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INDEX
TO VOLUMES III. AND IV., BEING THE JOURNAL OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
- Accounts of expenditures. See
Expenditures of government. - Acts, originating of. See Legislature,
national, acts of. - Address to accompany constitution,
moved, iv., 421; considered,
458. - Adjournment of legislature. See
Legislature, national, power of. - Age, of executive. See Executive,
national, age of.
Of Representatives. See
Legislature, national, House of
Representatives.
Of Senators. See Legislature,
national, Senate. - Allen, Paul, signs address from
Rhode Island, iii., 12, n. - Allen, Philip, signs address from
Rhode Island, iii., 12, n. - Amendments to constitution, provision
for, debated, iii., 94, 145,
iv., 467; postponed, iii., 94;
debated, 146, 344; agreed to,
164, iv., 36; motion to reconsider
clause, 412; moved
that states agree to, 413. - Appointment, power of. See Executive,
national, power of;
Judiciary, national, supreme;
Legislature, national, Senate. - Appropriations, originating of, see
Legislature, national, money
bills; accounts of, see Expenditures
of government. - Aristocracy, fear of, expressed by
Mason, iii., 371; defended by
G. Morris, 372, iv., 118; probability
of, 193. - Armies, power to raise and support.
See Legislature, national,
power of. - Arnold, Welcome, signs address
from Rhode Island, iii., 12, n. - Arsenals, Forts, etc. See Forts,
Arsenals, etc. - Articles of Confederation, amendments
to, proposed by Dickinson,
iii., 199.
A
- Baldwin, Abraham, Ga., attends
convention, iii., 136; favors
representation in Senate by
wealth of states, 324; Pierce's
sketch of, 324, n.; on compromise
committee on representation,
350; thinks foreigners
should be excluded from government,
iv., 175; thinks provisions
on citizenship should not
extend to those already citizens,
179; appointed on grand committee,
233; thinks slave trade
not a national question, 269;
on committee on navigation
acts, 273; moves that duty on
slaves be uniform, 305; thinks
public lands should be guaranteed
to states, 341; on committee
of August 31, 354; thinks
508members of legislature should
be ineligible to other offices,
359; approves plan of electing
executive by electors, 367;
moves to exclude from new
offices members of first legislature,
450. - Bankruptcy, uniform law of. See
Legislature, national, power of;
House of Representatives. - Barton, William, signs address
from Rhode Island, iii., 12, n. - Bassett, Richard, Del., attends
convention, iii., 2; Pierce's
sketch of, 2, n. - Bedford, Gunning, Del., attends
convention, iii., 5; favors short
term for executive, 63; Pierce's
sketch of, 63, n.; opposes absolute
veto in executive, 85;
opposes negative of state laws
by legislature, 125; threatens
foreign alliance of small states,
339; on compromise committee
on representation, 350; explains
threat of foreign alliance, 359;
moves that national legislature
make laws when harmony
would be interrupted by state
legislation, 446; prefers appointment
of judges by Senate,
464; opposes provision against
standing army, iv., 455; favors
increase in representation of
Rhode Island and Delaware,
460. - Bill of Rights, inclusion of, debated,
iv., 442. - Bills of attainder. See Legislature,
national, power of. - Bills of credit, power to emit. See
Legislature, national, power of. - Blair, John, Va., attends convention,
iii., 2; Pierce's sketch of,
2, n. - Blount, William, N. C., attends
convention, iii., 226; announces
he will sign constitution, iv.,
478; Pierce's sketch of, 478, n. - Bowen, Jabez, signs address from
Rhode Island, iii., 12, n. - Brearley, David, N. J., attends
convention, iii., 1; favors equal
vote of states in national legislature,
130; Pierce's sketch of,
130, n.; moves that New
Hampshire delegates be sent
for, 325; opposes election of executive
by joint ballot, iv., 295;
seconds motion to elect executive
by states, 296; on committee
of August 31, 354; reports
from committee, 354, 360,
369; seconds motion against
amendments, 469. - Broome, Jacob, Del., attends convention,
iii., 2; favors nine
years' term for Senators, 284;
insists upon equal representation
for New Jersey in Senate,
392; opposes adjournment on
question of representation, 442;
opposes seven years' term for
executive, 455; Pierce's sketch
of, iv., 9, n.; seconds motion to
postpone clause fixing term of
executive, 52; seconds motion
to except army and navy from
disqualification from legislature,
201; thinks legislature
can fix their own compensation,
203; favors same compensation
for both houses of legislature,
205; thinks national
government should punish for
treason, 249; seconds motion
in favor of national negative of
state laws, 286; moves reference
of question of term of executive,
297. - Brown, John, signs address from
Rhode Island, iii., 12, n. - Brown, Nicholas, signs address
from Rhode Island, iii., 12, n. - Butler, Pierce, S. C., attends convention,
iii., 2; moves secrecy
of proceedings, 11; Pierce's
sketch of, 12, n.; moves debate
on national government, 38;
wants explanation of personnel
of Senate, 50; fears deprivation
of state powers, 54; favors
single executive, 78; opposes
absolute negative in executive,
85; proposes power of suspending
legislation for executive, 88;
opposed to institution of inferior
judiciary, 98, 467; opposes
indefinite negative of state
509laws by legislature, 127; favors
wealth as basis of representation,
137, 143, 367, 385; thinks
Senators should have no compensation,
155; thinks Senate
should have power to originate
money bills, 158; moves vote
on compensation of legislature,
254; favors ineligibility to all
other offices of Representatives,
256; opposes ineligibility of
Representatives to offices created
during their term, 260;
thinks candidates for office will
not be wanting, 265; moves
question of representation in
Senate, 281; opposes ineligibility
of Senators to state offices, 295;
opposes report of compromise
committee on representation,
357; moves increase in representation
of South Carolina,
389; insists upon inclusion of
blacks in representation, 397;
thinks slave labor as productive
as free labor, 398; favors
representation by population,
409; demands security for slavery,
422; thinks powers of legislature
loosely defined, 440;
opposes frequent elections of
executive, iv., 11; favors election
of executive by electors
chosen by state legislatures, 64;
opposes re-eligibility of executive,
64; moves to refer question
of executive to committee
of detail, 68; favors fixing plan
for national capital, 81; thinks
question of suffrage should be
left to states, 117; moves three
years' inhabitancy for Representatives,
132; thinks money
bills should originate in House,
139; favors long inhabitancy
for Senators, 147; urges postponement
of clause concerning
eligibility of members of legislature
to other offices, 201; favors
state compensation for members
of legislature, 202; opposes
power to emit bills of credit,
219, 221; thinks President
should have power to declare
war, 227; moves that legislature
have power to declare
peace, 228; thinks militia
should be under national control,
237; favors adjustment of
taxation to representation, 257;
opposes federal power over exports,
259, 271; moves discrimination
in paying creditors,
288; moves reconsideration of
question of discharging debts,
292; thinks creditors should
stand where they are, 302; on
committee of August 25, 308;
moves that fugitive slaves and
servantes surrendered, 323,
324, 332; favors commercial
regulations to be made by two-thirds
vote, 328; thinks new
states should not be made without
consent of old states, 335;
thinks nine states may ratify
constitution, 345; on committee
of August 31, 354; thinks
election of executive by electors
objectionable, 366; favors making
treaties of peace without
President, 400; thinks Congress
must sanction state export
duties, 444; dislikes form of
signing, 481, n.
B
- Canals, provision for, proposed.
See Legislature, national, power
of. - Capital, national. See Seat of
government. - Capitation tax. See Taxation,
capitation. - Captures. See Legislature, national,
power of. - Carrington, Edward, to Jefferson,
on progress of convention, iii.,
128, n.; to Madison, 156, n.; to
Monroe, iv., 109, n.; to Madison,
172, n. - Carroll, Daniel, Md., attends convention,
iii., 381; favors national
power to suppress insurrection,
471; Pierce's sketch of,
iv., 47, n.; doubts propriety of
per capita voting in Senate, 47;
favors election of executive by
510electors chosen by lot from national
legislature, 57; thinks
direct taxation should depend
on census, 57; opposes disqualification
from legislature of
persons having unsettled government
accounts, 77; thinks
number for quorum cannot be
fixed, 163; thinks right of expulsion
should be with two-thirds
of legislature, 164; moves
Senators be permitted to enter
dissent to measures, 165; fears
New York will be capital, 169;
moves five years' citizenship
for Representatives, 179; explains
provision as to money
bills in Maryland, 190; favors
national compensation for members
of legislature, 203, 204;
thinks greater checks to bad
laws necessary, 211; thinks a
quorum should be more than a
majority, 215; thinks exports
should not be taxed, 218; opposes
taxation by congressional
representation, 253; thinks
prohibition of ex post facto laws
necessary, 276; moves election
of executive by the people, 294,
297; moves provision to prevent
favoring ports of entry,
306; on committee of August
25, 308; objects to requiring
consent of states to dismemberment,
336; moves that right of
U. S. to public lands be confirmed,
340; moves that land
question go to Supreme Court,
341; moves to postpone question
of ratification, 344, 346;
thinks all the states must ratify,
346; thinks Maryland must
ratify as required by Maryland
law, 347; thinks vessels should
enter and clear in their own
states, 353; on committee of
August 31, 354; proposes an
address to the people, 458;
moves states have power to lay
tonnage taxes, 461; urges
larger representation, 476. - Census, taking of, debated, iii.,
393, 408; every fifteen years,
vote on, 409; two years after
meeting of legislature, 413; ordered
within six years after
meeting of legislature, 415;
every ten years, 416; every
twenty years, 416; first to be in
three years, iv., 252. - Charters, power to grant, proposed.
See Legislature, national,
power of. - Citizenship, of Representatives,
see Legislature, national, House
of Representatives, Senate; uniformity
of, in the several states,
agreed to, iv., 323. - Clymer, George, Pa., attends convention,
iii., 5; appointed on
grand committee, iv., 258;
thinks power to tax exports
should exist for revenue only,
263; Pierce's sketch of, 263, n.;
on committee on navigation
acts, 273; disapproves slave-trade
arrangement, 304; thinks
states should regulate their own
manufacturers, 322; favors
commercial regulations, 327;
moves to postpone ratification
question, 346; favors ratification
by a majority of the people
and the states, 349; objects to
Senate's power, 383; thinks
old Congress need not sanction
constitution, 419. - Commercial regulations. See
Navigation acts. - Committee, grand, appointed, iv.,
233. - Committee of the whole, convention
goes into, iii., 37; reports,
160; last session, 198. - Committee on detail, resolutions
referred to, iv., 82; report of,
92; debated, 109. - Committee on plan of compromise,
appointed, iii., 350; reports,
352. - Committee on rules, appointed,
iii., 5; reports, 7. - Committee on style and arrangement,
appointed, iv., 411; report
of, 422, 448; debated, 445,
447. - Committee on sumptuary legislation,
appointed, iv., 445. - Compensation of executive. See
Executive, national, compensation
of. - Compensation of judiciary. See
Judiciary, national, compensation
of. - Compensation of legislature. See
Legislature, national, compensation
of. - Compromise on representation,
debate on, iii., 344; report of
committee on, 352. - Confederation, articles of. See
Articles of Confederation. - Congress. See Legislature, national.
- Constitution, engrossed, read, iv.,
472; text of, 482. - Continental Congress, continuance
of, till constitution goes
into effect, proposed, iii., 93;
agreed to, 164; debate on, 468. - Contracts, impairment of, prohibited,
iv., 458. - Copyright law. See Legislature,
national, power of. - Council, executive. See Executive
council. - Council of revision of laws, debate
on, iii., 81; iv., 21. - Counterfeiting, power to punish,
debated, iv., 223. - Courts. See Judiciary.
- Credentials of delegates read, iii.,
5.
C
511
- Davie, William Richardson, N. C.,
attends convention, iii., 2;
Pierce's sketch of, 77, n.; opposes
unequal representation in
Senate, 334; on committee on
compromise on representation,
350; insists that blacks be included
in basis of representation,
411; favors impeachability
of executive, iv., 13; proposes
eight years' term for executive,
52. - Dayton, Jonathan, N. J., attends
convention, iii., 238; opposes
compensation of Senators by
state legislatures, 294; Pierce's
sketch of, 294, n.; favors voting
in House by states, 302;
favors equal representation in
Senate, 338; insists on equality
of small states, 428; favors
representation by free inhabitants,
iv., 137; thinks a standing
army necessary, 236; proposes
mixed control of militia,
280, 281; thinks judiciary will
decide controversies between
states, 293; opposes election of
executive by joint ballot, 294;
moves election of executive by
states, 296; on committee of
August 25, 308; thinks tranquillity
of states should be
guaranteed, 343; moves ratification
by ten states, 349;
moves that treaties be made
without two-thirds of Senate,
405; objects to state export duties,
443. - Debt, national, report on, iv.,
253; debate on, 254; proposition
for settling, 255; provision
for payment of, 274, 288; reconsideration
of, proposed, 292;
motion to make payment obligatory,
debated, 302. See Legislature,
national, power of. - Delaware, increase in representation
of, moved, iv., 460. - Detail, committee on. See Committee
on detail. - Dickinson, John, Del., attends
convention, iii., 13; moves
removability of executive by
state legislatures, 73; Pierce's
sketch of, 73, n.; favors separation
of branches of government,
75; favors institution of inferior
judiciary, 98; favors election
of Representatives by
people, 105; favors negative
over laws by executive, 111;
moves that Senators be elected
by legislatures, 112; thinks
Senate should resemble House
of Lords, 112; thinks preservation
of states necessary, 115;
favors negative by legislature
over state laws, 125; favors
representation by wealth, 137;
proposes postponement of Jersey
plan, 182; proposes amendment
512of articles of confederation,
182; favors three years'
term for Representatives, 247;
favors election of executive by
the people, iv., 67; opposes
property qualification for legislature,
75; favors restriction of
suffrage to freeholders, 117;
proposes—years' residency for
Representatives, 131; thinks
provision as to money bills
should stand, 187; proposes
fixed payment for members of
legislature every twelve years,
204; moves both branches of
legislature receive the same pay,
205; thinks judiciary should
not have power to set a law
aside, 210; moves that rebellion
against government be
suppressed, 226; appointed on
grand committee, 233; thinks
great appointments should be
made by legislature, 235; thinks
treason should be defined, 247;
thinks war against one state the
same as against all, 251; moves
that representation of large
states be limited, 254; favors
power over exports, 260; on
committee on navigation acts,
273; thinks President should
share in treaty-making power,
290; moves executive have
power to appoint to future
offices, 299; moves executive
appoint officers not to be appointed
by states, 299; moves
to permit slave trade in states
permitting it, 304; favors postponement
of question of executive
succession, 310; thinks
legislature will not improperly
ask removal of judges, 312;
moves that judiciary have
equity power, 315; explains
meaning of ex post facto laws,
325; thinks small states should
not secure claims of large
states, 335; moves that legislatures
consent to formation of
new states, 340; thinks tranquillity
of states should be
guaranteed, 342, 343; asks if
Congress is to concur in constitution,
345; on committee of
August 31, 354; thinks eventual
election of President should
be with whole legislature, 376;
moves that vote of presidential
electors be from all who are
appointed, 378; favors an executive
council, 402; objects to
state export duties, 444; on
committee on sumptuary legislation,
445; moves to strike
out "direct taxes," 446. - Duties on exports. See Exports.
Imports. See Imports.
D
- Election, of executive. See Executive,
national, election of.
Of Representatives. See
Legislature, national, House of
Representatives, election of.
