Dane, Nathan, founds professorship in Harvard Law School, III. 108.
Author of Ordinance of Freedom in Northwest Territory, III. 254.
On State rights, X. 185; XII. 125.
Darien, isthmus of, a ship-canal through the, XIV. 124.
Davenant, Charles, XV. 270.
His prophecy concerning America, XV. 273.
Davis, Garrett, Senator from Kentucky, remarks on death of, XX. 261.
Davis, Henry Winter, obituary notice of, XIII. 104.
Tribute of colored persons to, XIII. 107 _et seq._
Davis, Jefferson, his definition of slavery, VI. 122, 136.
Defends duelling, VI. 201.
The chief of the Rebellion, VIII 123.
On fugitive slaves, X. 391.
On the national government, XII. 259.
On beginning of the Civil War, XII. 264.
Trial of, XIII. 111.
On the doctrine of equality, XIX. 224.
Debate, limitations of, in Senate, VIII. 155.
Debt, public, of European nations before 1845, I. 72.
Of Great Britain in 1842, I. 73.
See _National Debt_ and _Rebel Debt_.
Decatur, Stephen, frees slaves in Algiers, II. 75; VIII. 297.
Declaration of Independence, foundation of the party of freedom, II. 228,
237.
Be true to the, III. 1.
Declares all men equal, III. 15, 64, 281; VI. 226; XII. 240; XIII. 173,
299; XVIII. 152; XIX. 308.
Declares equality in rights only, III. 65; IV. 97; XIX. 301.
And the Constitution, our two title-deeds, III. 165; XVI. 55; XVIII.
159.
Must be employed to interpret the Constitution, III. 281; XIII. 219;
XVI. 57; XIX. 273, 308, 310; XX. 69.
On source of authority of government, V. 232.
The first declaration of human rights, VI. 363; VII. 50.
Its limitations on popular sovereignty, VI. 364; VII. 52; XVII. 218.
The guide of United States citizens, VII. 7.
Assaults upon, VII. 54; XIX. 300-303.
J. Q. Adams on, VII. 55-57.
Promises of the, XII. 235, 239, 297; XIII. 173.
Lincoln on, XII. 249, 251-257, 260; XVIII. 165-168; XIX. 224-226, 302.
Stephen A. Douglas on, XII. 250, 251, 252; XVIII. 164; XIX. 302.
Promises of, must be fulfilled, XII. 296; XIII. 128; XVI. 363; XVII.
220; XVIII. 161.
It made a new nation, XVI. 27.
Recognizes no distinction of color, XVI. 247; XVII. 43; XVIII. 152,
159; XIX. 249.
Degraded by limitations on equal rights, XIX. 223.
All statutes and legislation must conform to, XIX. 254.
Its importance defended, XIX. 304-309.
Bancroft on, XIX. 305, 306.
John Adams on celebration of, XIX. 306.