Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by

GEORGE W. GORDON AND JAMES W. PAIGE,

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

DEDICATION

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

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ISAAC P. DAVIS, Esq.

MY DEAR SIR:

A WARM private friendship has subsisted between us for half our lives, interrupted by no untoward occurrence, and never for a moment cooling into indifference. Of this friendship, the source of so much happiness to me, I wish to leave, if not an enduring memorial, at least an affectionate and grateful acknowledgment.

I inscribe this volume of my Speeches to you.

DANIEL WEBSTER.

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

the 19th of August, 1840.

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.

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

on the 28th of September, 1840.

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

Richmond, Virginia, before the Whig Convention.

REMARKS TO THE LADIES OF RICHMOND .

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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.

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