OF

RUFUS CHOATE

WITH A

MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE.

BY

SAMUEL GILMAN BROWN,

PROFESSOR IN DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

Ἐν μύρτου κλαδὶ τὸ ξίφος ἐφόρει.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.

1862.

PUBLIC
LIBRARY

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by

HELEN OLCOTT CHOATE,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

TILDEN LIDRAFT

1895

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:
PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON

VEM AOBK

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

SPEECH IN THE CASE OF ALEXANDER MCLEOD

.....

Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Friday, June 11, 1841.

SPEECH ON THE BILL TO PROVIDE FURTHER REMEDIAL JUSTICE IN

THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES, BY AN EXTENSION OF

THEIR POWERS

Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 10, 1842.

SPEECH ON THE Power and DUTY OF CONGRESS TO CONTINUE THE

POLICY OF PROTECTING AMERICAN LABOR···

Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 14, 1842.

SPEECH ON THE QUESTION OF ANNULLING THE CONVENTION FOR THE

COMMON OCCUPATION OF THE TERRITORY OF Oregon; and IN

REPLY TO MR. BUCHANAN · · · · ·

Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 21, 1844.

SPEECH UPON THE SUBJECT OF PROTECTING AMERICAN Labor by

DUTIES ON IMPORTS..

Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 12 and 15, 1844.

SPEECH ON THE BILL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SMITHSONIAN

INSTITUTION.....

Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 8, 1845.

MISCELLANEOUS SPEECHES.

SPEECH BEFORE THE Young Men's Whig Club of BOSTON, ON THE

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ANNEXATION OF TEXAS

267

Delivered in the Tremont Temple, August 19, 1844.

SPEECH ON THE JUDICIAL TENURE

284

Delivered in the Massachusetts State Convention, July 14, 1853.

HALL. November 26, 1850 ...

SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL MEETING IN FANEUIL

SPEECH DELIVERED IN FANEUIL HALL. October 31, 1855.

ARGUMENT ON THE REMOVAL OF JUDGE DAVIS

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327

342

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387

SPEECH "ON THE POLITICAL TOPICS NOW PROMINENT BEFORE THE

COUNTRY."

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Delivered at Lowell, Mass., October 28, 1856.

AMERICAN NATIONALITY

An Oration delivered in Boston on the Eighty-second Anniversary

of American Independence, July 5, 1858.

415

SPEECH ON THE BIRTHDAY OF DANIEL WEBSTER. January 21, 1859.. 441

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