his opinion of James Hillhouse's proposition to amend the Federal Constitution, ii. 146; his report of, 1799, ii. 575; notices of, i. 558, 565, ii. 54, 239, 249, 261, 312, 842, 390.
Speech on the Federal Constitution; replies to Patrick Henry, i. 127: Rhode Island; exclusive legislation; the militia, 128; the army, 129; religion free and unshackled; amendments, 130; taxation; senators and representa- tives, 181; taxes; Amphictyonic League resembled our confederation; the Achæan League; the Germanic sys tem without energy, 182; Swiss, Holland, unstable, produce anarchy; weakness; merit of the war not at- tributable to the confederation; object of the con- federacy, 188, 184: a change necessary, 184; taxation- is it necessary? 185; how far practicable, 187; how far it may be safe, as well with the public liberty at large as to the State legislatures, 139; with respect to econ- omy; powers of general government compared with that of the States; requisitions unfriendly to currency, 140; concurrent collection of taxes, 141; uniformity of taxes; a navy a security against insults; prospects of population in twenty-five years, 142; Holland not a re- public; the Mississippi; its navigation, 143; carrying and non-importing States, 144.
Speech on the British treaty, i. 189; treaty of 1783, 144; western posts; negroes carried off during the war; compensation for, 145; navigation of the Mississippi, 146; free ships make free goods; " merchandise not contraband; Jefferson's letter to Mr. Pinckney, 1793, 147, 148; sequestration of British property prohibited; evils of the treaty; non-exhibition of sea papers; West India trade, 148; nation may prohibit all trade between a colony and a foreign country, 149; consequence of re- fusing to carry the treaty into effect, 150. Madison's Resolutions, operations of, on different nations, i. 100; Fisher Ames' speech on, i. 92.
MALBONE, GODFREY, ii. 835.
MALLORY, DANIEL, his life and speeches of Henry Clay, ii. 260.
"Marcellus," John Q. Adams's essays, ii. 249.
MARCH, C. W., reminiscences of Congress by, ii. 358. MARION, GENERAL, tribute to, i. 122.
MARSH, JOSEPH, tutor of Josiah Quincy, Jr., i. 881. MARSHALL, JOHN, ii. 359, 580; birth of; early education; dif-
ficulties between Great Britain and the American colo- nies; relinquishes his studies and enters the service, ii. 7; chosen lieutenant, and marches against Lord Dunmore, 7; account of the action at Great Bridge; appointed first lieutenant in the Continental army; promoted to a captaincy; battles of Germantown, Brandywine, and Monmouth; winter at Valley Forge; acts as deputy Judge advocate; Generals Washington and Hamilton; enters the College of William and Mary; law studies; returns to the army; Arnold's invasion; commences the practice of law; elected to the legislature and the executive council; marriage, and settlement at Rich- mond; services in the legislature, 8; the Virginia Fede- ral Convention; election to the State legislature; return to practice; Jay's treaty; visits Philadelphia; meets the celebrated men of the north; his opinion of them; appointed attorney-general of the United States, but declines; appointed minister to France-declines; the commission to France; visits the Continent; return to the United States; elected to Congress; his speeches; appointed Secretary of War and State; appointed to the Supreme Court, 9; his judicial career; his death; Justice Story's sketch of his life delivered before the Suffolk Bar, at Boston, 10.
Speech on the Federal Constitution; democracy, well
regulated, idolized; reply to Mr. Henry, 10; taxation 11; reference to Governor Randolph's remarks; govern ment should have that power in peace necessary in war; confederation, 12; objects of taxation, 13; people's affec- tions the best support of government, 14; advocates adoption; equal taxes, 15; judicial system-its benefits. 16; erroneous principle on which objections are founded; examination of them; cognizance, 16; State courts; protection from infringements on the Constitution; appeals; disputes between States and the citizens of other States, 17; contracts; trial by jury, 18; challeng ing jurors; Lord Fairfax's title, 19; bill of rights merely recommendatory, 20.
Speech in the Robbins case, 20; the case of Thomas Nash, alias Jonathan Robbins, stated; jurisdiction of s nation over its members; jurisdiction of nations ever offences committed at sea; principle of the American government, 21; pirates and piracy, 22; reply to Mr. Nicholas, 28; treason, 24; executive and judicial deci- sion, cases for, 26; consular connection with France, 26; case of the ship William, 27; trial of crimes by jury; power of the president, 29; independent of judicial aid, 80; impressed seamen, 31; his opinion of James Hill- house's proposition to amend the Federal Constitution, ii. 145.
