rnment of, 549;
good effects of the agitation in, 549.

Rich, Capt. Benjamin, 487.

Richmond, Va., address to the ladies of, 478.

Right of Approach, of ships of war at sea, 664.

Right of Search, letter of Mr. Webster on the, 660;
British claim to, 662;
not distinct from right of visit, 662;
view of the United States, on, 664-666;
Lord Aberdeen on the, 670.

Rights, Legal, not affected by pecuniary profit, 12;
of electors, 12;
of individuals in regard to own property, 12;
individual, protected by law, 15.

Rio Grande, Texas claims to line of, 562;
worthlessness of the valley of the, 565.

Rives, W.C., opinions of the Constitution, 284.

Robbins, Rev. Chandler, delivers address on anniversary of landing of
Pilgrims, 25.

Robinson, Rev. John, 30, 31.

Rome, liberty of, 642.

Rusk, Mr., Senator from Texas, 563.

Russia, extract from Emperor on proper policy, 64;
under Peter the Great, 69;
excited the Greeks to rebellion, 69;
under Catharine the Second, 70;
her trade with the United States, 93;
Emperor of, bound by the law of nations, 598;
Emperor of, demands Kossuth of Turkey, 598.

Ruxton, Mr., description of New Mexico, 567.

S.

Sabbath, convention at Columbus, O., in regard to observance of the, 518;
the observance of, a part of Christianity, 518.

St. Asaph, Bishop of, extract from discourse, 640.

Salem, sentiments of, at the closing of port of Boston, 129;
General Court at, 162.

Sargent, Henry, picture representing Landing of the Pilgrims, by, 52.

Schools, founded by charity, must include religious instruction, 528.

Schools of New England, 174.

Science and literature, 51.

Scio, destruction of, 73.

Scott, Gen. Winfield, brilliant campaign of, 554;
referred to, 578.

Seamen, letter of Daniel Webster on impressment of, 658.

Search. _See_ Right of Search.

Secession, defined, 276;
right of States to, denied, 278, 282;
practical consequences of, 279;
no such thing as peaceable, 621;
of Virginia, improbability of, 646;
men of the Southern States addressed in respect to, 647.

Secretary of the Treasury, his custody of the public moneys, 368.

Senate of the United States, a body of, equals, 229;
resolution concerning executive veto, 368;
its right of self-defence, 372.

Shakspeare, use of words, xiii.

Shaw, Chief Justice, 532.

Sheridan, remark of, xxv.

Sherman, Roger, appointed to draft the Declaration, 164.