APPEALS to the people, dangers and
inconveniences attending, 278, 279.
objections to their being periodically
made, 281.
APPOINTMENT, powers of, 868, 888,
889.

necessity of check on Presidents, 891.
ARISTIDES, pseudonym of A. C.
Hanson, 695.

ARISTOCRACY (See, also, Monarchy),
727, 844, 845.

ARISTOCRACY-Continued.

causes of, 650.

natural, in the U. S., 854.

party of, in the U. S., 876, 877.
southern, 624.

ARMY, standing, dangers of, 721,
769.

discussion of, 910.

lack of restrictions on, 744, 911.
necessity of, 755.

powers of Congress over, 769, 861,
862.

restriction of, by North Carolina,

912.

restriction of, by Pennsylvania, 912.
ARNOLD, BENEDICT, 900.
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
(See, also, Confederation), 611.
advantages of, 525.

amendment of, 527, 541.

defects in, 622.

case of amendment of, 555.
proposed amendment to, 531.
ASPASIA, 32.

ASSEMBLIES (See House of Repre-
sentatives), at what point additions
to their number become injurious,
324.
objections to numerous, 305, 307, 308,
309.

ATHENS, Archons of, 349.
ATTAINDER, bills of, provision of
the Constitution concerning, 248,
249.

BALLOT, 657.

BANKRUPTCY (See Constitution).
necessity of uniform laws of, 864.
provision of the Constution concern-
ing, 238.

CONFEDERATION-Continued.
position of the States under, in refer-
ence to the new Constitution, 738,
739, 831.
CONFEDERATION, the, answer to the
question, on what principle is it to
be superseded, without the unani-
mous consent of the parties to it,
245, 246.

anti-republican character of the requi-
sition, in certain cases, of a vote
exceeding a majority, 121.

difference between a league and a
government, 84.

impracticable character of certain pro-
visions under, 207.

its great and radical vice, legislation
for communities instead of persons,
83, 127.

its insufficiency to preserve the Union,
81.

it acknowledges the necessity of
strength in the Federal power, 125.
necessary usurpation of Congress
under, 207.

picture of the public distress under,
81.

State contributions by quotas, a fun-
damental error in, 114.

the nugatory power raising armies,
a defect in, 119.

the organization of Congress, a defect
in, 125.

the right of equal suffrage among the
States, a defect in, 119.

want of a sanction to its laws, 113.
want of a power to regulate commerce,
a defect in, 117.

want of popular consent to, a defect
in, 125.

want of a judiciary power in, a crown-
ing defect, 123.

would require an army to execute its
decrees, 90.

CONGRESS (See, also, Armies, Com-

merce, Constitution, Election, Judi-
ciary, Jury, Impost, Paper Money,
Press, Public Debt, Representation,
Representatives, Senate, States,
Treaties, U. S. Government), 748.
attendance in, 921.
election of, 532.

extracts from the recommendatory
act of, in February, 1787, 216.

its power concerning territory, etc.,
belonging to the U. S., 241.

journal of, 494.

law-making powers of, 504.

CONGRESS-Continued.

length of session of, 612.
length of term, 785.

limited powers of, to deal with com-
mon law, 886.

nature of, 632.

necessary powers only given to, 787,
919.

necessity of a line between the States
and, 836.

powers of, 489, 493, 495, 501, 540.
powers of, under the Federal Consti-
tution, over a district of territory not
exceeding ten miles square, 239.
power of taxation, 609.
powers over citizens, 527.

over delinquent States, 683.
over elections, 492, 497, 555, 556
639.

over inter-State commerce, 556.
over judiciary, 517.
over militia, 590.

over printing, 872, 873.
over territories, 502.
over trade, 513.

to alienate territory, 527.
to coerce, 590.

to define and punish crime, 906, 907.
to determine their own salaries,
721, 722.

to grant monopolies, 905.
privileges of, 494.
representation in, 567.
restriction on, 608.

right of people to control delegates to,
717.

CONGRESS, CONTINENTAL (See,
also, Confederation, Impost, Paper
Money), action on the Constitu-
tion, 620, 647.

bad constitution of, 831.
inadequate powers of, 495.
merging of powers in, 838.
misrepresentation in, 831.

omitted in consideration of new Gov-
ernment, 724.

power to amend Constitution, 844.
proposition to vest with impost, 843.
requisition of, 827.

retrospective view of, 650.

unsuitable to lodge powers in, 831.

CONNECTICUT, 580, 650.

adopted from local causes, 745.

