er of, on slavery, 624.

Charities, charters granted to founders of, 7;
colleges included under, 7, 510;
founder of incorporated, considered visitor, 7;
government may incorporate, 7;
legal signification of, 7;
opinion of Lord Holt respecting the power of visitors over, 7;
right of visitation in, incorporated, 7;
case of town of Bury St. Edmunds, 527;
schools founded by, must include religious instruction, 528.

Charity, legal definition of, 510.

Charles the Second, 39.

Charters, of Dartmouth College (1769), 1;
legislative power over, defined, 5;
power claimed by British Parliament over, 5;
Lord Mansfield on rights of, 5;
legislative power over, limited, 6;
granted to founders of charities, 7;
opinion of Lord Commissioner Eyre on charities established by, 9;
how they affect property of corporations, 12;
of the nature of contracts, 20, 21;
how may be altered or varied, 21;
may be accepted at will, 21;
no difference between grants of corporate franchise and tangible
property, 21;
of Dartmouth College (1769) is a contract, 22;
obtained by founders of English liberty, 63;
New England colonists required them, 148.

Chateaubriand, M. de, quoted respecting the Holy Alliance, 64.

Chatham, Lord, his colonial policy, 42;
opinion of the first Congress, 162.

Chaucer, his use of word "green," xxxix.

Chicago Road, President's opinion in respect to, 353.

China, trade of United States with, 95.

Choate, Rufus, 496.

Christian charity, defined, 510;
spirit of, 519.

Christianity, blended influence of civilization and, 65;
observance of the Sabbath a part of, 518;
essentials of, part of the common law, 527, 530.

Christian Ministry, and the Religious Instruction of the Young, speech in
Supreme Court, 505.

Christian Ministry, opprobrium cast on the, by the Girard will, 508;
establishment of, by Christ, 515;
work of the, in United States, 509, 516.

Christians, religious belief of, 521.

Christ's command, "Suffer little children," &c., referred to, 517.

Church, grants to, cannot be rescinded, 13.

Civil Law, maxim of, in regard to slavery, 573.

Clay, Henry, speech on tariff of 1824 criticised by Mr. Webster, 78;
author of American system of tariff, 78;
resolution of, relating to slavery in District of Columbia, 445;
resolutions in respect to slavery, 600.

Clayton, J.M., his explanation of Mr. Mann's mission, 680.

Clergy, eul