ery of, 3812; Quincy and, 3880; Clay and, x. 4037; work of com- promise, 4091; true theory of, 4239; Calhoun on, 4265; attacked by abolitionists, 4295; opposed to ar- bitrary revocation of a college char- ter, xi. 4310; powers of, 4421; de- fended by Webster, 4491; supreme law, 4496; "not a compact, 4542
et seq.; object of Webster's life, 4619; threatened by new terri- tories, 4655; and the Union, 4657 et seq.; guarantees slavery, 4685; Crittenden's amendments to, xii. 4854; the life of the people, 4858; Buchanan's love for, 4959; pro- tects slavery, 4689, 4961; defined by Buchanan, 4965; "saved at its last gasp, 4996; guarantees free- dom of speech, xiii. 5339; permits no secession, 5437, 5594; power of, 5464; and Weheter, 5484; accom- plished, 56, d slavery, xiv. 5714, xvi. 6674; a wonderful ma- chine, xiv. 5761; construction of the, xv. 6217; encroached upon, 6336; amendment of, xvi. 6580; de- fined, 6612; amendments to, 6620; recognizes property in slaves, 6988, 6990; a compact, 6810; safeguard- ed in Southern interests, xvii. 7211; no failure, xviii. 7506; anti-slavery amendment to, 7727; bitter com- promises of the, 7854; supported by Washington, xix. 8041; defined, XX. 8379; and the rebel States, 8503; a port of safety, 8563; vio- lated by Grant, xxi. 8822; quoted, 8942; Voorhees on the, 9032; Sec- ond Amendment of, 9042; amend- ments to, and the Democrats, 9135; money of the, 9177; tampering with the (Salisbury), xxii. 9261; ægis of liberty, 9438; revision of, protected, 9270; and Porto Rico, xxv. 10736; how interpreted, 11008 "Constitutional Reform," xxi. 8806-
Constitutions, extracted from rulers, xiii. 5330
Consulships, Italian, xiii. 5434 Contraband, ix. 3938; of war, xv. 6129
Contracts, defined by court, xi. 4342 Convention of 1787, xvii. 7314
Copenhagen bombarded, x. 4051 Copley, John Singleton. See Lord Lyndhurst
Copperheads, xii. 5032, 5034; treason of, xiv. 6108
Copy hold, laws of, xix. 8210 Copyright, international, xv. 6131; American refusal of, xvi. 6991 Corcoran Art Gallery, Sunset Cox's reflections in, xx. 8727
Corday, Charlotte, vii. 2752 Corneille, quoted, viii. 3347 Corn-laws, repeal of, xii. 4886; Cob- den on, xiv. 6074; and Gladstone, XV. 6338
Cornwallis, Lord, quoted, vii. 2941 Coronation, custom at a, xvii. 7194 Corporations, created, but not to be destroyed without assent, xi. 4311; eleemosynary, defined, 4314; ad- vantage of, xviii. 7554; power of, xxii. 9635
Corruption, v. 1922, 2019, 2043, vii. 2686; in Asia, vi. 2325, 2354, 2396; under hideous forms, ix. 3743; pro- tection against, xii. 4963; national, xviii. 7457; in former days, xix. 8300; favorite weapon of the Whigs, xx. 8465; charged against Grant, xxi. 8832; and anarchy, xxii. 9529; under Spanish rule, xxv. 10925 Corry, against Chancellor, vii. 2806 Corsica, v. 1918; invasion of, 2072, 2077
Corwin, Thomas, life of, xii. 5184;
"On the Mexican War," 5184-5200 Corydon, the spy, xxi. 9194, xxiv. 10327, 10426, 10427
Cos, Martin Perfecto de, General, army of, xvii. 7377; capture of, 7378
Cosim Ally (Ali) Khân, vi. 2266 et seq.; tyranny of, 2287 Cossack rule, xiv. 5803
Cotton, influence of, on slavery, xi. 4674; King, xiii. 5587; crops of, xvi. 6720; cause of slavery, 6819; John Bright on, 6853; and Lanca- shire, 6903; production of, xxii. 9636 Couch, Major-General, at the return
of the Massachusetts battle-flags, xix. 7895
Courage, recognition of, xvii. 7326; physical and moral, xxii. 9528 "Course of Time," Pollok's, criticised