CONNECTICUT.-Continued.
adoption of the Constitution by, 741
Convention. 804.

has no constitutional provision for
jury trial in either criminal or civil
cases, 430.

hostile feelings toward New York.

one branch of its Legislature so con-
stituted that each member of it is
elected by the whole State. 31A
provision in her Constitution concern-
ing elections, 25.

reasons for her ratification, 70
representation in House of Represent-
atives. 352.
taxation in, 523.
CONSTITUENTS, instructions from,
490.

CONSTITUTION OF THE U. S. (See.
also, Army, Bills of Rights, Con-
gress. Continental Congress, Con-
federation. Conventions, Elections.
House of Representatives. Judi-
ciary. Jury, Militia, Navy, Press.
Ratification, Representation. Rep-
resentatives, Senate, Slaves, Stand-
ing Armies, States, U. S. Govern-
ment, Union).

absurd prospects in case of adoption,
746.

a consolidated fabric of aristocratie
tyranny, 727.
adequacy of, 496.

adopting clause of, 562, 563, 500, 391, ¦

626.

adoption of amendments before mak-
ing. 735.

advantages of, 485, 875.

agreement in amendments, 743.
agreement in defects of, 735.

a heterogeneous phantom, 718.
amendment of, 503, 542, 555, 607, 618,
643, 725.

analogy between the mode of appoint-
ments under, and the State Govern-
ments, 210.

answer to an objection drawn from
the extent of the country, 74.
answer to the objection that it cannot
operate without the aid of a military
force to execute its laws, 146, 154.
answer to the objection that it con-
tains no bill of rights, 466 et seq.
answer to an objection founded on
the remoteness of the seat of Gov-
ernment to many of the States, 471,
472.

excellence of language of, 371.

executive and legislative powers dan-
gerously blended in, 721,

expense of, 512, 513.

founded en monarchy and aristocracy.
718.

general clauses of, 529, 530, 338, 557.
general powers of, 904.
general view of the powers which it
proposes to vest in the Union, 224.
guarantee against er post facto laws.
766, 871, 883, 915.

guarantee to the States of a Republi-
can form of Government, 174, 241.
guarded against excesses, 797.
ignorance of the people in its forma-
tion, 844.

in the sense, and to the extent con-
tended for, bills of rights are un-
necessary and would be dangerous
to, 469.

itself a bill of rights, 471.
judicial power under, 499.

liable to result in monarchy, 806.
merits of, 489.

mode of protecting the minority from

the usurpation of the majority, 288.
most of the capital objections to it lie
with tenfold weight against the
Confederation, 206.

oaths, etc., of officers to support the
Constitution, 253.

objections to, 487, 507, 563, 567.
obligation to guarantee a Republican

form of Government to every State
of the Union, 241.

obligation concerning public debts
prior to the adoption of the Consti-
tution, 244.

omission of a provision concerning
the liberty of the press defended,
470.

CONSTITUTION OF THE U. S.-
Continued.

to coin money, to punish counter-
feiters, and to regulate weights
and measures, 236.

to establish a uniform mode of nat-
uralization, 236.

to establish uniform laws of bank-
ruptcy, 238.

to exercise exclusive legislation over
a district not exceeding ten miles
square, if ceded to the U. S., 239.
powers under, 568, 571, 577.
preamble of, 604, 605.
prohibition of the importation of
slaves after 1808, 233.

provision concerning amendments,
245.

concerning debts due to the U. S.,
473.
concerning proper degree of separa-
tion between the legislative, ex-
ecutive, and judicial powers, 266.
concerning the ratification by nine
States, 245.

that the Constitution, laws, and

treaties of the U. S. shall be the
supreme law of the land, 252.
uestion, what relation is to exist be-
tween the nine or more ratifying
States and the non-ratifying States,
246.

ratification of (See Ratification).
reasons why the execution of it will
probably be popular, 149.

rejection of, 542.

remarks on, 610, 611.

security in, from Federal servants, 801.
should be tried before amending, 609
should not be precipitate in adop-
tion of, 841.

sources of objections to, 781.

State Conventions should make
amendment to, 877, 878.

supreme law of the land, 590, 591.
tendency of consolidating, 724, 743,
842, 845, 849, 853, 857, 876.

three characteristics of the Federal
Legislature, 294.

unequal advantages enjoyed by differ-
ent localities, 856.

want of explicitness in, 570, 626, 630.
want of title, 718, 719.

will end in monarchy or aristocracy,
844.

CONSTRUCTION, two rules of, 216,
217.