[616] De la Noblesse de la Peau, ou du Préjugé des Blancs contre la Couleur des Africains et celle de leurs Descendants noirs et sang-mêlés. [617] The leading events of his life will be found in the two French biographical dictionaries,--Biographie Universelle (Michaud) and Biographie Générale (Didot),--where his name occupies considerable space. [618] Lettre aux Citoyens de Couleur et Nègres Libres de Saint-Domingue, et des autres Isles Françaises de l’Amérique, p. 12. [619] Littérature des Nègres, p. 282. [620] Ibid., p. 283. [621] Writings, Vol. VI. p. 55. [622] Writings, Vol. VI. p. 248. [623] Boston Daily Advertiser, 10th November, 1845. This speech is not found in the collected works of Mr. Webster. [624] Speech at Pilgrim Festival, New York, 1850: Works, Vol. II. p. 526. [625] Writings, Vol. VI. p. 426. [626] Ibid., Vol. VII. p. 344. [627] Ibid., p. 404. [628] Rush, Residence at the Court of London from 1819 to 1825, 2d Series, (London, 1845,) Vol. II. pp. 44, 45. [629] Annual Message, December 2, 1823: State Papers, 18th Cong. 1st Sess., Doc. No. 2, p. 14. [630] Rush, Residence at the Court of London, 2d Series, Vol. II. p. 73. Wheaton’s Elements of International Law, ed. Dana, pp. 97-112, note. [631] Speech, February 3, 1824: Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, N. S., Vol. X. col. 68. [632] Speech, June 15, 1824: Ibid., Vol. XI. col. 1361. [633] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, N. S., Vol. XVI. col. 397. [634] Démocratie en Amérique, (Paris, 1864,) Tom. III. Part. IV. Ch. 7, p. 527. [635] Ibid., Tom. II. Ch. 10, p. 302. [636] Démocratie en Amérique, Tom. II. Ch. 10, p. 307. [637] Ibid., p. 397. [638] Ibid., p. 399. [639] Démocratie en Amérique, Tom. II. Ch. 10, pp. 378, 379. [640] Ibid., p. 428. [641] Démocratie en Amérique, Tom. II. Ch. 10, p. 430. [642] The excellent Baron von Gerolt, for so long a period at Washington as Minister of Prussia and of the German Empire. [643] Disertaciones sobre la Historia de la República Megicana. [644] Historia de Méjico, desde los primeros Movimientos que prepararon su Independencia en al Año de 1808 hasta la Época presente. [645] In the original text of Alaman this is printed in large capitals, and explained in a note as said by Lucan of Pompey (Pharsalia, I. 135). [646] Historia, Tom. V. pp. 954, 955. [647] L’Esprit des Lois, Liv. VIII. Ch. 16. [648] Speech at the Festival of the Sons of New Hampshire, November 7, 1849: Works, Vol. II. pp. 510, 511. [649] By Jonathan M. Sewall, in an epilogue to Addison’s Tragedy of “Cato,” written in 1778 for the Bow Street Theatre, Portsmouth, N. H. [650] Letter to President Madison, April 27, 1809: Writings, Vol. V. p. 444. [651] Letter to President Madison, April 27, 1809: Writings, Vol. V. p. 444. [652] Letter to President Monroe, October 24, 1823: Ibid., Vol. VII. pp. 316, 317. See also letters to same, dated June 11 and 23, 1823: Ibid., pp. 288, 299.