eption in Boston, 481;
Representative in Congress, 481;
reception at Boston, Sept. 30, 1842, 481;
Secretary of State under President Harrison, 482;
visit and speech in England, 483;
opposition to his remaining in the President's Cabinet (1841), 486;
delicacy of his position in 1842, 486;
study of the currency question, 492;
speech at dinner of New England Society of New York, 496;
toast at dinner of New England Society, at New York, 503;
correspondence arising under Girard Will case, 505;
letter to Madam Story on death of her son, 532;
opposed admission of Texas into the Union, 559;
against extension of slavery and slave representation, 574;
invited by citizens of Marshfield to address them, 575;
letter of, to citizens of Marshfield, 575;
addresses the citizens of Marshfield, 575;
opinion of Gen. Taylor for President, 576;
opinion of Gen. Cass for President, 584;
course concerning Texas, 612-614;
Secretary of State, 613;
in Senate, 613;
ideas of peaceable secession, 621;
letter to Eds. of National Intelligencer, enclosing letter of late Dr.
Channing, 624;
letter of W.E. Channing to, in respect to slavery, 624;
reception at Buffalo, May 22, 1851, 626;
course concerning slavery, 630;
extract from speech on annexing Texas, 631;
course during the crises of 1850, 637;
account of laying the corner-stone of the Capitol, 652;
letter to Lord Ashburton on impressment of seamen, 655;
letter to Gen. Cass in respect to his construction of the treaty of
Washington, 666, 667, 673;
letter to Mr. Ticknor in respect to the Huelsemann letter, 678;
letter to J.G. Huelsemann in respect to Mr. Mann's mission, 679;
as a master of English style, xi;
influence over and respect for the landed democracy, xiv;
management of the Goodridge robbery case, xv;
story told of him by Mr. Peter Harvey, xv;
early style of rhetoric, xviii;
letter to his friend Bingham, xix;
acquaintance with Jeremiah Mason, xix;
incident connected with the Dartmouth College argument, xxi;
effect of his Plymouth oration of 1820, xxii;
note to Mr. Geo. Ticknor on his Bunker Hill oration, 1825, xxiii;
esteem for Henry J. Raymond, xxiv;
the image of the British drum-beat, xxix;
power of compact statement, xxxi;
protest against Mr. Benton's Expunging Resolution, xxxi;
arguments against nullification and secession unanswerable, xxxiii;
moderation of expression, x