Washington City, its favorable situation, 651;
public dinner at, 339.
Washington, Treaty of, letter of Mr. Webster on the
ratification of the,
666.
Webster, Daniel, remarks on African Slave Trade, 49;
resolution to appoint an agent to Greece,
57;
opinion of paper currency, 82;
explains his change of opinion on protection,
110;
President of Bunker Hill Monument Association,
125;
address on completion of Bunker Hill Monument,
136;
author of supposed speech against the
Declaration, 167;
eloquence defined by, 167;
letter concerning the authorship of speech
ascribed to John Adams, 177;
his portrayal of murder, 195;
reply to Hayne, 227;
views on disposition of public lands,
237, 238;
course pursued in Congress on internal
improvements, 243;
course concerning tariff, 247;
sentiments on consolidation of the Union,
248;
apostrophe to the Union, 269;
reply to Calhoun in regard to State sovereignty,
273;
speech at public dinner in New York, 307;
defence of the Constitution, 317;
circumstances of his birth, 319;
respect of, for judicature of New York,
319;
toast to City of New York, 319;
presides at centennial anniversary of
Washington, 339;
toast to Washington, 346;
sentiments on re-election of Jackson,
357;
prediction in regard to irredeemable paper
currency, 365;
remark of J.Q. Adams on, 406;
reception in New York, 1837, 422;
opinions on slavery, 429;
views on hard money, 440;
devoted to service of United States, 457;
reply to Mr. Calhoun, 458;
denies Mr. Calhoun’s charges, 458-60;
defence of his course in war, 459;
opposes Mr. Dallas’s bill for a
bank, 460;
course in war of 1812, 461;
early support to the navy, 461;
answers Mr. Calhoun’s charges in
regard to slavery, 462;
answer to Calhoun’s charges on tariff,
463;
political differences with Mr. Calhoun,
468;
a hard-money man, 468;
the log cabin of his father, 477;
visit to Richmond, 478;
speech at his reception in Boston, 481;
Representative in Congress, 481;
reception at Boston, Sept. 30, 1842, 481;
Secretary of State under President Harrison,
482;
visit and speech in England, 483;
opposition to his remaining in the President’s
Cabinet (1841), 486;
delicacy of his position in 1842, 486;
study of the currency question, 492;
speech at dinner of New England Society
of New York, 496;
toast at dinner of New England Society,
at New York, 503;
correspondence arising under Girard Will
case, 505;
letter to Madam Story on death of her
son, 532;
opposed admission of Texas into the Union,
559;
against extension of slavery and slave
representation, 574;
invited by citizens of Marshfield to address
them, 575;
letter of, to citizens of Marshfield,