Man, no property in, VI. 131, 218, 319; VIII. 261; XI. 173.
Equal rights of, XVII. 134; XIX. 249.
The Bible on Unity of, XVII. 147;
Humboldt on same, XVII. 156 _et seq._
True unity of, XVII. 157-162; XVIII. 250,--same recognized by
scientific men, XVII. 159-161.
See _Races_.
Manilius, “Astronomicon” of, X. 252.
Mann, Horace, letters on statue of, VI. 78; VII. 20.
Mansfield, Lord, on popularity, I. 283; II. 180.
On the authority necessary for slavery, III. 275; VI. 223; VIII. 274;
X. 343.
His decree annulling slavery in England, III. 302; IV. 310-313; VIII.
279; XI. 236; XII. 158.
His decision in the Lewis kidnapping case, IV. 303.
Character of, IV. 309.
On levying war, VIII. 125.
On reprisals, XVI. 302.
Manufactures, in slave and free States, VI. 147.
Maritime Rights. See _Trent Case_ and _Neutral Rights_.
Marque and Reprisal, letters of. See _Letters of Marque and Reprisal_.
Marshall, Chief-Justice, compared to Judge Story, I. 143.
On authority for infringement of rights, VI. 224; X. 343.
On British impressment of American seamen, VIII. 47.
On bills of credit, VIII. 184.
On confiscation in war, IX. 69.
On power of Congress over Territories, X. 209; XI. 368.
On claims for French spoliations, XI. 88, 128.
His decision on State taxation of national banks, XI. 249.
On power of Congress over inter-State intercourse by railway, XII.
113 _et seq._
On powers of Congress under the Constitution, XIII. 216, 273, 278;
XVIII. 29; XIX. 277.
On an attempt to evade neutral obligations, XX. 18.
Maryland, laws of, on slavery, III. 220; VIII. 272.
Its laws adopted in District of Columbia, III. 221; VIII. 271.
Statutes of, on pardoning power, III. 225 _et seq._
Necessity of colored suffrage in, XV. 200.
Mason, James M., Senator from Virginia, attacks of, answered, IV.
175-177, 212; V. 255.
Author of Fugitive-Slave Bill, IV. 213; X. 392,--challenged to defend
same, IV. 213-216.
His enmity to Kansas, V. 243 _et seq._
On slavery, VI. 123.
His treasonable actions, VIII. 32.
Seizure of, on the Trent, VIII. 33.
On the fugitive clause in the Constitution, X. 371.
On trial by jury for fugitive slaves, X. 380.
Massachusetts, seal of, I. 94.
Exertions of, against slavery, I. 308; VII. 13-16, 264.
Should demand abolition of slavery, I. 309.
Arguments before Supreme Court of, I. 352; III. 51.
Laws of, on militia, I. 359 _et seq._, 368.
Governor of, grants petition for ransoming slaves in Barbary States,
II. 52.
Aids Gen. Taylor’s nomination, II. 233.
Address previous to the State election of 1848, II. 316.
Vote of, in Presidential election, II. 316.
Resolutions of Legislature of, on substitutes for war, II. 406.
Influence of corporations in, III. 42.
Need of reform in its representative system, III. 43; IV. 35.
Constitution of, on equality, III. 64.
Allows no color-distinction in her schools, III. 66, 85;
nor her courts, III. 69.
Favors national grants to Land States, III. 207, 208.
Opposition of, to Stamp Act, III. 340; IV. 166.
History of its representative system, IV. 39-44.
Influence of towns in, IV. 50.
Origin and character of Bill of Rights of, IV. 63-71.
Account of slavery in, IV. 187-190; VII. 11-15; XI. 448; XII. 145.
Number of troops furnished by, in Revolutionary War, IV. 198; V. 206.
James Otis an example to, IV. 237.
Duties of, at the present crisis (1854), IV. 255.
Colonial law of, against witchcraft, IV. 276.
Influence of, V. 205; VI. 34-35; VII. 8, 16; XII. 315.
Her desire for freedom in Kansas, V. 206.
Should help Kansas, V. 343; VI. 44.
Appeal to young men of, VI. 7.
Unworthy conduct of some citizens of, in regard to Kansas, VI. 36.
Mr. Sumner’s letter to people of, previous to his sailing for Europe
in 1858, VI. 62.
Example of, against slavery, VII. 5.
Duties of citizens of, VII. 7.
Early history of, III. 8-16.
First settlers of, VII. 8; XI. 448.
Paper money in, VIII. 187 _et seq._
Favors justice to all, XVIII. 158.
Mayflower, the, and the slave-ship, VII. 8; X. 260; XI. 446.
Carlyle on, XI. 447.
Mechanics in the Civil War, justice to, XIV. 43.
Mediation, a substitute for war, I. 51.
Uninvited, not allowable in civil war, X. 49, 85.
Mackintosh on, X. 53.
Memphis and Shreveport, aid to sufferers by yellow fever at, XX. 281.
Mercantile Library Association of Boston, address before, IV. 283.
Merchant, position and duties of the, illustrated by the life of
Granville Sharp, IV. 283.
Merchants, American, in Paris, letter to, VI. 56.
Unjust arrest and prosecution of two Boston, XII. 209.
Metric System of weights and measures, XIV. 148.
Invention of, XIV. 156.
Explained, XIV. 158-160.
Advantages of, XIV. 160-163.
