The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,778 pages of information about The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster.

The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,778 pages of information about The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster.

Adams, John, eulogized, 41, 140, 156;
  sensation caused by his death, 156;
  birth and education of, 159;
  admitted member of Harvard College, 160;
  admitted to the Bar, 160;
  defends British officers, and soldiers, 160;
  offered Chief Justiceship of Massachusetts, 160;
  letter on the future of America, 160;
  his articles on “Feudal Law,” 161;
  Delegate to Congress, 162;
  important resolution reported in Congress by, 163;
  appointed to draft the Declaration, 164;
  power in debate, 166;
  remark of Jefferson on, 166;
  knowledge of Colonial history, 166;
  supposed speech in favor of the Declaration, 168;
  Minister to France, 170;
  drafts Constitution of Massachusetts, 170;
  concludes treaty with Holland, 170;
  his “Defence of American Constitutions,” 171;
  elected to frame and revise Constitution of Massachusetts, 170, 171;
  Vice-President and President, 171;
  his scholarship, 173;
  navy created in administration of, 175;
  political abuse of, 251;
  letter on opening first Congress with prayer, 522.

Adams, J.Q., at Bunker Hill, 139;
  his nominations to office postponed by the Senate, 348;
  remark on Webster, 406;
  opposition to his administration, 434.

Adams, Samuel, delegate to Congress, 162;
  signs the declaration, 170;
  movement to open Congress with prayer, 522.

Addition to the Capitol, speech at laying of the corner-stone of the, 639.

Address, delivered at laying of corner-stone of Bunker Hill Monument, 123;
  on completion of Bunker Hill Monument, 136.

African Slave-Trade, remarks of Mr. Webster on, 49;
  Congress has power to restrain, 233.

African Squadron, maintained, 672.

“Aiding and Abetting” defined, 207.

Airs, the martial, of England, 371.

Aldham, Mr., at dinner of New England Society in New York, 503.

Allegiance, doctrine of perpetual, 656.

Allied Sovereigns, claims of, over national independence, 61;
  effect of their meeting at Laybach on the people, 64;
  their conduct in regard to contest in Greece, 69;
  meeting at Verona, 1822, 153;
  overthrow Cortez government of Spain, 153.

America, first railroad in, 126;
  her contributions to Europe, 149;
  success of united government in, 499;
  extract from Bishop of St. Asaph on colonies in, 640;
  political principles of, 642.

“American” and “foreign policy,” applied to system of tariff, 78.

American Government, elements of, 148;
  principles of, in respect to suffrage, 539;
  the people limit themselves, 540.

American Liberty, principles of, 536;
  our inheritance of, 642.

American People, what they owe to republican principles, 66;
  establish popular government, 132;
  prepared for popular government, 132.

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