net, 344.

Foote, Henry S., moves to refer admission of California to a select
committee, 301.

Foote, Samuel A., resolution regarding public lands, 172.

Force Bill, introduced, 214;
debated, 215, 216.

Forsyth, John, attacks Mr. Adams's message on Creek Indians, 142;
answered by Webster, 142, 143.

Fox, Charles James, "no good speech reads well," 189;
compared with Webster as an orator, 202;
as a statesman, 350.

Fox, Henry S., British minister at Harrison's reception of diplomatic
corps, 245;
demands release of McLeod, 248.

Free-Soil party, nominations in 1848 do not obtain Webster's support,
274, 296;
attitude in regard to slavery in 1860, 316;
injured by 7th of March speech, 324;
revival and victory, 325.

Fryeburg, Maine, Webster's school at, 26;
oration before citizens of, 27.

Gibbons vs. Ogden, case of, 99.

Giddings, Joshua R., opinion of Mr. Webster's attitude toward the South in
1838, 286;
says Mr. Webster inserted passage about free negroes and Mr. Hoar after
delivery of 7th of March speech, 303;
interview with Mr. Webster, 322.

Girard will case, 101, 261.

Goodrich, Dr. Chauncey A., description of close of Mr. Webster's argument
in Dartmouth case, 89, 90.

Goodridge, Major, case of, 198.

Gore, Christopher, admits Mr. Webster as a student in his office, 28;
character of, 29;
advises Webster to refuse clerkship, moves his admission to the bar, 31.

Greece, revolution in, 132.

Hamilton, Alexander, compared with Webster as an orator, 201;
as a financier, 208, 226, 228;
in regard to attack on Adams, 274;
Webster's opinion of, and feeling to, 349.

Hanover, oration before citizens of, 20, 22.

Harrison, William Henry, nominee of Whigs in 1836, 225;
nominated by Whigs again in 1839; elected President, 240;
character of inaugural speech, anecdote, 244;
reception of diplomatic corps, 245;
death of, 250.

Hartford Convention, Mr. Webster's view of, 58.

Harvey, Peter, character of his reminiscences, 95, note.

Hayne, Robert Y., first attack on New England, 172;
second speech, 173;
Webster's reply to, 174 ff., 279;
effect of reply to, 206.

Henry, Patrick, compared with Webster as an orator, 200.

Hoar, Samuel, treatment of at Charleston, 302.

Holmes, John, counsel for State at Washington, poor argument, 84, 91.

Hopkinson, Joseph, with Mr. Webster in Dartmouth case at Washington, good
argument of,