by Dr. Holmes, xv. 6282 et seq. Court, Supreme, a defence, xxi. 8931 Courtesy, love in society (Carlyle,
quoted), xxv. 10788
Cousin, Victor, life of, xii. 5000; "Eloquence as Distinguished from the Fine Arts, 99 5000-10; "Lib- erty," 5010-12; "Law," 5013-17; "Politics, 501-21 Coventry, Lady, in Paris, xvii. 7163 Coverley, Sir Roger de, the courteous gallant, xvii. 7144
Cowan, Senator, on negro suffrage, xxii. 9427
Cowardice, xviii. 7635
Cowper, William, quoted, xiv. 5175, xv. 6572, xvi. 6784, xx. 8389; at Olney, xvii. 7179
Cox, Francis Augustus, translation of, iv. 1340
Samuel Sullivan, life of, xx. 8721; "The Beauties of Diplo- macy, 8721-29; "Revival of American Shipping,' "' 8730-47 Cracovia, confiscation of, xvi. 6727 Cramming, xii. 5293
Cranmer, Thomas, life of, iv. 1319; "Good Works Annexed unto Faith," 1319-23
Crassus, Lucius Lucinius, life of, ii. 667; in defence of Cneius Plancus, 667, 668
Crawford, F. Marion, quoted, xxii.
Sharman, and tenant rights, xv.
Creasy, Sir Edward, quoted, xvi.
Creation, the mystery of (Helmholtz),
xix. 8211; description of, xxii. 9449 Credit, British, viii. 3439; public,
maintenance of, xxii. 9443 Creed, the Unitarian, xvi. 6687 Crete and Turkey, xv. 6532
Crime, in England, xii. 4904; in Ire- land, xv. 6399 Crimea, ix. 3916
Crimean war, cost of, xv. 6394, xvi.
6842, xxii. 9454; blame for, xiv. 6070; cited, xvi. 6815; neglect in, 6890; Germany in the, xviii. 7532 Crises, causes of, xxiv. 10308 Crispi, Francesco, life of, xix. 8090; at the unveiling of Garibaldi's statue, 8090-94; address to the Italian electors, 8094-8105 Criticism, no special science, xxiv. 10444
Crittenden, John Gordon, life of, xii.
4853; on the Crittenden Compro- mise, 4853-65; Resolution, xx. 8525
Cromwell, Oliver, life of, iv. 1475; at opening of First Protective Par- liament, 1475-92; and Sir Harry Vane, 1511, Vane's tribute, 1526; Chatham's, v. 1936; instanced by Robespierre, viii. 3288; libel suit, ix. 3610; commended by Carlyle, xiii. 5299; described, xix. 8267; highest of English kings, xxi. 8903 Croker, John Wilson, on Curran, vii. 2974
Crown, consecration of, i. 232; Es- chine's oration on the, 226 Crowninshield, Richard, suicide of, xi. 4756
Cruisers, auxiliary, xxiii. 10048 Crystal Palace of Dublin, xviii. 7600 Ctesiphon, i. 225, 228, 230; oration
in behalf of, 246-337
Cuba, and Douglas, xiii. 5337; an- nexation of (1860), xviii. 7593; an- nexation of, 7711; war in behalf of, approved, xx. 8541; independence of (Logan), xxi. 8815; national re- lations to, 8857; and independence, 9079; a trust, xxiv. 10498; rela- tions with, 10509; independence of, 10615 et seq.; "must be free" (Thurston), 10615; free, xxv. 10713; Roosevelt on, 10880; situation in, intolerable, 10885; and the United States, 10898; navy of, 10924; Bryan on, 10966; forests in, 10993; future of, 10993
Culture, domestication of, xiv. 5945; essence of, xix. 8020; New Eng- land (E. E. Hale), xx. 8374
"Cumberland," anecdote of the, xxiv. 10129
Cummings, Amos Jay, life of, xxiv. 10431; "On the Naval Appropria- tion Bill," 10431-42 Curran, John Philpot, life of, vii. 2974; in behalf of Rowan, 2974- 3018; characterized, xx. 8472; de- picted by Meagher, 8479; as an orator, xxii. 9317 Currency, depreciation of, vii. 2657;
insufficiency, cause of woes, xx. 8431; sound, W. W. Phelps on, xxiv. 10257; sound, 10305 Curtin, Andrew Gregg, life of, xviii.
