Chateaubriand, M. de, quoted respecting the Holy Alliance, 64.

Chatham, Lord, his colonial policy, 42;
  opinion of the first Congress, 162.

Chaucer, his use of word “green,” xxxix.

Chicago Road, President’s opinion in respect to, 353.

China, trade of United States with, 95.

Choate, Rufus, 496.

Christian charity, defined, 510;
  spirit of, 519.

Christianity, blended influence of civilization and, 65;
  observance of the Sabbath a part of, 518;
  essentials of, part of the common law, 527, 530.

Christian Ministry, and the Religious Instruction of the Young, speech in
  Supreme Court, 505.

Christian Ministry, opprobrium cast on the, by the Girard will, 508;
  establishment of, by Christ, 515;
  work of the, in United States, 509, 516.

Christians, religious belief of, 521.

Christ’s command, “Suffer little children,” &c., referred to, 517.

Church, grants to, cannot be rescinded, 13.

Civil Law, maxim of, in regard to slavery, 573.

Clay, Henry, speech on tariff of 1824 criticised by Mr. Webster, 78;
  author of American system of tariff, 78;
  resolution of, relating to slavery in District of Columbia, 445;
  resolutions in respect to slavery, 600.

Clayton, J.M., his explanation of Mr. Mann’s mission, 680.

Clergy, eulogium on, 509.

Coast Survey of United States, 648.

College Livings, rights and character of, 16;
  attack of James the Second on Magdalen College, 17.

Colleges, are eleemosynary corporations, 6, 8, 22;
  charters granted to, 7;
  foundation of, considered by Lord Mansfield, 9;
  charters should be kept inviolate, 23;
  party or political influence dangerous to, 23.

Colonies, establishment of Greek, 31;
  of New England, 34, 35;
  of Roman, 33;
  of West India, 34, 35;
  Spanish in South America, 134, 144;
  New England and Virginia, 144;
  English and Spanish compared, 145;
  original ground of dispute between England and the, 164;
  American, declared free and independent, 641.

Colonists, English, in America, secret of their success, 147;
  brought their charters, 148;
  in Virginia, failed for want of charter, 148;
  allegiance to the king, 165.

Columbus, Christopher, portrayed, 124, 144.

Columbus, O., convention at, in regard to the observance of the Sabbath,
  518.

Commerce, condition of, in 1824, 83;
  its national character, 92, 498;
  how affected by laws of Confederation, 114;
  power of Congress to regulate, 114, 120;
  resolutions of New Jersey in regard to, 115;
  Mr. Witherspoon’s motion in Congress concerning, 115;
  of Virginia in regard to, 115;
  necessity of vesting Congress with power to control, 115;
  law of Congress paramount, 120;
  guarded by the general government, 497.