A Speech delivered at the Great Mass Meeting at Saratoga, New York, on

the 19th of August, 1840.

WHIG PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES

37

A Declaration of Principles and Purposes adopted by a General Convention

of the Whigs of New England, at Bunker Hill, on the 10th of September,

1840, prepared by Mr. Webster, and signed by him as President of the

Convention.

SPEECH IN WALL STREET.

53

A Speech delivered at the Merchants' Meeting in Wall Street, New York,

on the 28th of September, 1840.

A Speech delivered on the 5th of October, 1840, in the Capitol Square at

Richmond, Virginia, before the Whig Convention.

Remarks made at a Public Reception by the Ladies of Richmond, Virginia,

on the 5th of October, 1840.

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 Nego-

tiation of the Treaty of Washington.

109

Remarks made at a Meeting of the New York Historical Society, on the 15th

of April, 1843.

CONVENTION AT ANDOVER

155

An Address delivered at a Convention of the Whigs of Essex County, Mas-

sachusetts, held at Andover, on the 9th of November, 1843.

THE LANDING AT PLYMOUTH

201

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 Land-

ing of the Pilgrims.

MASS MEETING AT ALBANY

A Speech delivered at a very large Meeting held at Albany, on the 27th of

August, 1844, with Reference to the Presidential Election of that Year.

WHIG CONVENTION AT PHILADELPHIA

A Speech delivered at a Great Whig Convention at Philadelphia, on the 1st

of October, 1844.

217

249

CONVENTION AT VALLEY FORGE

275

A Speech delivered at a Great Convention of the Whigs of Chester and Mont-

gomery Counties, in Pennsylvania, at Valley Forge, on the 3d of October,

1844.

MR. JUSTICE STORY

295

Remarks made at a Meeting of the Members of the Suffolk Bar, held on the

12th of September, 1845, in the Circuit Court Room, in Boston, on Occa-

sion of the Decease of Mr. Justice Story.

A Speech delivered at a Public Dinner given to Mr. Webster, at Philadelphia,

on the 2d of December, 1846, Hon. Samuel Breck in the Chair.

369

SOUTHERN TOUR

Speeches delivered by Mr. Webster on his Arrival at Charleston, S. C.,

p. 373; at the Dinner of the New England Society, p. 378; at the Dinner

of the Charleston Bar, p. 389; on his Reception at Columbia, p. 395; on

his Reception at Savannah, p. 398.

Remarks made at the Opening of the Northern Railroad to Grafton, New

Hampshire, p. 409; and its farther Opening to Lebanon, N. H., p. 414.

Delivered at a Meeting of the Citizens of Marshfield, Mass., on the 1st of Sep-
tember, 1848.

421

SPEECH IN FANEUIL HALL PREVIOUS TO THE ELECTION IN 1848, 447

A Speech delivered in Faneuil Hall, on the 24th of October, 1848, at a Gen-

eral Meeting of the Whigs of Boston and the Vicinity, previous to the

Presidential Election of that Year.

Remarks made in the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, on the 14th of No-
vember, 1848, on presenting to the Court the Resolutions of the Bar of Suf-
folk in Honor of Jeremiah Mason.

FESTIVAL OF THE SONS OF NEW HAMPSHire .

Two Speeches delivered in the Hall of the Fitchburg Railroad Company, in

Boston, on the 7th of November, 1849, at a Festival of the Natives of New

Hampshire established in Massachusetts.

477

495

A Speech delivered at the Annual Dinner of the New England Society of
New York, on the 22d of December, 1850.

VISIT TO BUFFALO IN 1851 .

A Speech delivered at a Public Dinner at Buffalo, on Occasion of a Visit to

that Place, on the 21st of May, 1851, p. 533.

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, p. 544.

SPEECH TO THE YOUNG MEN OF ALBANY

Delivered on the 28th of May, 1851, at the Invitation of the Young Men of

Albany, in the Public Square of the Capitol in that City.

529

565

An Address delivered at the Laying of the Corner-stone of the Addition to

the Capitol, on the 4th of July, 1851.

593

MASS MEETING AT SARATOGA.

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