Liberty party, 262, 287.

Lieber, Dr. Francis, opinion of Webster’s oratory, 187.

Lincoln, Levi, elected senator from Massachusetts and declines, 144.

Livingston, Judge, adverse at first to Dartmouth college, 87;
  converted to support of college, 93.

Lobes Islands, affair of the, 336.

Lopez, invasion of Cuba, 336.

Madison, James, Federalists refuse to call on, 60;
  vetoes Bank Bill, 64;
  Mr. Webster’s admiration for, 349.

Macgregor, Mr., of Glasgow, Webster’s letter to, 266.

Maine, conduct in regard to northeastern boundary, 248, 254, 256.

Marshall, John, sympathy for Dartmouth College, 87;
  his political prejudices aroused by Webster, 88;
  announces that decision is reserved, 92;
  declines to hear Pinkney, 95;
  his decision, 96.

Marshfield, Mr. Webster’s first visit to, 152;
  his affection for, 261;
  accident to Mr. Webster at, 343;
  Mr. Webster returns to, to die, 344;
  Mr. Webster buried at, 345, 346.

Mason, Jeremiah, character and ability, 38;
  effect upon, and friendship for Webster, 39;
  plain style and effect with juries, 40;
  thinks Webster would have made a good actor, 42;
  allied with trustees of college, 76;
  advises delay in removal of Wheelock, 78;
  appears for college, 79;
  brief in college case, 80;
  attaches but little importance to doctrine of impairing contracts, 81;
  unable to go to Washington, 84;
  Webster’s remarks on death of, 127;
  supported by Webster for attorney-generalship, 148;
  and for senatorship, 150.

Mason, John Y., advocates slavery in California, 320;
  Webster’s compliment to on 7th of March, 326.

Massachusetts, settlement of, 1, 2;
  constitutional convention of in 1820, 110;
  Webster’s defence of, 185;
  conduct in regard to northeastern boundary, 248, 254;
  Whig convention of, declares against Tyler, 258.

McDuffie, George, Webster’s reply to, on Cumberland Road Bill, 137, 173.

McLane, Louis, instructions of Van Buren to, as minister to England, 210.

McLeod, Alexander, boasts of killing Durfree, 247;
  arrested in New York, 247;
  habeas corpus refused, 249;
  proves an alibi and is acquitted, 252.

Melbourne, Lord, ministry of, beaten, 252.

Mexico, war with, declared, 270, 290.

Mills, E.H., failing health, leaves Senate, 144.

Monroe, James, visit to the North urged by Webster, 129.

New Hampshire, settlement of, 2;
  soil, etc., 3;
  people of, 4;
  bar of, 35, 36;
  Webster refuses to have his name brought forward by, in 1844, 262.

New Mexico, petitions against slavery, 298;
  quarrel with Texas, 299;
  slavery possible in, 319.

New Orleans, destruction of Spanish consulate at, 336.