xxv;
abstinence from personalities, xxxvi;
libelled by his political enemies, xxxvi;
use of the word "respectable," xl;
and Calhoun in debate, xliii;
as a writer of State papers, xliv;
as a stump orator, xlv;
a friend of the laboring man, xlvi;
compared with certain poets, xlviii;
death-bed declaration of, li;
fame of his speeches, li;
compared with other orators, lvi;
idealization of the Constitution, lix;
anecdote of his differing from Lord Camden, lxii.

Webster, Fletcher, letter to Gen. Cass, 667.

Weir, Robert N., his painting of the Embarkation of the Pilgrims, 52.

Wesley, John, anecdote of, 511.

West India colonies, 34.

Wheelock, Rev. E., founder of Dartmouth College, 1.

Whig, origin of the term, 476.

Whigs, of New York, 443;
Convention of, in Boston, 486;
of Mass. declare separation from the President, 487;
the revolution of 1840, success of the, 488;
Gen. Taylor nominated by, 575.

White, Capt. Joseph, account of the murder of, 189;
argument of Webster on, 194.

White, Mr., 416.

Wickliffe, John, burnt for heresy, 599.

Wilkins, Mr., bill of, concerning tariff, 273.

Williams, Mr., 489.

Wilmot Proviso, to be applied to Texas and other acquisitions, 611, 612;
Mr. Polk's opinion of the, 616;
not to be used as a reproach to Southern States, 616;
espoused by the Free-Soil men, 631;
proposition to apply to New Mexico and California, 632.

Windham, Mr., remark of, 622.

Winslow, Edward, Jr., first address on anniversary of landing of Pilgrims,
delivered by, 25.

Winthrop, R.C., voted for tariff of 1842, 489.

Witherspoon, Mr., motion in Congress concerning commerce, 115.

Woman, how she performs her part in free government, 479.

Wool, proposition of English Parliament to abolish tax on, 90.

Woollen Manufactures, how affected by tariff of 1824, 101;
of England and United States, 102.

Wright, Silas, voted for tariff of 1842, 489.

Y.

York, Duke of, anecdote in respect to his accession to the crown, 586.

Ypsilanti, Alexander, leads insurrection in Moldavia, 72.

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