7552; "The People's Heritage Squandered, "7552-66
Curtis, George William, life of, xx. 8627; "The Spoils System and the Progress of Civil Service Reform, 8627-48; "His Sovereignty under his Hat," 8649-50; "The Duty of the American Scholar, 8651-68; oration at Concord, 8668-98; eu- logy of Wendell Phillips, 8699-8720 Cushing, Caleb, life of, xiii. 5598; "Negro Colonization, 5598-5610 Cyda, judge of Crete, iii. 1034 Cyneas, the Epirote, xiv. 5795 Cyprian, Saint, life of, iii. 1114; "On
the Benefit of Patience," 1114-20; quoted, iv. 1543
Cyprus, a bribe, xv. 6372
Cyril, Saint, life of, iii. 1199; "On the Maker of Heaven and Earth," 1199-1208
Cyrus, greatness of, i. 159; prophe- sied, iv. 1561
Dakota, population of, xxii. 9596 Dallas, George Mifflin, life of, xii. 5035; eulogy on Andrew Jackson, 5035-45; and Fugitive Slave Law, xiii. 5337
Damiani, St. Peter, life of, iii. 1242; "On St. Boniface," 1242-46 Danæ, legend of, xix. 7957 Dancing witnessed by Sunset Cox, XX. 8726
Dane, Nathan, author of the ordi- nance of 1787, xi. 4436, xii. 4972 Dangers threatening the United States, xvii. 7418
Daniel, Samuel, quoted, xix. 8008
Dante, cited, xii. 5022; and Tacitus compared, xix. 8003; quoted, xxiii. 9750, xxv. 11024; and the masses, 11015
"Dante, Prose, of England" (Bun- yan), iv. 1572
Danton, George Jacques, rejects dic- tatorship, vii. 2753; blamed by Robespierre, viii. 3303; life of, 3338; "To Dare," 3338-39; re- ply to accusation, 3340-41; "Let France be Free, 3342-44; "Against Imprisonment for Debt,' 3345-46; "Education, Free and Compulsory," 3346-49; "Freedom of Worship, 3349-50; "Squeez- ing the Sponge," 3350-52; "On the Assassination of Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau," 3352-59; "On the Aboli- tion of Slavery," 3358-59; and Des- moulins, 3463; accused of treason, ix. 3631; quoted, xvii 7004 Danube, navigation of, ix. 3905 Dartmouth, Earl of, v. 1955; on sup- pression of slave trade, xvi. 6978 College, Webster's plea for, xi,
Darwin, on reading, xxiii. 9762 Da Silva, Luiz, life of, xix. 8248; eu- logy of Abraham Lincoln, 8248-56 D'Auvergne, Tour de, anecdote of, XX. 8602
Davis, Henry Winter, life of, xviii. 7721; "Reconstruction,
Isaac, of Acton, quoted, xx. 8684; type of American heroes, 8679
Jefferson, life of, xv. 6206; "Withdrawal from the Union," 6206-12; inaugural address, 6213- 17; "No Divided Flag," 6217-25; to be hanged, 6333; career of, xx. 8570; making Democratic speeches, xxi. 8850
John, of Massachusetts, con- flict of, with Buchanan, xvin. 7576 Sir John, and the Irish, xxii. 9241 Davitt, Michael, life of, xxv. 10586; "In Defence of the Land League,' 10586-93; "The Crimes of Irish Landlordism," 10594-99
Dawson, Sir John William, life of, xix. 8154; "The Higher Education of Women, 8154-65; "The Prog- ress of Science in Canada," 8166-79
Samuel Edward, life of, xxii. 9538; "The Prose Writers of Can- ada," 9538-79
Sir William, works of, xxiii. 9565, 9568