MARSHALL, THOMAS, father of John Marshall, ii. 7. MARTIN, FRANCIS XAVIER, ii. 584. MARTIN, LUTHER, birth and parentage; childhood and early education; graduates at Princeton; teaches school; law studies; enters upon the practice of law at Wil- liamsburg, Virginia; his cotemporaries and associates; his success, i. 871; early political life; his writings; appointed attorney-general of Maryland; the Federal Constitution; defence of Judge Chase; notices of, 489, ii. 468, 488; President Jefferson; trial of Aaron Burr; appointed judge; district attorneyship; ill health and death, i. 872; estimate of his character and oratory, $12.
Remarks on the proceedings of the Federal Conven- tion; diversity of powers among the members from the several States; the object of Virginia and the large States, 878; propositions originally submitted to the con- vention, 874; acceded to by a majority; position of Washington, 875; parties in the convention, 376; the Jersey resolutions; suffrage; the rights of individuals, 877; representation, 879; checks; Adams, 882; the Senate; State governments to be annihilated, 853; seat of government, 384; representation and direct taxation, 854; slaves-the number of freemen and, 885; eligibil- ity of senators and representatives, 386; the veto power; powers of Congress to collect a revenue, 887; loans, $88; the army; militia, 891; slave trade; position of Georgis and South Carolina, 390; navigation act; slavery a nation- al crime, 891; suspension of the habeas corpus act, in cases of rebellion; state ports; currency, 892; States prohibited from laying imposts, 398; the election of president-his powers and term of office, 393; vice-pres- ident; president-when to be impeached, 891; the Supreme Court, 395; jury trials; treason defined, 896; erection of States within States, 897; religious tests; ratification of the constitution, 398.
Maryland, the position of, respecting the Federal Constitu- tions, i. 30; Huguenots settled in, ii. 52. Maryland Gazette, ii. 85.
Maryland Federal Convention, ii. 98. MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, opinion of the prayers of John Knox, i. 290.
MASON, GEORGE, i. 83, 126, 178. Massachusetts, House of Representatives of; their answer to Governor Eustis's Message, 1823, ii. 569; measures
MONK, CHRISTOPHER, i. 229.
| Monmouth, battle of, ii. 8, 364. Monongahela, battle of, i. 251.
adopted in, to embarrass the financial operations of | Mohawks, treaty with the Dutch, i. 468. government, 570; Daniel Webster's tribute to, 389. Massachusetts Bay, vindication of the conduct of the House of Representatives of, i. 8; John Adams's opinion of, 8; galleries of the House of Representatives of, opened, 8. Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society, Minot's address be- fore the, i. 552; John Q. Adams's address before the, i.
MONROE, JAMES, ii. 249, 268, 541; recalled from France, 9; advocates the right of Albert Gallatin to a seat in the United States Senate, 34; on impressment of seamen, 83.
Massachusetts, Federal Convention of, i. 226, 359, 551; Ru- MONTGOMERY, GENERAL, i. 880, 559. fus King in the, ii. 34.
MONTGOMERY, HUGH, ii. 319.
Massachusetts Gazette, contributions of John Adams to the, Monticello, the home of Jefferson, ii. 458. i. 283.
MCKEAN, THOMAS, i. 296.
McKenney's Indian Biography, i. 426.
MCLANE, LOUIS, his remarks on the Missouri question, fl. 508. MCLEAN, ALLEN.-See "Fort Wilson."
MCWILLIAMSs.-See trial of R. M. Goodwin.
Medical Inquiries and Observations, by Dr. Benjamin Rush, i. 347.
Medicine, improvements in, ii. 429. MERCER, HUGH, General, i. 559.
MEREDITH, WILLIAM M., his eulogium on John Sergeant, ii. 508.
MIFFLIN, JOHN T.-See "Fort Wilson."
MIFFLIN, THOMAS, at the Whiskey Insurrection in Penu- sylvania, i. 449.
Ministers, Foreign, the utility of, i. 507, 516.
