United States Bank Bill, speech of Webster on, 320.

Upshur, Mr., correspondence in regard to Texas, 611;
  his object for admission of Texas, 611;
  Secretary of State, 560.

V.

Van Buren, Martin, policy of his administration, 455;
  appointed Secretary of State, 581;
  his instructions to Mr. McLane, 581;
  nominated by Free Soil Party, 581;
  views of, relative to slavery in the District of Columbia, 582;
  influence in annexing Texas, 582;
  candidate for Presidency in 1844, 583.

Vansittart, Mr., resolution on the worth of a bank note, 491.

Verona, Congress at, 1822, 153;
  concerning Grecian independence, 70.

Veto Message, consequences of the, 337;
  denies authority of Supreme Court and Congress, 338.

Veto Power, abuse of, 493.

Vienna, society of, to encourage Grecian literature, 72.

Virginia, resolutions concerning commerce, 115;
  assembly of House of Burgesses in, 148;
  Thomas Jefferson, Governor of, 172;
  resolution concerning State rights, 256;
  resolutions of 1798 in regard to State rights, 263;
  ratification of the Constitution by, 289;
  cession of her Northwestern territory, 606;
  early feeling in regard to slavery, 619;
  cession of her public lands, 623;
  improbability of her secession, 646.

Visit and Search, identical, 662.

Visitation, Lord Holt’s judgment on, in case of Exeter College, 7;
  power of, over corporations, 7;
  Stillingfleet’s argument on power of, 8.

Visitor, applied to founder of incorporated charity, 7.

Volney’s “Ruins of Empires,” quoted, 520.

Voltaire, followers of, admitted to Girard College, 513.

Volunteers, difficulty in recruiting, 555.

W.

Walker, Mr., took lead in annexing Texas, 609.

War, only declared by Congress, 287;
  Mr. Webster’s defence of his course in, 459;
  of 1812, effect on prices, 81.

Warehouse System, of England, and United States, 90.

Warren, Gen. Joseph, measures toward erecting a monument to, 123;
  eulogized, 127.

Washington, Gen. George, 131, 168, 251;
  remark on battle of Bunker Hill, 142;
  apostrophe to, 149, 653;
  decease of, 156;
  administration supported by New England, 250;
  his inauguration at New York, 312;
  centennial anniversary at Washington, 339;
  representative government established under, 341;
  remark of Fisher Ames on, 342;
  basis of his character, 342;
  policy as to foreign relations, 343;
  domestic policy of, 344;
  exhortation against party spirit, 345;
  his regard for the Union, 345;
  toast of Webster to memory of, 346;
  his practice of addressing Congress in person, 374;
  civil character of, 577;
  foundation of Capitol laid by, 644, 652;
  monument to, 652.