CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

SPEECHES DELIVERED ON VARIOUS PUBLIC OCCASIONS.

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Mass MEETING AT SARATOGA

A Speech delivered at the Great Mass Mecting at Saratoga, New York, on

the 19th of August, 1840.

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WhiG PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES

A Declaration of Principles and Purposes adopted by a General Convention

of the Whigs of New England, at Bunker Hill, on the 10th of September,

1840, prepared by Mr. Webster, and signed by him as President of the

Convention.

53

SPEECH IN WALL STREET.

A Speech delivered at the Merchants' Meeting in Wall Street, New York,

on the 28th of September, 1840.

81

WHIG CONVENTION AT RICHMOND

A Speech delivered on the 5th of October, 1840, in the Capitol Square at

Richmond, Virginia, before the Whig Convention.

103

REMARKS TO THE LADIES OF RICHMOND .

Remarks made at a Public Reception by the Ladies of Richmond, Virginia,

on the 5th of October, 1840.

109

RECEPTION AT Boston

A Speech made in Faneuil Hall, on the 30th of September, 1842, at a Public

Reception given to Mr. Webster, on his Return to Boston, after the Nego-

tiation of the Treaty of Washington.

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THE NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY

Remarks made at a Meeting of the New York Historical Society, on the 15th

of April, 1843.

155

CONVENTION AT ANDOVER

An Address delivered at a Convention of the Whigs of Essex County, Mas-

sachusetts, held at Andover, on the 9th of November, 1843.

201

THE LANDING AT PLYMOUTH

A Speech delivered on the 22d of December, 1843, at the Public Dinner of

the New England Society of New York, in Commemoration of the Land-

ing of the Pilgrims.

217

MASS MEETING AT ALBANY

A Speech delivered at a very large Meeting held at Albany, on the 27th of

August, 1844, with Reference to the Presidential Election of that Year.

249

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WhiG CONVENTION AT PHILADELPHIA

A Speech delivered at a Great Whig Convention at Philadelphia, on the 1st

of October, 1844.

275

CONVENTION AT VALLEY FORGE

A Speech delivered at a Great Convention of the Whigs of Chester and Mont-

gomery Counties, in Pennsylvania, at Valley Forge, on the 3d of October,

1844.

295

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Mr. Justice STORY

Remarks made at a Meeting of the Members of the Suffolk Bar, held on the

12th of September, 1845, in the Circuit Court Room, in Boston, on Occa-

sion of the Decease of Mr. Justice Story.

303

Public DINNER AT PHILADELPHIA

A Speech delivered at a Public Dinner given to Mr. Webster, at Philadelphia,

on the 2d of December, 1846, Hon. Samuel Breck in the Chair.

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SOUTHERN TOUR

Speeches delivered by Mr. Webster on his Arrival at Charleston, S. C.,

p. 373; at the Dinner of the New England Society, p. 378; at the Dinner

of the Charleston Bar, p. 389; on his Reception at Columbia, p. 395; on

his Reception at Savannah, p. 398.

407

OPENING OF THE NORTHERN RAILROAD

Remarks made at the Opening of the Northern Railroad to Grafton, New

Hampshire, p. 409; and its farther Opening to Lebanon, N. H., p. 414.

421

SPEECH AT MARSHFIELD .

Delivered at a Meeting of the Citizens of Marshfield, Mass., on the 1st of Sep-

tember, 1848.

SPEECH IN FANEUIL HALL PREVIOUS TO THE ELECTION IN 1848, 447

A Speech delivered in Faneuil Hall, on the 24th of October, 1848, at a Gen-

eral Meeting of the Whigs of Boston and the Vicinity, previous to the

Presidential Election of that Year.

477

JEREMIAH MASON

Remarks made in the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, on the 14th of No.

vember, 1848, on presenting to the Court the Resolutions of the Bar of Suf-

folk in Honor of Jeremiah Mason.

495

FESTIVAL OF THE Sons of New HAMPSHIRE .

Two Speeches delivered in the Hall of the Fitchburg Railroad Company, in

Boston, on the 7th of November, 1849, at a Festival of the Natives of New

Hampshire established in Massachusetts.

517

PILGRIM FESTIVAL AT New YORK IN 1850

A Speech delivered at the Annual Dinner of the New England Society of

New York, on the 22d of December, 1850.

529

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Visit to BUFFALO IN 1851

A Speech delivered at a Public Dinner at Buffalo, on Occasion of a Visit to

that Place, on the 21st of May, 1851, p. 533.

A Speech delivered before a large Assembly of the Citizens of Buffalo and the

County of Erie, at a Public Reception on the 22d of May, 1851, p. 544.

565

SPEECH TO THE YOUNG MEN OF ALBANY

Delivered on the 28th of May, 1851, at the Invitation of the Young Men of

Albany, in the Public Square of the Capitol in that City.

593

THE ADDITION TO THE CAPITOL

An Address delivered at the Laying of the Corner-stone of the Addition to

the Capitol, on the 4th of July, 1851.

MASS MEETING AT SARATOGA.

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