Of Senators. See Legislature,
national, Senate, election of. - Electors. See Executive, national,
election of. - Ellsworth, Oliver, Conn., attends
convention, iii., 5; Pierce's
sketch of, 144, n.; opposes ratification
by conventions, 226;
favors one-year term for Representatives,
247; favors payment
of Representatives by states,
250; favors payment of Senators
by states, 293; favors election
of Senators by legislatures,
279; favors equal state representation
in Senate, 322, 329,
341; on committee on compromise
on representation, 350;
favors compromise on representation,
361; opposes increase
in representation, 390; favors
free inhabitants and three-fifths
of slaves as basis of taxation,
412; favors representation by
free inhabitants and three-fifths
slaves, 413; opposes
adjustment of taxation and
representation after census,
418; insists upon state equality
in Senate, 436; moves election
of executive by electors
appointed by legislatures, iv.,
5139; favors six years' term for
executive, II; moves increase
in electors of New Hampshire
and Georgia, 12; favors
inclusion of judiciary in revisionary
power. 22; favors appointment
of judges by Senate
with power negative of appointment
by executive, 33;
favors ratification of constitution
by state legislatures, 37,
41; favors voting per capita in
Senate, 46; favors re-eligibility
of executive, 51; on committee
to report constitution, 58;
moves election of executive by
legislature and re-election by
electors named by state legislatures,
59; opposes election of
executive by the people, 63;
opposes disqualification of public
debtors from legislature, 79;
thinks time of meeting of legislature
ought to be fixed, 112;
thinks legislature ought to
meet in winter, 115; thinks
question of suffrage should be
left to states, 117; thinks suffrage
should be liberal, 118;
thinks Representatives should
reside in their states, 131;
moves that Representatives be
residents of their states for a
year, 132; thinks ratio of Representatives
to inhabitants may
change, 135; thinks originating
money bills in House unimportant,
139, 143; thinks state executives
should fill vacancies in
Senate, 141; opposes fourteen
years' citizenship for Senators,
146; proposes one-year term
for Representatives, 148;
thinks property qualification
for members of government
should not be fixed, 157, 158;
thinks number for quorum
should not be small, 162; thinks
no provision necessary for yeas
and nays, 164; thinks provision
for journal unnecessary, 167;
favors ineligibility of members
of legislature to other offices,
199; favors national compensation
for members of legislature,
201; thinks members of legislature
may fix their pay, 204;
moves $5 per day as payment
for legislature, 205; urges necessity
of reaching a decision,
212; thinks exports should not
be taxed, 216; opposes power
to emit bills of credit, 220;
moves to enlarge power over
piracies, felonies, etc., 225;
thinks executive should have
power to suppress rebellion in a
state, 225; defines power of
making war and peace, 228;
thinks state debts may be assumed
by nation, 232; urges
consideration of President's
council, 234; thinks states
should have partial control over
militia, 237, 238; thinks power
of taxation includes sumptuary
power, 245; thinks treason sufficiently
defined, 246, 248, 251;
moves census in three years,
252; moves report on state
debts lie on table, 254; thinks
adjustment of debts necessary,
255; thinks taxation by representation
unjust, 256; thinks
states may tax exports, 258;
thinks an embargo permissible,
261; thinks slave trade a question
for the states, 265, 267;
favors accepting constitution as
it stands, 273; thinks prohibition
of ex post facto laws unnecessary,
276; thinks requirement
of fulfilment of old government's
engagements unnecessary,
277; favors national
power to train militia, 279;
proposes mixed control of
militia, 280; opposes national
negative of state laws, 287. - Emancipation. See Slavery.
- Embargo, power to lay, debated,
iv., 260, 261; by states, debated,
320. - Executive council, proposed, iii.,
80; debated, iv., 234, 401, 402. - Executive, national, debate on,
iii., 57; provisions reconsidered,
iv., 9; referred to committee
on detail, 68; vote on, 72. - Age, nativity, and residence
of, agreed to, iv., 395. - Compensation of, Franklin
proposes no salary, iii., 67, iv.,
463; mode of payment, 20. - Correspondence of, with
states, debated, iv., 301. - Election of, proposed by district
electors, iii., 65, 66; by
national legislature for seven
years, proposed, 67; mode of,
reconsidered, 62, 120, 127, 128,
iv., 54, 56, 57, 59, 64, 65; by
state conventions, proposed,
iii., 130., by national legislature,
450, 454, 455, iv., 49, 51, 67,
294; by electors chosen by
state legislatures, iii., 454, iv.,
10; ratio of electors considered,
12; electors not to be officials,
20; by electors, debated, 47,
48, 361, 365, 373, 388, 391;
term of electors debated, 57;
re-election of electors considered,
63; regulations as to age
and residence debated, 274; by
states, proposed, 296; by electors,
defeated, 297; when to
take place, proposed, 352; to be
at seat of government, proposed,
385; how vote is to be
counted, debated, 385; to fill
vacancy, considered, 463; verbal
amendment of clause, 465. - Eligibility of, to re-election,
debated, iii., 77, 455, 460, iv.,
1, 10, 49, 51. - Exclusion from, of those indebted
to government, considered,
iv., 74. - Foreign ambassadors to be
received by, iv., 308. - Impeachability of, agreed to,
iii., 77; method of, debated,
462, 463, iv., 13, 19, 20, 407,
409; moved to postpone question,
19; House to have power
of, 140. - Militia to be commanded by,
when in active service, iv., 309. - Native citizens only to be
eligible, iv., 363. - Negative of, on national
legislation, debated, iii., 63, 82,
88, 461, iv., 210, 212, 438;
qualified, agreed to, iii., 89, iv.,
31; inclusion of judiciary in,
proposed, iii., 89; absolute, debated,
iv., 15; ten days allowed
for, 213; agreed to, 213; moved
to extend to resolutions, 213. - Oath of, prescribed, iv., 310.
- Power of, debated, iii., 61, 62,
68, 108, 455, iv., 20, 21, 298,
308, 363; to make appointments,
iii., 455, iv., 298, 398,
399, 406, 465; to revise legislation,
21, 31, 298; to pardon
criminals, 308, 463; to make
treaties, 397, 399; to demand
opinions of heads of departments,
401; to convene either
house of legislature, 410. - Removability of, on request
of state legislatures, debated,
iii., 73, 76; question postponed,
iv., 310; debated, 363. - Single, proposed, iii., 60, 77,
81; agreed to, 450, iv., 294; debate
on, 50. - Succession in, debated and
postponed, iv., 310. - Term of, debated, iii., 63,
162, 455, iv., 11, 52, 71, 72, 97;
seven years', proposed, iii., 64,
455, 460, iv., 11, 384; during
good behavior, proposed, iii.,
459; six years', proposed, iv.,
11, 384; six years in twelve,
proposed, 68. - Expenditures of government,
moved that an account of, be
published, iv., 456, 457. - Expenses of convention, provision
for, iv., 368, 372. - Exports, tax on, debated, iv., 214,
258, 308; state power to tax,
debated, 322, 442. - Ex post facto laws. See Legislature,
national, power of. - Expulsion from legislature. See
Legislature, national, expulsion
from.
E
514
- Federal or national government,
debate on, iii., 38. - Felonies. See Piracies and felonies.
- Few, William, Ga., attends convention,
iii., 2; Pierce's sketch
of, 2, n.; on committee of August
25, iv., 308. - Fitzsimmons, Thomas, Pa., attends
convention, iii., 1; favors
restriction of suffrage to freeholders,
iv., 116; opposes power
to tax exports, 262; on committee
of August 25, 308; admits
inconvenience to require
vessels to enter and clear in
their own state, 353; seconds
motion to include House of
Representatives in treaty-making
power, 397; thinks old Congress
need not sanction constitution,
416; favors incidental
state export duties, 444; thinks
publication expenditures impossible,
457. - Forts, arsenals, etc., provision for
acquisition of, iv., 371. - Franklin, Benj., Pa., attends convention,
iii., 5; Pierce's sketch
of, 57, n.; moves that executive
receive no salary, 67; opposes
negative in executive, 82;
favors executive council, 83;
opposes single executive, 87;
suggests method for choosing
judges, 91; appeals for harmony
in convention, 138; favors
proportional representation,
138; objects to liberal compensation
for legislature, 151;
favors no salary for Senators,
292; thinks voting in Senate
not a separate question, 309;
proposes prayers in convention,
309; favors compromise on
representation, 335; on committee
on compromise on representation,
350; thinks money
bills should originate in House,
373; favors power to increase
judges' salaries, 466; favors
impeachability of executive, iv.,
14, 18; thinks executive returning
to private life no degradation,
71; favors general suffrage,
121; thinks compromise
on representation should stand,
143; opposes long residence
in the states for Senators, 147;
thinks new citizens will not be
elected to Senate, 151; opposes
property qualification for officers
of government, 157; thinks
two witnesses necessary in treason
cases, 249; favors executive
council, 402; seconds motion
for second convention, 421;
on committee on sumptuary
legislation, 445; moves legislature
have power to cut canals,
452; moves to limit President's
emoluments, 463; proposes
plan for signing constitution,
472; disclaims personal reflections
on non-signatories, 479;
thinks members cannot pledge
themselves, 481; remarks on
signing, 482. - Franklin, William Temple, nominated
for secretary of convention,
iii., 4.
F
515
- General-welfare clause. See Legislature,
national, power of. - Georgia, increase in representation
of, moved, iii., 389. - Gerry, Elbridge, Mass., attends
convention, iii., 13; doubts if
convention can form national
government, 39; Pierce's
sketch of, 39, n.; opposes election
of Representatives by the
people, 46, 49, 99; favors an
executive council, 59; opposes
election of executive by national
legislature, 66; opposes
inclusion of judiciary in council
of revision, 81, 110; favors
single executive, 81; favors
qualified negative on legislation
by executive, 82; favors
provision for amendments, 94;
opposes ratification of constitution
by the people, 95;
favors election of Senators by
state legislatures, 115, 118;
moves reconsideration of question
of choosing executive, 120;
moves indefinite negative on
state laws by national legislature,
122; moves election of
executive by state executives,
516128, iv., 59; favors representation
based on free population,
iii., 143; opposes requiring oath
to national government from
state officers, 146; favors one-year
term for Representatives,
148; proposes that Senate
shall not originate money bills,
158; thinks maximum and
minimum for quorum should be
fixed, 163; favors ineligibility of
Representatives to other offices,
263, 267; opposed to monarchy,
290; favors four or five
years' term for Senators, 290;
opposes equal state representation,
320; favors committee
to compromise representation,
350; on committee to arrange
compromise on representation,
350; offers report of committee
of compromise on representation,
352; favors compromise
on representation, 362; favors
representation on basis of
population and wealth, 366;
thinks originating money bills
in House a concession, 372;
moves to postpone question of
voting in Senate, 375; favors
increase in representation, 391;
thinks three-fifths of blacks
sufficient proportion as basis
of representation, 397; thinks
taxation and representation
cannot be arranged, 416; favors
direct taxation according
to representation, 417, 420;
favors originating money bills
in House, 427; favors compromise
on representation in
Senate, 429; opposes adjournment
on question of representation,
442; opposes re-eligibility
of executive, iv., 8, 51, 52;
favors election of executive by
electors appointed by state
legislatures, 9; moves ratio for
electors for executive, 12; favors
impeachability of executive,
16; moves that electors
for executive be not officials,
20; opposes inclusion of judiciary
in revisionary power, 24,
29; favors appointment of
judges by Senate, 34; moves
that officers take oath of allegiance,
36, 37; thinks constitution
should be ratified by
legislatures, 39; moves appointment
of committee to report
constitution, 48; moves
election of executive by legislatures,
51; suggests fifteen
years' term for executive, 52;
proposes referring term of executive
to committee, 53, 68;
opposes election of executive
by electors chosen by lot from
national legislatures, 57; favors
election of executive for
not more than six years in
twelve, 64; opposes popular
election of executive, 66; favors
exclusion from office of
those indebted to government,
74, 78; favors exclusion from
legislature of pensioners, 79;
favors prohibiting state and
national capital at same place,
81; thinks quorum should be
fixed, 162; moves to permit
Senate to publish journal, 165,
166; thinks executive should
not influence place of meeting
of legislature, 169; thinks none
but natives should be Representatives,
172; declares his
state opposes members of legislature
holding any other offices,
194; points out objections to
both national and state legislatures,
203; thinks exports
should not be taxed, 217;
moves to include post roads in
power of legislature, 219; thinks
rebellion should be suppressed
on state application, 226;
moves legislature have power
to declare war, 227; favors
giving legislature power to
make peace, 228; thinks letters
of marque should be considered,
231; thinks executive should
not interfere in legislation, 235;
favors provision against large
army in time of peace, 235,
236, 239; moves committee be
instructed to report on qualifications
517for executive and impeachment
of judges, 244; opposes
power to make sumptuary
laws, 245; moves that
taxation be by congressional
representation, 252, 256;
thinks states should pay their
debts, 254; opposes power to
tax exports, 261; thinks slave
trade should not be sanctioned,
269; moves prohibition of ex
post facto laws and bills of attainder,
275; thinks government
should have power to
fulfil engagements of old government,
278; thinks national
government should not control
militia, 279; thinks liberty
will not be as safe in national
as state government, 281;
warns convention against depriving
states of their powers,
283; thinks actual debts
should be paid, 301; seconds
motion to remove judges on
application of legislature, 311;
moves to postpone question of
ratification, 350, 351; thinks
members of legislature should
not hold other offices, 358;
objects to appropriations for
army for more than one year,
370; objects to power to buy
forts, etc., 370; moves to reconsider
four articles, 372; objects
to powers given President,
373; objects to less than
majority electing President,
377; suggests eventual election
of President by six Senators
and seven Representatives, 377;
seconds motion to permit Senate
to choose President from
three candidates, 378; moves
that electors be not officeholders,
379; moves change of
clause for re-electing President,
379; moves that states vote for
President in legislature with
at least three members, 394;
withdraws motion, 395; objects
to Vice-President being
President of Senate, 395;
thinks President will not be
responsible for his appointments,
398; thinks treaties
of peace must be carefully
guarded, 401; thinks it dangerous
to put too much power
in Senate, 405; moves two-thirds
vote of Senate for
treaties, 405; seconds motion
for majority for treaties of
whole number of Senators, 406;
proposes that notice of treaties
to Senators be required, 406;
moves no appointments be allowed
except as authorized by
law, 406; thinks impeachability
of President should be
extended, 407; moves legislature
have sole right to create
offices, 410; moves reconsideration
of provision for amendments,
412; seconds motion
for states' consent to amendments,
414; moves sanction of
old Congress to constitution be
asked, 415; thinks ratification
should be made difficult, 417,
420; seconds a plan of ratification,
418; favors two-thirds vote
to override President's negative,
439; urges clause requiring
jury trials, 441; moves bill of
rights be prepared, 442; moves
that all proceedings of House
be published, 450; approves
prohibition of ex post facto
laws, 455; moves liberty of
press be guaranteed, 455; seconds
motion for annual publication
accounts, 456; moves
prohibition of violation of contracts,
458; moves jury trial be
preserved in civil cases, 466;
moves verbal amendment relative
to admission of states, 466;
moves convention be required
to make amendments, 468;
favors a second constitutional
convention, 471; defends action
in not signing constitution,
480; refuses to sign, 483. - Gilman, Nicholas, N. H., attends
convention, iv., 36; Pierce's
sketch of, 36, n. - Gorham, Nathaniel, Mass., attend
sconvention, iii., 5; elected
518chairman committee of the
whole, 37; favors national payment
of Representatives, 251;
Pierce's sketch of, 251, n.; opposed
to ineligibility of Representatives
to other offices, 256;
favors compromise on representation,
277; opposes readjustment
of land cession, 278;
favors four years' term for
Senators, 282; moves six years'
term and rotation for Senators,
284; thinks small states equally
interested with large states in
union, 313; favors representation
by population, 365; on
committee to arrange representation,
368; defends report on
representation, 382; thinks
standard of representation
should be fixed, 401; favors
population as basis of representation,
407; opposes defining
legislature's powers, 440; favors
appointment of judges by Senate,
461; favors appointment
of judges by the people, 462;
favors appointment of judges by
executive, 464; moves appointment
of judges by executive
with consent of Senate, 465;
favors institution of inferior
judicial tribunals, 467; favors
power to suppress insurrections,
470; opposes inclusion of
judiciary in revisionary power,
iv., 22, 30; thinks oath of allegiance
no bar to amendments
to constitution, 37; opposed to
ratification of constitution by
legislatures, 40; favors two
Senators from each state, 46;
on committee to report constitution,
58; favors prohibition of
national capital at state capital,
81; thinks constitution
should fix time of meeting of
legislature, 112; favors voting
by non-freeholders, 128; thinks
the new government will not
last, 135; thinks Senate should
not originate money bills, 138;
thinks mode of electing Representatives
should not be left to
state legislatures, 152; thinks
less than a majority may be a
quorum of legislature, 160;
thinks years and nays need not
be required, 165; thinks provision
concerning citizenship
need not be retroactive, 176;
thinks Senate should be paid
more than House, 205; insists
that money bills originate in
House, 206; urges necessity for
action, 211; opposes power to
emit bills of credit, 219, 220;
moves appointment of treasurer
by joint ballot of legislature,
222; favors national support
of army, 235; thinks adjustment
of debts may be left
to national legislature, 255;
thinks union only of commercial
advantage, 272; suggests
difficulties of ratifying treaties
by legislature, 289; thinks
treaties should be negotiated in
this country, 292; doubts if
judiciary can impartially decide
controversies between
states, 293; favors election of
executive by joint ballot of legislature,
294; seconds motion to
extend period of slave trade,
303; thinks duty on slaves may
discourage importation, 305;
thinks precaution against discrimination
in ports of entry
unnecessary, 307; on committee
of August 25, 308; thinks prohibition
of paper money dangerous,
318; favors article providing
for validity of state acts,
324; on committee on interstate
acts, 325; thinks New
England's motive for union
dependent on commercial arrangements,
331; favors convention
for ratification, 348;
thinks vessels should not be
obliged to enter and clear in
their own states, 353; thinks
members of legislature may be
eligible to other offices, 358;
thinks majority of Senate may
elect President, 386; thinks
separate provision for treaties
of peace unnecessary, 400;
519thinks treaties need not require
two-thirds of Senate, 405; opposes
conditional ratification,
416; thinks jury question need
not be included, 441; objects to
state export duties, 443; thinks
legislature should choose treasurer,
450; thinks provision as
to jury trials unnecessary, 466;
urges additional representation,
476. - Grand committee. See Committee,
grand. - Grayson, William, to Madison, iii.,
5, n.; to Monroe, 36, n.
