America, popular government in, 18, 20; constitutional history of, 25; literature of, 26; discovery of, 31; Revolution in, 32; obligations of, 48, 65; contributions of, to Europe, 62; example of, 63. Americans, sacred trust of, 210. American Union, the, 56. Ames, Fisher, 183 and note. Angelo, Michael, 177. Athens, 204. Bacon, Francis, 71. Bennington, Vt., 38. Benton, Thomas Hart, 119-121; portrait of, 120. Berkeley, George, 178 and note, 201. Blackstone, Sir William, 167 and note. Boston, Mass., Massacre, 75 note; Port Bill, 93 and note; "Tea-Party," 93 note; speeches of Webster at, 67. Bradford, William, 7. Brewster, William, 7, 15. Bunker Hill, battle of, 96; importance of, 57; motive for, 58; consequences of, 59. BUNKER HILL MONUMENT, THE: An Address delivered at the Laying of the Corner-stone at Charlestown, Mass. June 17, 1825, 30; and see 208 and note. BUNKER HILL MONUMENT, THE COMPLETION OF THE: An Address delivered June 17, 1843, 50. Byron, Lord, 9 note. Camden, N. J., 38. CAPITOL, THE ADDITION TO THE, 200. Capitol, United States, in 1851, view of, 200. Carroll, Charles, 107. Carver, John, 7. Charlestown, Mass., 58; speeches of Webster at, 30, 50. Chatham, Earl of, 177. Cicero, 21, 177 and note. Clay, Henry, 122 note, 194 note; portrait of, 195. "Coalition," the, 122 and note. Concord, Mass., 55, 96. Congress, Continental, First, 81. CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION, THE, 194. Constitution of the United States, true principles of, 145; declared by people to be supreme law, 150, 163; enumerated powers of, 162; main design of, 162; failure of Confederation the cause of, 162; alterable by the people, not the States, 170. Cortéz, Hernando, 61. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE, 83-87. Demosthenes, 9, 204. District of Columbia, 155. Electors, Presidential, in the United States, 98 note. Elizabeth, Queen, 12. Eloquence, nature of, 89. Embargo Bill of 1807, 156 and note. England, religious persecutions in, 12; idea of liberty in, 60. EXECUTIVE PATRONAGE AND REMOVAL FROM OFFICE, 174. Faneuil Hall, Boston, view of, 68; speeches of Webster in, 67. Federalist party, 122 note. Fillmore, Millard, 211; portrait of, 211. Foot, Samuel Augustus, 115 note; Resolution of, 116. Foreign influence a foe of republican government, 185. Franklin, Benjamin, 84, 101; portrait of, 102. Freedom, spirit of, 179. Fries, John, 168 and note. Gage, Thomas, 79. Gates, Horatio, 41. Government, representative system of, 44; principles of, as held by English colonists in America, 61, 62; powers of, to be used for the general benefit, 131; a great untaxed proprietor, 132; republican, foreign influence a foe of, 185.