John, grant to, concerning steam navigation, 112.

Fitzsimmons, Mr., suggests protective duties, 303.

Flagg, George, his painting of the Landing of the Pilgrims, 52.

Fletcher v. Peck, case of contract, 19.

Florida, acquisition of, 429;
admitted into the Union, 559;
cession of, 608.

Foot's Resolution, in Congress, concerning Public Lands, 227;
Mr. Webster's second speech on, 227;
Mr. Webster's last remarks on, 269.

Foreigners, as stockholders in U.S. Bank, 325-327.

Foreign Interference, President Monroe on, 153.

Foreign Trade, to be encouraged, 94, 98.

Forsyth, John, moves to reduce duty on cotton, 243.

Fortification Bill, speech on loss of the, 407;
history of, 410-413;
extract from President's Message on, 416.

Foster, John, extract from his "Essay on Evils of Popular Ignorance," 523.

Fox, Charles, remark on Lord Chancellor Thurlow, xxxvii;
and Burke, speeches of, compared, lvi.

France, subdivision of landed property in, 44;
prophecy concerning government of, 44, 53;
allies enter into, effect on trade, 80;
invasion of Spain, 153;
alliance of U.S. with, declared void, 278;
letters of marque, asked by President Jackson, 420.

Franchise, and liberty, synonymous terms, 11;
individual, protected by law, 15.

Franchises, corporate, power of Legislature over, limited, 6;
granted to trustees of corporations, 11.

Francis the First, quoted, 681.

Franklin, Benjamin, 39;
appointed to draft the Declaration, 164.

Franklin, State of, constitution of, and provision to supply a currency,
470.

Free Blacks, from North, how treated at the South, 620.

Free Press, attributes of, 350;
the bestowing of office on conductors of the, 351.

Free Schools, of New England, 47.

Free Soil men, character of, 631.

Free Soil Party, platform of, 580;
nominate Martin Van Buren, 581.

Free Trade, speech of Mr. Webster on, 109, note.

Freights, rates of, 83, 108;
of iron from Sweden, 106.

French Indemnity Loan, of 1818, 81.

Frothingham, Richard, extract from, on laying corner-stone of Bunker Hill
Monument, 123;
account of completion of Bunker Hill Monument, 135.

Fugitive Slave Law, of 1793, and 1850, 634;
opposition to, 635.

Fugitive Slaves, complaint of the South and duty of the North concerning,
617;
provision of the Constitution in respect to, 629.

Fulton, Robert, his exclusive right to navigation, 112.

Fulton and Livingston, grant