MINOT, GEORGE, father of George R. Minot; notice of, i. 551. MINOT, GEORGE RICHARDS, ancestry of; birth and early
education, i. 551; graduates at Harvard University; his oratory; studies law with William Tudor; Fisher Ames; appointed clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; writes the history of the Massachu- setts Insurrection, 551; oration on the Boston massacre; appointed Secretary of the Massachusetts Federal Con- vention; elected judge; incident of his judicial life, 551; the portrait painter; Mr. Sharpless; writes the History of Massachusetts; the Historical Society; the Charitable Fire Society; death of Washington; Mr. Minot's last effort; his death; eulogy on Washington, 552.
MIRANDA, GENERAL, account of, i. 529. "Miranda's Expedition," i. 528.
Mr.-See Knapp's trial.
MIRICK, Mississippi Ricer, navigation of, i. 25, 29, 169, 257, 185; Gouverneur Morris's speech on the, 475; Dewitt Clin- ton's speech on, 567; John Randolph's remarks on, ii. 156.
Mississippi Repudiation, 11. 582.
Missouri, slaves in, in 1804, ii. 46; the effect of the exclu- sion of slavery from, 50; compromise, ii. 556. Missouri Question, Otis's speech on the, i. 559; Rufus King's speeches on the, ii. 44; speech of William Pinkney on the, ii, 114; further notice, 336, 507, 556; John Sergeant's speech on, 509.
MITCHELL, DR. SAMUEL L., at Edinburgh, i. 525.
MOODY, SAMUEL, ii. 33. MOORE, --, Gen., ii. 366. MOORE, HANNAH, ii. 428. "Moral Treason," ii. 535. MORGAN, DR. WILLIAM, i. 346. MORLAND, JOHN, i. 278.
MORRILL, Mr., of New Hampshire ii. 122, 126. Morrisania, N. Y., origin of, i. 453.
MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR, ancestry of, i. 453; education; placed with M. Tetar at New Rochelle; graduates at King's College; oration on "Wit and Beauty;" studies law with William Smith; oration on "Love;" the love of Liberty; opposes the emission of bills of credit by the State, 454; commences the practice of law; his clo- quence; elected to the Provincial Congress of New York; delegated to the General Congress; appointed on a committee to visit Valley Forge; correspondence with General Washington; removes to Philadelphia; contributions to the Pennsylvania Packet over the sig- nature of "An American;" injured by being thrown from his carriage; amputation of his left leg; anecdote of the operation; appointed assistant to Robert Morris; death of his mother; member of the Federal Conven- tion; estimate of his services, by Mr. Madison, 455; visits France; incident of his sojourn recorded by H. T. Tuckerman; appointed "private agent" to England; Minister to France; return to America; elected to the United States Senate; his speeches; his marriage; retirement and death; account of his last hours; his literary productions, 456; at the New York convention, 1812, 558; notices of, ii. 27, 346.
Speech on the Judiciary, 1802; the dignity of the Senate; the people the most dangerous enemy to them- selves; the constitution, 457; the judicial power, 458; the Judiciary Act defective, 459; government, a sys- tem of salutary checks, 460; salaries; coinage, 461; the future of the United States, 462; constitutionality of the courts, 463; reply to Mr. Mason of Virginia, 464; situation of the country, 465.
Discourse before the New York Historical Society, 466; sketch of the history of New York from 1768 to 1783; its geographical position, 466; early settlement; the Dutch; treaty of Westphalia, 467; Mohawk treaty; Fort Orange; Duke of York; Cromwell; Charles II.; Edict of Nantes; Governor Hunter, 468; the ancestry of the "New Yorkers," 469; the Indians, 470; the spirit of 1776, 471; "Man an imitative animal;" the practice of law, 472; population of New York compared with other States, 478.
Speech on the navigation of the Mississippi; resolutions of Mr. Ross, 475; his object is peace; the horrors of war; national honor to be preserved; reply to Mr. Jackson, 476; reply to Mr. Clinton, Breckenridge, and Wright; Island of Orleans, and Florida; their consequence to the United States; the treaty of Luneville, 477; duty of the States, 478; position of Napoleon; consequence of the possession of Florida by France, 479; effect upon the several States, 480; effect upon other nations, 481;
the importance of possession to France, 482; M. de la Luzerne, 482; plan of negotiation, 483; Oration over Hamilton, 487.
MORRIS, LEWIS, the father of Gouverneur, i. 453, 454. MORRIS, RICHARD, i. 453.
