Paine, Robert Treat, 170;
delegate to Congress, 162.
Paine, Thomas, extract from his "Age of Reason," 514.
Panama Mission, speech on, 152.
Paper Currency, of England, effect on prices, 81;
the evils of, 82;
experiment of a redeemable, 363;
advantages of a, in the United States, 363;
prediction concerning irredeemable, 365.
Parable of the prodigal son, 647;
the widow's mite, referred to, 519.
Parker, Chief Justice, 207;
death of, 194.
Parliament, power of, over the Colonies, 165.
Parmenter, Mr., voted for tariff of 1842, 489.
Parthenon, referred to, 346.
Parties, origin of, 250;
violence of, 251.
Party Spirit, Washington's exhortation against, 345.
Patent-Office, established, 648.
Patterson, Mr., propositions of, in regard to Confederation, 287.
Peace, the policy of the United States, 59.
Peaceable Secession, the impossibility of, 621.
Penn, William, 529.
Pennsylvania, memorial to abolish slavery, 232;
opinion on tariff bill, 258, 262;
how affected by veto of U.S. Bank Bill, 323;
of Christian origin, 512;
the public policy of, 529;
laws of, in regard to charitable bequests, 530.
Peonism, existence of, in New Mexico, 615.
People, source of power, 257;
will of, to be ascertained by legislation, 541.
Perkins, Thomas H., eulogized, 138.
Peter the Great, policy of Russia developed under, 69.
Philadelphia, convention of Whigs at, 575.
Phillips v. Bury, case of Exeter College, 7.
Pickering, Timothy, amendment to Mr. Calhoun's bill for internal
improvements, 466.
Pilgrim Fathers, first celebration of anniversary of landing of, 25;
our homage for, 27;
prophecy for the future of their work, 29;
motives which led them into exile, 29;
departure of, for Holland, 30;
establish their government, 35;
their purposes and prospects in emigration, 35.
Pilgrim Festival at New York, speech of Mr. Webster, 496.
Pilgrim Society, formation of, 25.
Pinkney, Thomas, opinion on the Judiciary, 294.
Plymouth, Landing of Pilgrims at, speech in commemoration of, Dec. 22,
1820, 25;
speech of Dec. 22, 1843, 496.
Plymouth Rock, landing on, described, 27.
Policy, of United States, peaceful, 59;
neutral, defined, 152.
Political Parties, existence of, 250.
Political Power, the people the source of, 537.
Political Revolution, 132.
Polk, James K., will of, to take territory from Mexico, 557;
remarks of Mr. Webster on, 558;
elected President in 1844, 583;
avowal in respect to Mexican war, 602.
Poor, the, and the Rich, 359.
Pope, quotation from, 583.
Popular Knowledge, progress of, and the causes, 450.
Posterity, our relation to, 26.
Potomac River, idea of President Jackson to bridge the, 652.
Prescott, Judge James, closing appeal in defence of, 55.
Prescott, William, at Bunker Hill, 138.
President of the United States, power of removal from office, 329;
no power to decide constitutionality of laws, 330;
power to remove and to control an officer, 369;
former practice of, to address Congress in person, 374;
power of appointing public officers, 383;
oath of, 384;
is responsible to the people, 391;
not the sole representative of the people, 391;
power of, over removal from office, 397, 399;
custom of, on last day of a session of Congress, 413;
duty of, 417;
how communicate his wishes to Congress, 417;
called the representative of the American people, 432.
Presidential Protest, speech on, 367;
general doctrines of, 392.
Presidential Veto of United States Bank Bill, speech on, 320.
Press, freedom of, essential to free government, 619;
violence of, in respect to slavery, 619.
Primogeniture, the right of, abolished in New England, 44.
Property, general division of, necessary to free government, 45.
Proscription, exercised by President Jackson, 348;
political, danger of, to the government, 349.
Protection, incidental, policy of England 84;
should be limited, entire prohibition destructive, 90;
Mr. Webster's views on, 428;
an object of the revolution of 1840, 489.
Public Credit, in 1842, 494.
Public Lands. _See_ Lands, Public.
Public Law, extract from Puffendorf on, 62;
forcible interference a violation of, 65.
Public Moneys, to whom belongs the custody of, 368;
place of deposit of, fixed by Congress, 370;
power of Congress over, 382;
extract from Protest in regard to, 382;
law of 1836 to regulate deposits of, 437.
Public Opinion, power of, 67, 483;
its influence over governments, 133.
Public Worship, in United States, 651.
Puffendorf, extract from, bearing on principles of Holy Alliance, 62.
Putnam, Judge, 532.