347;
Mr. Madison's opinion in regard to, 347;
Mr. Jefferson's use of the power of, 348;
concerning the press, 351;
extract from constitution of England on, 389;
dangers of unlimited power in, 395;
act of 1820 in regard to, 396, 397;
act of 1789 on, 397, 401, 402, 404, 405;
Constitution of U.S. on, 398;
manner of, 400;
power of, incident to power of appointment, 400, 401, 402;
effect of a nomination on, 401;
concerning inferior officers, 402;
reasons must be stated for, 404.
Removal of Deposits, object of, 366;
by executive power, 369.
Reply to Hayne, by Webster, 227.
Representation, American system of, 46;
in connection with government, 341;
inequality of, produced by annexing slave States, 561;
of slaves, complaints of the North against, 620;
popular governments established on the basis of, 642;
in House of Commons, 642;
the foundation for law, 643.
Representative Government, experiment of, 341.
Representative System in England, 538.
Republican Government. _See_ Government, American.
Repudiation denounced, 494.
Resolutions, for appointment of an agent to Greece, 57;
by John Adams, preparatory to the Declaration, 163;
of Congress on Declaration of Independence, 165;
of Foot in Congress, in regard to Public Lands, 227;
of Congress concerning slavery, 233;
of Calhoun concerning State sovereignty, 273;
of Convention of 1787, 287;
of Senate concerning executive veto, 368;
on slavery in District of Columbia, 445;
on Mr. Webster's speech on Girard will, 505;
from State Legislatures respecting slavery, 618.
Retrospective law, defined, 14;
extract from Chief Justice Kent on, 14;
passage of, prohibited, 14.
Revenue, Mr. Webster's views on, 428.
Revolution, defined, 277.
Revolution, American, causes of, 37;
begun in New England, 42;
commemorated by Bunker Hill Monument, 125, 126;
survivors of, at Bunker Hill, 127;
character of state papers of, 130;
originated on a question of principle, 371.
Revolution in Greece, speech on, 57.
Revolution of 1840, its objects, 488.
Revolution, Political, 132.
Rhetoric, Daniel Webster as a master of English style, xi.
Rhode Island, argument on government of, 535;
proceedings of revolutionary party of 1841 in, 535;
proceedings of the Dorr party in, 544;
new constitution of, 545;
action of President Tyler in respect to insurrection in, 547;
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