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Constitution represents States as well as Governments; three principal
Forms of Government considered,...

CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY (a Member of the Federal Conven-
tion) - Treaties, where to be lodged; President, the Power of proposing
Treaties,

Objections answered; Treaties not repugnant to Laws; Mode of voting in
Senate, &c.,..

Treaty of Peace, on its Promulgation; Recognizances discharged; Case of
Love for Murder,

Explanations on Treaties; paramount under the Confederation, 277. Vattel
and Burlamaqui quoted; South Carolina interested in the Sacredness of
Treaties; properly lodged in the Senate and President,...
Abuse of Power; Impeachment; Things under the Confederation pictured;
The "three fifths," 230. Representation, 283. Sufferings of the Eastern
States in the Cause of Independence; Negroes necessary in Cultivation
for South Carolina; Compromise; Security against Emancipation; Fugi-
tives recoverable,

Independent before the Treaty of Peace; replies to Mr. Lowndes's Objec-
tions; Powers voted for the general Good; Elections; Representatives;
Senate; Presidential Elections; Foreign Influence to be guarded against;
commercial Preferences; Judiciary,..

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270

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284

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Replies to Mr. Lincoln's Objections; Policy of the Reeligibility of the
President; General Government, no Powers but what are expressly
granted; Reasons why a Bill of Rights was not inserted,...
(In Convention) - 10th Sec. Art. 1.
Money; Credit with Foreigners,..

On the Restrictive Clauses; Paper

Mr. PRINGLE (Speaker)-Treaty-making belongs to the executive Depart-
ment; President and Senate do not possess legislative Power,.
DAVID RAMSAY- Treaties superior to local Laws,..
Continental Debt; old Confederation dissolved,..

Hon. JACOB READ
Instances,..

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Confederation; Congress; its Efficiency farcical;

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333

268

270

286

286

311

Hon. JOHN RUTLEDGE (a Member of the Federal Convention) - Treaties
paramount; their Mode of Ratification in England, and Óperation in
America, 267. Difficulties in '82 because nine States did not attend,..... 268
Treaties, the paramount Law; Eulogium on the Constitution,..
Hon. EDWARD RUTLEDGE-Weakness of the Confederation; defends the
Constitution, 274. Taxes, in Favor of the South; $10 a head on Negroes
equivalent to 5 per cent. on Importations; all Free taxed; only two
fifths of the Slaves taxed,

Federal Convention did not exceed its Powers; Navigation; Exclusion from
West India Trade, &c.,.....

277

298

... 338

Gen. SUMPTER (in Convention) - moved an Adjournment, to give further
Time for Consideration; rejected, yeas, 89; nays, 135, .
ALEXANDER TWEED (in Convention) - denies the Restrictions of his Con-
stituents; open to Conviction; Reform needed; Importance of the Con-
stitution,

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QUESTION — To assemble at Charleston the 12th of May; ayes, 76;
nays, 75,.......

RATIFICATION, (in Convention;) yeas, 149; nays, 73,

322

316, 317

338, 340

341

CONGRESS of 1765. Note-List of Delegates and Extract from the Jour-
nal, 341. Extract from Ramsay on Ratification,

OPINIONS.

ABOLITION. Right of Petition. H. R. January, 1836. — Cushing,
ALIEN AND SEDITION LAWS. June, 1798. - E. Livingston, Tazewell,
440. Report, 1799, ...

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VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS of 1798, pronouncing the Sedition Laws to be un-
constitutional, and defining the Rights of the States, drawn by Mr. Madison, 528
VOL. IV.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 533

KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS of 1798
prepared by Mr. Jefferson.)..

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538

538

539

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546 to 580

MADISON'S REPORT on the Virginia Resolutions,
ALIEN AND SEDITION LAWS. M. Lyon. Senate, March, 1811. — Smith,
of South Carolina,

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AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. H. R. August 13, 1789.
Gerry, Ames, Madison,.....

AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION; Election of President, Senate,
January 23, 1800. — C. Pinckney, of S. C.,..

474

404

442

H. R. August, 1804.- Jackson, 452
Senate, March, 1826.- Dicker-

son, 494. (With Extracts from the Journal of the Federal Convention on
the Presidential Term.)

APPOINTMENT; Panama Mission. Senate, March, 1826.- Berrien,.. 480 to 483
APPROPRIATIONS OF MONEY, for Vessels of War. H. R. February 25,
1797. Gallatin, Nicholas,..
439
ARMY, STANDING, Regulation of. H. R. January 5, 1800.- Randolph,.... 441
BANKS. Hamilton's Exposition to Congress, 1791. Extract,...
617 to 620
BANK, Establishment of. H. R. February 2, 1791. Giles, 411. Vining, Madi-
son, 412. Ames, 414 to 417. Sedgwick, Madison, 417. Lawrence, Jack-
son, Boudinot, Stone, 418. Gerry,..
419 to 422

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BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. Renewal of Charter. H. R.
April 13, 1810.- Love, Troup, Key, Alston, 456. Burwell, P. B. Porter,
Eppes, Crawford, 457. Clay,

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H. R. April 13, 1830. — M'Duffie,
(Note. Jackson's Message of December 7, 1830.)