Mexican War, injustice of, I. 307, 319, 322, 335, 377.
Caused by slavery, I. 307, 322, 335, 377.
Beginning of, I. 318.
Bill and amendment to raise supplies for, I. 319 _et seq._;
arguments against same, I. 321.
Slavery and the: speech, I. 333.
Denounced by Whig Convention, I. 336.
Mr. Winthrop’s actions in regard to, I. 338.
Whigs should oppose, I. 339.
United States should abandon, I. 340.
Invalidity of enlistments in Massachusetts regiment of volunteers for
the, I. 352.
A war of aggression, I. 379.
Expenses of, I. 379.
Compared to Revolutionary War, I. 382.
Mexico, wrongful declaration of war against, I. 317.
Withdrawal of American troops from, I. 374.
Help for, against foreign intervention, VIII. 227.
Debt of, to allied powers, VIII. 232.
Securities for loan to, VIII. 234.
Remarks on resolutions against French interference in, IX. 257.
French expedition to, X. 42.
Mediation between contending parties in, XV. 174.
Alaman’s prophecy concerning, XV. 426-428.
See _Mexican War_.
Michigan, account of irregular admission of, into the Union, V. 222-232;
debates in Congress on same quoted, V. 223-225, 227-229.
Military Government of rebel States, IX. 119; X. 168-175; XI. 365;
XIV. 326.
Subordinate to civil, in the United States, X. 170, 194; XIV. 326;
XVIII. 51.
Jefferson on, X. 170; XIV. 342; XVII. 151.
Under Cromwell, X. 171 _et seq._
Congressional government preferable to, for rebel States, X. 173-175,
194; XIV. 326 _et seq._
Militia, of United States, not needed for defence or as police, I. 91;
II. 363,--not volunteers, I. 357,--cost of, II. 367,--power of
Congress over, I. 354; IV. 21, 26-30,--distinguished from army,
I. 355.
Of England, I. 357; IV. 29.
C. Turner on, I. 358.
Laws of Massachusetts on, I. 359 _et seq._, 368.
Testimony to unpopularity of, in Massachusetts, II. 364.
Substitute for, II. 365;
Sir W. Jones’s suggestion for same, II. 366.
Powers of the State over, IV. 20, 25.
Exemptions from service in, for conscientious scruples, IV. 23.
Colored companies in, IV. 25.
Volunteer, are not national, IV. 31.
Mills, John, Free-Soil candidate for Lieut.-Governor of Massachusetts in
1848 and 1849, II. 318; III. 44.
Milton, on early rising, I. 204.
His labors for liberty compared to Channing’s, I. 292.
On virtue in individuals and States, I. 380.
On slavery, II. 100; XI. 204.
On war, II. 185.
On true glory, II. 199.
On settlement of America, XV. 265.
Mints, branch, and coinage, XI. 263.
In France, XI. 264.
Dumas’ report on French, XI. 265 _et seq._
In United States, XI. 267-269.
Cost of, XI. 274 _et seq._
Misprision of treason, definitions of, XVI. 80.
Penalty for, in United States, XVI. 81.
Mississippi, origin of repudiation in, XVI. 275; XVII. 105,--Judge Curtis
on same, XVII. 105 _et seq._
Admission of, to representation in Congress, XVIII. 1.
Mississippi, the, union of, with the lakes by canal, IX. 320.
Reconstruction of levees of, XIV. 358.
Missouri, protests against admission of, into Union in 1819, I. 152-154;
IV. 106.
History of its admission, IV. 102-115.
Invasions of Kansas from, V. 162-167; VI. 368.
Speech on aid to emancipation in, IX. 266.
Enfranchisement in, XVI. 331.
Missouri Compromise, no repeal of the, IV. 81.
Adoption of, IV. 91, 111-115; VII. 29 _et seq._; XVI. 231.
Not repealed by Slavery Acts of 1850, IV. 93.
Origin of, and debates on, in Congress, IV. 101-118.
Carried by the South, IV. 113, 116-118; V. 67, 152; VII. 29,--but
repudiated by same, IV. 118; V. 67, 153; VI. 332.
Repeal of, by Nebraska Bill, V. 157; VI. 366.
Monopolies, unlawful, XII. 127;
Webster on, XII. 127, 128.
Montana, colored suffrage in, XI. 62.
Montcalm, Louis, Marquis de, reputed predictions by, concerning America,
XV. 318-321.
Montesquieu, on trial by battle, I. 37; II. 349.
On honor, I. 62.
On Africans, VI. 166; XII. 168.
On international law, XII. 86.
His definition of a republic, XIII. 149, 198; XVII. 114.
On America, XV. 296.
On armies, XVIII. 247.
Moral and Political Sciences, national academy of, XI. 401.
Morrill, Lot M., Senator from Maine, reply to his criticisms on the
supplementary civil-rights bill, XIX. 265-287.
Morse, Samuel F. B., letter to, VI. 64.
Morton, Oliver P., Senator from Indiana, answer to his remarks on
annexion of San Domingo, XVIII. 273-275.
Motley, John Lothrop, XIX. 106.
His removal from the English mission, XIX. 109.
Mr. Sumner’s influence on his nomination, XIX. 117 _et seq._
His memoir on the Alabama claims, XIX. 120, 122.
Testimony of English press to, XIX. 123.
Motto, of Massachusetts, I. 94 (see _note_).
Of United States, XVI. 45;
history of same, XVI. 46.