Mr. CORBIN - Introductory Expression, "We, the People," 104. West India
Trade; Debts; Requisitions, 105. Reference to History, 106. Con-
federate Government best for an extensive Country, 108. Represen-
tation,
Power over the Militia by the States,
Treaty-making not exceptionable in the Constitution, 509. Legislative In-
terference secured,
Mr. CLAY-Insurrection; Opposition to the Laws,
Mr. DAWSON - Defects of the Confederation; fears a Consolidated Govern-
ment; most exceptionable; leading Parts, 605. Treaties; their Opera-
tion may hurt the Southern States; the Press; War; antique Govern-
ments not suited to the present Day,....
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Mr. GRAYSON — Judiciary not improved, 274. Dutch Loans; Spain friendly,
275. Barbary Powers; Portugal; Western Lands; Commutation, 276.
Regulation of Commerce, &c.,
State Influence; Imperfections of the Constitution, 279. Opposes the
Ratio of Representation; 1500 Legislators annually throughout the
Union, exclusive of 160 Senators, 280. Carrying and producing States;
Ireland; Corruption of the Scotch Members,
Coördinate Authorities a political Absurdity, 284. Taxes should be uni-
form, 285. Requisitions; Loans, 286. Necessity of a full Representa-
tion in Congress; America not in a Situation to have a Fleet, from its
limited Population, 287. Parties in Holland, 290. Paper Emissions ;-
Danger of mercantile Privileges within the Ten Miles Square, 284.
Mississippi; new States, &c.,..
Spanish Claims on Georgia and Kentucky, 341. Spanish Negotiation, 342.
Fisheries and Mississippi, 343. Orleans a Deposit; Treaties para-
mount, 349. Maine Lands reduced to one Dollar an Acre, to prevent
Emigration to the West,
Importance of the Mississippi Question,.
British Parliament receive no Pay; most of the great Officers have been
taken out of Congress,.
Thirst for public Office, 374. Objects that the Senate propose or concur
on Money Bills,..
State Governments at the Mercy of the Generality; Militia,
Navy, its Maintenance at present dangerous; European maritime Powers;
Cost of a Navy in America and Europe compared,
Northern States most interested in a Fleet; Privateers issue chiefly thence, 430
Anticipated Privileges of the Ten Miles Square,
The Capital, Fear of Aggrandizement there; Delivery of Fugitives,
"Ten Miles" not subject to the States,....
Reserved Rights; Restrictions,
Presidency, a Minority may elect,.
Mississippi Navigation, 501. Mississippi, giving up the Navigation,...... 505
Judicial Powers may interfere with the same Power in the States;
Judges, &c.,....
Effect of Decisions on a foreign State,
Control over the Venue,
Explanation on Treaties, 613. Late Convention to amend, not alter; Re-
sources of Virginia rich and flourishing; Ten Miles Square may be near
Alexandria, &c.,....
Mr. HARRISON-recapitulates the Disproportion of the States on the Adoption
of the Constitution; Amendments,
Report on Elections,..
- moved the Reading of the Confederation,..
Public Mind uneasy at the proposed Change, 21. The Constitution a con-
solidated Government; denies the Right of the Convention to say
"We, the People," instead of "We, the States." Object of the Con-
vention extended only to amend the old System,...
Phraseology," We, the People," objectionable, 44. Liberty; Suspicion a
Virtue; the Confederation, 45. Representation, 46. Amendments, 49.
Militia, 52. Estimation abroad; Virginia Bill of Rights, 56. Tax-
gatherers, 57. Power of the President, 58. Elections, &c., 60. Oppo-
sition to the Constitution,
Amendments on Governor Randolph's Letter, 138. Josiah Phillips's Bar-
barities, 140. Spanish Transactions, 141. Refers to Europe, 143. Fed-
eral Convention confined to Revision only, 144. Glance at the Consti-
tution, 145. Style of "We, the People," to oblige those likened to a
"Herd," Governor Randolph's Expression, 148. Implication,...
Navigation of the Mississippi, 151. American Ambassador; France, 152.
Holland; Maryland; Pennsylvania, 153. Ratifying and non-ratifying
States, 157. Dictator, 160. North Carolina and Virginia, 161. En-
thusiasm for Liberty in Virginia, 162. Checks, 165. Representation;
Sheriffs, 167. Government, national - federal; State Legislatures
shorn of their Consequence, 171. Albany Confederation; French
Treaty, 172. Adopt first, and then amend, 174. Elections,..
