Pennsylvania System of prison discipline, established in Pa., I. 169; II. 121. Present, not solitary, I. 169. Explained, I. 170; II. 117, 122. Best promotes reformation, I. 173. Objections to, refuted, I. 174-176; II. 144. Foreign opinions on, I. 176; II. 132. Adopted extensively in Europe, I. 177; II. 133-137, 146. Advocated by E. Livingston and Miss Dix, I. 178; and by Suringar, I. 180. Unjustly treated by Boston Prison-Discipline Society, I. 179; II. 108, 124 _et seq._ Modes of applying, II. 123. G. Combe on, II. 126-128. Roscoe quoted on, II. 128. Lafayette quoted on, II. 130. Compared to Auburn system, II. 144-146. Pensions, not granted for civil services in United States, IV. 233. Peonage, prohibition of, XIV. 232. Person, in the Constitution, includes slaves and Indians, III. 298; VIII. 277; XI. 194. Petition, refusal of right of, to colored persons, VI. 288. Right of, personal, VI. 289; and secured by the Constitution to the people, VI. 294. Interruption of right of, XIV. 86. Pettigru, James L., of South Carolina, remarks on a resolution for purchase of his law library, XIV. 103. Phi Beta Kappa Oration, at Harvard University in 1846, I. 241. At Union College, II. 240. Phillips, Stephen C., Free-Soil candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1848 and 1849, II. 317; III. 43. Philology, comparative, value of, I. 257. Physicians, colored, XVII. 186. Pickering, John, biographical sketch of, I. 214. Letters of Dr. Clarke to, quoted, I. 215. Compared to Sir W. Jones, I. 237. Tribute to, as scholar, in Phi Beta Kappa oration, I. 249-258. Pierce, Franklin, President of United States, his usurpation in abrogating treaty with Denmark, V. 101. Admits illegal actions in Kansas, V. 162. Has power to interfere in Kansas, V. 187, 191 _et seq._ Enforces surrender of Anthony Burns, V. 189 _et seq._ Compared to George III., V. 209 _et seq._, 238. Pilgrim Forefathers, our, IV. 74-79; XX. 291. Pinkney, William, on slavery, III. 289; VIII. 262; XII. 155. Suggests Missouri Compromise in Senate, IV. 110, 117. Plato, on honor, I. 64. On true goodness, I. 123. On atoning for slaughter by prayer, II. 362. Plymouth, speech at festival of Aug. 1, 1853, IV. 73. Plymouth Rock, finger-point from, IV. 73. Politics, our, seen from a distance VI. 60. Polk, Trusten, of Missouri, expulsion of, from the Senate, VIII. 12. Polygamy, in Territories, may be suppressed by Congress, IV. 129; VII. 1. In Utah, VII. 63. Poor, Rear-Admiral, orders of, respecting San Domingo and Hayti, XIX. 57. Interview of, with President of Hayti, XIX. 64-66.