Fitch, 112;
grant of steam navigation to Livingston and Fulton, 112;
laws of, concerning steam navigation, 112, 113;
act of, concerning insolvent debtors, 179;
insolvent law of, 183;
public dinner given to Webster in, 307;
growth of, contemporary with the Constitution, 309;
her loyalty to the Union, 318;
toast of Webster to City of, 319;
Reception of Webster at, in 1837, 422;
law of 1845 in respect to elections, 542;
her vote for annexing Texas, 631.

Niles, J.M., his vote for admission of Texas, 611.

North, duty of, in respect to fugitive slaves, 617;
complaints of, against the South, 620.

North and South, grievances of, 617, 620.

Northern Democracy, policy of, 611.

Northwestern Territory, concerning slavery in, 234;
slavery excluded from, 571.

Nullification, right of, denied, 257;
right of, never advanced in New England, 263;
practical operations of, in South Carolina, 266;
practical operation of, 279, 282, 298;
threatened in South Carolina, 355;
dangerous tendency of, 355.

O.

Oath, legal definition of, 526.

Office. _See_ Removal from Office.

Ogden, A., his right to navigation, 113.

Ogden v. Saunders, argument in case of, 179.

Ohio, settled mostly by Southern emigration, 574.

Old Colony Club, formation of, 25.

Old Thirteen, their public lands, 426.

Ordinance of 1787, drafted by Nathan Dane, 231, 234;
prohibits slavery, 231;
restrained legislative power, 234.

Oregon, bill to organize a government for, 569;
established a free Territory, 587;
government of, established, 616.

Ormichund v. Barker, case of, 526.

Orphans, provision of Stephen Girard for education of, 506.

Otis, James, his speech on Writs of Assistance noticed, 161.

P.

Paine, Robert Treat, 170;
delegate to Congress, 162.

Paine, Thomas, extract from his "Age of Reason," 514.

Panama Mission, speech on, 152.

Paper Currency, of England, effect on prices, 81;
the evils of, 82;
experiment of a redeemable, 363;
advantages of a, in the United States, 363;
prediction concerning irredeemable, 365.

Parable of the prodigal son, 647;
the widow's mite, referred to, 519.

Parker, Chief Justice, 207;
death of, 194.

Parliament, power of, over the Colonies, 165.

Parmenter, Mr., voted for tariff of 1842, 489.

Parthenon, referred to, 346.

Parties, origin of, 250;
violence of, 251.

Party Spirit, Washington's exhortation against, 345.