Dangers of the System real, 313. Refers to Jefferson's Opinions; Vir-
ginia's Rejection may procure Amendments, 314. Political Secrecy, &c. 316
No Declaration of Rights till the War of Charles I.; before that Time
undefined; American Bill of Rights, 317. Requisitions, 320. Taxa-
tion; Elections, 321. Compared with England; Federal and State
Officers, 322. State Representation virtual, not actual, 323. Judi-
ciary, 324. Mississippi, determined to give it up, 325. Objects of Tax-
ation create Confusion,
Mississippi and the Fisheries, 352. For retaining the Navigation, 354.
Congressional Pay, without Limitation, 366. No Restraint on Cor-
ruption,.
"Concurrent Power" relative to the Militia, an implied Power,
Eulogium on the British Government,
A National, not a Federal, Government, 395. Reversion of Power back to
the People; a Republican Government, 396. Depreciated Currency;
Responsibility, 397. Power of raising Armies alarming,
Europe enslaved by the Hands of its own People; Militia Officers;
Riots, 411. Excisemen may call on the Militia,
States no Power over the Militia; Implication,
Danger of Abuse in the Legislation of the "Ten Miles Square;" admon-
ishes that "when you give Power, you know not what you give," 436.
May bid Defiance to local Authority, &c.,......
Bill of Rights more necessary in this Government than in any other, 445.
Common Law of England; Punishments, &c.,
Mr. PATRICK HENRY-continued.
Treaties, their Omnipotence,
Judiciary; State Judges; Appellate Jurisdiction; "Fact and Law;" In-
terpretation, 539. Precise Terms of the Constitution; Trial by Jury
better struck out; Judges should be acquainted with all the Laws of the
States, 542. Cognizance of Controversies, 543. Powers of Congress, . 545
Juries may be summoned from distant Parts of the State,
Indians, robbed of their Lands,
Ratification; dissents from; states the Omissions; implied Powers;
236,000 Blacks; may not Congress demand their Services? Slavery de-
tested; Manumission; Abolition; Congress have the Power, and may
exercise it; Prudence forbids Abolition; Slave Property in Jeopardy;
Manumission incompatible; a local Matter; no Propriety in submitting
it to Congress, 587. Insists on subsequent Amendments, 591. Its Im-
perfections, 593. Defects of the Constitution,
Right to adopt Amendments,.
End of Government, Liberty, &c.,..
Mr. INNES-Objections fully answered; Amendments; sectional Jealousy, 631.
Union; foreign Dangers, 634. New Englanders, 635. No Good from
another Convention, 636. Previous Amendments equal to Rejection, 637
Mr. ZACHARIAH JOHNSON-approves the Principle of Representation;
Militia; Responsibility; Amendments,
Mr. H. LEE thought the Convention ought to adjourn on 22d, as the Legisla
ture meet on the 23d, June,
Persons bound to Labor could not take Refuge in the "Ten Miles," being
contrary to the Constitution,...
Mr. LEE, of Westmoreland -
Phraseology of the Preamble, "We, the People," 42. Representation,
Worth of the Militia, 177. Tender Laws, 179. Shays's Rebellion, 180.
Taxation, 181. Mississippi Transactions, 182. Pennsylvania efficient
during the War, 183. Freeholds; Descents, 185. State Governments;
Congress the Servants of the People, 186. Ratification,
Confidence alone can procure Election; Slavery,
Congress never intended to give up the Navigation of the Mississippi; pos-
itive Directions in the Treaty with Gardoqui not to assent to it,
Government, general; national Powers; Militia; Abuse of Power,
Mr. MADISON, (a Member of the Federal Convention) — Taxation; Represen-
tation; Consolidation; Watchfulness of the States salutary,
Replies to Mr. Henry; Rhode Island, 87. Exclusive Legislation, 89.
Army, 91. Religion free, 93. Amendments; Taxation; Senators;
Representatives,
Taxes, 128. Amphictyonic League resembled our Confederation, 129.
Achæan; Germanic; Swiss; Holland; without Energy, Anarchy en-
sues, 130.