MORRIS, ROBERT, i. 120; anonymous letter to, from Alex- ander Hamilton, 185; designs the Bank of North Amer- ica, 1781, 68; superintendent of the finances of the United States, during the revolution, 455.-See Fort Wilson."
MORRIS, ROBERT HUNTER, i. 454.
MORRIS, SAMUEL C.-See "Fort Wilson."
MORRIS, SARAH, wife of Richard Morris, i. 453.
MORRIS, THOMAS.-See " Fort Wilson."
Mosquito Shore, English settlements on, i. 571.
MOULTRIE, GENERAL, John Rutledge's letter to, i. 119. MULLER, the historian, ii. 130.
MUNRO, PROFESSOR, in Edinburgh Medical University, i. 846.
Murder and Manslaughter, the distinction between, i. 241. MURPHY, ARTHUR, ii. 335.
MURRAY, JUDGE, death of, i. 48.
with other States, 473; De Witt Clinton elected mayor of; the duties of the mayor, 566; meeting at, relative to the British treaty, ii. 34; Huguenots settled in, 39; yel- low fever in, 1808, 219.
New York, American, ii. 220.
New York Convention, 1812; incident of the, i. 558. New York Federal Convention, Hamilton at, i. 560. New York Gazette, i. 850, 454; ii. 147. New York Gazetteer, i. 447.
New York Historical Society, Gouverneur Morris's discourse before the, 1812, 1. 466; James H. Raymond's paper on Hillhouse's proposition to amend the Federal Constitu- tion, read before the, ii. 146; collections of, 180; The jubilee of the Constitution," an address before the, i 251.
MURRAY, LINDLEY, estimate of the character of John Jay; Non-Importation, i. 271. account of, i. 151.
MURRAY, WM. VANS, i. 408.
NAPPER TANDY, the case of, ii. 547. NAPOLEON.-See Bonaparte.
NASH, THOMAS, alias Jonathan Robbins, case of, ii. 9. National Bank, the bonus of, and the United States share
of its dividends, proposed to be set apart as a permanent fund for the construction of roads and canals, ii. 479. National Intelligencer, i. 449; ii. 335, 355, 356, 474; account of the death of John Q. Adams, published in, ii. 250. National Portrait Gallery, ii. 218, 474.
National Road, the originator of, ii. 182.
Navigation, assistance to be derived from, ii. 36.
Non-Intercourse with Great Britain, Elias Boudinot's
Nootka Sound, controversy about, 1790, i. 571. NORRIS, ISAAC, i. 277.
North America, Bank of.-See Robert Morris.
North Carolina, the position of respecting the Federal Constitution, i. 83.
North Carolina Convention, extract from the speech of William Gaston in the, on the "thirty-second article" of the State Constitution, ii. 558.
NORTH, LORD, inauguration of, i. 820; the conciliatory prop- osition of, ii. 451.
OGLETHORPE, GEN., the failure of, ii. 347, 851.
Navigation Act, of Charles II.; i. 7; of England, 103; Rufus Ono, slavery prohibited in the territory North-west of the, King's speech on, 35.
Navigators of the 16th and 17th centuries, ii. 86. NELSON, THOMAS, i. 396.
Neriede, William Pinkney's speech in the case of the, ii. 95. NESBITT, ALEXANDER.-See "Fort Wilson." NOSSELRODE COUNT, ii. 8:3
New England, Tristam Burges' defences of, ii. 320, 822; the course of, in relation to the public lands, ii. 879; peace party in, during the War of 1812; the democracy of, 574; village school of, 586.
New England Society, of New Orleans, S. S. Prentiss' ad- dress, ii. 583, 587.
New Haven, Conn., invasion of by General Tryon, ii. 144. New Jersey, speech of William Livingston to the Legisla- ture of, i. 88; outrages of the British in, during the revo- lution, i. 88; women of, i. 268.
New Jersey College, i. 805; ii. 218. New Jersey Historical Collections, i. 262.
New London, Conn., Caulkin's History of, ii. 144; second Church in, 144.
New Orleans, Sergeant S. Prentiss's address before the New England Society of, 1845; ii, 583.
New York, first Congress at, i. 3; Provincial Congress as- semble at, 152; the Committee of Observation and Com- mittee of Association; notice of, 152; meeting in, relative to the Boston Port Bill, 152; Society of the Cincinnati, i. 852; early settlement of, 467; population of, compared
Ohio and Chesapeake Canal, i. 490.