458

524

BANKS.

Mr. Jefferson. Extract referred to by Mr. Madison,....
Note on Banks, from Jefferson's Memoirs, March 11, 1798,
Note on the Tariff, furnishing a Summary of the Argument of the South
Carolina Exposition. See page 580.

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BANKRUPT BILL. H. R. February 16, 1818. Hopkinson, 470. Tyler,
Sergeant, Mills, 471. March 12, 1822. Buchanan,.
BANKRUPT LAW. Senate, May 1, 1826. — Hayne, 490 to 493. Woodbury, 493
BANKRUPTCY. Senate, January, 1826. — Van Buren,

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COLUMBIA, DISTRICT of, Case of J. P. Van Ness. H. R. January,

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To re-cede the District. H. R. February 9, 1803. — Bayard,
CONTRACTORS. March 23, 1806.- Eppes,...
DEBT, DOMESTIC. H. R. February 22, 1790. ·

479

451

451

454

Smith, S. C. 405. Madison, 406

PUBLIC. Reduction of the Public Debt. H. R. November 20, 1792.
Mercer, 429. Ames, 430. Madison,

431

DEBTS. Mr. Madison to Mr. Stevenson, 27th November, 1830, examining
the Origin and Progress of the Clause of the Constitution, "To pay the
DEBTS, AND provide for common Defence," &c., Extract......... 612 to 615
DIGEST OF DECISIONS in the Courts of the Union, involving Constitu-
tional Principles,

DUTIES. May 15, 1789.-White, Madison, Clymer, Carroll, 345. Wadsworth,
Ames, Fitzsimons, Hartley, Bland, Boudinot, 346. Sinnickson, Lawrence,
Smith, S. C.; Messages of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe; W.
H. Crawford's Report,

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DUTIES OR LICENSES. H. R. December 31, 1800.- Bird,
DUELLING. Persons engaged in a Duel to be disqualified from holding Office.
H. R. December 31, 1803.- Davis,
EMBARGO, to suspend, H. R. April 19, 1808. —Quincy, 455. Key,........ 456

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EMBARGOES, to regulate and revoke. H. R. May 29, 1794.- Madison, .... 433
EXPUNGING RESOLUTION. Senate, 1836.- Leigh, 598. Rives,.
FISHERY, COD. Granting Bounties. H. R. February 3, 1792.

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599

Giles, 426.

427

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434

Williamson, Madison,
FRENCH REPUBLIC, on striking out complimentary Reply to. Senate, Jan-
uary 6, 1796.
Ellsworth, Butler,
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. H. R. February 11, 1796. — Madison, Bald-
win, Bourne, Williams, 434. Thacher,.

December 5, 1815.- Madison,
Bonus Bill. H. R. February, 1817.

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ing, Clay, 467. Madison's Objections to the above Bonus Bill,.
Dismal Swamp Canal, Senate, May, 1824.

- Van Buren,

Berrien,.

Rowan,

435

461

Picker-

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IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE CHASE. H. R. February 21, 1805.- Hop-
kinson, 452. (Note from Story's Commentaries.)
INDIAN TREATIES. Senate, May, 1830. - Sprague,.....

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JUDICIAL SYSTEM. Senate, April 7, 1826. — Mr. Van Buren, 485. Wood-
bury,....

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LOUISIANA TREATY. H. R. October 25, 1803. — Elliot, Mitchell, Smilie,
Rodney, Tracy, 448. J. Q. Adams, 449. (Note. Mr. Jefferson's Opinion
added.)

474

LYON, MATTHEW, Petition of. Senate, March, 1821.-Smith,.
MILITARY APPROPRIATION BILL. H. R. January 4, 1819.- Lowndes, 472
MILITIA BILL. H. R. December 24, 1790.- Bloodworth, Sherman, Madison,
Livermore, 422. Williamson, 423. Boudinot, Jackson, Livermore,. 424
MILITIA. Bill for organizing, &c. H. R. December, 1796.-Rutherford,.. 438
MISSOURI QUESTION. H. R. December 13, 1821. - Lowndes,.
NULLIFICATION. Senate, April 2, 1830. — Josiah S. Johnson,.
OATH to support the Constitution, May 6, 1789.
Lawrence, and Sherman,
PATRONAGE, Foreign Intercourse Bill. H. R. January 18, 1798.- Gallatin,
439. Pinckney, Bayard,....

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POST OFFICE. Bill to authorize the President to choose a Mail Route.
H. R. December 6, 1791. - Sedgwick, Gerry, Bourne,
POST-OFFICES AND POST-ROADS. H. R. Jan. 3, 1792.-Fitzsimons,. 426
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Bill to determine the Time When Electors
shall be chosen, &c. H. R. January 14, 1791. — Sherman,

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PUBLIC LANDS for Internal Improvements, February 13, 1807.- Bayard,... 455
Disposal of, Senate, May, 1826. - Van Buren,

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REFUGEES, ST. DOMINGO, Bill for the Relief of. H. R. January 10, 1794.
- Madison, Nicholas, Boudinot, Dexter, 431. (Note. Relief of the Citizens
of Venezuela, to expend $50,000, passed, ayes, 45; noes, 29.)