Weakness; Merit of the War not attributable to the Con-
federation, 133. Notoriously feeble,.
Necessity of a Change; Taxation, is it necessary? 247. How far prac-
ticable? 253. How far it may be safe, as well with the public Liberty at
large, as to the State Legislatures,
With Respect to Economy, 258. Powers of the General Government, in
Contradistinction to that of the States, 259. Requisitions not eco-
nomical,
Concurrent Collection of Taxes, 306. Uniformity of Taxes, 308. A
Navy; a Security against Insults; Prospects of Population in twenty-
five Years; Holland not a Republic, 309. Mississippi, its Navigation
should be preserved; new Government secures our Rights, 311. Car-
rying and non-importing States,..
Requisitions; Taxes, 328. Wishes Henry's Words suppressed relative to
Jefferson's Opinion; that he knows he is captivated with the Equality
of Suffrage in the Senate, which Henry calls the rotten Part of the Con-
stitution; Religion, not a shadow of Right to meddle with it;
contradictory Arguments; Mississippi Navigation can only be had by
an efficient Government,.
Disclosure of the Mississippi Matters, 344. Confirms the Project to surren-✔
der the Navigation for twenty-five Years; New Jersey instructed her
Delegates to oppose it, 346. Each State an equal Weight in Treaties, 347.
A weak System produced the Project to give up the Mississippi, which
will never be again revived in Congress,
Election of Senators and Representatives,
Congressional Compensation, how determined, and why left open to be
fixed by Law,...
Reasons why Members of Congress should accept Appointments,
Money Bills; Senate; Convention decides on confining their Origin to
the House,
Militia to be employed rather than a standing Army,
Power to arm the Militia, &c., is concurrent between the General Govern-
ment and the States,
Posse insufficient; then the Militia to be called,
Meaning of "Purse and Sword," 393. Anxiety for a well-regulated re-
publican Government, &c.,
Situation of the Country, 399. Responsibility; Political Experiment must
be made,
Elections; Objections explained; the President may adjourn the Senate,
if they attempt to prevent an Adjournment of the House,
General Government should command the national Forces,
Militia Abuses; may quell Smugglers,......
British Militia quell Riots; Virginia Militia,
Replies to Henry on the Militia Power,
Ten Miles Square; without exclusive Legislation there, Congress could
not be secure from Insults,
Legislature not safe, when subject to the paramount Authority of a Part of
the Community,
Slaves; Condition of the South to enter the Union; temporary Permis-
sion to carry on the Slave Trade; Congress cannot tax Slaves
amounting to Manumission; Slave Property secured; Reclamation of
Slaves; General Government has no Power to interpose in Slave
Property,...
Southern States satisfied with the Slave Compromise,
Publication of Receipts and Expenditures,..
Value of the Continental Debt; Claims neither increased nor diminished,. 480
Importing and exporting States,...
Propriety in choosing the President from the People at large; Provision in
Case of his Death,..
Presidential Election, Difficulty of, in the Federal Convention, in pointing
out the Mode; Objections,
Treaties; paramount Law; cannot dismember the Union by them,
To regulate Commerce; external; Responsibility compared with that of
the British Government,.
Judiciary, Objections to, refuted,.
Executive, peculiar Difficulty in prescribing its Duties, &c.,
Treaties; Judiciary to expound them,
Supreme Court; general View; Jurisdiction, 532 Cognizance; Dis-
putes between a foreign State and one of our States; Organization; Ap-
pellate Jurisdiction, &c.,
Judiciary; Compensation; Trial by Jury, 537. Vexatious Appeals may
be remedied by Congress; Confidence better than Money,
Flattering Prospects of free America; Gratification not to be looked for in
all the States; awful Importance of Decision, 616. Difficulties in pre-
paring the Constitution; Ratification of eight States a Failure, 618.
New York Opposition; more than those Rights enumerated by Wythe,
619. Amendments, 620. Emancipation of Slaves; Constitution does
not contemplate to strip their Owners of their Property; Claims of
Maryland for Western Lands,
Amendments, previous and subsequent,
JOHN MARSHALL-Democracy, well regulated, idolized; Reply to Mr.
Henry; Taxation, 222. Reference to Governor Randolph's Remarks, 226.
Government should have that Power in Peace necessary in War, 227.
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