ther the Union contain many States or few, that the Government
shall be administered according to the principles of equality and
justice which characterize the Constitution formed by our fathers, and
which will prove a sufficient security in all the trials and perils of
our national existence.

JOHN Z. GOODRICH,
CHARLES ALLEN,
GEO. S. BOUTWELL,
T.P. CHANDLER,
F.B. CROWNINSHIELD,
J.M. FORBES,
RICHARD P. WATERS.

BOSTON, _March 22d, 1861._

INDEX.

ALEXANDER, W.C.
remarks of, 79, 80, 107, 113, 287, 367, 368, 369, 372, 374, 380, 383.
motion by, 300.

ALLEN, CHARLES.
remarks of, 54, 110, 321, 377.

AMES, SAMUEL.
amendment by, 359, 385.
remarks of, 368.

BACKUS, F.T.
motion by, 207.
remarks of, 272, 274, 376.
resolution by, 273.
amendment by, 290, 394.

BALDWIN, R.S.
report of, 45, 322.
remarks of, 58, 62, 139, 266, 279, 390.
amendments by, 349, 363, 411.

BARRINGER, D.M.
resolution by, 34.
remarks of, 212, 274, 284, 294, 298, 339, 353, 354, 356, 366, 383,
384, 436.
amendment by, 383.
motion by, 446, 449.

BATES, D.M.
amendment by, 364.

BATTELL, ROBINS.
motion by, 389.

BOUTWELL, GEO. H.
remarks of, 98, 110, 137, 218, 312.

BROWN, GEO. H.
remarks of, 150.
motion by, 207, 362, 452.
resolution by, 450.

BRADFORD, A.W.
remarks of, 307.
amendment by, 375.

BROCKENBROUGH, J.W.
remarks of, 278, 280, 341, 345, 393, 435.
amendment by, 435.

BRONSON, G.C.
amendment by, 209, 323, 395.
remarks of, 264, 266, 301, 323, 324, 350, 388, 389, 396, 397, 402,
406, 434.
motion by, 409.

BUCHANAN, JAMES.
letter from, 25.

BUCKNER, A.H.
amendment by, 401.

BUTLER, WM. O.
remarks of, 301.

CARRUTHERS, R.L.
remarks of, 110, 214, 298, 304, 436.
amendment by, 364.

CHASE, S.P.
motion by, 31, 54, 58.
remarks of, 34, 42, 54, 57, 112, 130, 158, 207, 208, 271, 272, 273,
274, 326, 335, 348, 352, 367, 391, 424, 446.
resolution by, 35, 205, 208.
appeal by, 446.

CHITTENDEN, L.E.
resolution by, 73.
remarks of, 73, 74, 111, 156, 206, 248, 249, 255, 279, 294, 368.
footnotes by, 156, 259, 324, 345, 358, 397, 417, 441.

CLAY, J.B.
motion by, 14, 23, 29, 158.
remarks of, 30, 77, 146, 197, 213, 266, 278, 286, 320, 345, 358, 360,
372, 384, 388.
amendment by, 387, 421.

CLEVELAND, C.F.
remarks of, 80, 105, 214, 367, 434, 448.

COALTER, J.D.
remarks of, 52, 82, 215, 375, 376,