INDEX
Achilles, 327.
Adams and Jefferson: A Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston, Aug. 2, 1826, [67].
Adams, John, [84], [87-90], [92-97], [101], [104];
similarity to Jefferson, [70];
example of, [70];
work of, [70];
services of, [73];
career of, [73-81], [97-100];
portrait of, [74].
Adams, John Quincy, [100] and [note], [122 note];
portrait of, [123].
Adams, Samuel, [80], [96];
portrait of, [97].
Alfred, [48].
Allerton, Isaac, [7].
Amendment, Thirteenth, to the Constitution, [126 note].
America, popular government in, [18], [20];
constitutional history of, [25];
literature of, [26];
discovery of, [31];
Revolution in, [32];
obligations of, [48], [65];
contributions of, to Europe, [62];
example of, [63].
Americans, sacred trust of, [210].
American Union, the, [56].
Ames, Fisher, [183] and [note].
Angelo, Michael, [177].
Athens, [204].
Bacon, Francis, [71].
Bennington, Vt., [38].
Benton, Thomas Hart, [119-121];
portrait of, [120].
Berkeley, George, [178] and [note], [201].
Blackstone, Sir William, [167] and [note].
Boston, Mass., Massacre, [75 note];
Port Bill, [93] and [note];
“Tea-Party,” [93 note];
speeches of Webster at, [67].
Bradford, William, [7].
Brewster, William, [7], [15].
Bunker Hill, battle of, [96];
importance of, [57];
motive for, [58];
consequences of, [59].
Bunker Hill Monument, The: An Address delivered at the Laying of the Corner-stone at Charlestown, Mass. June 17, 1825, [30];
and see [208] and [note].
Bunker Hill Monument, The Completion of the: An Address delivered June 17, 1843, [50].
Byron, Lord, [9 note].
Camden, N. J., [38].
Capitol, The Addition to the, [200].
Capitol, United States, in 1851, view of, [200].
Carroll, Charles, [107].
Carver, John, [7].
Charlestown, Mass., [58];
speeches of Webster at, [30], [50].
Chatham, Earl of, [177].
Cicero, [21], [177] and [note].
Clay, Henry, [122 note], [194 note];
portrait of, [195].
“Coalition,” the, [122] and [note].
Concord, Mass., [55], [96].
Congress, Continental, First, [81].
Constitution and the Union, The, [194].
Constitution of the United States, true principles of, [145];
declared by people to be supreme law, [150], [163];
enumerated powers of, [162];
main design of, [162];
failure of Confederation the cause of, [162];
alterable by the people, not the States, [170].
Cortéz, Hernando, [61].
Declaration of Independence, The, [83-87].
Demosthenes, [9], [204].
District of Columbia, [155].
Electors, Presidential, in the United States, [98 note].
Elizabeth, Queen, [12].
Eloquence, nature of, [89].
Embargo Bill of 1807, [156] and [note].
England, religious persecutions in, [12];
idea of liberty in, [60].
Executive Patronage and Removal from Office, [174].
Faneuil Hall, Boston, view of, [68];
speeches of Webster in, [67].
Federalist party, [122 note].
Fillmore, Millard, [211];
portrait of, [211].
Foot, Samuel Augustus, [115 note];
Resolution of, [116].
Foreign influence a foe of republican government, [185].
Franklin, Benjamin, [84], [101];
portrait of, [102].
Freedom, spirit of, [179].
Fries, John, [168] and [note].
Gage, Thomas, [79].
Gates, Horatio, [41].
Government, representative system of, [44];
principles of, as held by English colonists in America, [61], [62];
powers of, to be used for the general benefit, [131];
a great untaxed proprietor, [132];
republican, foreign influence a foe of, [185].
Government, United States, source of powers of, [150], [162], [164];
powers of, as related to powers of States, [152], [158], [160], [162];
a new experiment, [180].
“Great Debate,” The, [115 note].
Greece, Revolution in (1824), [45] and [note].
Greene, Nathanael, [41].
Hancock, John, [90], [96];
portrait of, [91].
Harrington, James, [20].
Harvard College, [23];
view of, [24].
Hayne, Robert Young, [115 note], [117-122];
portrait of, [135].
Hayne, The Reply to: From the Second Speech on Foot’s Resolution, delivered in the Senate of the United States, Jan. 26 and 27, 1830, [115];
first version of, [173 note];
and see [115 note].
Henry, Patrick, [100];
portrait of, [101].
Hillhouse, James, [155] and [note].
Holland, Pilgrims in, [14].
Homer, [177].
Independence, American, [201-204].
Independence, Declaration of, [83-87].
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, view of, [80].
Internal improvements, Webster’s opinions concerning, [129].
Jackson, Andrew, [115 note].
Jamestown, Va., [32] and [note].
Jefferson, Thomas, [184 note];
similarity to Adams, [70];
example of, [70];
work of, [70];
services of, [73];
career of, [81-85], [99], [100-106];
portrait of, [82].
Kentucky resolutions of 1798, [147 note].
Lafayette, Marquis de, [39] and [note];
portrait of, [40].
Lee, Richard Henry, [83].
Legislatures, State, in relation to national laws, [145].
Lexington, Mass., [55], [96].
