O.

Oath, legal definition of, 526.

Office. See Removal from Office.

Ogden, A., his right to navigation, 113.

Ogden v.  Saunders, argument in case of, 179.

Ohio, settled mostly by Southern emigration, 574.

Old Colony Club, formation of, 25.

Old Thirteen, their public lands, 426.

Ordinance of 1787, drafted by Nathan Dane, 231, 234;
  prohibits slavery, 231;
  restrained legislative power, 234.

Oregon, bill to organize a government for, 569;
  established a free Territory, 587;
  government of, established, 616.

Ormichund v.  Barker, case of, 526.

Orphans, provision of Stephen Girard for education of, 506.

Otis, James, his speech on Writs of Assistance noticed, 161.

P.

Paine, Robert Treat, 170;
  delegate to Congress, 162.

Paine, Thomas, extract from his “Age of Reason,” 514.

Panama Mission, speech on, 152.

Paper Currency, of England, effect on prices, 81;
  the evils of, 82;
  experiment of a redeemable, 363;
  advantages of a, in the United States, 363;
  prediction concerning irredeemable, 365.

Parable of the prodigal son, 647;
  the widow’s mite, referred to, 519.

Parker, Chief Justice, 207;
  death of, 194.

Parliament, power of, over the Colonies, 165.

Parmenter, Mr., voted for tariff of 1842, 489.

Parthenon, referred to, 346.

Parties, origin of, 250;
  violence of, 251.

Party Spirit, Washington’s exhortation against, 345.

Patent-Office, established, 648.

Patterson, Mr., propositions of, in regard to Confederation, 287.

Peace, the policy of the United States, 59.

Peaceable Secession, the impossibility of, 621.

Penn, William, 529.

Pennsylvania, memorial to abolish slavery, 232;
  opinion on tariff bill, 258, 262;
  how affected by veto of U.S.  Bank Bill, 323;
  of Christian origin, 512;
  the public policy of, 529;
  laws of, in regard to charitable bequests, 530.

Peonism, existence of, in New Mexico, 615.

People, source of power, 257;
  will of, to be ascertained by legislation, 541.

Perkins, Thomas H., eulogized, 138.

Peter the Great, policy of Russia developed under, 69.

Philadelphia, convention of Whigs at, 575.

Phillips v.  Bury, case of Exeter College, 7.

Pickering, Timothy, amendment to Mr. Calhoun’s bill for internal
  improvements, 466.

Pilgrim Fathers, first celebration of anniversary of landing of, 25;
  our homage for, 27;
  prophecy for the future of their work, 29;
  motives which led them into exile, 29;
  departure of, for Holland, 30;
  establish their government, 35;
  their purposes and prospects in emigration, 35.