of steam navigation to, by New York, 112.

G.

Gage, Governor, convenes General Court at Salem, 162;
rejects John Adams as Councillor, 162.

Gaines, Major, description of New Mexico, 565.

Gallagher, Wm. D., extract from, on growth of Western trade, 646.

General Court, convened at Salem, 162;
at Salem dissolved, and power of England terminated, 162.

Georgia, cession of her Western territory, 608.

German Literature, play ridiculing the, 454.

Gerry, Samuel, 170.

Gibbons v. Ogden, case of, 111;
argument of Mr. Webster in, 111.

Girard College, provisions of Girard's will in regard to, 506;
restriction concerning religious instruction in, 507;
no observance of the Sabbath there, 518.

Girard, Stephen, will of, contested, 505;
his scheme derogatory to Christianity, 515, 516.

Glass, duty on, advisable, 102.

Gold, and silver as legal tender, 95;
discovered in California, 601.

Goodhue, Mr., 497.

Goodridge Robbery Case, Mr. Webster's management of, xv.

Government, nature and constitution of, 43;
republican form of, laws which regulate, 43;
of France, how effected by subdivision of land, 44, 53;
subdivision of lands necessary to free form of, 44;
the true principle of a free, 45;
to be founded on property, 45;
absolute or regulated, the question of the age, 60;
influence of knowledge over, 131-133;
difficulty of establishing popular, 132;
influence of public opinion on, 133;
popular, practicable, 134;
popular, overthrown in Spain, 153;
powers of, concerning local improvement, 238;
power of, over internal improvements, 243;
doctrine of South Carolina on State rights, 255;
popular, rests on two principles, 297;
the success of a united, 499.

Government, American, character of, established by the Pilgrims, 35;
origin and character of, 43;
system of representation in, 46;
founded on morality and religious sentiment, 49;
origin and source of power, 257;
its establishment, 285;
majority must govern, 295;
danger of political proscription to the, 349;
two principles upon which it stands, 319.

Grants, legislature no power to rescind, when given for educational or
religious purposes, 13;
protection of, 19;
included under contracts, 19.

Great Britain, negotiation of treaty with, 481.

Greece, saved by battle of Marathon, 28;
emigration from, 32;
speech on revolution in, 57;
appeal to United States concerning rev