Death, fear of, i. 84; certainty of, 97; a blessing, 99; glorious death, 151; desirable, iii. 997; when glorious, 1101; personified, 1276; necessity of, iv. 1465; as a sanctuary, 1543; a debt, 1555; no fear of, vii. 2632; penalty unjust, viii. 3279; not an unending sleep, 3311; of African slaves, 3448; appeal to, ix. 3568; always threatening, 3878; as a pen- alty, x. 4128, xiv. 5785; penalty abolished in France, xii. 4929; Ar- nold on, 5252 et seq.; duties in Eng- land and Ireland, compared, xv. 6445; overcome, xvii. 7206; "the calm, cool evening hour," xviii. 7485; wonderful embalmer, XX. 8601; bringeth good fame, 8718; described, xxi. 8996; not the end of our being, xxii. 9477; Epictetus on, xxiii. 9758; universal law of, XXV. 10894
Debi Sing, vi. 2413
Debt, imprisonment for, viii. 3345; public, of Europe, xvii. 7073; bur- den of England, xviii. 7770; public, xx. 8488; Rebel, 8517
national, iv. 1742; English, v. 2187; republicanization of French, viii. 3433; of United States, ix. 3573, x. 4069; criticised by Web- ster, xi. 4473; mentioned by Hayne, xii. 4980; French, xiii. 5378; and Jackson, 5669; public, and the tariff (Morrill), xvi. 6708; of Eng- land, a great advantage, 6879; re- funding of, xxii. 9444 Debts, war, xxii. 9454 Decimal system, xx. 8589 Declaration of Independence, ix. 3693, 3701; described by Webster, xi. 4397; pronounced unreasonable, 4407; Webster on, 4715; liberty of, xii. 5023; reassertion of, 5156, 5173; how constructed, xv. 6210; how written, xvi. 6747; merit of,
xviii. 7777; voiced Colonial Amer- ica, 7777; characterized by Evarts, 7784; theory of government set forth in, xix. 7915; full of sturdy wisdom, 8023; characterized, 8274; and the Democratic party, xx. 8528; considered, xxi. 8772; and Doug- las, 9061; "First Note in the March of Democracy," xxv. 10707; how applicable, 11015
Declaration of Right, quoted, vii. 2803 "Defence and Protection" (in Can- ada), xxv. 10634 Degeneracy, ii. 465
Delany, Mrs., and the Royal party, xvii. 7186
Delft Haven, and the "Mayflower," xxii. 9489
Delos, dedicated to perpetual peace, xvii. 7124 Delphi, i. 28
Demagogism in France, xv. 6252 De Maistre, quoted, xxiv. 10204 Demeter, the earth mother, xix. 7938 Democracies, ancient, defined, xxv. 10990
Democracy, inimical to imperialism, ii. 520, 552; language of, vi. 2613; defined by Jefferson, vii. 2730; idolized, viii. 3222; maxims of, 3223; defined by Robespierre, 3298; in America, ix. 3794; North- ern, xi. 4680; of the North, xii, 4988; not wanted in Germany, xiii. 5283; involves an impossibility, 5301; spirit of, progressive, 5399; in England, 5556; forms of, xiv. 5896; how won, 5922; of the Pil- grims, xv. 6314; not progressive, xvi. 6670; and rebellion, xviii. 7851; obligation of, xix. 7991; peace, xx. 8421; of Ireland, 8473; inevitable, xxi. 8808; Dougherty's oration on, 8935; lessons for, xxiii. 9699; in France, xxiv. 10110; social, in Germany, xxv. 11019 Democratic Party, the, in possession of government, xiv. 5710; sketch of, 5720; arraigned, 5723, xxiv. 10312; harmony of, xv. 6222; his- toric, xvii. 7401; compared with the Republican, xx. 8402; Rebel sympathies of the, 8486 et seq.; how constituted, xxi. 9130; disa- vowed, xxv. 10720
Democratic, institutions, vii. 2819; idea,
xvi. 6744; rule, nightmare of, xxi. 8906; platform, planks of the, 8907 Democrats, peace, xvii. 7268; char- acterized by Emerson, xx. 8341; and Republicans, xxi. 8820; im- perialists, 8928
Demonetization of silver, xxi. 9179, xxiv. 10322
