Chapter 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;
observation 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;
committee appointed to draft the, 164;
its object and foundation, 165;
speeches of Webster for, and dissenting, ascribed to Adams and another,
167, 168;
anniversary of, 641.

Democracy, Northern, policy of, 611.

Deposits, removal of, by the President, 369.
_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. Webster on Slavery in, 445;
resolutions on Slavery in, 445;
power of Congress in, 446.

Divine Right, a doctrine of the Holy Alliance, 63.

Dix, J.A., his vote for admission of Texas, 611.

Domestic Industry, not confined to manufactures, 98.

Dorr, Thomas W., at the head of revolutionary government of Rhode Island,
535;
tried for treason, 536.

Dough Faces, voted for Missouri Compromise, 583.

Douglass, Stephen H., amendment concerning 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.

Duties on Imports, extract from speech on, (1846,) 110.

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, defined, 6, 9;
colleges are included under, 22.

Ellenborough, Lord, on commercial restrictions, 87.

Ellsworth, Oliver, extract from, on the Constitution, 288, 295.

Eloquence, defined by Webster, 167.

Embargo, Mr. Hillhouse's opinion of, 260;
opposed by Massachusetts, 260.

Emigration, different motives for, 31, 557;
Grecian, 32;
Roman, 33;
purposes and prospects of Pilgrim Fathers, 35;
toward the West, 41;
to California, began, 601;
how encouraged by England, 656.

England, effect of taxation on landholders 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;
provisions concerning her shipping interest, 109;
course of, in regard to Spanish colonies, 154;
the original ground of dispute between the Colonies and, 164;
relation 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;
participation of Massachusetts in, 39.

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.

Exports from the United States, 79, 93.

Ex post facto laws, prohibited by Constitution 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 extension to the Capitol, 644;
addressed, 653.

Fitch, John, grant to, concerning steam navigation, 112.

Fitzsimmons, Mr., suggests protective duties, 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 remarks 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 provision to supply a currency,
470.

Free Blacks, from North, how treated at the South, 620.

Free Press, attributes of, 350;
the bestowing 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 laying corner-stone of Bunker Hill
Monument, 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;
provision of the Constitution in respect to, 629.

Fulton, Robert, his exclusive right to navigation, 112.

Fulton and Livingston, grant of steam navigation 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 observance 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;
discovered 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 regulate, 43;
of France, how effected by subdivision 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, practicable, 134;
popular, overthrown in Spain, 153;
powers of, concerning local improvement, 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, established by the Pilgrims, 35;
origin and character of, 43;
system of representation 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 revolution in, 57;
appeal to United States concerning revolution in, 57;
extract from President Monroe, on revolution in, 58;
we are her debtors, 58;
improved condition 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 encourage literature in, 72;
propriety of appointing 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 Russia, 69;
our sympathy for cause of, 67;
the oppression of, by Turkey, 68;
what they have accomplished, 74.

Griswold, George, toast to Daniel Webster, 496.

H.

Hale, Representative to Congress, 385.

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 character 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 resolution, 227;
reply of Webster to, on Foot's resolution, 227;
votes on internal improvement, 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 England 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, 316.

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

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

Hunter, Mr., 678

Huskisson, Mr., 491;
policy of, in respect to commerce, 98.

Hutchinson, Gov., 165.