REMOVAL, POWER OF, by the President, on the Bill establishing the "De-
partment of Foreign Affairs." H. R. June, 1789,...

White, 350.

Smith, S. C. 350 to 353.

Huntingdon, 353.

Sedgwick, 353.

Madison, 354 to 357.

White, 357.
Boudinot, 357 to 361.
Ames, 361 to 364.

Livermore, 364 to 366.
Hartley, 366 to 367.

Lawrence, 367 to 371.
Jackson, 371 to 373.
Clymer, 373 to 374.
Page, 374 to 375.
Sherman, 375 to 376.

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350

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seven Resolutions,

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RESTRICTIONS, COMMERCIAL. H. R. January 31, 1794. — Madison,... 432
- Madison's
H. R. February 14, 1806.

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RETALIATION for Aggression. H. R. May 23, 1798.—Sitgreaves,
RIGHT OF PETITION. (Abolition) Senate, 1836.-Cushing, 594. Pren-
tiss, 595. Hugh L. White, 596. Grundy, King, of Alabama, Buchanan,
597. King, of Georgia, Calhoun,.
SEAMEN'S BILL. Regulation of Seamen, in Public and Private Vessels.
H. R. February, 1813. — Seybert, 460. Archer,
SEMINOLE WAR. H. R. January 21, 1819.- Richard M. Johnson,..
SLAVE TRADE. Commitment of the Quakers' Memorial. H. R. March, 1790.
Tucker, 406. Gerry, Burke, Scott, Jackson, Sherman, Baldwin, Smith,
S. C., 407. Page, Madison, Gerry, 408. Boudinot, Stone, Tucker, S. C.,
Jackson, 409. Smith, S. C., Boudinot, 410. Note,
SLAVERY. Panama Mission. Senate, March, 1826.-Hayne,.....

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453

440

598

461

472

411

483

(Abolition.) Report on circulating, through the United States
Mails, inflammatory Appeals. Calhoun. Senate, February 4, 1836, ......593
STATE RIGHTS. (Debate on Foote's Resolutions.) Senate, January, 1830,.. 496
Webster, 496 to 509.

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(Nullification.) President Jackson's PROCLAMATION, of the 10th
of December, 1833, concerning the Ordinance of South Carolina of the
24th of November, 1832,.

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475

580

582 to 592

Mr. Madison to Mr. Cabell, dated September-October, 1828, 600 to 608
TAXES, DIRECT. H. R. May 6, 1794. — Sedgwick,.............
.... 433
TREATY, COMMERCIAL, with Great Britain. H. R. January 8, 1816.
Hopkinson; Calhoun, 462. Tucker, 464. Pinckney, 465. Pickering,

Pinckney,..

TREATY-MAKING POWER, (Jay's.) H. R. March 23, 1796.- Murray,
Gallatin, 435. Madison, 436. Lyman,

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VOLUNTEER CORPS. H. R. January 12, 1812. - Poindexter, Grundy,
Porter, Cheves, Clay,...

466

437

459

VETO. Monroe's Objections to An Act for the Preservation of the Cumberland
Road,....

525

Jackson's Objections to "An Act authorizing a Subscription to the
Maysville, &c., Road,”.

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At a Convention, begun and held at Hillsborough, the 21st day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and of the Independence of America the 13th, in pursuance of a resolution of the last General Assembly, for the purpose of deliberating and determining on the proposed Plan of Federal Government, —

A MAJORITY of those who were duly elected as members of this Convention being met at the church, they proceeded to the election of a president, when his excellency, Samuel Johnston, Esq., was unanimously chosen, and conducted to the chair accordingly.

The house then elected Mr. John Hunt and Mr. James Taylor clerks to the Convention, and also appointed door-keepers, &c.

The house then appointed a select committee to prepare and propose certain rules and regulations for the government of the Convention in the discussion of the Constitution.

The committee consisted of Messrs. Davie, Person, Iredell, I. M'Donald, Battle, Spaight, and the Hon. Samuel Spencer, Esq.

The Convention then appointed a committee of three members from each district, as a committee of privileges and elections, consisting of Messrs. Spencer, Irwin, Caldwell, Person, A. Mebane, Joseph Taylor, M'Dowall, J. Brown, J. Johnston, Davie, Peebles, E. Gray, Gregory, Iredell, Cabarrus, I. G. Blount, Keais, B. Williams, T. Brown, Maclaine, Foster, Clinton, J. Willis, Grove, J. Stewart, Martin, and Tipton The Convention then adjourned till to-morrow morning.

TUESDAY, July 22, 1788.

The Convention met according to adjournment.

The committee appointed for that purpose reported certain rules and regulations for the government of the Convention, which were twice read, and, with the exception of one article, were agreed to, and are as follows, viz:

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