ONIS, DON, mission of, 845.
Orders in Council, author of the, ii. 271.
OSWALD, RICHARD, English Commissioner of Peace, i. 156, OTIS, HARRISON GRAY, parentage and birth; education; commences the study of law with John Lowell, i. 557; his practice; serves as an aid to General Brooks in the Massachusetts insurrection; chosen to the Legislature; succeeds Fisher Ames in Congress; his career; Elect- ed Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Repre- sentatives, and President of the Senate; pointed judge; his oratory; eulogy on Hamilton; incidents of its delivery, 557, 558; New York Convention of 1812; anecdote of his oratory at; Hartford Convention; mission to Washington, 558; defence of the convention; elected to the United States Senate; speech on the Missouri question; candidate for governor; elected mayor; letter advocating the election of General Taylor; Mr. Otis' death; eulogy on Hamilton, 559; Hamilton at college; at the battle of Yorktown; the Federal Convention; the treasury, 560, 563; the com- prehensiveness of his mind, 563; his eloquence, 564. OTIS, JAMES, date and place of birth, i. 1; studies with Rev. Jonathan Russel; college habits; anecdote of his wit; studies law; commences practice at Plymouth; removes to Boston, 1; literary labors, 2; speech on
the writs of assistance, 4; hated by the advocates of the | PICKERING, MR. -—————————, See "Fort Wilson." crown, 2; chosen to the Legislature; publishes the PIERCE, WILLIAM.-See Knapp's trial. vindication, &c., see Massachusetts Bay; attends the PIERSON, DR.-See Knapp's trial. first Congress at New York, 1765; publishes vindica- tion of the British colonies, and considerations on be- half of the colonists; appointed on a committee to reply to Governor Bernard; his reply; proposes the opening of the galleries of the House of Representa- tives, 8; advises moderation in relation to the Paper and Glass Act, 4; the affray with Robinson, 4; death of, 4; notices of, 225, 446, 557.
Oris, JOHN, emigrates to America, 1. 1; settles at Hingham, Massachusetts, 1.
OTIS, SAMUEL ALLYNE, i. 7, 557.
Oxford, Mass., Dr. Holmes' Memoir of the French Protest- ants who settled at, ii. 237.
PAGE, MR.-See Knapp's trial.
PAINE, ROBERT TREAT, argument in the trial of the soldiers of the Boston massacre, i. 247.
PAINE, THOMAS, his Rights of Man reviewed by John Quin- ey Adams, ii. 249.
PINCKNEY, CHARLES, sketch of the life of; heroism of his wife; is chosen to the Federal Convention; his career in that body; his "Plan of a Federal Constitution;" elected Governor of South Carolina, i. 361; in the House of Representatives, ii. 75, 840, 844.
Speech on the Federal Constitution, i. 861; objects of the convention; defects of the confederation, 862; rep- resentation, 863; the Senate; the Executive; mode of procedure in the Federal Legislature; delivery of fu- gitives, 864; power of the States and the Federal Government, 365; Helvetic and Belgic confederacies; the army; impost, 366; post office; judiciary; coining money; militia, 367; coercive power wanted; the ad- mission of new States; citizenship; amendments, 368; habeas corpus; trial by jury; freedom of the press and religious tests; the seat of government, 869. PINCKNEY, C. C. GEN., i. 48; appointed minister to France; refused an audience, ii. 9; refusal of the French Direc- tory to receive, i. 491.
PINCKNEY, THOMAS, i. 48, 150; ii. 344, 346, 351; sketch of the life of, i. 861.
PINCKNEY, FRANCES, mother of Christopher Gore, i. 410.
—, testimony in the trial of J. F. Knapp, PINKNEY, WILLIAM, birth; enters King William school;
Panama, Congress of, ii. 360, 507.
Paper Currency, the depreciation of, i. 122.
Paper, Glass, &c., duties on, opposed by the people of Bos- ton, i. 4; James Otis' opinion of, 4.
PARSONS, THEOPHILUS, Chief Justice of Massachusetts, i. 83; sketch of the life of, ii. 248; death of, 399; William Pinkney's opinion of, 97.
Parson's Cause," the.-See Patrick Henry. Patriotism, i. 113.
PATTEN, JANE, wife of Thomas Addis Emmet, i. 525.
PATTERSON, ADJUTANT GENERAL of the British army, i. 294.
Pea Patch Island, ii. 507.
