e, 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.

C.

Cabot, George, notice of, 497.

Calhoun, J.C., President of Senate and Vice-President of United States,
243;
resolutions on State sovereignty, 273;
speaks on Wilkins tariff bill, 273;
course in regard to tariff of 1816, 305;
resolutions of, relating to slavery, 445;
supports administration of Van Buren, 451;
remarks of Mr. Webster on the political course of, 453;
letter on Sub-Treasury bill, 453;
change in views upon Sub-Treasury bill, 454;
advocates the State-rights party, 455, 464, 467;
his object to unite the entire South, 457;
attack on Mr. Webster, 458;
Mr. Webster's reply to, 458;
opposes Mr. Dallas's bill for a bank, 460;
bill of, for internal improvements, 466;
extract from, on the power of Congress, 467;
took lead in annexing Texas, 609;
remarks upon admission of Texas, 611;
dying testimony to Mr. Webster's conscientiousness, xliii.

California, proposed annexation of, 563;
article of cession to United States, 587;
discovery of gold in, 601;
Mexican provincial government overthrown by, 601;
establishment of local government in, 602;
slavery excluded from, by law of nature, 615.

Canada, cession to England, effect on the colonies, 42.

Canals, act of 1824 concerning, 245.

Canning, Mr., opinion concerning Spain and her colonies, 154;
approval of the Monroe declaration, 155.

Capitol, speech at laying of corner-stone of the addition to the, 639;
copy of paper under corner-stone of, 644;
foundation laid by Washington, 644;
plan for extension of the, 644.

Carroll, Charles, signer of the Declaration, 176.

Cass, Lewis, Mexican speech of, 554;
as a Whig candidate, 575;
as a candidate for President, 584;
personal character of, 584;
in favor of the Compromise Line, 588;
requests his recall from France, 667;
his construction of the treaty of Washington referred to, 669, 671;
answer of Mr. Webster to, concerning the African squadron, 672.

Catharine the Second of Russia, policy in respect to Greece, 70.

Cession, articles of, concerning New Mexico and California, 587.

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