G
- Habeas corpus, necessity for preserving
right of, debated, iv.,
317. - Hall, Levi, signs address from
Rhode Island, iii., 12, n. - Halsey, Thomas Lloyd, signs address
from Rhode Island, iii.,
12, n. - Hamilton, Alexander, N. Y., attends
convention, iii., 1; nominates
William Jackson for secretary
of the convention, 4;
Pierce's sketch of, 4, n.; on
committee on rules, 5; moves
representation by free inhabitants,
42; favors absolute negative
of executive on legislation,
82; moves proportional voting
in Senate, 144; presents his
plan of government, 182; explains
views on powers of the
states, 221, 225; opposes election
of Representatives by
state legislatures, 244; favors
three years' term for Representatives,
249; opposes fixing
compensation for Representatives,
253; opposes ineligibility
of Representatives to other
offices, 257, 267; favors centralized
government, 288; opposes
prayers in convention,
311; writes to Washington
about public sentiment, 351, n.;
thinks citizenship and inhabitancy
alone necessary for Representatives,
iv., 173; thinks
President may be elected by a
plurality of electors, 383; appointed
on committee on style
and arrangement, 411; favors
increase in representation, 411;
favors easily made amendments,
412, 414; thinks old
Congress should sanction constitution,
415; thinks constitution
will be effective if ratified
by nine states, 416; moves a
plan for ratification, 418; withdraws
it, 420; favors two-thirds
vote to override President's
negative, 439; urges members
to sign constitution, 478. - Hamilton plan, presented, iii.,
182; provisions of, 194; text
of, 197, n. - House of Representatives. See
Legislature, national, House
of Representatives. - Houstoun, William Churchill, N.
J., attends convention, iv., 1. - Houstoun, William, Ga., attends
convention, iii., 56; moves increase
in representation of
Georgia, 389; opposes continuance
of existing state constitutions,
470; favors additional
representation of electors for
New Hampshire and Georgia,
iv., 13; moves consideration of
appointment of executive by
electors, 47; Pierce's sketch of,
47, n.; moves election of executive
by national legislature,
49.
H
- Impeachment, of executive. See
Executive, national, impeachability
of; Legislature, national,
Senate. - Of judiciary. See Judiciary,
national, impeachment of. - Of national officers, provision
for, struck out, iii., 468; to be
suspended during trial, iv., 449. - Trials of, debated, iii., 462,
463, iv., 314, 315, 361, 410. - Imports, power of states to tax,
debated, iv., 320, 401; duties
520on, uniformity of, agreed to,
354, 451. - Indians, power to legislate for,
proposed, iv., 274. - Ingersoll, Jared, Pa., attends convention,
iii., 5; considers signing
to be recommending constitution,
iv., 481; Pierce's sketch
of, 481, n. - Insurrections, power to suppress.
See Republican government,
guaranty of.
I
- Jackson, William, nominated for
secretary of convention, iii., 4;
elected, 5. - Jay, John, writes Washington
against foreigners, iv., 59, n. - Jefferson, Thomas, Monroe to, iv.,
69, n.; Madison to, 152, n.,
389, n. - Jenckes, John, signs address from
Rhode Island, iii., 2, n. - Jenifer, Daniel, of St. Thomas,
Md., attends convention, iii.,
65; favors three years' term for
Representatives, 148; Pierce's
sketch of, 148, n.; favors ineligibility
of Representatives
to other offices, 266; moves
postponement of question of
voting in Senate, 269; favors
requirement that vessels must
enter and clear in their own
states, 353. - Jersey plan, the, submitted, iii.,
165; text of, 166; vote on, 220. - Jews, letter of, iv., 391, n.
- Johnson, William Samuel, Conn.,
attends convention, iii., 65;
suggests compromise between
Virginia and Jersey plans, 239;
Pierce's sketch of, 239, n.;
favors elections to Senate by
state legislatures, 280; favors
representation by states in Senate,
312; favors inclusion of
blacks in basis of representation,
411; thinks treason should
be defined, iv., 247; thinks there
can be no treason against a
state, 248; on committee on
navigation acts, 273; thinks prohibition
of ex post facto laws unnecessary,
277; thinks double
control of treaties difficult, 290;
thinks judiciary will decide controversies
between states, 292;
thinks obligations of old government
binding on new, 302;
suggests judiciary have power
over equity cases, 311; moves
extension of judicial power to
cases arising under the constitution,
314; thinks acts of one
state valid in courts of another
state, 324; on committee on
interstate acts, 325; thinks
states cannot be dismembered,
335; moves admission of states
hereafter formed, 338; thinks
legislature may declare effect
of state acts in states, 356; appointed
on committee on style
and arrangement, 411; submits
report, 421; favors provision
for sumptuary legislation,
445; on committee on
sumptuary legislation, 445; offers
further report of committee
on style and arrangement,
447. - Jones, Joseph, writes to Madison,
iv., 444, n. - Journal of legislature's proceedings.
See Legislature, national,
journal of, House of Representatives,
Senate. - Journals of convention, disposition
of, iv., 481, 482. - Judiciary, national, supreme,
agreed to, iii., 90; consideration
of, postponed, 156; debated,
461. - Appointment to, debated, iii.,
90, 157, 163, 461, iv., 31; by legislature,
vote on, iii., 92; by Senate,
agreed to, 158; by executive,
vote on, 464, iv., 35; by
executive with consent of Senate,
debate on, iii., 465; exclusion
from, of those indebted to
government, iv., 74, 285. - Compensation of, fixed,
agreed to, iii., 465; power to
increase, vote on, 467; debated,
iv., 313. - Impeachment of, trial by
Senate proposed, iv., 275. - Impeachment power of,
struck out, iii., 468; debated,
iv., 315. - Inferior tribunals, debate on
instituting, iii., 96, 98, 99, 467,
468, iv., 223; power of legislature
to refer cases to, struck out,
315. - Jurisdiction of, debated, iii.,
155, 156, 163, 468, iv., 275;
over controversies between
states, debated, 292; to cases
in equity proposed, 311; over
controversies in which United
States is a party, debated, 314;
to cases arising under the constitution,
debated, 314; appellate,
debated, 315, 316; to be
directed by legislature, proposed,
315; extension of, to
land grants proposed, 316; to
land claims, 341, 342; to impeachment
trials proposed, 407,
408. - Negative of, inclusion with
executive proposed, iii., 81, 89,
108, 111; over state laws, debated,
449; debated, iv., 210,
311. - Revisionary power of, debated,
iii., 81, iv., 21, 208. - State, power of, over national
laws, debate on, iii., 447; will
be bound by national laws, 449. - Tenure of, iii., 92, 465, iv.,
311. - Jury trial, right of, provided for,
iv., 317; in civil cases debated;
441; motion to preserve, 446.
J
521
- King, Rufus, Mass., attends convention,
iii., 1; objects to report
of committee on rules, 6;
Pierce's sketch of, 6, n.; opposes
representation by quotas
of contributions, 42, 137; notes
of proceedings of convention,
45, n.; opposes election of Senators
by state legislatures, 51;
opposes inclusion of judiciary
in council of revision, 81;
favors ratification of constitution
by conventions, 95; moves
question of proportional representation,
137; thinks Senate
should have power to originate
money bills, 159; opposes sovereignty
of the states, 221, 341;
insists upon election of Representatives
by the people, 246;
favors national compensation
for Representatives, 252; opposes
ineligibility of Representatives
to other offices, 256,
262; thinks New Hampshire
deputies will attend, 326; favors
proportional representation
in Senate, 337, 429; thinks
representation cannot be permanently
fixed, 366; on committee
on question of representation,
368; thinks slaves
should count in representation,
386; brings in report of committee
on representation, 386;
thinks representation of the
south too large, 387; defends
report on representation, 387;
opposes inclusion of three-fifths
of blacks in representation, 406;
opposes representation by population,
414; opposes ineligibility
of executive to re-election, iv.,
6, 52; opposes short term for
executive, 11; opposes impeachability
of executive, 16,
18; favors ratification of constitution
by legislatures, 43;
moves voting in Senate per
capita, 45; favors election of
executive by state legislatures,
51; proposes term of twenty
years for executive, 52; opposes
election of executive by
electors chosen by lot from
legislature, 57; opposes freehold
qualification for electors,
74; thinks legislature need not
meet annually, 113; thinks
representation should exclude
slaves, 133; opposes leaving time
and mode of election of Representatives
to state legislatures,
154; thinks less than a majority
should be a quorum of
522legislature, 161; thinks lowest
number for a quorum may be
fixed, 162, 163; thinks legislature
should not have power to
change place of meeting, 167;
thinks state debts should be assumed
by nation, 232, 233;
thinks state lands ought to be
given up, 233; appointed on
grand committee, 233; thinks
states may punish treason
under a different name, 248;
thinks national government
should punish for treason, 250;
thinks treason against a state
same as against nation, 251;
thinks slaves should be taxed,
270; on committee on navigation
acts, 273; explains provisions
as to militia, 280; admits
duty on slaves part of
compromise agreement, 305;
moves to prohibit states from
violating private contracts, 319;
moves to prohibit states from
taxing exports, 322; thinks
states should regulate their own
manufactures, 321; thinks all
the states must ratify constitution,
346; moves that only
states ratifying be operated on
by constitution, 346; thinks
constitution must be ratified
by conventions, 347; thinks
state constitution no bar to
ratification, 348; on committee
of August 31, 354; moves
ineligibility of members of
legislature to offices created
during their term, 357, 360;
moves to obtain consent of
state legislatures to purchases
of lands for national purposes,
372; thinks eventual election of
President will be with Senate,
377; moves that electors be
not office-holders, 379; favors
change of clause relative to reelection
of President; 380; moves
increase of number necessary
to elect President, 387; thinks
Senate may share in appointments,
398; objects to participation
of two-thirds of Senate
in treaties, 400; opposes special
provision for treaties of peace,
403; moves special provision
for treaties affecting national
rights, 403; thinks old Congress
should consider constitution,
407; on committee of
style and arrangement, 411;
thinks old Congress need not
sanction constitution, 419;
thinks President ought not to
be suspended if impeached,
449; thinks legislature should
choose treasurer, 450; thinks
power to grant charters unnecessary,
453; thinks publication
of public expenditures
impossible, 456; opposes change
in representation, 459; thinks
executive may pardon for
treason, 464; thinks guaranty
of jury trials not necessary,
466; urges additional representation,
476; proposes journals
of convention be disposed
of, 481. - Knox, General Henry, writes to
Washington on prospects of
convention, iv., 191, n.
