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 Charge d’Affaires, 682.

L.

Labor, how to be protected, 82;
  different prices of, 105;
  protected by the Constitution, 361.

Laborers, their interest in the currency, 360;
  character of Northern, 620;
  of the North, compared with Southern slaves, 620.

Labor-Saving Machines, 451.

Lafayette, Gen., addressed by Webster at Bunker Hill, 130.