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CHAPTER X.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL, CONTINUED. THE Pow-
ERS OF CONGRESS. THE GRAND COMPROMISES OF THE CON-
STITUTION RESPECTING COMMERCE, EXPORTS, AND THE SLAVE-
TRADE.
General Principles of the Powers of Legislation
279, 280
280
Arrangement of the Compromise
Value of the Compromise
Benefits of the Revenue and Commercial Powers
ACY OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMEMT. - DEFINITION AND PUN-
ISHMENT OF TREASON.
Principles of the National Supremacy
Preamble of the Constitution
Supremacy effected through the Judicial Power.
Ratification
Meaning and Operation of the Supremacy
Its Effect on the Growth of the Country
Definition and Punishment of Treason
CHAPTER XIII.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE of Detail, CONTINUED. ELECTION
AND POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT.
Election of the President, why not made directly by the People . 388
Origin of the Plan of Electors.
Choice of President and Vice-President
Succession of the Vice-President to the Presidency
389
390-395
395-398
Mode of filling the Vacancy when there is no Vice-President .
. 398
Modifications of the Mode of Election made by the Amendment 400, 401
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL, CONTINUED.
TION OF THE JUDICIAL POWER.
Scope of the Judicial Power
Its Purposes
CHAPTER XV.
407-409
409 et seq.
412, 413
413, 414
414-417
417, 418
419
· EFFECT
OF RECORDS. - INTER-STATE PRIVILEGES. FUGITIVES FROM
JUSTICE AND FROM SERVICE.
Intimacy of the Relations between the People of the States.
Difference between the Confederation and the Constitution
Privileges of Citizenship in all the States
CHAPTER XVI.
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Report of the Committee of Detail, conTINUED. GUARANTY
OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT AND INTERNAL TRANQUILLITY. -
OATH TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION. MODE OF AMEND-
MENT. RATIFICATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONSTI-
TUTION.. SIGNING BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION.
Purpose of the Guaranty of Republican Government .
Meaning of the Guaranty
American Sense of a "Republican" Government
Amendment a Conservative Element
Distinction between Amendment and Revolution
Settlement of the Mode of Amending the Constitution
Restrictions on the Power of Amendment
Oath to support the Constitution .
Establishment of the Constitution provided for
Signatures of the Delegates.
The Issue presented .
BOOK V.
ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL RECEPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
HOPES OF A RE-
UNION WITH GREAT BRITAIN. - ACTION OF THE CONGRESS.
STATE OF FEELING IN MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, VIRGINIA,
SOUTH CAROLINA, MARYLAND, AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. AP-
POINTMENT OF THEIR CONVENTIONS.
Public Anxiety
Rumors about the Bishop of Osnaburg
Scheme of the Tories
Publication of the Constitution
Its Friends and Opponents
Position of the People
492
493, 494
495
495, 496
497, 498
RATIFICATIONS OF DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY,
GEORGIA, AND CONNECTICUT, WITHOUT OBJECTION.
- CLOSE
RATI-
OF THE YEAR 1787.- BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 1788.
FICATION OF MASSACHUSETTS, THE SIXTH STATE, WITH PROPO-
SITIONS OF AMENDMENT. - RATIFICATION OF MARYLAND WITH-
OUT OBJECTION. SOUTH CAROLINA, THE EIGHTH STATE,
ADOPTS, AND PROPOSES AMENDMENTS.
Delaware ratifies unanimously
Prestige of Philadelphia
James Wilson in the Convention of Pennsylvania
His Defence of the Constitution
. 518
519
. 520
521-524
. 524
524, 525