Babylon, astronomers of, 340.
Bache, A.D., quoted, 528.
Bacon, Lord, 158.
Badger, G.E., of N. Carolina, 587;
voted against ceding New Mexico and California, 632.
Balance of Trade, doctrine of, 91.
Bank Charter, benefit of, to stockholders, 324;
first passed by Congress, 327.
Bank Credit, benefit of, in United States, 364;
evils arising from abuse of, 364.
Bank, National, Mr. Ewing's plan for a, 490.
Bank Notes, must be convertible into specie, 365.
Bank of England, resumes cash payments, 81.
Bank of United States, object of, 81;
charter vetoed, 321;
effect of the veto in Western country, 322;
time for renewal of charter, 323;
benefit of a charter to stockholders, 324;
foreigners as stockholders in, 325-327;
advantage of, in case of war, 327;
established, 328;
its conduct under Mr. Adams's administration, 434;
message of President Jackson in regard to, 434;
how affected by events of 1829, 435;
bill for re-charter passed by Congress, 436;
branch of, in New Hampshire, 436;
order for removal of deposits, 436;
act incorporating the, 466.
Bankruptcy, a uniform system of, remarks on, 471;
State laws concerning, ineffectual, 471.
Bankrupt Law, of New York, considered, 180;
repeal of the, 471.
Bankrupt Laws, to be established by national authority, 179;
absolute power of Congress to establish, 186;
prohibition on State law in regard to, 186.
Banks, effect of paper issues by, 81;
safest under private management, 325;
power of Congress to establish, 328, 334, 335;
increase of, 440;
suspension of specie payment, 443.
Barre, Col., extract from speech on American Colonists, 237.
Barrow, Dr., his idea of "rest," xxxix.
Bell, Senator from Tennessee, 614.
Benevolent establishments of United States, 651.
Benson, Judge, Commissioner at Annapolis, 310.
Benton, Thomas H., speaks on Foot's resolution, 227;
resolutions of, 407;
allusion to, 569.
Berkeley, Bishop, extract from, 639.
Berrien, J.M., 570;
resolution concerning Mexico, 586;
proposition in respect to Texas, 611;
vote against ceding New Mexico and California, 632.
Bill, to limit time of service of certain officers, 394, 395.
Bill of Rights, meaning of, concerning chartered charities, 10.
Bill of Rights of N.H., articles infringed in regard to Dartmouth College,
14;
prohibit retrospective laws, 14.
Blacks from Northern States, how treated at the South, 620.
Blake, George, 137.
Boston, imprisonment of Sir E. Andros in, 39;
its port closed, 128;
resolutions of, in 1820, 463;
reception given to Mr. Webster in 1842, 481.
Bowdoin, James, delegate to Congress, 162.
Branch, Mr., resolution of 373.
Brewster, Elder, 27, 31, 52.
British Parliament, power claimed by, over charters, 5.
Brooks, Gov. John, 127.
Brougham, Mr., his approval of the Monroe declaration, 155.
Buena Vista, General Taylor at, 559.
Buffalo, building of a pier at, 424;
reception of Mr. Webster at, and speech, May 22, 1851, 626;
citizens of, exhorted to preserve the Union, 627.
Buller, Justice, extract on government of corporations, 21.
Bunker Hill Battle, address to survivors of, 127;
important effects of, 129;
changes of the fifty years following the, 131;
survivors of, present at completion of monument, 138;
described, 141;
established Independence, 142.
Bunker Hill Monument, address at laying of corner-stone, 123;
William Tudor's idea of erecting the, 123;
laying of corner-stone described, 123;
completion of, 136;
veterans present at completion of, 138;
"stands on Union," 140;
description of, 151.
Burke, Edmund, compliment to Charles Fox, xxxviii;
speeches of, criticised, lii;
bill for economical reform, 469.