er system of, effect on prices, 81;
protective system of, 84;
policy of, in respect to paper currency, 86;
manufacture of silk in, 87;
removed certain restrictions on trade, 89;
provisions concerning her shipping interest, 109;
course of, in regard to Spanish colonies, 154;
the original ground of dispute between the Colonies and, 164;
relation of South Carolina to, in 1775, 259;
maritime power of, in war of 1812, 461;
imprisonment for debt abolished in, 474;
progress of its power, 501;
law of, in regard to charitable institutions, 527;
representative system of, 538, 642;
right claimed by, in respect to impressment, 655;
encourages emigration, 656.

English Colonists, in America, secret of their success, 147.

English Composition, school-boy's attempt at, xi;
falseness of style, xii.

English Language, correct use in the United States, 148.

English Revolution of 1688, 63;
participation of Massachusetts in, 39.

Europe, effect in United States of pacification of, 242;
condition of, at the birth of Washington, 341.

Everett, Edward, Minister to England, 487;
draft for the Huelsemann letter, 678.

Ewing, Thomas, resolution in regard to payments for public lands, 438;
plan for a national bank, 490.

Exchange, the rate of, 96;
English standard of, 97.

Exchequer, plan of, Mr. Webster's approbation of, 491, 492;
sent to Congress in 1842, 491.

Exclusion of Slavery from the Territories, speech on, Aug. 12, 1848, 569.

Executive of United States, power over the press, 351, 352;
refuses to execute law of Congress, 353;
patronage, dangers of, 394, 395;
power of, defined, 398;
extension of its power, 430, 431;
change in the fiscal system effected by, 436.

Executive Patronage, and removals from office, speech on, 347.

Executive Usurpation, speech on, 353.

Exeter College, judgment of Lord Holt, in case of, 7;
argument of Stillingfleet, 8.

Exports from the United States, 79, 93.

Ex post facto laws, prohibited by Constitution of U.S., 19.

Eyre, Lord Commissioner, opinion of, on chartered charities, 9.

F.

Faneuil Hall, draped in mourning for the first time, 156;
reception of Mr. Webster at, Sept. 30, 1842, 481.

Federalism, history of, 252.

Federalist, extract from, on the Constitution, 289.

Festival of Sons of New Hampshire, 598.

Fillmore, Millard, laid corner-stone of extension to the Capitol, 644;
addressed, 653.

Fitch,