Chapter I: Immortality, inquiries concerning, 517

Impeachment, closing appeal in defence of Judge James Prescott, 55.

Imports, excess of, over exports, explained, 93.

Impressment, convention of 1803, in respect to, 655;
English law in respect to, 655;
letter of Mr. Webster to Lord Ashburton respecting, 655;
injuries of, 658;
letter of Lord Ashburton on, 659;
rule of the United States in respect to, 658.

Imprisonment for Debt, abolition of, 474.

Inauguration of Washington, 312.

India and China, trade of United States with, 96.

Individual Rights, concerning charities, 12.

Insolvent Debtors, act of New York concerning, 179.+

Insolvents, hopeless condition of, 472.

Intellectual being, inquiries of an, 517.

Interference, forcible, a principle of the Holy Alliance, 63;
a violation of public law, 65.

Internal Improvements, in New England, 43;
progress of, 80;
general benefit from, 238;
course of South Carolina towards, 238;
at the West, opposition of the South to, 240;
attention of United States directed to, 242;
course pursued by Mr. Webster in Congress towards, 243;
votes of Hayne on, 245;
Mr. Calhoun's bill for, 466.

International Law, duty of United States in regard to, 60, 61, 66.

Ireland, coasting trade of England with, 109;
legislation desired in, 499.

Iron, concerning home manufacture of, 104-106;
how affected by tariff of 1824, 104;
effect of increased duty on, 108.

J.

Jackson, Andrew, veto on United States Bank Bill, 320;
opinion of Mr. Webster on the veto of the Bank bill, 337, 338;
message in regard to the Bank of United States, 343;
uses his power to remove from office, 347;
sentiments of Webster on re-election of, 357;
protest of, 367;
removal of deposits by, 369;
recommends letters of marque and reprisal against France, 420;
remarks of Mr. Webster on, 423;
his course concerning the currency, 434;
inauguration as President, 434;
act of making sales of public lands payable in gold and silver, 438;
character of, 439;
elected President _vice_ Mr. Adams in 1828, 581;
idea of bridging the Potomac, 652.

James the First, his tyranny, 377.

James the Second, attack on college livings at Magdalen College, 17.

Jay, John, his services, 311;
appointed Chief Justice, 311;
quoted, 538;
treaty of 1794 with England, 608.

Jefferson, Thomas, news of the death of, 156;
birth and education of, 163;
elected to first Congress, 163, 172;
his paper on "Rights of America," 163;
appointed to draft the Declaration, 164;
remark on Adams in Congress, 166;
Governor of Virginia, 172;
his "Notes on Virginia," 172;
Minister abroad, 172;
Secretary of State, 172;
Vice-President and President, 172, 173;
his "Manual of Parliamentary Practice," 172;
founded University of Virginia, 173;
his scholarship, 173;
last days of, 173;
inscription for his monument, 173;
Louisiana acquired in administration of, 175;
correspondence concerning the Confederation, 287;
use of his power to remove from office, 348;
opposed to expending money without appropriation, 418;
admitted Louisiana into the Union, 559;
opinion of admitting Louisiana into the Union, 630;
rule in respect to impressment, 658.

Jewish Talmuds, 524.

Johnson, Hon. Richard M., effort for abolition of imprisonment for debt,
474.

Johnston, Samuel, extract on the Constitution, 288.

Jones, Sir William, extract from, 643.

Joseph the Second, quoted, 681.

Judiciary of United States, to interpret questions of constitutional law,
265, 282;
extent of its power, 265, 293;
Mr. Madison's opinion on, 294;
Mr. Pinkney on the, 294;
its duties and extent, 316;
how vacancies are filled, 318;
decides the constitutional laws, 330.

K.

Kemble, Mr., anecdote of, xxiii.

Kennistons, Defence of the, xv.

Kent, Chancellor, remarks at Webster dinner in New York, 307.

King, Gov., action of, in revolution of Rhode Island, 536.

King, Mr., of Alabama, 413.

King, Rufus, resolution of, in 1785, in regard to slavery, 235;
member of Congress, and of the Convention of 1787, 606;
on impressment, 657.

King Solomon's Lodge, erect a monument to General Warren, 123.

Knapp, J.F. and J.J., Jr., convicted of murder of Captain Joseph White,
103.

Knowledge, its influence over governments, 131-133;
diffusion of, in United States, 650.

Knowlton, anecdote of, xxvi.

Kossuth, Louis, demanded of Turkey by Emperor of Russia, 598;
extract from speech of Mr. Webster on, 598;
his communication to American Chargé d'Affaires, 682.