n to law of Congress, supreme, 122;
prohibition on, concerning bankruptcy, 186;
prohibition on, in regard to contracts, 187;
in conflict with the Constitution, 265.

State Rights Party, Mr. Calhoun's espousal of the, 464.

States, concurrent power of, argued, 116, 117;
doctrine of South Carolina concerning rights of, 255;
resolution of Virginia, 1798, concerning rights of, 256, 263;
sovereignty limits of, 257;
right of, whence derived, 264;
Calhoun's resolutions on sovereignty of, 273;
taxing power of, limited, 336;
have no sovereignty over public lands, 426;
concerning insurrection in one of the, 543;
inequality of representation in annexing slave States, 561.

Stevenson, Andrew, 487.

Stiles, Mr., correspondence of, relating to Hungary, 682.

Stillingfleet, Bishop, argument on power of visitation over corporations,
8.

Story, Mr. Justice, death of, 532;
eulogy of Mr. Webster on, 532;
respect of English lawyers to, 533;
character of, 534.

Strogonoff, Baron, concerning the massacre of the Greeks, 71.

Sturges v. Crowninshield, decision in bankruptcy case of, 180.

Suffrage, principles of American government in respect to, 539.

Sullivan, William, 137.

Supreme Court of United States, its object, 293;
judges of, how appointed, 318;
concerning a nomination for judge of, 413.

Sweden, export of iron from, 105.

T.

Tariff, bill to amend the (1828), 77;
speech of Mr. Webster on, 77;
"American" and "foreign policy" applied to system of, 78;
protective system of England, 84;
of 1816 and 1824, respecting manufactures, 99;
of 1824, carried by Middle States, 110;
of 1824, Massachusetts voted against, 110;
earliest advocates of, 243;
of 1816, 243;
of 1824, 248;
of 1828, 248, 258;
course pursued by Mr. Webster in regard to, 247, 463;
resolutions adopted in Boston in regard to, 463;
of 1816, a South Carolina measure, history of, 465;
of 1816, New England against, 465;
of 1842, how passed, 489.

Taxation, effect of, on landholders in England, 44.

Taylor, Gen. Zachary, at Buena Vista, 559;
as a candidate for President, 576-579;
personal character of, 577;
his interest in the revolutionary movement in Hungary, 679.

Tea, increase of its consumption, 80.

Terrett v. Taylor, protection of grant, 20.

Territory, cession of, by Virginia, 606.

Texas, history of, 428;
independence of, recognized, 428;
annexation to Unite