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.