K
- Land cession, question of, iii.,
278. - Lands, public. See Legislature,
national, power of. - Langdon, John, N. H., attends
convention, iv., 36; opposes
disqualification from legislature
of persons having unsettled accounts,
78; Pierce's sketch of,
78, n.; opposes prohibition
against placing national capital
at state capital, 81; favors national
compensation of legislature,
202; opposes power to
emit bills of credit, 221; favors
suppression of rebellion
without state's consent, 226;
appointed on grand committee,
233; thinks representatives
must be trusted, 236; thinks national
control of militia necessary,
238; opposes taxation
by congressional representation,
523253; asks only fair representation
for New Hampshire,
257; objects to state
power to tax exports, 258, 260;
opposes leaving slave trade to
states, 271; moves to commit
question of navigation acts
272; on committee on navigation
acts, 273; thinks state and
national governments need not
be jealous, 281; favors national
power of negative on
state laws, 288; thinks executive
should be elected by joint
ballot of legislature, 295; thinks
creditors of government should
not be disturbed, 301; admits
duty on slaves is part of compromise
agreement, 305; on
committee of August 25, 309;
doubts if new states should be
admitted on an equality with
old, 333; thinks new states
may be created, 335; thinks
Vermont should be brought into
the Union, 335; thinks vessels
should not be made to enter
and clear in their state, 353;
objects to export duties by
states, 443; moves increase in
representation of North Carolina
and Rhode Island, 459;
thinks commercial regulations
should be national, 462. - Lansing, John, N. Y., attends
convention, iii., 65; Pierce's
sketch of, 165, n.; supports
Jersey plan, 171; opposes Virginia
plan, 227; opposes legislature
of two branches, 227;
favors voting in House by
states, 302; leaves convention,
356, n. - Legislature, national, acts of, may
originate in both houses, iii.,
296, iv., 206; enacting style,
206. - Compensation of members,
considered, iii., 150,
250, 292, 293; to be fixed,
151; and eligibility to reelection,
debated, 155; to
be ascertained by members,
253; by state legislatures,
254; vote on, 259; agreed
to, 282; debated, iv., 201,
205. - Constitution of, considered,
iv., 10; agreed to, 116. - Disqualification of debtors
from, debated, iv., 77,
79, 80; of pensioners from,
79; of persons having unsettled
accounts with, 79;
of members from other
offices, 191, 357, 360, 450. - Elections to, by popular
vote, debated, iii., 62;
mode of, debated, 96, 161;
eligibility tore-election, debated,
152; eligibility of
state officers to, 152. - Expulsion from, debated,
iv., 163, 164. - Journal of proceedings,
debate on, iv., 164, 166,
449. - Money bills in, originating
of, debated, iii., 370,
374, iv., 180, 185, 190, 255,
257. - Negative of, on state
laws, considered, iii., 55,
120, 127, 447, 449; on acts
of executive, vote on, iv.,
115; debated, 438; verbal
amendment offered, 446. - Place of meeting, debated,
iv., 168. - Power of, debated, iii.,
53, 162, 440, iv., 214;
coercion on delinquent
states, iii., 55; to legislate
where states not competent,
55, 446, 447; over
state police, 445, 446; over
state judiciary, 449, 450;
members of, in debate, iv.,
163; expulsion of members
of, 163; to compel attendance
of members, 163;
to judge of elections of
members, 163; to adjourn,
167; limits of, debated,
208, 209; to regulate captures,
debated, 223; over
Indians, debated, 274; over
general welfare, proposed,
274; to pass ex post facto
524laws and bills of attainder,
prohibited, 275, 455; to fulfil
engagements of old Congress,
debated, 277, 288;
over militia, debated, 278,
285; to enforce treaties,
debated, 285; negative
on state laws, debated,
286; to pass tax laws, debated,
292, 451; to pay
public debts, debated, 300,
361; to regulate ports of
entry, 306; to refer appointments
to state legislatures,
308; to pay debts
with anything but coin,
debated, 318; report of
committee of eleven taken
up, 326; over public lands,
proposed, 340, 342; to
make national bankruptcy
law, debated, 356; to judge
privileges of members, 369;
to grant letters of marque
and reprisal, 369; to govern
seat of government, 370;
to grant copyrights, 370;
to create offices, proposed,
410; to appoint treasurer,
debated, 450; to punish
piracies, etc., debated, 451;
to make canals, proposed,
452; to grant charters,
proposed, 452; to establish
a university, proposed, 453;
to be limited in providing
for standing army, 454. - Property qualifications
for members of, debated,
iv., 72, 77, 155, 159, 177. - Qualifications for members
of, debated, iii., 49,
iv., 159. - Quorum in, debated, iv.,
160, 163, 214. - Representation in, debated,
iii., 41, 130, 136,
143, 162, 277, 362, 392,
396, 406, 409, 411, iv., 133,
138; compromise proposed,
iii., 136; enumeration of
blacks and whites, debated,
309, 406, 408, 413, 415,
416, 420; question postponed,
381; referred to
committee, 386; report of
committee, 386; motion to
increase, debated, 390; census
for, debated, 393, 406,
408, 409; taxation as basis
of, debated, 411, 416, 417,
446; moved that, of large
states be limited, 454; increase
of, debated, iv., 386,
392, 459, 476. - Rules to be regulated by
each house, iv., 206. - Term of members of, debated,
iii., 150. - Time of meeting, debated,
iv., 112, 114, 115. - Two branches of, agreed
to, iii., 45, 161; debate on,
227, 238, 244. - House of Representatives,
mode of election to, debated, iii.,
46, 47, 49, 99, 108, 244, 267;
classification of states to determine
representation in, proposed,
127; term of members,
debated, 148, 151; age
for members, debated, 150, 255,
256; elections to, by state legislatures,
proposed, 246, 247;
three years' term in, proposed,
247, 250; eligibility of members
to other offices debated, 256,
259, 260, 266, 267, iv., 354;
committee report on representation
in, iii., 381, 383; constitution
of, debated, iv., 116,
365; who may vote for members
of, debated, 128; seven
years' citizenship for members
of, proposed, 129, 159, 160;
qualifications for members of,
debated, 129; clause relative to,
agreed to, 133; money bills to
originate in, debate on, 138,
370, 409; power of impeachment
of, agreed to, 140; time
and mode of election to, debate
on, 152, 154; power of, over
elections in states, debated,
155; citizenship and residence
for members, debated, 173, 175;
four years' citizenship for members
of, proposed, 175; nine
years' citizenship for members
525of, proposed, 175; citizenship
requirements not to apply to
those already citizens, 175, 179;
five years' citizenship for members
of, proposed, 179; clause
for citizenship and age of members
agreed to, 179; representation
by direct taxation, debate
on, 183; power to make
bankruptcy laws, proposed,
355; power of, to make treaties,
proposed, 397; increase
in representation in, proposed,
411; moved to strike out apportionment
by "direct taxes,"
446; proposed that all journals
of, be printed, 450. - Senate, mode of election to,
debated, iii., 50, 278, iv., 140; to
be a check on democracy, iii., 51;
election to, by state legislatures,
debated, 52, 112, 120, 282; elections
to, by the people, debated,
119: mode of voting in,
debated, 144, 280, 297, 369,
370, 375, 417; age for members
of, debated, 152, 282; term of
members of, debated, 153, 155,
283, 284, 291; compensation of
members of, debated, 155, 292,
294, 295; originating money
bills in, debated, 158, 160, 426;
representation in, debated, 281,
282, 428, 437, 438, 441, 442,
443, iv., 45, 369; property
qualification for members of,
debated, iii., 294; eligibility of
members of, to state offices, considered,
295; eligibility of members
of, to any offices, considered,
296; voting in, by states,
debated, 376; citizenship for
members of, debated, iv., 150,
151; age and citizenship for
members of, debated, 152,
179; moved that members of,
be permitted to enter dissent to
measures, 165; moved that
journal of, be published, 165,
166; choosing officers of, agreed
to, 218; power of appointment
by, 285, 289; treaty-making
power of, debated, 289, 291;
power of, to appoint ambassadors,
etc., considered, 291;
power of, in controversies between
states, considered, 292;
power to try impeachments,
proposed, 361; power of, objected
to, 382; to vote on President,
386; power of, in treaty
making, debated, 397, 399; in
appointments, 398; quorum
of, debated, 406; power of, in
impeachment of President, debated,
407, 408; power of, to
amend money bills, 409; to be
under oath in impeachment
trials, 410. - Letters of marque, power to issue,
debated, iv., 231. - Liberty of the press, guaranty of,
proposed, iv., 455. - Livingston, William, N. J., attends
convention, iii., 90; appointed
on grand committee,
iv., 233; Pierce's sketch of, 253,
n.; delivers report on state
debts and militia, 253; on committee
on navigation acts, 273;
submits report on slave importation
and navigation acts, 292;
on committee on sumptuary
legislation, 445.
L
- Madison, James, Va., chronology
of, 1787, III., xix. iv., ix; attends
convention, iii., 2; moves
question of representation in
legislature, 41; Pierce's sketch
of, 41, n.; favors proportional
representation, 41, 44, 303; favors
election to House by popular
vote, 48, 102; opposes
district elections to Senate, 51;
opposes defining powers of national
legislature, 55; opposes
use of force against recalcitrant
states, 56; moves consideration
of powers of executive, 61; opposes
removability of executive
on motion of state legislatures,
74; favors qualified negative of
executive on legislation, 84;
favors inclusion of judiciary
with executive in negative on
legislation, 89, 108; opposes
526appointment of judges by legislature,
91, 157; favors ratification
of constitution by popular
vote, 94, iv., 44; favors creation
of inferior judicial tribunals,
iii., 98; opposes elections to Senate
by state legislatures, 111,
117; favors a small Senate
elected by the people, 114;
favors negative by national
legislature of state laws, 121,
126, 448; favors three years'
term for Representatives, 148;
favors national compensation
of members of national legislature,
150, 253; favors seven
years' term for Senators, 153;
moves to define jurisdiction of
judiciary, 156; thinks Senate
should have power to originate
money bills, 159; opposes
Jersey plan, 200; thinks national
government in danger
from state governments, 241;
opposes annual elections of
Representatives, 248; favors
compensation of Representatives
by fixed standard, 252;
favors ineligibility of Representatives
to other offices, 260;
favors partial ineligibility of
Representatives to other offices,
264; moves debate on mode of
voting in Senate, 280; sets
forth objects of Senate, 285;
opposes compensation of Senators
by state legislatures, 293;
opposes equal state representation,
316, 331, 428, 437; would
preserve state rights, 338; opposes
compromise committee
on representation in Senate,
349, 354; thinks question of
representation vital, 377; suggests
representation by free
population in House and by
free and slaves in Senate, 385;
moves increase in representation
of all states, 390; thinks
basis of representation should
be fixed, 402; favors census at
least every fifteen years, 409;
favors adjustment of taxation
to representation, 418; favors
independence of executive, 456;
thinks tendency is to give executive
too little power, 458;
favors appointment of judges
by executive and one-third of
Senate, 463; moves appointment
of judges by executive
and two-thirds of Senate, 465;
objects to power to increase
judges' salaries, 466; favors
continuance of old Congress
to prevent interregnum, 468;
favors national guaranty
against domestic violence, 470;
favors election of executive by
the people, iv., 7; favors varying
ratio for electors to choose
executive, 12; favors impeachability
of executive, 15; seconds
motion to include judiciary
in revisionary power, 22,
23, 27; moves appointment of
judges by executive and Senate,
31; is willing to allow a
majority of Senate to reject
appointment of judges, 34;
speaks on mode of election of
executive, 59; thinks each
voter may vote for two persons
for executive, 66; thinks persons
indebted to government
should be excluded from legislature,
73; moves that property
qualification be not confined
to landed property, 75; opposes
mutual negative of each
branch of legislature over acts
of the other, 111; suggests that
time of meeting of legislature
be not fixed in constitution,
112, 113; favors fixing time of
meeting of legislature provisionally,
114; favors changing
time of meeting of legislature
from December to May,
114; favors power of suffrage
by freeholders, 120; views on
suffrage, 121, n.; favors requiring
Representatives to be inhabitants
of their states, 129;
opposes proposition that Representatives
be required to reside
seven years in their states,
130; objects to fixed ratio of
Representatives to inhabitants,
527134; moves representation of
not more than 1 to 40,000 inhabitants,
135; opposed to
originating money bills in
House, 139; moves that vacancies
in Senate must happen
by refusals, resignations, etc.,
142; thinks provision as to
money bills valueless to large
states, 143; opposes fourteen
years' citizenship as necessary
for Senators, 146; opposes
leaving time and mode of
electing Representatives wholly
to state legislatures, 152; writes
to Jefferson on progress of the
convention, 152, n.; thinks
property qualification for members
of government should be
fixed in constitution, 158, 159;
moves that expulsion from
legislature be by two-thirds
vote, 163; moves legislature
have power to compel attendance,
163; moves that Senate
shall publish its legislative journal,
166; insists upon central
location for capital, 168; thinks
legislature should not have
power to change place of meeting,
168; writes to his father, 171,
n.; thinks citizenship and inhabitancy
alone necessary for
Representatives, 174; thinks
government responsible for
what states have done, 176;
thinks Senate may decrease
money bills, 184; thinks constitution
should regulate compensation
of legislature, 202;
moves that laws be revised by
executive and judiciary, 208;
thinks power to tax exports desirable,
216; opposes power to
emit bills of credit, 219; thinks
punishment of piracies, etc.,
ought not to be fixed by legislature,
223; moves that legislature
define piracies, etc., 224;
moves that rebellion to be suppressed
be against government,
226; moves to give legislature
power to declare war, 227; submits
power over public lands,
Indians, seat of government,
charters, copyrights, university,
forts, 229; favors national
control of militia, 238; moves
power to create offices in legislature,
245; thinks treason
should be broadly defined, 246,
247; thinks treason may be
against nation and a state, 248;
thinks treason should not be
twice punishable, 251; thinks
present representation temporary,
256; favors power to tax
exports, 260; favors taxation
of exports by two-thirds legislature,
263; on committee on
navigation acts, 273; thinks
new government should have
power to fulfil engagements of
old government, 278; explains
provisions as to militia, 279;
favors national control of militia,
281; proposes states appoint
militia officers under rank
of general, 283; thinks disunion
the greatest danger, 283; moves
to commit question of negative
of state laws, 286; moves to include
President in treaty-making
power, 289; suggests inconvenience
of legal ratification of
treaties, 289; suggests varying
participation of legislature in
different treaties, 291; thinks
larger states should have larger
vote in election of executive,
295; moves extension of appointing
power of executive,
298; opposes slave-trade extension,
303; opposes admitting
property in men in constitution,
305; moves that treaties
be supreme law, 306; thinks
president of Senate should not
be in executive succession, 310;
moves amendment to oath of
executive, 310; favors fixed
salaries for judges, 313; proposes
salaries of judges be not
changed for three years, 314;
moves judiciary have jurisdiction
over cases in which U. S.
is a party, 314; thinks judicial
power should not extend to all
cases under constitution, 314;
528moves verbal change in judiciary
clause, 315; thinks states
should not have power to interfere
in private contracts, 319;
thinks retrospective laws are
prohibited, 319; moves states
be forbidden to pass embargoes,
320; moves to forbid states to
lay imposts, 320, 321; objects
to imposts by states, 322; favors
committing clause on state
acts, 324; thinks commercial
regulations not injurious to
south. 329; thinks western
states entitled to an equality
with others, 333; opposes guaranty
of public lands, 341;
thinks constitution may go into
operation without a majority in
favor, 345; moves ratification
by seven states and thirty-three
Representatives, 346; thinks
ratification conventions necessary,
347; thinks it inconvenient
if vessels must enter and
clear at their own ports, 353;
on committee of August 31,
354; offers amendment strengthening
interstate validity of
state acts, 356; fears election
of President will be thrown on
Senate, 365; doubts if legislature
should judge of privileges
of its members, 369; thinks
legislature should not participate
in electing President, 375;
proposes that election of President
may be by one-third of
whole number of electors, 376;
moves that electors not voting
be not counted, 378; moves
that two-thirds Senate be present
when voting for President,
386; shows President may be
elected by two states, 387;
moves that election of President
by legislature when Vice-President
also dies be temporary,
392; seconds motion that
no state vote for President in
legislature by less than three
Representatives, 394; thinks
some cure required to prevent
minority in legislature electing
President, 395; proposes treaties
of peace be by majority of
Senate, 400; proposes two-thirds
Senate make treaties of
peace without President, 400;
favors executive council, 403;
thinks treaties have been too
easily made in past, 405; moves
quorum of Senate be two-thirds,
406; thinks impeachment of
President should not be on
vague grounds, 407; moves
supreme court try President,
407; seconds motion to increase
representation, 411;
thinks clause relative to amendments
should be reconsidered,
413, 414; favors three-quarter
vote to override President's
negative, 441; favors state export
duties, 443; thinks supreme
court can negative state
laws, 443; moves verbal amendment
to clause relative to negative
of bills, 446; moves words
"by lot" be struck out for
classifying Senators, 448; thinks
President ought not to be suspended
when impeached, 449;
favors national charters where
states are incompetent, 452;
moves power to establish university,
453; favors limiting
standing army, 454; moves
public accounts be published
from time to time, 456; writes
to J. Q. Adams, 459, n.; favors
national control of commercial
regulations, 462; thinks Senate
may participate in pardons for
treason, 464; thinks superior
officers may make appointments,
465; thinks legislature
may propose amendments, 468;
opposes special provisos in constitution,
469. - Madison, Rev. James, of William
and Mary, writes to James
Madison on prospects of convention,
iv., 91, n. - Manufactures, encouragement of,
by imposts, debate on, iv., 321;
regulation of, debated, 322. - Marque and reprisal, letters of,
power to grant, proposed, iv., 366. - Martin, Alexander, N. C., attends
convention, iii., 2; insists upon
equal power of states, 224;
favors elections of Representatives
regulated by state legislatures,
244; favors ineligibility
of Representatives to other
offices, 260; Pierce's sketch of,
260, n.; moves to postpone
question of voting in Senate,
309; on compromise committee
on representation, 350; moves
increase in representation of
North Carolina, 389; opposes
fixing national capital at same
place with a state capital, iv.,
81; seconds motion for commercial
regulations, 326. - Martin, Luther, Md., attends convention,
iii., 128; opposes oath
from state officers to national
government, 147; Pierce's
sketch of, 224; opposes legislature
of two branches, 233;
wishes to preserve state governments,
297, 299; insists on
state sovereignty, 321, 344;
favors two confederacies if
states cannot have equal vote
in Senate, 427; opposes national
negative on state laws, 447;
moves that national laws be
binding on state judiciary, 449;
favors election of executive by
electors chosen by state legislatures,
454; moves to consider
question of re-eligibility of
executive, 460; favors appointment
of judges by Senate,
461; opposes creation of inferior
judicial tribunals, 467;
opposes power in national government
to suppress rebellion
in states, 470; moves ineligibility
of executive to re-election,
iv., 10, 51; opposes inclusion of
judiciary in revisionary power,
26; opposes voting in Senate
per capita, 47; favors disqualification
from legislature of debtors
to government, 78; moves
eleven years' term for executive,
52; favors state compensation
of Senate, 204; asks
definition of "duties" and "imposts,"
214; opposes power
to subdue rebellion in a state
without its consent, 225; favors
provision against large
army in time of peace, 236;
moves treason be punishable on
confession, 252; proposes direct
taxation by quotas from
states, 257; moves that states
be permitted to tax migration
of slaves, 264; on committee on
navigation acts, 273; favors
state control of militia, 282;
moves clause to prevent discrimination
in ports of entry,
306; moves to restrict executive
power of pardoning, 309;
withdraws motion, 309; opposes
requiring large states to
consent to forming new states,
334; opposes admission of new
states by two-thirds vote, 334;
favors committing motion to
require consent of states to dismemberment,
337; thinks new
states should be formed without
consent of old states, 338;
moves that land claims be examined
by supreme court, 342;
moves guaranty of domestic
tranquillity on state executive's
application, 343; insists upon
ratification by state legislatures,
348; thinks the people will not
vote for constitution, 350. - Mason, George, Va., attends convention,
iii., 2; objects to report
of committee on rules, 7;
Pierce's sketch of, 7, n.; thinks
government should operate on
individuals, 39; favors seven
years' term for executive, 63;
favors election of executive by
the people, 64; opposes subordinating
executive to legislature,
74; opposes single executive,
84; favors election of
Representatives by the people,
101, 147, 245; favors separation
of purse from sword, 110; favors
election of Senators by state
legislatures, 119; favors provision
for amendments to constitution,
145; favors national
compensation of Representatives,
530150; favors two branches
of legislature, 229; favors biennial
elections of Representatives,
249; moves that Representatives
be at least twenty-five
years of age, 255; favors
ineligibility of Representatives
to other offices, 257, 260; opposes
ineligibility of Representatives
to other offices, 261;
favors representation in Senate
by states, 281; favors property
qualification for Senate, 294;
on compromise committee on
representation, 350; supports
report of compromise committee
on representation, 362
moves to refer question of voting
in Senate to committee.
