Merchant, position and duties of the, illustrated by the life of Granville Sharp, IV. 283. Merchants, American, in Paris, letter to, VI. 56. Unjust arrest and prosecution of two Boston, XII. 209. Metric System of weights and measures, XIV. 148. Invention of, XIV. 156. Explained, XIV. 158-160. Advantages of, XIV. 160-163. Mexican War, injustice of, I. 307, 319, 322, 335, 377. Caused by slavery, I. 307, 322, 335, 377. Beginning of, I. 318. Bill and amendment to raise supplies for, I. 319 _et seq._; arguments against same, I. 321. Slavery and the: speech, I. 333. Denounced by Whig Convention, I. 336. Mr. Winthrop’s actions in regard to, I. 338. Whigs should oppose, I. 339. United States should abandon, I. 340. Invalidity of enlistments in Massachusetts regiment of volunteers for the, I. 352. A war of aggression, I. 379. Expenses of, I. 379. Compared to Revolutionary War, I. 382. Mexico, wrongful declaration of war against, I. 317. Withdrawal of American troops from, I. 374. Help for, against foreign intervention, VIII. 227. Debt of, to allied powers, VIII. 232. Securities for loan to, VIII. 234. Remarks on resolutions against French interference in, IX. 257. French expedition to, X. 42. Mediation between contending parties in, XV. 174. Alaman’s prophecy concerning, XV. 426-428. See _Mexican War_. Michigan, account of irregular admission of, into the Union, V. 222-232; debates in Congress on same quoted, V. 223-225, 227-229. Military Government of rebel States, IX. 119; X. 168-175; XI. 365; XIV. 326. Subordinate to civil, in the United States, X. 170, 194; XIV. 326; XVIII. 51. Jefferson on, X. 170; XIV. 342; XVII. 151. Under Cromwell, X. 171 _et seq._ Congressional government preferable to, for rebel States, X. 173-175, 194; XIV. 326 _et seq._ Militia, of United States, not needed for defence or as police, I. 91; II. 363,--not volunteers, I. 357,--cost of, II. 367,--power of Congress over, I. 354; IV. 21, 26-30,--distinguished from army, I. 355. Of England, I. 357; IV. 29. C. Turner on, I. 358. Laws of Massachusetts on, I. 359 _et seq._, 368. Testimony to unpopularity of, in Massachusetts, II. 364. Substitute for, II. 365; Sir W. Jones’s suggestion for same, II. 366. Powers of the State over, IV. 20, 25. Exemptions from service in, for conscientious scruples, IV. 23. Colored companies in, IV. 25. Volunteer, are not national, IV. 31. Mills, John, Free-Soil candidate for Lieut.-Governor of Massachusetts in 1848 and 1849, II. 318; III. 44. Milton, on early rising, I. 204. His labors for liberty compared to Channing’s, I. 292. On virtue in individuals and States, I. 380. On slavery, II. 100; XI. 204. On war, II. 185. On true glory, II. 199. On settlement of America, XV. 265.