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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,100andnote,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,183andnote.Angelo, Michael,177.Athens,204.Bacon, Francis,71.Bennington, Vt.,38.Benton, Thomas Hart,119-121;portrait of,120.Berkeley, George,178andnote,201.Blackstone, Sir William,167andnote.Boston, Mass., Massacre,75 note;Port Bill,93andnote;“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 see208andnote.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,21,177andnote.Clay, Henry,122 note,194 note;portrait of,195.“Coalition,” the,122andnote.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 1807,156andnote.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,168andnote.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),45andnote.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 see115 note.Henry, Patrick,100;portrait of,101.Hillhouse, James,155andnote.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.,32andnote.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,39andnote;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,8andnote.Mason and Dixon’s line,137andnote.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,126andnote.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,5andnote;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.,6,7andnote,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,12andnote,15.Rome, commonwealth of,21.Salem, Mass., speech of Webster at,111.Saratoga, N. Y.,38.Sargent, Henry,7andnote.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,202andnote.Sherman, Roger,84.Slavery, Webster’s opinion concerning,126-128.Smithfield (London),12andnote.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,168andnote.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,105andnote.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,208andnote;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.


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