PRARSON, MR., from North Carolina, ii. 267.
"Peine du Boulet," description of, ii. 549. PEMBERTON, LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, i. 7. PENDLETON, EDMUND, i. 350; ii. 454. PENN, WILLIAM, i. 346.
Pennsylvania, the position of respecting the Federal Con- stitution, i. 30; puisne judges of; their compensation, ii. 66; speech of John Dickinson in the House of As- sembly of, 1764, i. 287.
Pennsylvania Journal, i. 294.
Pennsylvania Packet, i. 455; ii. 472.
Pensacola, Florida, resolutions of the House of Repre-
sentatives relative to the seizure of the posts at, ii. 273.
Perdido, the line of the, Henry Clay's speech on, ii. 260. Periodical Literature, the state of in America, 1826, ii. 480.
PERKINS, THOMAS H.-See Hartford Convention. PHELPS, MR. ———. See trial of R. M. Goodwin. PHELPS, OLIVER, Indian agent, i. 429.
Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University, Joseph Story's discourse before the, ii. 424.
Philadelphia, Pa., in the hands of the British, i. 455; United States Supreme Court at, ii. 9.
the revolution; commences the study of law with Judge Chase; his practice; his oratory, ii. 93; elected a member of the Maryland Federal Convention; chosen to the House of Delegates; his speeches; marries; elec- tion to Congress; declines to serve; the Executive Council; serves in the State Legislature, 93; appointed commissioner under the seventh article of Jay's treaty; his opinions; return to the United States; sent on a mission to England; his duties, 94; appointed Attorney General of the United States; the war of 1812; defens the course of Mr. Madison; "Publius," 94; the attack on Baltimore; battle of Bladensburg, 95; the case of the Neriede, 95; election to Congress; speech on the Conven- tion of 1815; appointed minister to Russia and envoy to Naples, 96; his mode of life in Russia; his opinion of Chief Justice Parsons, 97; elected to the Senate; his professional duties; last illness and death, 98.
Speech in the case of the Neriede; the case consid- ered, 100; rights of neutrals, 101; Azuni's Treatise on the Maritime Law of Europe, 103; case of the Haase, 103; cases of the Rebeckah, San Bernardo, the Spitfire, and Glutton, 104; the Fortuna and Melomasne, 105; relative rights and duties of belligerent and neutral pow- ers, 106; "Free ship, free goods," 107; the character of the Neriede, 108; "What are Mr. Pinto's intentions?" 109; case of the Swedish convoy in 1798 examined, 112; cases of the Catharine, Elizabeth; of the Sampson, Bar- ney, 112; Robinson's Admiralty reports, 99, 114.
Speech on the Missouri question; reply to Rufus King, 114; compromise suggested, 115; domestic legis- lation of Missouri; admission of Maine; power of Con gress to admit new States considered, 116; danger from restriction; slavery; enthusiasm; moral, political and religious, 118; the Union; a State, 119; "No State or Territory, in order to become a State, can alienate or surrender any portion of its sovereignty to the Union, a sister State, or foreign nation," 120; relation of the restriction, 121; answer to Messrs. Roberts, Lowrie, and Morril; compared with the duelist in the Rivals; fur- ther remarks in answer to Mr. King, 122; abolition of the slave trade by England considered, 123; fugitive slaves, 123; the people the source of all power; Federal and local rights, no difference between, 124; further re-
marks on slavery, 125; involuntary servitude and a re- | QUINCY, JOSIAH, JE., birth and parentage of; early educa publican form of government, 126; farther reply to Mr. Morril, 126; women should have political rights, 127; Elizabeth of England, Catharine of Russia; Semiramis and Zenobia; Mrs. Wolstoncraft, 127; migration of slaves from State to State considered, 128; answer to Mr. Bur- ril, 129;-anecdote of, i. 527; remarks on the impress- ment of seamen, il. 88.
PINTO, MANUEL-See Pinkney's speech in the case of the
PITKIN, MR., of Connecticut, ii. 267.
PITT, MR., in Parliament, 1792, i. 100. PLATT, COL-See "Miranda's Expedition."
Plenipotentiaries, speech of John Witherspoon on the ap- pointment of, i. 301.
Plymouth, Mass., John Quincy Adams's oration at, 1802; ii. 251; history of the first settlement at, 253; incidents of, 254.
POINSETT, JOEL R., quotation from, ii. 176, 299.
