to acknowledge Judge Story's assistance, 108;
comparative standing as a lawyer, 109;
leader of conservative party in Massachusetts Convention, 111;
speech on abolition of religious test, 112;
on property qualification, for the Senate, 113, 115;
on the independence of the Judiciary, 116;
Plymouth oration, 117;
manner and appearance, 118;
fitness for occasional oratory, 120;
great success at Plymouth, 121, 122;
improvement in first Bunker Hill oration, quality of style, 124;
oration on Adams and Jefferson, 125;
supposed speech of John Adams, 126;
oration, before Mechanics Institute, other orations, 127;
oration on laying corner-stone of addition to capitol, 128;
reelected to Congress, 129;
political position in 1823, 130;
placed at head of Judiciary Committee, 131;
speech on revolution in Greece, 132;
its objects and purposes, 133, 134;
withdraws his resolutions, success of his speech, 135;
speech against tariff of 1824, defends Supreme Court, 136;
speech on the Cumberland Road Bill, 137;
carries through the Crimes Act, 138;
carries Judiciary Bill through House, lost in Senate, 139;
supports mission to Panama Congress, 140, 141;
supports reference of message on Georgia and Creek Indians, 142;
tone of his speech, 143;
elected senator from Massachusetts, 144;
early inclination to support Calhoun, opposition to Jackson and Adams,
145;
to Clay, relations with Crawford, 146;
on committee to examine charges of Edwards, defends Crawford, 147;
wishes Mr. Mason to be Attorney-General, and English mission for himself,
takes but little part in election, 148;
interview with Mr. Adams, 148, 149;
friendly relations with Mr. Adams, supports administration, 149;
real hostility to, feels that he is not properly recognized, and accepts
senatorship, 150;
inactive in election, allied with Clay and Adams, and founders of Whig
party, 161;
Spanish claims, first sees Marshfield, English friends, Niagara, oration
at Bunker Hill, and eulogy on Adams and Jefferson, 152, 153;
grief on death of his wife, 154;
appearance in Washington after death of his wife, 155;
speech on bill for revolutionary officers, on tariff of 1828, 156, 165;
free-trade Federalist when he entered Congress, 157;
remarks in 1814 on protective duties, 158, 159;
advocates modifications in tariff of 1816, 160;
speech at Faneuil Hall against tariff in 1820, 160-16