369; thinks money bills should
originate in House. 371, iv.,
139, 143; favors an increase in
representation, iii., 391; favors
representation based on population,
394; thinks slaves
should have proportion in representation,
398; thinks legislature
ought not to fix representation,
401; thinks constitution
ought to fix representation,
405; thinks taxation
should be according to representation,
409; opposed to
direct taxation proportioned
to number of Representatives.
419; opposes election of executive
by the people, 454; opposes
election of executive to serve
during good behavior, 458;
opposes appointment of judges
by executive, 462, iv., 35;
favors institution of inferior
judicial tribunals, iii; 468;
favors guaranty of republican
government to the states, 469;
favors impeachability of executive,
iv., 15; favors inclusion of
judiciary in revisionary power.
23, 28; thinks constitution
should be ratified by the people,
37; opposes three Senators
from each State, 46; favors
election by legislature of executive
for not more than six years
in twelve, 63; moves seven
years' term and ineligibility for
executive, 71; proposes property
qualification for legislature,
72; moves to exclude from
legislature debtors to United
States, 72; moves that national
capital be not at a state capital,
80; withdraws the motion, 81;
doubts propriety of mutual
negative of each branch of legisture
on the other, 110, 111;
thinks time of meeting of legislature
should not be fixed by
constitution, 113; thinks suffrage
question should be left to
the states, 117; favors free gen
eral suffrage, 119; thinks seven
years' citizenship should be required
of Representatives, 129;
moves that Representatives be
required to be inhabitants of
their states for one year, 132;
favors postponing question of
voting in Senate, 143; favors
postponing question of originating
money bills, 145; thinks
aliens should not be in legislature,
146; thinks quorum in
legislature should be a majority,
160; approves expulsion from
legislature by two-thirds vote,
164; thinks yeas and nays
should be required, 165; thinks
publication of journal of legislature
necessary, 167; thinks
government not bound by state
laws on naturalization, 178;
thinks first money bills should
originate in House, 180; moves
to allow members of legislature
to hold any office, 192; thinks
Representatives should be independent
of state legislatures,
203; thinks revenue bills
should originate in House, 206;
thinks Senate may alienate territory,
207; moves that no tax
be laid on exports, 215; favors
power to emit bills of credit,
220, 221; favors appointment
of treasurer by legislature, 222;
thinks punishment may be
fixed in cases of piracy, etc.,
223; opposes giving power of
531war to executive, 228; thinks
general governments should regulate
militia, 231; thinks funds
may be diverted in time of war,
231; appointed on grand committee,
233; favors partial national
control of militia, 236,
237, 239; favors power to make
sumptuary laws, 244; thinks
treason may be against a state,
248; thinks treason should be
defined, 251; calls up amendment
as to money bills, 255;
thinks states should retain
power over exports, 262; denounces
slavery and slave
trade, 265; asks how legislature
can negative state laws,
287; objects to compelling settlement
of old debts, 300; opposes
naming slave-inporting
states, 304; thinks tax on importation
of men necessary,
306; on committee of August
25, 308; moves amendment to
executive's oath, 310; thinks
judges' salaries should be fixed,
313; thinks states may interfere
in private contracts, 319;
thinks states may lay embargoes,
320; thinks states may
wish to encourage industries by
imposts, 321; thinks two-thirds
vote necessary for commercial
regulations, 329; thinks western
people should be treated with
equality, 333; thinks nine
states may ratify constitution,
349; declares he will not sign
constitution, 351; approves
amendment relative to interstate
validity of state acts, 355;
thinks members of legislature
should not hold other offices,
359; thinks President will usually
be chosen by Senate, 366;
thinks election of President
by electors objectionable, 374;
thinks President may be elected
by minority, 375; moves that
Senate choose President from
three highest candidates, 377:
thinks system of electors autocratic,
378; prefers eventual
election of President by House
of Representatives, 386; approves
increasing number for
quorum to elect President, 387;
thinks Vice-President will encroach
on Senate's rights, 396;
favors an executive council,
401; moves to extend reasons
for impeaching President, 407;
moves to postpone motion for
second convention, 421; thinks
two-thirds vote may override
President's negative, 440;
thinks bill of rights necessary,
441; moves states may levy export
duties, 442; moves clause
for sumptuary laws, 444; on
committee on sumptuary legislation,
445; favors state tax on
exports, 445; moves publication
of all proceedings of House,
449; favors power to cut
canals, 453; opposed to standing
armies, 454; moves to
strike out prohibition of ex post
facto laws, 455; moves verbal
amendment to capitation tax
clause, 456; moves annual publication
of expenditures, 456;
thinks states may lay tonnage
dues, 462; thinks President
should not have power to pardon
for treason, 463; thinks
legislature should have pardoning
power for treason, 464;
disapproves provision for
amendments, 467; objects to
navigation acts by majority,
469; announces he cannot sign
constitution, 470; refuses to
sign, 483. - McClurg, James, Va., attends convention,
iii., 2; moves that
term of executive be for good
behavior, 456; insists upon
necessity for independence of
executive, 459; Pierce's sketch
of, iv., 20, n.; suggests ascertaining
how executive is to act,
20; writes to Madison, 91, n.,
96, n., 286, n., 412, n. - McHenry, James, Md., attends
convention, iii., 5; Pierce's
sketch of, iv., 190, n.; appointed
on grand committee,
532233; thinks direct taxation
should be by quotas from
states, 258; thinks embargo
power embraced in war power,
261; moves prohibition of ex post
facto laws or bills of attainder,
275; proposes plan for choosing
ports of entry, 307; moves
judges receive fixed salaries,
313; thinks Maryland must
ratify according to her law,
348; thinks vessels will take
officers as security of entry
dues, 353; moves President
have power to convene either
house of legislature, 410; moves
states may lay tonnage dues,
461. - Mercer, John Francis, Md., attends
convention, iv., 91; opposes
election of Representatives
by the people, 127; opposes
whole plan of constitution, 128;
thinks the people ought to be
guided in their voting, 129; suggests
that candidates for Representatives
be nominated by
state legislatures, 129; opposes
requirement of seven years'
residence of Representatives in
their states, 130, 131; thinks
Senate should have power to
originate money bills, 139;
thinks less than a majority
should be quorum of legislature,
160; seconds motion to fix
quorum at few, 162; thinks
Senate should have only legislative
power, 166; thinks two
houses will not agree on place of
meeting, 169; thinks provisions
as to citizenship should not
apply to those now citizens,
175; thinks government bound
by state laws on naturalization,
179; thinks aristocracies will
arise, 193; fears good men will
not serve in legislature, 199;
thinks Senate ought not to
make treaties, 207; thinks judiciary
should not be included
in revisionary power, 208; opposes
taxing exports, 217; declares
himself friendly to paper
money, 220; favors appointment
of treasurer by executive,
222; favors defining of
piracies, felonies, etc., 224; opposes
power to subdue rebellion
without request of state legislature,
225. - Mifflin, Thomas, Pa., attends convention,
iii., 5; seconds motion
that acceptance of other office
shall vacate seat in legislature,
iv., 192; Pierce's sketch of,
192, n. - Militia, power of regulating, debated,
iv., 231, 236; report on,
253, 278, 283, 285; command
of, debated, 309. See Legislature,
national, power of. - Money bills, originating of. See
Legislature, national, money
bills, House of Representatives,
Senate. - Monroe, James, to Jefferson, on
prospects of the convention,
iv., 69, n. - Morris, Gouverneur, Pa., attends
convention, iii., 2; offers address
from citizens of Rhode
Island, IO; Pierce's sketch of,
10, n.; objects to committee on
minutes, 14; moves question of
federal or national government,
37; explains difference between
federal and national government,
39; favors compromise
committee on question of representation,
344; favors election
of Senators for life, 345;
opposes report of compromise
committee on representation,
357; thinks representation
should be according to
wealth, 362; 383; thinks representation
should not be definitely
fixed, 365, 401; on committee
on representation question,
368; favors originating
money bills in both houses, 370,
372; opposes equal representation
of small states, 378; submits
report on representation in
House, 381; favors referring
question of representation to
committee, 383; moves consideration
of question of fixing
533representation, 383; favors
property and population as
basis of representation, 388;
thinks southern states sufficiently
represented, 389; objects
to requiring legislature to
take census, 393; fears preponderance
of western states, 393;
opposes inclusion of slaves in
basis of representation, 399,
408, 421; moves that taxation
be according to representation,
409, 410, 418; thinks legislature
should adjust basis of representation,
411; moves reconsideration
of question of representation
in Senate, 444; opposes
taxation by quotas, 446;
opposes forbidding national
government to interfere with
state police, 446; favors power
in legislature where harmony
would be disturbed by state
legislation, 447; opposes negative
of state laws by legislature,
447, 449; thinks judiciary will
have power to set aside laws,
449; favors election of executive
by the people, 450, 452;
opposes ineligibility of executive,
455; favors election of
executive during good behavior,
456; disclaims friendliness
to monarchy, 459; favors appointment
of judges by executive,
461; thinks impeachment
trials should not be before the
judges, 463; favors appointment
of judges by executive
with consent of Senate, 465;
favors power to increase judges
salaries, 465, 467; favors institution
of inferior judicial tribunals,
467; opposes continuance
of old Congress, 468; opposes
guaranteeing existing laws to
the states, 469; favors a vigorous
executive, iv., I; favors
re-eligibility of executive, 3, 71;
favors short term for executive,
II; thinks executive ought not
to be impeachable, 13; admits
executive ought to be impeachable
in some cases, 15, 19;
moves that electors for executive
be not officials, 20; thinks
revisionary power requires
more than the executive, 24;
thinks judiciary and executive
may exercise revisionary power
jointly, 29; favors appointment
of judges by executive,
34; favors ratification of constitution
by the people, 43;
moves that voting in Senate be
per capita, 45; moves ratification
of constitution by a general
convention, 45; moves that
there be three Senators from
each state, 46; opposes election
of executive by members of
national legislature chosen by
lot, 54; opposes election of executive
by national legislature,
55; opposes apportionment of
direct taxation by representation,
58; favors election of executive
by the people, 64;
thinks each voter for executive
may vote for two persons, 66;
opposes property qualification
for members of legislature, 73;
thinks debtors of government
need not be excluded from
legislature, 74, 79; seconds motion
to strike out "landed"
property as requirement in executive,
77; opposes prohibiting
national capital at state
capital, 81 moves to restrict
mutual negative of each branch
of legislature on the other to
legislative acts, 110; thinks
treaties are not laws, 111;
moves to strike out provision
for time of meeting of legislature,
112; moves to change
time of meeting of legislature
from December to May, 114;
favors absolute negative in executive
on legislature, 115;
moves restriction of suffrage to
freeholders, 116; thinks suffrage
should be fixed by legislature,
117; thinks general suffrage
will produce aristocracy, 118;
favors seven years' citizenship
for representatives, 120; opposes
requirement that Representatives
534be residents of their
states,130; moves that representation
be by free population.
135; opposes slavery and the
slave trade, 135, thinks Senate
should have right to originate
money bills, 138, 184, agrees
that vacancies in Senate must
be by refusals, resignations, etc.
142; favors equal vote in Senate,
144; moves fourteen years'
citizenship for Senators, 145;
opposes admission of aliens into
government, 149; moves that
state legislatures fix time and
mode of electing Representatives.
152; opposes leaving
time and mode of electing Representatives
exclusively to state
legislatures, 154; moves to
strike out property qualification,
158; moves to fix quorum
at few, 161; thinks any member
may call for years and nays,
164; thinks majority may expel
from legislature, 164; thinks
citizenship requirements ought
not to apply to those already
citizens, 175, 177; thinks members
of legislature may hold
some other offices, 195, 200;
thinks members of legislature
may serve in army and navy,
201; favors national compensation
of legislature. 201; thinks
revenue bills need not be confined
to House, 200; thinks
some check on legislative acts
necessary, 209; moves that
executive power of negative
extend to resolutions, 213;
thinks exports may by taxed.
215, 217; opposes power to
emit bill so credit, 219; thinks
legislature should pounish counterfeiting.
223; moves that
legislature punish piracies, etc.,
224; thinks legislature should
designate piracies, etc., 225;
thinks legislature should have
power to subdue rebellions.
