Territory, cession of, by Virginia, 606.
Texas, history of, 428;
independence of, recognized, 428;
annexation to United States objectionable,
429;
opposition of Mr. Webster to admit into
the Union, 559;
President Tyler’s project of annexing,
560;
how its annexation affects representation,
561;
population of, in 1848, 562;
territory of, 562;
admitted into the Union, 562, 563, 609;
suitable time for annexing, 563;
the vote for the admission of, 583;
extract from resolution for admission
of, 609;
States to be formed from, 609, 615;
votes of New England for admission of,
610;
extracts from speech of Mr. Webster on,
613, 631;
separated from Mexico, 630;
vote of New York for annexing, 631;
admitted as a slave State, 633;
fortunate adjustment by Congress of controversy
in (1850), 633.
Timber, English duties on, 89.
Toast, to City of New York, 319;
to memory of Washington, 346;
at Dinner of New England Society in New
York, 503.
Tonnage, how affected by tariff of 1824, 100;
no State can lay duty on, 122.
Trade of United States, with foreign markets, 93.
Transportation of free colored people, 623.
Treason, defined, 267.
Treasury of United States, order concerning specie
payment, 440;
effect of the order, 441.
Tudor, William, interest in Bunker Hill Monument, 123, 137.
Turkey, its oppression of Greece, 68.
Tyler, John, at Bunker Hill, 139;
confidence in Mr. Webster, 481;
action in respect to insurrection in Rhode
Island, 547;
project of annexing Texas, 560.
U.
Union, Mr. Webster’s sentiments on consolidation
of, 246;
apostrophe to, 269;
speech of March 7, 1850, on preservation
of the, 600;
impossibility of drawing the line in case
of dissolution of, 622;
exhortation to citizens of Buffalo to
preserve the, 627;
Mr. Jefferson’s opinion of admitting
Louisiana into the, 630.
Union of the States, important, 140, 269, 425;
not a league, 278;
how regarded by Washington, 345;
our duty to the, 456.
United Colonies, declared free and independent States, 641.
United States, peaceful policy of, 59;
duty of, concerning international law,
60, 61, 66;
interest and duty of, in international
law, 66;
position of government towards South America,
66;
exports of, compared, 79;
navigation of, 83;
trade with Holland and Russia, 93;
duties as citizens of the, 176;
how affected by pacification of Europe,
242;
attention of, directed to internal improvements,
242;
alliance with France declared void, 278;
danger to, of dismemberment, 346;
table showing progress in, from 1793 to
1851, 645;
progress of, in arts and sciences, 648;
coast survey of, 648;
military resources of, 649;
position of, in respect to the Holy Alliance,
681;
conduct of, toward revolution in Hungary,
683.