local laws, 573; Mr. Webster's opinion
of extension of slavery and slave repre-
sentation, 574; the Compromise Line in
respect to extension of, 588; resolutions
of Henry Clay in respect to, 600; pros-
pect of California and New Mexico being
free States, 602; its existence among the
Greeks and Romans, 603; sentiments of
the North and South on, at framing of
the Constitution, 605; Ordinance of 1787
in respect to, 606; Mr. Madison's opinion
on, 606; concurrence of sentiment be-
tween North and South on subject of,
607; causes which led to an extension
of, in the South, 608; change of opinion
of the South in respect to, 608; character
of all the territory of the United States
fixed beyond power of the government,
609; excluded from California and New
Mexico by law of nature, 615, 632; effect
of abolition societies at the North, 619;
proposition of Mr. Randolph in respect
to, 619; comparison of slaves of South
and laboring people of the North, 620;
complaints of the North concerning repre-
sentation in Congress, 620; concerning
transportation of free colored people,
623; Mr. Webster's course concerning,
630; proceedings of antislavery conven-
tions, 635.
Slaves, emancipation of, in District of Co-
lumbia, 375; provision of the Constitu-
tion in respect to fugitive, 629.
Slave Trade, remarks of Mr. Webster on,
49; American policy concerning the, 666.
Smith, Gen., vote on bank question, 328.
Smith, Hon. Truman, speech referred to,
Smith, Mr., of South Carolina, on protec-
tion, 304.
Smithson, Hugh, founded Smithsonian In-
stitute, 652.
Smithsonian Institute, establishment, 652.
Social system, elements of a, established by
compact of the Pilgrim Fathers, 35.
Society, rights of, affected by principles of
Holy Alliance, 62, 64.
South, policy of, toward Western improve-
ment, 238; complaints concerning their
rights, 572; the lead in the politics of the
country, 608; complaints of, against the
North, 617.
South America, combination of European
Sovereigns against, 66; position of U. S.
government towards, 66; revolution in,
134; Spanish colonies of, 134.
rency, 362; treasury order concerning
payments for public lands, 438; its uses,
441; the effect of withholding circula-
tion, 441.
Specie Payment, suspension of, 443.
Speech on the "Panama Mission," 152.
Spencer, Judge, 319.
Sprague, Judge, 532.
Standish, Miles, 27.
State Banks, issue of small notes by, not
advisable, 363.
State Interposition, right of, 292.
State Laws, in opposition to law of Con-
gress, supreme, 122; prohibition on, con-
cerning bankruptcy, 186; prohibition on,
in regard to contracts, 187; in conflict
with the Constitution, 265.
State Rights Party, Mr. Calhoun's espousal
of the, 464.
States, concurrent power of, argued, 116,
117; doctrine of South Carolina concern-
ing rights of, 255; resolution of Virginia,
1798, concerning rights of, 256, 263; sov-
ereignty limits of, 257; right of, whence
derived, 264; Calhoun's resolutions on
sovereignty of, 273; taxing power of,
limited, 336; have no sovereignty over
public lands, 426; concerning insurrec-
tion in one of the, 543; inequality of
representation in annexing slave States,
Stevenson, Andrew, 487.
Stiles, Mr., correspondence of, relating to
Hungary, 682.
Stillingfleet, Bishop, argument on power of
visitation over corporations, 8.
South American Republics, our relations to, Story, Mr. Justice, death of, 532; eulogy of
152.
Mr. Webster on, 532; respect of English
lawyers to, 533; character of, 534.
Strogonoff, Baron, concerning the massacre
of the Greeks, 71.
South Carolina, concerning internal im-
provements, 238, 243; her action on tariff
of 1816, 243; radical party in, 244; at-
tack on, disclaimed, 253; eulogium on,
(Webster,) 254; doctrine of, concerning
State rights, 255; in 1775, and 1828, 259;
relation to England in 1775, 259; resist-
ance to laws of the Union advised, 259;
practical operation of nullification in,
266; nullification threatened in, 355.
Southern Confederacy, impossibility of, 621.
Spain, French invasion of, 67, 153; want of
protection in, 99; overthrow of popular Sweden, export of iron fron, 105.
government in, 153; invites co-operation
of Holy Alliance over colonies in Ameri-
ca, 154.
Sturges v. Crowninshield, decision in bank-
ruptcy case of, 180.
Suffrage, principles of American govern-
ment in respect to, 539.
Sullivan, William, 137.
Spanish Settlements in America, 144.
