Sabbath, convention at Columbus, O., in regard to observance of the, 518;
the observance of, a part of Christianity, 518.
St. Asaph, Bishop of, extract from discourse, 640.
Salem, sentiments of, at the closing of port of Boston, 129;
General Court at, 162.
Sargent, Henry, picture representing Landing of the Pilgrims, by, 52.
Schools, founded by charity, must include religious instruction, 528.
Schools of New England, 174.
Science and literature, 51.
Scio, destruction of, 73.
Scott, Gen. Winfield, brilliant campaign of, 554;
referred to, 578.
Seamen, letter of Daniel Webster on impressment of, 658.
Search. _See_ Right of Search.
Secession, defined, 276;
right of States to, denied, 278, 282;
practical consequences of, 279;
no such thing as peaceable, 621;
of Virginia, improbability of, 646;
men of the Southern States addressed in respect to, 647.
Secretary of the Treasury, his custody of the public moneys, 368.
Senate of the United States, a body of, equals, 229;
resolution concerning executive veto, 368;
its right of self-defence, 372.
Shakspeare, use of words, xiii.
Shaw, Chief Justice, 532.
Sheridan, remark of, xxv.
Sherman, Roger, appointed to draft the Declaration, 164.
Shipping Interest, how affected by tariff of 1824, 108.
Shipping of England, provisions in respect to, 109.
Ships of War, their right to approach vessels at sea, 664.
Silk, manufacture of, in England, 87.
Silsbee, Hon. N., 349.
"Sink or swim, survive or perish," etc., 168.
Slave, and Slavery, words not found in the Constitution, 606.
Slave-holding States, advantages of, in respect to representation, 233;
rights of, in regard to new territories, 572.
Slave Labor, its relation to free, 573;
compared with laboring men of the North, 620.
Slavery, prohibited by Ordinance of 1787, 231;
petitions to first Congress to abolish, 232;
memorial from Pennsylvania to abolish, 232;
Gov. Randolph, sentiments on, 232;
Mr. Webster's sentiments on, 232;
Congress has no power over, in the States, 233;
plans for exclusion of, in Northwestern Territory, 234;
resolution of Rufus King in regard to, 235;
views of Mr. Webster on, 429;
beyond the power of Congress, 429;
recognized by the Constitution, 429, 570;
inexpediency of annexing slave States, 429;
in District of Columbia, remarks on, 445;
Mr. Webster's opinion in regard to power of Congress over, 462;
speech on exclusion of from the territories, 569;
peculiarity of American, 570;
entailed upon the colonies by England, 571;
Congress has no control over, 571, 636;
excluded from Northwestern Territory, 571;
exists by local laws, 573;
Mr. Webster's opinion of extension of slavery and slave representation,
574;
the Compromise Line in respect to extension of, 588;
resolutions of Henry Clay in respect to, 600;
prospect of California and New Mexico being free States, 602;
its existence among the Greeks and Romans, 603;
sentiments of the North and South on, at framing of the Constitution,
605;
Ordinance of 1787 in respect to, 606;
Mr. Madison's opinion on, 606;
concurrence of sentiment between North and South on subject of, 607;
causes which led to an extension of, in the South, 608;
change of opinion of the South in respect to, 608;
character of all the territory of the United States fixed beyond power of
the government, 609;
excluded from California and New Mexico by law of nature, 615, 632;
effect of abolition societies at the North, 619;
proposition of Mr. Randolph in respect to, 619;
comparison of slaves of South and laboring people of the North, 620;
complaints of the North concerning representation in Congress, 620;
concerning transportation of free colored people, 623;
Mr. Webster's course concerning, 630;
proceedings of antislavery conventions, 635.
Slaves, emancipation of, in District of Columbia, 375;
provision of the Constitution in respect to fugitive, 629.
Slave Trade, remarks of Mr. Webster on, 49;
American policy concerning the, 666.
Smith, Gen., vote on bank question, 328.
Smith, Hon. Truman, speech referred to, 566.
Smith, Mr., of South Carolina, on protection, 304.
Smithson, Hugh, founded Smithsonian Institute, 652.
Smithsonian Institute, establishment, 652.
Social system, elements of a, established by compact of the Pilgrim
Fathers, 35.
Society, rights of, affected by principles of Holy Alliance, 62, 64.
South, policy of, toward Western improvement, 238;
complaints concerning their rights, 572;
the lead in the politics of the country, 608;
complaints of, against the North, 617.
South America, combination of European Sovereigns against, 66;
position of U.S. government towards, 66;
revolution in, 134;
Spanish colonies of, 134.
South American Republics, our relations to, 152.
South Carolina, concerning internal improvements, 238, 243;
her action on tariff of 1816, 243;
radical party in, 244;
attack on, disclaimed, 253;
eulogium on, (Webster,) 254;
doctrine of, concerning State rights, 255;
in 1775, and 1828, 259;
relation to England in 1775, 259;
resistance to laws of the Union advised, 259;
practical operation of nullification in, 266;
nullification threatened in, 355.
Southern Confederacy, impossibility of, 621.
Spain, French invasion of, 67, 153;
want of protection in, 99;
overthrow of popular government in, 153;
invites co-operation of Holy Alliance over colonies in America, 154.
Spanish Settlements in America, 144.
Specie, unusual demand for, and the cause, 81;
drain of, owing to French Indemnity Loan, 81;
the exportation of, 95;
experiment of an exclusive specie currency, 362;
treasury order concerning payments for public lands, 438;
its uses, 441;
the effect of withholding circulation, 441.
Specie Payment, suspension of, 443.
Speech on the "Panama Mission," 152.
Spencer, Judge, 319.
Sprague, Judge, 532.
Standish, Miles, 27.
State Banks, issue of small notes by, not advisable, 363.
State Interposition, right of, 292.
State Laws, in opposition to law of Congress, supreme, 122;
prohibition on, concerning bankruptcy, 186;
prohibition on, in regard to contracts, 187;
in conflict with the Constitution, 265.
State Rights Party, Mr. Calhoun's espousal of the, 464.
States, concurrent power of, argued, 116, 117;
doctrine of South Carolina concerning rights of, 255;
resolution of Virginia, 1798, concerning rights of, 256, 263;
sovereignty limits of, 257;
right of, whence derived, 264;
Calhoun's resolutions on sovereignty of, 273;
taxing power of, limited, 336;
have no sovereignty over public lands, 426;
concerning insurrection in one of the, 543;
inequality of representation in annexing slave States, 561.
Stevenson, Andrew, 487.
Stiles, Mr., correspondence of, relating to Hungary, 682.
Stillingfleet, Bishop, argument on power of visitation over corporations,
8.
Story, Mr. Justice, death of, 532;
eulogy of Mr. Webster on, 532;
respect of English lawyers to, 533;
character of, 534.
Strogonoff, Baron, concerning the massacre of the Greeks, 71.
Sturges v. Crowninshield, decision in bankruptcy case of, 180.
Suffrage, principles of American government in respect to, 539.
Sullivan, William, 137.
Supreme Court of United States, its object, 293;
judges of, how appointed, 318;
concerning a nomination for judge of, 413.
Sweden, export of iron from, 105.