th concerning representation in Congress, 620;
concerning transportation of free colored people, 623;
Mr. Webster's course concerning, 630;
proceedings of antislavery conventions, 635.

Slaves, emancipation of, in District of Columbia, 375;
provision of the Constitution in respect to fugitive, 629.

Slave Trade, remarks of Mr. Webster on, 49;
American policy concerning the, 666.

Smith, Gen., vote on bank question, 328.

Smith, Hon. Truman, speech referred to, 566.

Smith, Mr., of South Carolina, on protection, 304.

Smithson, Hugh, founded Smithsonian Institute, 652.

Smithsonian Institute, establishment, 652.

Social system, elements of a, established by compact of the Pilgrim
Fathers, 35.

Society, rights of, affected by principles of Holy Alliance, 62, 64.

South, policy of, toward Western improvement, 238;
complaints concerning their rights, 572;
the lead in the politics of the country, 608;
complaints of, against the North, 617.

South America, combination of European Sovereigns against, 66;
position of U.S. government towards, 66;
revolution in, 134;
Spanish colonies of, 134.

South American Republics, our relations to, 152.

South Carolina, concerning internal improvements, 238, 243;
her action on tariff of 1816, 243;
radical party in, 244;
attack on, disclaimed, 253;
eulogium on, (Webster,) 254;
doctrine of, concerning State rights, 255;
in 1775, and 1828, 259;
relation to England in 1775, 259;
resistance to laws of the Union advised, 259;
practical operation of nullification in, 266;
nullification threatened in, 355.

Southern Confederacy, impossibility of, 621.

Spain, French invasion of, 67, 153;
want of protection in, 99;
overthrow of popular government in, 153;
invites co-operation of Holy Alliance over colonies in America, 154.

Spanish Settlements in America, 144.

Specie, unusual demand for, and the cause, 81;
drain of, owing to French Indemnity Loan, 81;
the exportation of, 95;
experiment of an exclusive specie currency, 362;
treasury order concerning payments for public lands, 438;
its uses, 441;
the effect of withholding circulation, 441.

Specie Payment, suspension of, 443.

Speech on the "Panama Mission," 152.

Spencer, Judge, 319.

Sprague, Judge, 532.

Standish, Miles, 27.

State Banks, issue of small notes by, not advisable, 363.

State Interposition, right of, 292.

State Laws, in oppositio