search for books and compare prices
Tables of Contents for The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Daniel Webster As a Master of English Style
xi
The Dartmouth College Case
1
24
Argument before the Supreme Court of the United States, at Washington, on the 10th of March, 1818
First Settlement of New England
25
30
A Discourse delivered at Plymouth, on the 22d of December, 1820
Defence of Judge James Prescott
55
2
The closing Appeal to the Senate of Massachusetts, in Mr. Webster's ``Argument on the Impeachment of James Prescott,'' April 24th, 1821
The Revolution in Greece
57
20
A Speech delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the 19th of January, 1824
The Tariff
77
34
A Speech delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the 1st and 2d of April, 1824
The Case of Gibbons and Ogden
111
12
An Argument made in the Case of Gibbons and Ogden, in the Supreme Court of the United States, February Term, 1824
The Bunker Hill Monument
123
13
An Address delivered at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the Banker Hill Monument at Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the 17th of June, 1825
The Completion of the Bunker Hill Monument
136
16
An Address delivered on Banker Hill, on the 17th of June, 1843, on Occasion of the Completion of the Monument
Our Relations to the South American Republics
152
4
Extracts from the Speech on ``The Panama Mission,'' delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the 14th of April, 1826
Adams and Jefferson
156
23
A Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston, on the 2d of August, 1826
The Case of Ogden and Saunders
179
10
An Argument made in the Case of Ogden and Saunders, in the Supreme Court of the United States, January Term, 1827
The Murder of Captain Joseph White
189
38
An Argument on the Trial of John Francis Knapp, for the Murder of Joseph White, of Salem, in Essex County, Massachusetts, on the Night of the 6th of April, 1830
The Reply to Hayne
227
46
Second Speech on ``Foot's Resolution,'' delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 26th and 27th of January, 1830
The Constitution Not a Compact Between Sovereign States
273
34
A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 16th of February, 1833, in Reply to Mr. Calhoun's Speech on the Bill ``Further to Provide for the Collection of Duties on Imports.''
Public Dinner at New York
307
13
A Speech delivered at a Public Dinner given by a large Number of Citizens of New York, in Honor of Mr. Webster, on March 10th, 1831
The Presidential Veto of the United States Bank Bill
320
19
A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 11th of July, 1832, on the President's Veto of the Bank Bill
The Character of Washington
339
8
A Speech delivered at a Public Dinner in the City of Washington, on the 22d of February, 1832, the Centennial Anniversary of Washington' Birthday
Executive Patronage and Removals From Office
347
6
From a Speech delivered at the National Republican Convention, held at Worcester (Mass.), on the 12th of October, 1832
Executive Usurpation
353
6
From the same Speech at Worcester
The Natural Hatred of the Poor to the Rich
359
3
From a Speech in the Senate of the United States, January 31st, 1834, on ``The Removal of the Deposits.''
A Redeemable Paper Currency
362
5
From a Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 22d of February, 1834
The Presidential Protest
367
27
A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 7th of May, 1834, on the subject of the President's Protest against the Resolution of the Senate of the 28th of March
The Appointing and Removing Power
394
13
Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 16th of February, 1835, on the Passage of the Bill entitled ``An Act to Repeal the First and Second Sections of the Act to limit the Term of Service of certain Officers therein named.''
On the Loss of the Fortification Bill in 1835
407
15
A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 14th of January, 1836, on Mr. Benton's Resolutions for Appropriating the Surplus Revenue to National Defence
Reception at New York
422
23
A Speech delivered at Niblo's Saloon, in New York, on the 15th of March, 1837
Slavery in the District of Columbia
445
4
Remarks made in the Senate of the United States, on the 10th of January, 1838, upon a Resolution moved by Mr. Clay as a Substitute for the Resolution offered by Mr. Calhoun on the Subject of Slavery in the District of Columbia
The Credit System and the Labor of the United States
449
4
From the Second Speech on the Sub-Treasury, delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 12th of March, 1838
Remarks on the Political Course of Mr. Calhoun, in 1838
453
5
From the same Speech
Reply to Mr. Calhoun
458
13
A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 22d of March, 1838, in Answer to Mr. Calhoun
A Uniform System of Bankruptcy
471
5
From a Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 18th of May, 1840, on the proposed Amendment to the Bill establishing a Uniform System of Bankruptcy
``The Log Cabin Candidate''
476
2
From a Speech delivered at the great Mass Meeting at Saratoga, New York, on the 12th of August, 1840
Address to the Ladies of Richmond
478
3
Remarks at a Public Reception by the Ladies of Richmond, Virginia, on the 5th of October, 1840
Reception at Boston
481
15
A Speech made in Faneuil Hall, on the 30th of September, 1842, at a Public Reception given to Mr. Webster, on his Return to Boston, after the Negotiation of the Treaty of Washington
The Landing at Plymouth
496
9
A Speech delivered on the 22d of December, 1843, at the Public Dinner of the New England Society of New York, in Commemoration of the Landing of the Pilgrims
The Christian Ministry and the Religious Instruction of the Young
505
27
A Speech delivered in the Supreme Court at Washington, on the 20th of February, 1844, in the Girard Will Case
Mr. Justice Story
532
3
The Rhode Island Government
535
16
An Argument made in the Supreme Court of the United States, on the 27th of January, 1848, in the Dorr Rebellion Cases
Objects of the Mexican War
551
18
A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 23d of March, 1848, on the Bill from the House of Representatives for raising a Loan of Sixteen Millions of Dollars
Exclusion of Slavery from the Territories
569
6
Remarks made in the Senate of the United States, on the 12th of August, 1848
Speech at Marshfield
575
14
Delivered at a Meeting of the Citizens of Marshfield, Mass., on the 1st of September, 1848
Jeremiah Mason
589
9
Kossuth
598
2
From a Speech delivered in Boston, on the 7th of November, 1849, at a Festival of the Natives of New Hampshire established in Massachusetts
The Constitution and the Union
600
26
A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 7th of March, 1850
Reception at Buffalo
626
13
A Speech delivered before a large Assembly of the Citizens of Buffalo and the County of Erie, at a Public Reception, on the 22d of May, 1851
The Addition to the Capitol
639
An Address delivered at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the Addition to the Capitol, on the 4th of July, 1851
<