Politics, improvements in, ii. 429.
POLK, JAMES K., ii. 582.
tion; graduates at Harvard College; oration on "Ps- triotism;" study of law; his eloquence; commences his political career; his contributions to the Boston Ga zette; "Hyperion," i. 831; opposition of the crown off- cers; the non-importation agreement; Boston mass- cre; trial of the soldiers; public feeling at the time; his political writings, 832; ill health; voyage to South Car- olina; visit to the Commons House of Assembly at Charleston; Christopher Gadsden's speech; returns to Boston; observations on the Boston Port Bill; warned to desist from political writing; sails for England; his correspondence; letter to Joseph Reed, 833, 834; returns to America; he dies; his life by his son, 334.
An appeal under the signature of "Hyperion," 334; sentiments of the North Americans; stringent patriot ism required, 834.
Speech in defence of the soldiers of the Boston mas- sacre, 336; the soldiers' rights, 336; the citizen and the soldier, 387, liberty, 838; Farmer's letters, 839; the spirit of English jurisprudence, 845.
POLLOCK, SIR ROBERT, daughter of, marries "Alexander QUINCY, JOSIAH, quotation from his speech on the admission
Portugal, the accession of signed; ratification of, 1. 495. Post Roads, extent of in the United States in 1824, ii. 292. POTTS, JOHN.-See "Fort Wilson."
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Federal Convention meet at, i. 157. POWNAL, THOMAS, i. 2; governor; returns to England, 224. PRATT, BENJAMIN, biographical sketch of, 1, 2. PRENTISS, SERGEANT S., birth; his early life; graduates
from Bowdoin College; accepts a tutorship at Natchez, Mississippi; admitted to the bar, ii. 579; literary pur- suits; removal to Vicksburg; his appearance before the Supreme Court of the United States; duel with General H. S. Foote, 580; visits his home in Maine; elected to Congress; his political career, 581; opposition to the Mississippi repudiation; removal to New Orleans: anal- ysis of his character, 582, 583; address before the New England Society of New Orleans, 588, 587.
PRESCOTT, GENERAL ——————————, ii. 861.
RABELAIS, quoted, i. 324. RADCLIFFE, MRS., ii. 428. Raleigh Star, ii. 55.
RAMSAY, DAVID, i. 52, 275; birth and education; early bab- its; tutor at Carlisle: Princeton College; studies medi- cine; Dr. Bond, College of Pennsylvania; Dr. Rush; commences practice; removes to Charleston, S. C.; his character, i. 308; oratory; oration on the fourth of Ju- ly, 1778; surgeon in the American army; siege of Sa- vannah; elected to the Legislature of South Carolina; taken prisoner by the British; elected to Congress; his career; his literary productions; his character as an au- thor, 309; "Universal History Americanized," 309; his death; assassinated by a madman, 310.
Oration on "The Advantages of American Independ- ence," 810; equality; industry and frugality; home spun; private economy; the arts and sciences; edu cation, 811; eloquence "the child of a free state," 812; authority of the States; commerce, 313; benefit to Car- olina; the tobacco trade; cotton and rice; slitting mills; strength of the people in their numbers, 814; conse- quences of independence; population, 315; union the pleasure of God, 317; the aborigines of Louisiana, $18;
"Progress of Science," Samuel Dexter's poem on the, ii. RANDOLPHI, ANNE CARY, wife of Gouverneur Morrie, i. 456. 237.
RANDOLPH, EDMUND, i. 43; ii. 873, 463, 465; birth of; joins the military family of General Washington; death of his uncle Peyton Randolph; delegated to the Virginis Convention; appointed Attorney General of Virginia; clerk of the House of Delegates; practises law; sue- cess; elected Governor of Virginia; Annapolis Con- vention; Federal Convention; his career in that body; the Virginia Convention; appointed Attorney General of the United States; Secretary of State; trial of Ásrún Burr; his death; his literary productions, i. 164; expla nation of Patrick Henry's allusion to, 27; Patrick Hen- ry's remarks on the letter of, 23.
Speech on the Federal Constitution; picture of the country; case of Josiah Phillips, i. 165; union; neces sary to Virginia, 166, 167; British debts, 168; navigation of the Mississippi; bordering States; Rhode Island; pa- per money, 169; want of a navy; public credit, 170; ob- ject of a confederacy, 171; state of the country, 171, 172;
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