225; opposes inclusion of executive
in power to subdue rebellions
in states, 225; thinks
power to subdue rebellions
neccessary, 226, submits propositions
for committee of the
whole, 242; opposes power to
make sumptuary laws, 244;
thinks treason should be defined,
246, 247; moves British
statute for treason, 249; thinks
treason should not be twice
punishable, 251; thinks debts
should be adjusted with taxation,
255; favors power to tax
exports, 259; moves slave-trade
question be committed,
271; thinks prohibition of ex
post facto laws unnecessary,
276; favors prohibiting bills of
attainder, 276; moves new
government discharge engagements
of old government, 278;
moves that Senate shall not
have power of appointment,
285; moves that power to enforce
treaties be not specified,
285; moves clause giving power
over militia, 285; thinks national
appointment of state executives
should be committed,
288; doubts if treaties should
be referred to Senate, 289;
suggests that treaties will be
negotiated in this country, 290;
opposes election of executive by
legislature, 296; moves elections
of executive by electors, 297;
moves executive be required to
make recommendations to legislature,
298; objects to state
power to appoint federal officers,
300; thinks debts of old
government, should be paid by
new government,302; moves
that slave-importing states be
named, 303; withdraws motion,
304; thinks freemen may
be taxed, 305; seconds motion
to make treaties supreme law,
306; moves that executive have
power to correspond with states,
308; moves chief justice succeed
as executive, 310; objects
to removability of judges upon
legislature's application, 312;
moves judicial power extend
to cases in which U. S. is
535party, 314; asks what is appellate
power of judiciary,
315; moves verbal change in
judiciary clause, 315; opposes
power to suspend habeas corpus
except in emergency, 317;
opposed to forbidding states to
interfere in private contracts,
319; thinks prohibiting embargoes
by states unnecessary,
320; thinks states should not
tax exports, 322; favors commercial
regulations, 328; moves
interstate validity of acts of
states, 325; opposes admission
of western states on an equality,
333; does not wish power
to pass to western states, 333;
proposes method of admitting
new states, 334; opposes admission
of new states by two-thirds
vote, 334; thinks states
must consent to division, 336;
thinks question of new states is
one of jurisdiction rather than
limits, 338; moves that legislature
control public lands, 342;
thinks supreme court has jurisdiction
in land cases, 342;
legislatures may call
convention to amend constitution,
344; approves motion
prohibiting religious test for
office, 344; thinks contiguous
states must ratify, 344; thinks
states may choose method of
ratification, 347; moves Congress
be not required to approve
constitution, 350; favors
a second convention, 351; on
committee of August 31, 354;
moves amendment on the subject
of interstate validity of
state acts, 355; favors national
bankruptcy laws, 357; thinks
members of legislature may hold
other offices, 358; fears election
of President will devolve
on Senate, 365; defends system
of electors, 365, 381; thinks
election of President should be
free from cabal, 367; prefers
eventual election of President
by Senate to whole legislature,
368; thinks each House should
be judge of privileges of its own
members, 369; moves postponement
of clause relative to
revenue bills, 371; seconds motion
to require state legislature's
consent to national purchase
of forts, etc., 372; does
not think Senate will elect
President, 375; favors separate
provision for re-election of
President, 380, 387; thinks
Vice-President will not be in
accord with President, 395;
thinks President must concur
in treaties of peace, 400; thinks
executive council unnecessary,
402; opposes special provision
for treaties of peace, 404; thinks
whole legislature should participate
in treaties of peace,
405; objects to two-thirds of
Senate being a quorum, 406;
favors impeachment for maladministration,
407; thinks
Senate should try impeachments,
408, 410; on committee
on style and arrangement, 411;
favors three-quarter vote to
override President's negative,
439; points out danger from
unstable laws, 440; favors state
power to collect export duties,
443; explains words "direct
taxes" in report, 446; approves
verbal amendment on negative
of bills, 446; moves suspension
from office of persons impeached,
449; thinks legislature may appoint
treasurer, 451; moves
offences against law of nations
be definable, 451, 452; thinks
government can establish university,
454; opposes provision
against standing army, 454;
thinks publication of expenditures
impossible, 456; thinks
states may lay tonnage dues,
462; opposes power of legislature
to pardon for treason, 463;
moves executive and others
have power of appointment,
465; moves amendments by
general convention, 468; moves
states have equal suffrage in
536Senate, 469; announces he will
sign constitution, 477. - Morris, Robert, Pa., attends convention,
iii., I; Pierce's sketch
of, 2, 'n.; moves Washington's
election as president of convention,
3; thinks Senate should
be chosen by the people, 113;
favors life term for Senators,
283.
M
529
- National government of three
branches agreed to, iii., 41. - "National" in Virginia plan, word
struck out, iii., 226. - Naturalized citizens, rights of debated,
iv., 175. - Navigation acts, question of,
committed, iv., 272; postponed,
306; agreed to, 332;
considered, 353; debated, 461,
469. - Navy, provision for, debated, iv.,
235. - Negative on legislative acts. See
Executive, national, negative
of; Judiciary, national, supreme,
negative of. - Negative on state laws. See Legislature,
national, negative of. - New Hampshire, moved that governor
of, be requested to send
delegates, iii., 325; representation
of, 386, 389; delegates
from, attend convention, iv.,
36. - New Jersey plan. See Jersey plan.
- Nightingale, Jos., signs address
from Rhode Island, iii., 12, n. - North Carolina, representation of,
iii., 389, iv., 459.
N
- Oath to support national government
from state officers, debated,
iii., 94, 146, 147, 164,
iv., 36; to support constitution,
affirmation permitted,
344. - Olney, Jeremiah, signs address
from Rhode Island, iii., 12, n.
O
- Pardons and reprieves. See Executive,
national, power of. - Patents and copyrights. See
Legislature, national, power of. - Patterson plan. See Jersey plan.
- Patterson, William, N. J., attends
convention, iii., 1; Pierce's
sketch of, 93, n.; moves to consider
mode of voting in legislature,
130; favors equal vote by
states in legislature, 131, 378;
offers plan of government, 165;
on committee on representation,
350; defends small states,
361; opposes inclusion of
blacks in representation, 384;
favors adjournment to consider
representation in Senate, 441;
opposes ineligibility of executive,
iv., 7. - Peace, power to declare, debated,
iv., 228. - Pensioners, disqualification of,
from legislature, proposed, iv.,
79. - Phillips, Jonas, letter of, iv., 391, n.
- Pierce, William, Ga., notes of convention,
iii., I, n.; sketch of
Yates, I, n.; sketch of Robert
Morris, 2, n.; sketch of Few, 2.
n.; sketch of Blair, 2, n.; sketch
of Bassett, 2, n.; sketch of
Washington, 3, n.; sketch of
Wilson, 4, n.; sketch of Hamilton,
4, n.; sketch of Wythe, 6,
n.; sketch of King, 6, n.;
sketch of Mason, 7, n.; sketch
of Gouverneur Morris, 10, n.;
sketch of Butler, 12, n.; sketch
of Spaight, 13, n.; sketch of
Charles Pinckney, 14, n.;
sketch of Randolph, 15, n.;
sketch of Charles Cotesworth
Pinckney, 38, n.; sketch of
Gerry, 39, n.; sketch of Sherman,
40, n.; sketch of Read,
40, n.; sketch of Madison,
41, n.; attends convention,
45; sketch of Rutledge, 53,
n.; sketch of Franklin, 57, n.;
sketch of Bedford, 63, n.;
sketch of Williamson, 67, n.;
sketch of Dickinson, 73, n.;
537sketch of Davey, 77, n.; sketch
of Patterson, 93, n.; favors
election of Representatives by
people and to Senate by legislatures,
106; sketch of Pierce,
106, n.; sketch of Brearley, 130,
n.; sketch of Ellsworth, 144, n.;
proposes three years' term for
Senators, 153; sketch of Lansing,
165, n.; sketch of Johnson,
239, n.; sketch of Strong,
248, n.; sketch of Gorham, 251,
n.; sketch of Alexander Martin,
260, n.; sketch of Dayton,
294, n.; opposes equal state
representation, 320; sketch of
Baldwin, 324, n.; sketch of
Broome, iv., 9, n. sketch of
McClurg, 20, n.; sketch of Gilman,
36, n.; sketch of Houston,
47, n.; sketch of Carroll, 47, n.;
sketch of Langdon, 79, n.;
sketch of Jenifer, 148, n.; sketch
of McHenry, 190, n; sketch of
Mifflin, 192, n.; sketch of Livingston,
253, n.; sketch of
Blount, 478, n.; sketch of Ingersoll,
481. - Pinckney, Charles, S. C., attends
convention, iii., 2; appointed
on committee on rules, 5;
moves a committee on minutes,
14; Pierce's sketch of, 14, n.;
submits plan of constitution,
21; letters of concerning draft,
22, n.; asks if state governments
are to be abolished, 38;
favors enumerating powers of
national legislature, 53; favors
vigorous executive, 57; favors
seven years' term for national
executive, 63; favors single
executive, 77; favors appointment
of judiciary by executive,
92; opposes provision for
amendments of constitution,
94; favors ratification by nine
states, 96; moves election of
Representatives by state legislatures,
99; opposes inclusion of
judiciary in revisionary power
110; moves consideration of
negative on state laws, 111;
favors election of Senators by
state legislatures, 119; favors
negative by legislature on all
laws, 121; moves classification
of states to determine representation,
127; favors representation
by free population,
143; proposes selection of
judges by legislature, 157;
favors election of representatives
by the people, 267; opposes
equal state representation
in Senate, 343; favors representation
by population, 361:
thinks originating money bills
in House no concession, 372;
favors representation of blacks
equal with whites, 415; proposes
proportional representation
in Senate, 428; favors negative
by legislature of state
laws, 449; favors election of
executive by the people, 452;
opposes impeachability of executive,
iv., 13, 16; favors appointment
of judges by Senate,
32; moves that executive
be elected by legislature for not
more than six years in twelve,
63; moves exclusion from executive
and judiciary of debtors
of government, 74; opposes
disqualification of debtors from
legislature, 80; thinks national
capital ought not to be at state
capital, 81; moves reference to
committee of whole of report of
committee of detail, 109; thinks
time of meeting of legislature
need not be fixed in constitution,
112; moves increase in
representation of South Carolina,
132; thinks fisheries and
western frontier more burdensome
than slavery, 138; moves
to strike out requirement as to
money bills, I38; favors fourteen
years' citizenship for Senators,
145; thinks no strangers
should be in legislature, 146;
moves that time and mode of
election of Representatives be
fixed by state legislatures, 152;
insists on property qualification
for officers of government, 155;
opposes considering question of
538money bills, 171; thinks government
not bound to respect
state laws on naturalization,
178; opposes ineligibility of
members of legislature to other
offices, 191, 198; moves that
acceptance of other office shall
vacate seat in legislature, 192;
favors postponement of clause
relating to eligibility of members
of legislature to other
offices, 201; thinks judiciary
should not be included in revisionary
power, 208; favors
appointment of treasurer by
joint ballot, 222; moves legislature
subdue rebellions without
application to state legislatures,
225; thinks Senate should have
power to declare war, 227;
thinks state debts may be assumed
by government, 232;
opposes executive council, 234;
favors national control of militia,
239; submits propositions
for committee of detail, 240;
seconds Morris's propositions
for committee of detail, 242;
moves power to create necessary
offices, 245; declares constitution
will fail if slave trade
is prohibited, 265; defends
slavery, 267; moves to commit
question of navigation acts,
272; moves officers be forbidden
to accept presents from foreign
states, 284; moves national
power to negative state
laws, 286; thinks state executives
should be appointed
by national govenment, 288;
moves election of executive by
majority of legislature, 296;
thinks rights of habeas corpus
should be assured, 317; proposes
that fugitive slaves be
surrendered, 323; moves to recommit
question of interstate
validity of state acts, 324; favors
commercial regulations, 326,
327; moves that no religious
test be required for office, 344;
moves that Congress be not required
to approve constitution,
350; moves ineligibility of
members of legislature to other
offices with emoluments, 357;
thinks they should be eligible to
other offices, 359; asks why
mode of electing President is to
be changed, 365; thinks electors
objectionable, 366, 373;
moves each house of legislature
judge, privileges of its own members,
369; agrees to postponement
of clause relative to revenue
bills, 371; seconds motion
that two-thirds of Senate be
present when electing President,
386; thinks Senate should
not share in appointments,
except of ambassadors, 398;
opposes power of impeaching
President, 408; moves an
address to accompany constitution,
421; opposes three-quarter
vote to override President's
negative, 440; moves power to
establish a university, 453;
thinks legislature should not
name treasurer, 451; opposes
provision against standing armies,
455; moves guaranty of
liberty of the press, 455; favors
publication of accounts from
time to time, 457; favors increase
of North Carolina representation,
460; moves preservation
of jury trials in civil cases,
466; announces he will sign
constitution, 471; urges unequivocal
signing, 480. - Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, S.
C., attends convention, iii., 2;
Pierce's sketch of, 38, n.; opposes
election of Representatives
by the people, 107; thinks
Senate should have power to
originate money bills, 160;
favors election of Representatives
by state legislatures, 244,
246; opposes ineligibility of
Representatives to state offices,
259; favors four years' term
for Senators, 283, 284; favors
no salary for Senators, 292;
thinks Senate should be dependent
on states, 295; favors
compromise on representation,
539344; thinks originating money
bills in House no concession,
374; favors equality of representation
for southern states,
387; favors greater representation
for southern states, 388;
moves increase of representation
for North and South Carolina,
and Georgia, 389; insists upon
inclusion of blacks in basis of
representation, 397; opposes
tax on exports, 410; thinks
slave property should be protected,
412; favors first census
as basis of representation, 415;
opposes adjournment on representation
question, 441; insists
constitution must provide
against emancipation, iv., 48;
moves exclusion from judiciary
and executive of public debtors,
74; seconds motion to strike
out provision for mutual negative
of one branch of government
over another, 111; moves
that representation of South
Carolina be increased, 132;
moves ten years' citizenship for
Senators, 151; asks whether
there is to be no army, 236;
favors national control of militia,
236, 238; declares constitution
will fail if it interferes
with slavery, 268; declares
South Carolina will not soon
stop slave trade, 271; on committee
on navigation acts, 273;
favors effective control of
militia, 281; seconds motion to
reconsider question of discharge
of debts, 292; favors extension
of slave trade, 303; proposes
plan for selecting ports of entry,
307; thinks judges' salaries
may be raised, 313; favors
compromise on commercial
regulations, 326; praises New
England men, 327; approves
motion that no religious test be
required for office, 344; opposes
clause as to juries in civil
cases, 466; dislikes form of
signing, 481, n. - Pinckney plan, real date of, iii.,
xvi.; letters concerning, 22, n.;
submitted, 23; facsimile of,
24; referred to committee of
detail, iv., 58, 90. - Piracies and felonies, power to declare,
debated, iv., 223. - Ports of entry, method of choosing,
debate on, iv., 307. - Post-offices, power to establish.
See Legislature, national, power
of. - Prayers in convention proposed
by Franklin, iii., 311. - Presents, acceptance of, from
foreign states, by officers, forbidden,
iv., 284. - President, the. See Executive,
national. - President of the convention,
Washington elected, iii., 3. - Property qualification. See Executive,
national, compensation
of; Judiciary, national,
compensation of; Legislature,
national, property qualification
for; Senate. - Proportional representation. See
Legislature, national, representation
in.
P
- Quorum. See Legislature, national,
quorum in.
