Macaulay, extract from, on English lawyers and English statesmen, xli.
McCleary, fell at Charlestown, 130.
McDowell, Governor of Virginia, 619.
MacDuffie, speech on Internal Improvements referred to, 244.
Machinery, law prohibiting exportation of, from England, 91.
Machines, not labor-saving, but labor-doing, 451.
McLane, Louis, instructions to, concerning colonial trade, 581.
McLeod, Alexander, case of, 482.
Madison, James, knowledge of the Constitution, 247, 256, 313;
on the Judiciary, 294;
extracts from, on duties on imports, 303;
his public services, 310, 312;
opinion on nullification, 313;
Secretary of State and President, 313;
approved United States Bank, 331;
opinion in regard to removal from office, 347;
on impeachment, 431;
Secretary of State, 559;
article of, admitting Louisiana into Union, 559;
opinion of, on slavery, 606.
Majority Government, 295.
Mann, A.D., instructions to, 683.
Mansfield, Lord, opinion of, on chartered rights, 5;
foundation of colleges considered by, 9.
Manufactures, acts of 1816 and 1824 respecting, 99.
Marathon, battle of, how affected Greece, 28.
Marshfield, speech at, Sept. 1, 1848, 575.
Martial Law, defined, 549.
Martin, Mr., opinions on the Judiciary, 294;
objections to the Constitution, 303.
Maryland, settlement of, 125.
Mason, J.W., on slave labor, 573;
bill concerning fugitive slaves, 617.
Mason, Jeremiah, death of, 589;
obituary remarks of Mr. Webster, 589;
resolutions on death of, 589;
his ancestry, 590;
appointed Attorney-General, 592;
Senator of United States, 593;
his style as an orator, xix;
his respect for Daniel Webster, xx.
Massachusetts, participation in English Revolution, 39;
commercial progress of, 40;
voted against tariff of 1824, 110;
Constitution of, when framed and revised, 170, 171;
eulogium on (Webster), 254;
opposes the embargo law, 260;
duty to the Constitution, 358;
her general prosperity, 451;
her action on abdication of James II., 537.
Mathers, father and son, 39.
Mayflower, compact signed in her cabin, 35;
object of her voyage, 143.
Melville, Major, removed from custom-house, 348.
Members of Congress, appointment of, to office, 350.
Merchant Vessels, national territory, 656.
Message, of President Monroe on foreign interference, approved by Lord
Brougham, 155;
how received by the people, 155;
of Gen. Jackson, 1829, views in respect to Bank of the United States,
434.
Methodist Church v. Remington, case of, 530.
Methodist Episcopal Church, separation of, in regard to slavery, 604.
Mexican treaty, clauses ceding New Mexico and California, 587;
Mr. Webster's vote in respect to, 587.
Mexican War, speech on, 551;
objects of the, 552, 553, 556.
Mexico, the Sixteen Million Loan Bill for prosecuting war with, 551;
treaty of 1848 between United States and, 551;
objects of the war with, the cession of territory, 552, 553, 556;
forced to cede territory to United States, 552, 601;
aversion of, to cede territory, 557;
war declared against, 601;
the treaty with, 632.
Military Academy at West Point, the appropriation for, 408.
Military Achievements, important by their results, 28.
Milton, John, use of words, xiii.
Missionaries in Georgia, 353.
Mississippi River, future centre of the country, 622.
Missouri Compromise, line of, 570.
Missouri, law for the admission of, 569.
Monmouth, associations of, 339.
Monopolies, report on impracticability of, 89;
power of Congress over, 116;
effect of State power over, 119.
Monroe, James, extract from message on the struggle in Greece, 58;
extract from message concerning foreign interference, 153.
Morris, Robert, notice of, 497.
Morton, Perez, delivered eulogy on Gen. Warren, 123.
Murder, of Capt. Joseph White, at Salem, 189;
portrayed, 195;
what constitutes a principal in, 207;
what constitutes an abettor to, 208;
two sorts of, 208.
Murphy, Mr., in regard to Texas, 612.