Liberty the inheritance of every American, [203].
Lincoln, Benjamin, [41].
Lincolnshire, England, [13].
Livingston, Robert R., [84].
Marathon, [8] and [note].
Mason and Dixon’s line, [137] and [note].
Massachusetts, in the Revolution, [143];
defence of, [144].
Milton, John, [177].
Missouri question, [126-127], [126 note].
Monmouth, N. J., [38].
Monuments of the past, [53].
National Republican party, [122 note], [174].
Nations, progress of, [41].
Newton, Isaac, [71].
New England, The First Settlement of: A Discourse delivered at Plymouth, Mass. Dec. 22, 1820, [3].
New England, third century of history of, [3];
ancestors of, [41];
religious liberty in, [11];
distribution of property in, [19];
education in, [21];
future progress of, [28];
settlement of, [3], [32];
relation of, to Western improvements, [133-134];
Hayne’s attack on, [136];
relation of, to South Carolina doctrine of nullification, [155];
to the embargo of 1807, [157].
Northwest Territory, [126 note].
Nullification, [116], [154], [165-169];
leads to disunion, [169].
Ohio, [126 note].
“Old Style” of reckoning time, [73 note].
Ordinance of 1787, the, [126] and [note].
Otis, James, [76];
portrait of, [77].
Paine, Robert Treat, [79], [96].
Parties, political, in 1812, [141].
Party contests under the Constitution, [138].
Phidias, [9].
Philip of Macedon, [204].
Pilgrims, [5] and [note];
purpose of, [10], [59];
new home of, [15], [18];
duty of descendants of, [25];
and see New England, First Settlement of.
Pizarro, Francisco, [61].
Plato, [9].
Plymouth, Mass., [6], [7] and [note], [28], [59];
speech of Webster at, [3].
Pope, Alexander, [199 note].
Prescott, William, [36], [54], [57], [58].
Public lands, [128].
Public works bonds of union, [129].
Puritans, [5 note].
Putnam, Israel, [36], [54].
Quincy, Josiah, Jr., [73].
Randolph, Peyton, [83].
Raphael, [177].
Religion, influence of, [27].
Religious liberty in New England, [11].
Religious persecutions in England, [12].
Revolution, American, [32];
survivors of, [35], [36], [38];
influence of, upon Europe, [42].
Revolution of 1688, English, importance of, [181].
Revolution, Webster admits right of, [147];
a law to itself, [164].
Robinson, John, [12] and [note], [15].
Rome, commonwealth of, [21].
Salem, Mass., speech of Webster at, [111].
Saratoga, N. Y., [38].
Sargent, Henry, [7] and [note].
Secession, peaceable, impossible, [195].
Senate, United States, [121];
speeches of Webster in, [115], [194].
Serbonis, Lake, 218 note.
“Seventh of March” (1850) speech of Webster, [194].
Shakespeare, William, [202] and [note].
Sherman, Roger, [84].
Slavery, Webster’s opinion concerning, [126-128].
Smithfield (London), [12] and [note].
Socrates, [9].
Solon, [48].
Sophocles, [9].
South America, liberty in, [46].
South Carolina, [136], [137];
nullification in, [116];
Webster’s tribute to, [142];
doctrine of State discretion, [146].
Southern Confederacy, idea of a, [197].
Spain, greed of, [60].
Sparta, [204].
Standish, Miles, [7].
Stark, John, [36], [54].
States, not final judges of acts of general government, [145];
powers of, as related to powers of general government, [152], [160].
“Suicide is confession,” [114].
Sullivan, John, [41].
Supreme Court of the United States, final decision of, [164].
Tariffs, protective, as related to Constitution, [153], [159];
to South Carolina nullification, [166].
Thebes, [204].
Trenton, N. Y., [38].
Turenne, Vicomte de, [168] and [note].
Tyler, John, [54];
portrait of, [54].
Union, as related to nullification, [154];
preservation of, [171], [195], [198], [211].
United States, example of, [47];
are one, [130];
a western sun, [182];
advantages of isolation of, [186];
dismemberment of, the greatest of evils, [191];
growth of population of, [205-206].
Vauban, Sebastien de, [168].
Virginia resolutions of 1798, [146-147], [146 note].
Virginia, University of, [105] and [note].
Warren, Joseph, [37], [40], [41], [54];
portrait of, [37].
Washington, George, [41], [59], [63], [67], [94], [102], [104], [139], [204], [207-210];
power of the name of, [175];
moral example of, [176];
Farewell Address of, [183], [185], [186], [188];
conduct of America’s foreign relations, [184];
domestic policy of, [187];
first cabinet of, [187];
important measures of administration of, [188];
opinion of dangers of party spirit, [188];
love of the Union, [189];
monition of, [209-210].
Washington, The Character of, [175].
Washington, city of, [207-208];
speeches of Webster in, [200].
Washington Monument, [208] and [note];
view of, [208].
Whig party, [122 note].
White, Captain Joseph, The Murder of: From an Argument on the Trial of Joseph Francis Knapp, at Salem, Mass. Aug. 3, 1830, [111].
Wilmot proviso, the, [126 note].
Worcester, Mass., speech of Webster at, [174].
Wythe, George, [82].
Yorktown, Va., [38].