Q
- Randolph, Edmund, Va., attends
convention, iii., 2; offers Virginia
plan, 15; Pierce's sketch
of, 15, n.; explains design of
Senate, 51; opposes indefinite
power of legislature, 54;
opposes single executive, 59,
77; opposes election of executive
by state executives,
129; favors provision for
amendment of constitution,
146; favors oath of allegiance
to national government from
state officers, 146; favors seven
years' term for Senators, 153;
moves extent of supreme court's
jurisdiction, 156; opposes Jersey
plan, 179; favors two
years term for representatives,
540247; favors national compensation
for Representatives, 251;
favors rotation in personnel of
Senate, 282; moves that sermon
be preached to convention,
312; favors committee of compromise
on representation, 348;
on committee of compromise on
representation, 368; objects to
submitting question of voting
in Senate to committee of small
states, 369; opposes reduction
of representation of New Hampshire,
389; moves that census
be required, 393, 396, 413;
moves representation by free
inhabitants and three-fifths
slaves, 413, 420; favors adjournment
on representation
in Senate, 441, 442; opposes
power to legislate where state
legislation would interrupt harmony,
447; favors appointment
of judges by Senate, 463;
favors guaranty of republican
government to states, 470;
favors ineligibility to re-election
of executive, iv., 5; favors impeachability
of executive, 17;
favors appointment of judges
by executive, 32; thinks constitution
should be ratified by
the people, 38; favors fixing
time of meeting of legislature
provisionally, 114; thinks it
unimportant when legislature
meets, 115; revives question
of money bills originating, 140;
thinks state executives may
safely fill vacancies in Senate,
141; moves to postpone question
of voting in Senate, 142,
144; favors postponement of
question of originating money
bills, 145; opposes fourteen
years' residence for Senators,
148; favors nine years' citizenship
for Senators, 151; moves
legislature have power to compel
attendance of members,
163; approves expulsion from
legislature by two-thirds vote,
164; thinks yeas and nays may
be ordered by any member of
legislature, 164; moves Senators
may dissent from any
measure, 165; thinks originating
money bills ought to be reconsidered,
170; moves four
years' citizenship for Representatives,
172; moves bills to
raise revenue shall originate in
House without power of amendment
in Senate, 180; thinks provision
as to money bills should
stand, 188; favors disqualification
of members of legislature
from other offices, 201, 359;
moves that power of negative
extend to resolutions, 213;
favors power to emit bills of
credit, 221; doubts whether
legislature may declare law of
piracies, 223; moves that legislature
define piracies, etc., 224;
opposes suppression of rebellion
without request of state,
226; favors extended definition
of treason, 246; moves British
statute on treason, 249; favors
commitment of question of
slave trade, 272; thinks power
to fulfil engagements of old
government unnecessary, 277;
favors national control of
militia, 282; moves postponement
of question of treaty-making,
291; favors reconsideration
of question of discharge
of debts, 292; suggests states
appoint some federal officers,
299; moves obligations of old
government be binding on new,
302; opposed to removability
of judges on application of
legislature, 312; moves judges'
salaries be fixed for three years,
314; on committee on interstate
validity of state acts, 325;
favors interstate validity of
state acts, 325; announces objection
to features of constitution,
331; moves that ratification
from nine states be required,
345; favors second
convention to consider amendments,
351; thinks declaration
as to state acts defective, 356;
asks why the mode of electing
541President is to be changed, 365;
thinks eventual election of executive
should be by whole
legislature, 368; doubts
whether each House should
judge of the privileges of its
members, 369; thinks mode of
choosing President aristocratic,
376; moves that legislature
name President when both
President and Vice-President
die, 391; thinks Vice-President
should not be President of
Senate, 396; thinks state conventions
may offer amendments
to constitution, 417; states his
objections to the constitution,
420; proposes second convention,
421; moves pardons in
treason cases be considered,
422; moves use of word "service"
for "servitude," 445;
seconds verbal amendment to
clause on negative of bills, 446;
moves suspension of officers impeached,
449; favors power to
grant charters, 452; seconds
motion against standing
armies, 454; moves to except
treason from President's power
to pardon, 463; thinks President
and Senate should not
combine, 464; announces he
cannot sign constitution, 470,
477; proposes second federal
convention, 470; thinks second
convention feasible, 479; does
not sign, 483. - Ratification of constitution,
method of, debated, iii., 94, iv.,
39, 344, 415, 418; by conventions,
proposed, iii., 96; by
people of states, 147, 164, 226;
by assemblies chosen by the
people, debated, iv., 45; resolutions
concerning, offered, 447. - Read, George, Del., attends convention,
iii., 2; moves debate
on three branches of government,
40; Pierce's sketch of,
40, n.; moves to postpone question
of representation, 43;
favors national government,
106; moves Senate be named
by executive, 113; opposes
guaranty of territory to the
states, 145; favors forbidding
Senate from originating money
bills, 159; thinks injustice was
done small states in land cession,
278; supports small states
on question of representation,
278; favors life term for Senators,
283; moves nine years'
term for Senators, 284; thinks
the United States ought to be
one people, 288; favors abolishing
states, 315; favors increase
in representation, 391; thinks
representation ought to be fixed
by legislature, 400; thinks taxation
and representation may
be adjusted, 418; moves absolute
negative by executive on
legislature, iv., 115; opposes
requirement that Representatives
live in the states they represent,
130; opposes provision
as to money bills, 142; moves
that national legislature have
power over elections if states
make no provision, 155; opposes
power to emit bills of
credit, 221; moves that treasurer
be appointed by executive,
222; doubts national control of
militia, 240; thinks requisitions
were accommodated to
poverty of states, 256; favors
commitment of question of taxing
exports, 272; moves President
of Senate have additional
casting vote for executive, 296;
on committee of August 25,
308; objects to same court having
equity and law jurisdiction,
311; opposed to separate provision
for re-election of President,
380; thinks small states
should have vote for President
in legislature, 394; moves
prohibition of direct tax,
455. - Rebellion in states, power to subdue,
debated, iv., 225. - Representation in legislature. See
Legislature, national, representation
in, House of Representatives,
Senate. - Republican government, guaranty
of, to states, debate on,
iii., 93, 144, 164, 469, iv., 342;
amendment adopted, 467. - Rhode Island, address from citizens
of, iii., 10, n.; moved
representation of, be increased,
iv., 459. - Rules, of convention, committee
on, appointed, iii., 5; reported,
6; adopted, 7; additional,
adopted, 13. - Of legislature. See Legislature,
national, rules of. - Russell, William, signs address
from Rhode Island, iii., 12, n. - Rutledge, John, S. C., attends
convention, iii., 2; seconds motion
for Washington's election
as President, 3; wants enumeration
of powers of legislature,
53; Pierce's sketch of, 53, n.;
favors single executive, 77; opposes
appointment of judges by
executive, 91; opposes inferior
judicial tribunals, 96; moves
classification of states to determine
representation, 127; favors
representation according
to wealth, 137, 143, 364; favors
two years' term for Representatives,
148; thinks Senators
should receive no compensation,
155; favors election of
Representatives by state legislatures,
245; favors ineligibility
of Representatives to other
offices, 260, 267; opposes sending
for New Hampshire delegates,
326; on committee on
compromise on representation,
350, 368; moves fixing representation,
383; opposes increase
in representation, 392;
moves that representation be
by wealth and population, 400;
proposes to reconsider originating
of money bills, 420; thinks
powers of legislature loosely defined.
440; opposes adjournment
to consider representation,
442; opposes guaranteeing
republican government to
states, 471; favors election of
executive by state legislatures,
iv., 9; opposes inclusion of judiciary
in revisionary power,
31; on committee to report
constitution according to resolutions,
58; submits report of
committee, 91; moves annual
meeting of legislature, 115; opposes
confining suffrage to freeholders,
127; favors seven
years' residence in their states
of Representatives, 130; favors
three years' residence in their
states of Representatives, 132;
insists on longer than seven
years' citizenship for Senators,
151; moves mode of election of
Representatives be left to state
legislatures, 152; insists on
property qualification for officers
of government, 156, 159;
moves publication of Senate
journals, 166; thinks provision
as to citizenship should apply
to those already citizens, 176;
opposes provision as to money
bills, 189; seconds motion to
postpone provision as to money
bills, 207; urges progress, 212;
opposes tax on exports, 215;
moves that funds for public
creditors be not diverted, 231;
moves that state debts be assumed
by government, 232;
urges expedition, 233; defends
slavery, 264; declares South
Carolina and Georgia will not
accept constitution if it prohibits
slave trade, 271; submits
report on Madison and Pinckney
propositions, 273; thinks
prohibition of ex post facto laws
unnecessary, 277; reports constitution
according to resolutions,
277; moves constitution
be the supreme law, 285; opposes
power of negative of state
laws, 287; thinks judiciary will
decide controversies between
states, 292; moves election of
executive by joint ballot of
legislature, 294; opposed to
removability of judges on legislature's
application, 312; moves
judiciary have power over
treaties, 314; thinks rights of
543habeas corpus should be inviolable,
317; moves to prohibit
bills of attainder and
retrospective laws, 320; on
committee on interstate validity
of state acts, 325; favors
commercial regulations, 330;
thinks there is no danger of dismemberment
of states, 337;
thinks it unnecessary to guarantee
public lands, 341; presents
committee report, 355;
opposes plan for executive, 373;
moves Senate choose President
from thirteen candidates, 378;
moves two-thirds of whole Senate
concur in treaties, 405; objects
to general power against
slavery, 414; opposes legislature
appointing treasurer, 450;
opposes address to people, 458;
moves to limit President's
emoluments, 463.
R
542
- Seat of government, not to be at
same place with state capital,
iv., 80; at central point proposed,
81; provisions for, 169. - Second branch of legislature. See
Legislature, national, Senate. - Senate. See Legislature, national,
Senate. - Sermon for members of convention
agreed to, iii., 312. - Sherman, Roger, Conn., attends
convention, iii., 37; favors conservative
course toward states,
40; Pierce's sketch of, 40, n.;
opposes election of Representatives
by the people, 46; favors
election of one Senator from
each state, 52; favors election
of executive by state legislatures,
58, 63, 450; favors three
years' term for executive, 63;
thinks legislature should have
power to remove executive, 74;
favors an executive council, 80;
opposes negative by executive,
84; opposes ratification of constitution
by conventions, 94;
opposes creation of inferior judiciary
tribunals, 98; favors
election of Representatives by
state legislatures, 101; favors
elections to Senate by state
legislatures, 112, 118; favors
limiting power of negative on
state laws, 123; proposes proportional
representation in
House and by states in Senate,
136; proposes each state have
one vote in Senate, 144; opposes
oath to national government
by state officers, 146;
proposes one-year term for
Representatives, 148; proposes
five years' term for Senators,
153; opposes leaving time and
mode of electing Representatives
to state legislatures, 154;
proposes election of judges by
national legislature, 157; thinks
money bills may originate in
Senate, 159; opposes two
branches of legislature, 234;
favors election of Representatives
by state legislatures, 245;
consents to two years' term for
Representatives, 249; favors
compensation of Representatives
by states, 252; opposes
ineligibility of Representatives
to state offices, 260, 263, 266;
favors six years' term for Senators,
283; favors six or four
years' term for Senators, 287;
favors rights of small states,
308; proposes committee on
representation, 344, 383; favors
vote by states in Senate, 376;
moves to postpone question of
representation, 381; opposes
increase in representation, 389,
390; opposes periodical census,
394; thinks representation
should be fixed by census, 400;
thinks representation fairly apportioned,
406; favors leaving
question of taxation to state
legislatures, 419; thinks Senators
may vote per capita, 428;
thinks government should have
coercive power over states, 436;
thinks government will act on
states in requiring tax quotas,
436; moves that government
544should not interfere with internal
policy of states, 445; opposes
direct taxation by national government,
446; thinks state
courts will consider state laws
contravening national authority
invalid, 447; opposes negative
by legislature of state laws,
447; opposes ineligibility of
executive to second term, 455;
opposes tenure of executive for
good behavior, 456; favors
appointment of judges by Senate,
462; favors appointment
of judges by executive with
consent of Senate, 465; opposes
creation of inferior judicial
tribunals, 467; favors negative
of each branch of legislature on
the other, iv., 110; thinks time
of meeting of legislature should
be specified, 114; moves Representatives
be inhabitants of
their states, 129; thinks representation
should stand, 134;
moves that representation not
exceed 1 to 40,000, 135; thinks
slaves should be included in
representation, 137; thinks
yeas and nays may not be required,
164; moves publication
of journal of legislature, 166;
thinks general government can
make any regulations as to
citizenship, 176; thinks those
in power should be free from
temptation, 197; favors payment
of legislature partly by
states and partly by nation,
203; thinks power of negative
should not be extended, 211;
thinks revision of acts by President
unnecessary, 214; favors
no tax on exports, 215, 218;
opposes appointment of treasurer
by joint ballot, 222; thinks
executive should not have
power to commence war, 227;
thinks state debts may be assumed
by government, 232;
appointed on grand committee,
233; thinks states should partially
control militia, 237, 239;
thinks resistance to national
laws treason, 251; thinks report
on state debts meaningless,
254; favors limiting representation
of large states, 254;
moves settlement of debts on
basis of taxation, 255; thinks
provision as to slave trade may
stand, 265, 271; thinks question
of taxing exports settled,
272; moves that states have
power to train militia, 279;
withdraws motion, 279; proposes
mixed control of militia,
280; thinks states should appoint
militia officers, 283; thinks
negative of state laws by general
government unnecessary,
286; thinks judiciary will decide
controversies between states,
293; opposes election of executive
by joint ballot of legislature,
294; objects to executive
appointing all officers, 298; objects
to legislatures of states
appointing federal officers, 299;
moves express provision for
paying debts, 303; opposed to
taxing men as property, 305;
thinks revenue the object of
import tax on slaves, 305; on
committee of August 25, 308;
moves amendment to pardoning
power, 308; moves militia
be under executive when in
active service, 309; favors removability
of judges on application
of legislature, 312; moves
judicial power extend to land
grants, 316; reports amendments
on commercial regulations
and judicial power, 316;
moves to prohibit bills of credit
or payments in anything but
coin, 318; wishes to crush paper
money, 318, 319; thinks states
should have power to lay embargoes,
320; thinks state
legislatures may deal with impost
question, 321; moves that
states may tax exports for national
treasury, 322; opposes
surrender of fugitive slaves and
servants, 323; desires commercial
regulations by majority
vote, 327; declares all should
545have equal privileges, 333;
thinks Union cannot dismember
a state, 334; moves admission
of new states by consent of
state legislatures, 337; thinks
constitution may guarantee
public lands, 341; thinks no religious
test will be applied for
office, 344; thinks ratification
should be from ten states, 345,
349; thinks ratification should
be by all states, 346; moves to
postpone ratification question,
348; moves to take up report
of committee of eleven, 352;
moves to refer draft of constitution
to committee, 354; on
committee, 354; opposes national
bankruptcy law, 356;
favors ineligibility of members
of legislature to other offices,
358; does not object to election
of Vice-President by majority,
364; thinks army in time of
peace should be restricted, 371;
willing to defer to those who
think revenue bills vital, 371;
thinks large states will have
advantage in nominating candidates
for President, 375;
thinks President should not be
chosen from three candidates,
378; thinks when legislature
votes for President it should
vote by states, 380; moves
eventual election of President
by House of Representatives,
386; approves of Vice-President
being President of Senate,
395; favors inclusion of Senate
in treaty-making, 397; thinks
whole legislature should participate
in treaties of peace,
405; moves that majority of
whole Senate vote for treaties,
406; thinks supreme court
should not try President, 408;
thinks representation large
enough, 411; moves states be
required to consent to amendments,
413; favors submitting
constitution to Congress, 417;
favors two-thirds vote to override
President's negative, 438;
thinks state bills of rights sufficient,
442; thinks legislature
should appoint treasurer, 451;
objects to power to cut canals,
452; thinks provision for liberty
of press unnecessary, 455;
thinks accounts may be published
from time to time, 457;
opposes address to states, 458;
favors additional representation
for North Carolina, 459; thinks
states and nation may have
concurrent commercial jurisdiction,
462; seconds motion to
vest appointments in President
and others, 465; thinks three-quarter
states may oppress
others by amendments, 467;
thinks conventions may act on
amendments, 468; moves that
states be preserved, 469; moves
to strike out clause concerning
amendments, 469. - Signing constitution, mode proposed,
iv., 475; takes place,
478. - Slavery and slave trade, debate
on, iv., 264, 303; compromise
on, brought in, 327; power to
prohibit, objected to, 414. - Slaves, import tax on, agreed to,
iv., 306; delivery up of fugitive,
proposed, 323; agreed to,
332; verbal amendment made,
466. - South Carolina, motion that representation
of, be increased, iv.,
132. - Spaight, Richard Dobbs, N. C.,
attends convention, iii., 2;
moves rule for revision of questions,
13; Pierce's sketch of, 13,
n.; seconds motion for representation
by free inhabitants,
42; favors election to Senate by
free population, 50; withdraws
motion for elections to Senate
by state legislatures, 51; moves
reconsideration of appointment
of executive by electors, iv., 47;
seconds motion to elect executive
by national legislature,
49; fears capital will be located
at New York, 168; favors commercial
regulations by majority
546vote, 328; moves Senate choose
President from thirteen candidates,
378; moves seven years'
term for executive, 384; moves
six years' term, 384; moves
electors meet at seat of government,
385; proposes President
make appointments during recess
of Senate, 399; moves special
provision respecting territorial
rights, 403. - State acts, validity of, debated,
iv., 324, 355, 356; certain, prohibited,
457. - State debts, debate on assumption
of, iv., 232. - State laws, negative of. See Legislature,
national, negative of. - State police, non-interference in,
by national government, debated,
iii., 446. - State representation, equal in
House, debated, iii., 321; in
Senate, 326, 343; committee to
arrange, debated, 344, 350; report
of committee, 352. See
Legislature, national, representation
in. - States, admission of new, provision
for, agreed to, iii., 93, 164,
468; debated, iv., 332, 334,
336, 338, 339, 340, 466. - Strong, Caleb, Mass., attends convention,
iii., 51; favors one-year
term for Representatives,
248; Pierce's sketch of, 248, n.;
favors committee on representation,
349; favors equal representation
by states in Senate,
432; opposes inclusion of judiciary
in revisionary power,
iv., 24; thinks executive will
not be re-elected, 49; thinks
question of voting in Senate
should be postponed, 142; favors
$4 per day as payment for
legislature, 205; moves revenue
bills originate in House, 207. - Style and arrangement, committee
on. See Committee on
style and arrangement. - Sumptuary laws, debate on, iv.,
244, 444; committee on, see
Committee on sumptuary laws. - Supreme Court. See Judiciary,
national supreme.