Demons, existence of, i. 82 Demosthenes, style of, i. 55, xii. 5125; pupil of Isæus, i. 186; de- fence of Lycurgus' children, 201; teacher of Hyperides, 214; com- pared to Eschines, 225; courage of, 236; life of, 232, 245; ora- tion "On the Crown" (in behalf of Ctesiphon), 246–337; indictment of, 262; education of, 320; compared with Eschines, 322; integrity of, 331; a water-drinker, 350, ii. 457; "On the Embassy," i. 338-438; 1st Olynthiac, ii. 439-47; 2d Olynthiac, 448-56; 3d Olynthiac, 456-66; 1st Philippic, 466-89; "On the Peace,' 481-89; warnings unheeded, 484; 2d Philippic, 489-98; address to the Messenians, 495; oration on Hallonesus, 499-510; on the Cher- sonese, 511-29; courage of, 527; 3d Philippic, 529-48; 4th Philippic, 549-68; on the Letter, 569-76; sent to Byzantium, 569; on the duties of the State, 586-97; on the Navy Boards, 598-610; on the liberty of the Rhodians, 611-23; in behalf of the Megalopolitans, 624-36; on the treaty with Alexander, 637-46 (spu- rious?); favorite of Pitt, v. 1855; as a master of rhetoric, 2049; charac- terized by Webster, xi. 4717; type of political orators, xii. 5001; study of, xiii. 5312; and Persia, 5517; Cassandrian eloquence of, xvi. 6788; and Phillips, XX. 8708; anecdote of, xxii. 9310; Lubbock on, xxiii. 9768; quoted, xxiv. 10125; qualities of, xxv. 10700 Denison, George Taylor, xxiv. 10263; "The United Empire Loyalists,"
Denmark, fleet of, x. 4050 Depew, Chauncey Mitchell, life of, xxiii. 9688; at the unveiling of the Bartholdi Statue, 9688-9704; at
the dinner to celebrate General Grant's birthday, 9705-12 Depravity rendered attractive, xi.
Derby, Earl of, life of the, xiii. 5526; "Slave Emancipation, 5526-33; cited, xxii. 9290; on ready speak- ing, 9307
Descartes, Rene, quoted, xx. 8582 Desmoulins, Lucie Simplice Camille Benoist, life of, viii. 3463; "Live Free or Die," 3463-66; "The Ap- peal to the People," 3466-75 Despotism, vi. 2313; defined, 2319; of England, 2495, vii. 2629; dan- ger of, vi. 2600; defied by Paine, vii. 2643, by Warren, 2676; mili- tary, in France, viii. 3411, 3428, ix. 3659; powers of, conferred by Alien Bill, 3557; colonial, of Spain, x. 4060; varieties of, xii. 5165; crime of, xvi. 6727; triumph of, 6787; battalioned, xx. 8461; con- test between, and independence, xxi. 8817; of the pews, xxii. 9521 Destiny, manifest, xviii. 7672 Devany, John, a Judas informer, xxi.
Devens, Charles, life of, xix. 8121;
"Sons of Harvard," 8121-25; at dedication of Soldiers' Monument, 8126-37
Devil, a personal, xviii. 7832 Dewey, Admiral George, xxiv. 10228; on Manila, xxi. 9080; testimony, xxiv. 10438
De Witt, Jan, quoted, vii. 2839 Dexter, Samuel, vii. 3037; life of, viii. 3492; and the Embargo, xi. 4507
Dial, characterized, xx. 8333 Diaz, Porfirio, dictator, xxi. 9091; life of, xxii. 9363; "Peace Rooted in the Hearts of All," 9363-68; standing for peace, xxiv. 10320 Dicæogenes, the estate of, i. 186; the
Dickens, Charles, praised by Thack- eray, xvii. 7152; quoted, xxiv. 10261 Dickinson, Daniel Stevens, life of, xiii. 5622; at war ratification meet- ing, 5622-29
John, life of, vi. 2533; declara- tion on taking up arms, 2534-42
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