Europe, effect in United States of pacification 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 standard of, 97.
Exchequer, plan of, Mr. Webster's approbation 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; extension 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.