S
- Taxation, by representation, debated,
iii., 411, 419, iv., 57;
basis of, by free and slave population,
debated, iii., 412; direct
on states in proportion to representation,
debated, 420; direct
by national government, opposed,
446; proposed that it
be by quotas, iv., 251; according
to congressional representation,
debated, 252, 256; definition
of direct, asked, 252; by
population, proportion agreed
to, 254; power of, on exports,
debated, 263, 264, 456; on
migration of slaves, debated,
264; on slaves, debated, 265,
292; capitation and direct, debated,
455. See Legislature,
national, representation in. - Term of members of legislature.
See Legislature, national, term
of. - Territory, guaranty of, to each
state, debated, iii., 145. - Tonnage dues. See Navigation
acts. - Treason, debate on, iv., 246.
- Treasurer, appointment of. See
Legislature, national, power of. - Treaties, power to make, debated,
iii., 289, 291, iv., 289, 397;
force of, debated, 306; power
to interpret, by judiciary, debated,
315; of peace, how to
be made, 400, 403, 404; provision
for, reconsidered, 404;
proposed that they require two-thirds
Senate, 405, 406; proposed
that they require majority,
406; notice of, to Senators,
proposed, 406. See Legislature,
national, Senate.
T
- University, national. See Legislature,
national, power of.
U
547
- Varnum, J. M., letter from, with
address from Rhode Island, iii.,
10, n. - Vermont, admission of, to Union,
debated, iv., 335. - Veto power. See Executive, national,
negative of. - Vice-President, duties of, defined,
iv., 363, 364, 395. - Virginia plan, the, presented to
convention, iii., 15; debated in
committee of the whole, 37; debated,
45; reported on from
committee of the whole, 160,
220; vote on, 220. - Voting, restriction of, to freeholders,
debated, iv., 116.
V
- War, power to declare, debated,
iv., 227. - Washington, George, Va., attends
convention, iii., 2; elected
president of convention, 3;
thanks convention for election,
3; Pierce's sketch of, 3, n.; rebukes
member for losing his
notes, 56, n.; John Jay's letter
to, 59, n.; Knox's letter to, 191,
n.; urges increase in representation,
iv., 476; asks instructions
concerning journals, 482. - Williamson, Hugh, N. C., attends
convention, iii., 2; objects to
election of executive by districts,
66; Pierce's sketch of,
67, n.; moves impeachability
of executive, 77; favors limiting
Senate to twenty-five members,
113; opposes indefinite
power of negative on state
laws, 122; favors proportional
representation, 136; favors
states paying representatives,
250; moves that number in
Senate be fixed, 280; favors
six years' term for Senators,
282; thinks rights of small
states not menaced, 302; favors
committee on representation
in Senate, 349; opposes
compromise proposed, 361;
thinks Senate better able to
consider money bills than
House, 371; thinks proposed
representation unfair to southern
states, 388; favors reducing
representation of northern
states, 388; amends motion
fixing periodical census, 396;
thinks New Hampshire representation
too large, 417; opposes
election of executive by
people, 454; opposes eligibility
of executive to re-election, iv.,
10, 50; opposes election of executive
by electors, 10; favors
six years' term for executive,
11; moves number of electors be
based on Representatives, 13;
moves electors be paid out of
national treasury, 21; suggests
national officers take oath to
support state governments, 36;
favors ratification of constitution
by conventions, 42; favors
voting per capita in Senate, 46;
dislikes single. executive, 50;
suggests voting for three persons
for executive, 65; favors
forbidding national capital at
state capital, 81; seconds motion
to limit negative of each
branch of legislature on the
other, 110; moves representation
in House based on taxation,
133; favors reconsidering question
of money bills, 140; thinks
provision for filling vacancies in
Senate necessary, 141; insists
upon guarding qualifications of
Senators, 151, 158; thinks provision
on money bills should
be retained, 171; moves nine
years' citizenship for Representatives,
173; opposes eligibility
of members of legislature to
other offices, 197; moves postponement
of question of money
bills, 206; moves to make three-quarters
of legislature necessary
to overcome executive negative,
212; thinks exports should not
be taxed, 216; thinks state
lands ought to be given up, 233;
appointed on grand committee,
233; favors restrictions on
548army, 236; moves quotas of
states be determined, 255; opposes
apportionment of taxation
by representation, 256;
thinks states should not have
power to tax exports, 259;
thinks slave trade should be left
to states, 270; on committee on
navigation acts, 273; thinks
prohibition of ex post facto laws
unnecessary, 277; thinks discussion
of negative of state laws
unnecessary, 287; doubts if
judiciary can impartially decide
controversies between states,
293; opposes slavery, but
wishes union, 304; on committee
of August 25, 308; moves
to postpone question of executive
succession, 310; seconds
motion to make it impossible
for states to levy imposts, 321;
moves clause of articles of confederation
as to state acts, 324;
favors commercial regulations
by two-thirds vote, 328; thinks
question of new states should
be left to legislature, 333, 337;
on committee of August 31,
354; thinks ineligibility of
members of legislature should
extend to offices created during
their term, 358, 360; objects to
President's dependence on Senate
in appointments 366; moves
to reconsider representation,
372; objects to Senate electing
President, 374, 377, 382; moves
election of President by one-third
of all electors, 376; moves
electors voting be the only ones
counted, 378; favors separate
provision for re-electing President,
380; moves seven years'
term for President, 384; moves
six years' term for President,
384; thinks electors should meet
at seat of government, 385;
suggests eventual election of
President by whole legislature,
voting by states, 386; thinks
Vice - President unnecessary,
396; thinks treaties of peace
important, 401, 403; thinks
treaties may be made without
majority of people, 404; opposes
requirement that treaties
be ratified by majority of whole
Senate, 406; proposes that notice
of treaties to Senators be
required, 406; thinks Senate
will lean towards President,
408; moves increase in representation
in House of Representatives,
411; moves that old
Congress sanction constitution,
420; favors two-thirds vote to
override President's negative,
438; fears too many laws, 439;
moves provision for juries in
civil suits, 441; moves increase
of representation, 448; seconds
motion against direct tax, 456;
suggests signing letter only,
478. - Wilson, James, Pa., attends convention,
iii., 2; nominates
William Temple Franklin for
secretary of convention, 4;
Pierce's sketch of, 4, n.; favors
election of Representatives by
the people, 47, 245; favors
election of Senators by the
people, 51, 113; favors a
single executive, 57, 59, 79; favors
election of executive by
the people, 62, 64, iv., 7, 57;
favors three years' term for
executive, iii., 63; moves election
of executive by district
electors, 65; opposes an executive
council, 81; favors
negative by executive on legislature,
82, 84; favors creation
of inferior judiciary, 87, 98; favors
inclusion of judiciary in
power of negative, 89; opposes
appointment of judges by
legislature, 90; favors ratification
by plurality of States, 96;
favors election of Representatives
by the people, 100; favors
preservation of state governments
for local purposes, 107;
favors inclusion of judiciary in
revisionary power, 108, iv., 21,
30; favors election to Senate by
districts, iii., 117; favors absolute
negative in legislature, 124;
549favors proportional representation,
134, 137, 308; favors representation
by free inhabitants,
143; thinks voting in Senate
should be on same plan as in
House, 144; opposes Jersey plan,
175; opposes Hamilton plan,
220; insists that states are dependent
on each other, 224;
favors two branches of legislature,
237; thinks state governments
may incroach on
national government, 240; favors
one-year term for Representatives,
248; favors national
compensation of Representatives,
252; moves that
compensation be fixed by legislature,
253; opposes age limit
for Representatives, 255; opposes
ineligibility of Representatives
to other offices, 256,
262; opposes elections to Senate
by state legislatures, 278;
favors six years' term for Senators,
284; favors nine years'
term for Senators, 291; opposes
eligibility of Senators to state
offices, 295; opposes sending
for New Hampshire delegates,
326; opposes representation by
states in Senate, 326; admits
question of number of Senators
is embarrassing, 335; opposes
committee on representation in
Senate, 349; moves question
of voting in Senate, 369; opposes
originating money bills
in House, 370, 374; opposes
yielding equal vote in Senate
to small states, 376; thinks
representation of western states
should be based on property,
383; thinks wealth an
impracticable rule of representation,
401; opposes inclusion
of three-fifths of blacks
as basis of representation, 407;
favors guaranty of republican
government to the states, 409;
moves that representation be according
to direct taxation, 414;
favors representation based on
free inhabitants and three-fifths
of slaves, 414; favors adjusting
taxation to representation, 419;
thinks equal vote in Senate
favored by minority, 426; insists
that numbers are correct
basis for representation, 426;
thinks small states would abandon
plea of equality in taxes
and troops, 427; thinks originating
money bills in House of
little consequence, 427; insists
on proportional representation
in Senate, 434; favors non-interference
of national government
with state police, 446;
opposes election of executive by
the people, 451; opposes election
of executive by legislature,
453; favors appointment of
judges by executive, 461; favors
continuance of old Congress
till new government starts,
469; favors guaranty to states
of republican government and
against violence, 471; favors
impeachability of executive, iv.,
13; thinks departments should
act separately, 29; thinks oath
of allegiance unnecessary, 36;
opposes election of executive
by legislature, 52; suggests
election of executive by members
of national legislature
selected by lot, 54, 57; on committee
to report constitution
according to resolutions, 58;
favors specifying general principles
for executive, 68; opposes
disqualification from legislature
of persons having unsettled
accounts, 78; thinks
time of meeting of legislature
should be fixed, 113; favors
winter as time for meeting of
legislature, 115; thinks suffrage
in the States should not
be prescribed by legislature,
116; favors requiring Representatives
to be inhabitants,
130; opposes requirement of
seven years' inhabitancy for
Representatives, 130, 131;
thinks question of representation
by free inhabitants premature,
138; opposed to originating
550money bills in House, 139;
reviews question of citizenship
of Representatives, 140; objects
to vacancies in Senate
being filled by state executives,
140; thinks provision as to
money bills of no value to large
states, 143, 145; opposes fourteen
years' residence as necessary
for Senators, 148; moves
to reconsider requirement of
seven years for Representatives,
159; thinks number for
quorum should not be small,
162; thinks publication of
legislative journal necessary,
167; moves four years' citizenship
for Representatives, 172;
insists Representatives need
not be natives, 175; thinks
new government bound by
Pennsylvania's promises to
foreigners, 178; moves seven
years' citizenship for Senators,
179; thinks people will disapprove
members of legislature
holding other offices, 198;
thinks good men will refuse
legislature if debarred from
other offices, 200; seconds motion
to have acts revised by
executive and judiciary, 208;
thinks legislature will swallow
up powers of government, 212;
favors making three-fourths of
legislature necessary to overcome
executive negative, 213;
explains difference between
"duties" and "imposts," 214;
thinks exports may be taxed,
217; opposed to power to emit
bills of credit, 221; thinks it
unnecessary to define felonies,
etc., 224; thinks law of felonies,
etc., ought to be declared, 234;
moves that treason be against
United States, 248; thinks
treason may be against a state,
250; thinks proof of treason
may be difficult, 250; favors
power to tax exports, 261;
seconds motion to tax exports
by two-thirds of legislature,
263; thinks slaves should be
taxed, 269; favors commitment
of question of navigation
acts, 273; thinks prohibition of
ex post facto laws unnecessary,
276; thinks Senate should not
make appointments, 285; thinks
negative of state laws unnecessary,
287; objects to Senate's
power to make treaties, 290;
thinks judiciary may decide
controversies between states,
293; seconds motion for election
of executive by the people,
294; thinks larger states should
have larger share in election of
executive, 295; thinks Senate
should not have separate voice
in election of executive, 298;
thinks state legislatures will
order federal offices filled by
state appointment if permitted,
299; thinks pardon before conviction
may be necessary, 309;
opposes removability of judges
on application of legislature,
312; explains appellate power
of judiciary, 315; doubts if suspension
of right of habeas corpus
is ever necessary, 317; moves
legislature be prohibited from
paying debts in anything but
coin, 318; thinks states should
not interfere with contracts,
319; objects to treating fugitive
slaves as criminals, 323; favors
interstate validity of state acts,
324; on committee to consider
subject, 325; favors commercial
regulations by majority
vote, 329; thinks majority
may regulate formation of new
states, 335; thinks new states
may be formed without consent
of old, 337; opposes motion to
guarantee public lands, 340;
proposes ratification by seven
states, 344; prefers ratification
by eight states to nine, 345;
thinks constitution binding only
on ratifying states, 345; moves
that ratification be by majority
of people and states, 349;
thinks state power over other
states' acts not unusual, 356;
opposes ineligibility of members
551of legislature to other
offices, 359; approves plan of
electing executive, 367; thinks
it unnecessary to give each
House power over privileges of
its members, 369; moves eventual
election of President by
whole legislature, 375; thinks
eventual election of President
by Senate dangerous, 380;
moves to include House of Representatives
in treaty-making
power, 397; objects to Senate's
participation in appointments,
398; objects to participation
of two-thirds Senate on treaties,
400, 405; favors executive
council, 402; favors ratification
of treaties with majority of
Senate, 404; thinks less than
two-thirds Senate may ratify
treaties of peace, 404; opposed
to President convening either
house of legislature, 410; moves
amendments be with consent of
two-thirds of states, 414; substitutes
three-fourths, 414; opposes
reconsideration of ratification
clause, 417; thinks old
Congress need not sanction constitution,
418; moves to strike
out "direct taxes," 446; thinks
legislature should not define
offences against law of nations,
451; seconds motion in favor
of canals, 452, 453; favors national
university, 454; thinks
accounts should be published
from time to time, 457; thinks
executive may pardon for
treason, 464; favors depositing
convention journal with president,
482. - Wythe, George, Va., attends convention,
iii., 2; appointed on
committee on rules, 5; submits
report of committee on rules, 6;
Pierce's sketch of, 6, n.; offers
additional rules, 10, 13.
W
- Yates, Robert, N. Y., attends
convention, iii., 1; Pierce's
sketch of, 1, n.; on committee
on compromise on representation,
350; leaves convention,
356, n. - Yeas and nays. See Legislature,
national.
Y
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