Specie, unusual demand for, and the cause,
81; drain of, owing to French Indem-
nity Loan, 81; the exportation of, 95;
experiment of an exclusive specie cur-
Supreme Court of United States, its object,
293; judges of, how appointed, 318;
concerning a nomination for judge of,
413.
Tariff, bill to amend the (1828), 77; speech
of Mr. Webster on, 77; "American" and
"foreign policy" applied to system of,
78; protective system of England, 84;
of 1816 and 1824, respecting manufac-
tures, 99; of 1824, carried by Middle
States, 110; of 1824, Massachusetts voted
against, 110; earliest advocates of, 243;
of 1816, 243; of 1824, 248; of 1828, 248,
258; course pursued by Mr. Webster in
regard to, 247, 463; resolutions adopted
in Boston in regard to, 463; of 1816, a
South Carolina measure, history of, 465;
of 1816, New England against, 465; of
1842, how passed, 489.
Taxation, effect of, on landholders in Eng-
land, 44.
Taylor, Gen. Zachary, at Buena Vista, 559;
as a candidate for President, 576-579;
personal character of, 577; his interest in
the revolutionary movement in Hungary,
679.
Tea, increase of its consumption, 80.
Terrett v. Taylor, protection of grant, 20.
Territory, cession of, by Virginia, 606.
Texas, history of, 428; independence of,
recognized, 428; annexation to United
States objectionable, 429; opposition of
Mr. Webster to admit into the Union,
559; President Tyler's project of annex-
ing, 560; how its annexation affects
representation, 561; population of, in
1848, 562; territory of, 562; admitted
into the Union, 562, 563, 609; suitable
time for annexing, 563; the vote for the
admission of, 583; extract from resolu-
tion for admission of, 609; States to
be formed from, 609, 615; votes of New
England for admission of, 610; extracts
from speech of Mr. Webster on, 613, 631;
separated from Mexico, 630; vote of New
York for annexing, 631; admitted as a
slave State, 633; fortunate adjustment
by Congress of controversy in (1850),
633.
Timber, English duties on, 89.
Toast, to City of New York, 319; to mem-
ory of Washington, 346; at Dinner of
New England Society in New York, 503.
Tonnage, how affected by tariff of 1824,
100; no State can lay duty on, 122.
Trade of United States, with foreign mar-
kets, 93.
Transportation of free colored people, 623.
Treason, defined, 267.
Treasury of United States, order concern-
ing specie payment, 440; effect of the
order, 441.
respect to insurrection in Rhode Island,
547; project of annexing Texas, 560.
Union. Mr. Webster's sentiments on con-
solidation of, 246; apostrophe to, 269;
speech of March 7, 1850, on preservation
of the, 600; impossibility of drawing the
line in case of dissolution of, 622; exhor-
tation to citizens of Buffalo to preserve
the, 627; Mr. Jefferson's opinion of ad-
mitting Louisiana into the, 630.
Union of the States, important, 140, 269,
425; not a league, 278; how regarded by
Washington, 345; our duty to the, 456.
United Colonies, declared free and inde-
pendent States, 641.
United States, peaceful policy of, 59; duty
of, concerning international law, 60, 61,
66; interest and duty of, in international
law, 66; position of government towards
South America, 66; exports of, com-
pared, 79; navigation of, 83; trade with
Holland and Russia, 93; duties as citizens
of the, 176; how affected by pacification
of Europe, 242; attention of, directed to
internal improvements, 242; alliance with
France declared void, 278; danger to, of
dismemberment, 346; table showing prog-
ress in, from 1793 to 1851, 645; progress
of, in arts and sciences, 648; coast survey
of, 648; military resources of, 649; posi-
tion of, in respect to the Holy Alliance,
681; conduct of, toward revolution in
Hungary, 683.
United States Bank Bill, speech of Webster
on, 320.
Upshur, Mr., correspondence in regard to
Texas, 611; his object for admission of
Texas, 611; Secretary of State, 560.
Van Buren, Martin, policy of his adminis-
tration, 455; appointed Secretary of
State, 581; his instructions to Mr. Mc-
Lane, 581; nominated by Free Soil Par-
ty, 581; views of, relative to slavery in
the District of Columbia, 582; influence
in annexing Texas, 582; candidate for
Presidency in 1844, 583.
Tudor, William, interest in Bunker Hill Vansittart, Mr., resolution on the worth of
Monument, 123, 137.
Turkey, its oppression of Greece, 68.
Tyler, John, at Bunker Hill, 139; confi-
dence in Mr. Webster, 481; action in
Verona, Congress at, 1822, 153; concerning
Grecian independence, 70.
Veto Message, consequences of the, 337;
denies authority of Supreme Court and Washington, Treaty of, letter of Mr. Web-
Congress, 338.
Veto Power, abuse of, 493.
Vienna, society of, to encourage Grecian
literature, 72.
Virginia, resolutions concerning commerce,
115; assembly of House of Burgesses in,
148; Thomas Jefferson, Governor of, 172;
resolution concerning State rights, 256;
resolutions of 1798 in regard to State
rights, 263; ratification of the Constitu-
tion by, 289; cession of her Northwestern
territory, 606; early feeling in regard to
slavery, 619; cession of her public lands,
623; improbability of her secession, 646.
Visit and Search, identical, 662.
Visitation, Lord Holt's judgment on, in
case of Exeter College, 7; power of, over
corporations, 7; Stillingfleet's argument
on power of, 8.
Visitor, applied to founder of incorporated
charity, 7.
Volney's "Ruins of Empires," quoted, 520.
Voltaire, followers of, admitted to Girard
College, 513.
Volunteers, difficulty in recruiting, 555.
Walker, Mr., took lead in annexing Texas,
609.
War, only declared by Congress, 287; Mr.
Webster's defence of his course in, 459;
of 1812, effect on prices, 81.
Warehouse System, of England, and United
States, 90.
Warren, Gen. Joseph, measures toward
erecting a monument to, 123; eulogized,
127.
Washington, Gen. George, 131, 168, 251;
remark on battle of Bunker Hill, 142;
apostrophe to, 149, 653; decease of, 156;
administration supported by New Eng-
land, 250; his inauguration at New York,
312; centennial anniversary at Washing-
ton, 339; representative government es-
tablished under, 341; remark of Fisher
Ames on, 342; basis of his character, 342;
policy as to foreign relations, 343; domes-
tic policy of, 344; exhortation against
party spirit, 345; his regard for the Union,
345; toast of Webster to memory of, 346;
his practice of addressing Congress in per-
son, 374; civil character of, 577; founda-
tion of Capitol laid by, 644, 652; monu-
ment to, 652.
Washington City, its favorable situation,
651; public dinner at, 339.
ster on the ratification of the, 666.
Webster, Daniel, remarks on African Slave
Trade, 49; resolution to appoint an agent
to Greece, 57; opinion of paper curren-
cy, 82; explains his change of opinion on
protection, 110; President of Bunker Hill
Monument Association, 125; address on
completion of Bunker Hill Monument,
136; author of supposed speech against
the Declaration, 167; eloquence defined
by, 167; letter concerning the authorship
of speech ascribed to John Adams, 177;
his portrayal of murder, 195; reply to
Hayne, 227; views on disposition of pub-
lic lands, 237, 238; course pursued in
Congress on internal improvements, 243;
course concerning tariff, 247; sentiments
on consolidation of the Union, 248; apos-
trophe to the Union, 269; reply to Cal-
houn in regard to State sovereignty, 273;
speech at public dinner in New York, 307;
defence of the Constitution, 317; circum-
stances of his birth, 319; respect of, for
judicature of New York,319; toast to City
of New York, 319; presides at centennial
anniversary of Washington, 339; toast to
Washington, 346; sentiments on re-elec-
tion of Jackson, 357; prediction in regard
to irredeemable paper currency, 365;
remark of J. Q. Adams on, 406; reception
in New York, 1837, 422; opinions on slav-
ery, 429; views on hard money, 440;
devoted to service of United States, 457;
reply to Mr. Calhoun, 458; denies Mr.
Calhoun's charges, 458-60; defence of
his course in war, 459; opposes Mr.
Dallas's bill for a bank, 460; course in
war of 1812, 461; early support to the
navy, 461; answers Mr. Calhoun's charges
in regard to slavery, 462; answer to Cal-
houn's charges on tariff, 463; political
differences with Mr. Calhoun, 468; a hard-
money man, 468; the log cabin of his fa-
ther, 477; visit to Richmond, 478; speech
at his reception in Boston, 481; Rep-
resentative in Congress, 481; reception
at Boston, Sept. 80, 1842, 481; Secretary
of State under President Harrison, 482;
visit and speech in England, 483; oppo-
sition to his remaining in the President's
Cabinet (1841), 486; delicacy of his po-
sition in 1842, 486; study of the curren-
cy question, 492; speech at dinner of
New England Society of New York, 496;
toast at dinner of New England Society,
at New York, 503; correspondence arising
under Girard Will case, 505; letter to
Madam Story on death of her son, 582;
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