Page. usurped; Powers intended to be given, legal without new Authority, &c., 179 Paper Money not affected, 185. Relative Importance of the Northern and Southern States, .
Replies to general Objections, Exclusive Legislation; States will stipulate; Insult to Congress in 1783; Powers enumerated, excluded from all others; Abuse of Power; Non- Adoption out of the Union; State of the Union in 1776; anticipates the Interest of the First Congress; Importance of framing the first Code of Laws,.
Nine," sufficient to establish the Constitution; Disadvantages in not joining the Union under the Constitution,.. His Resolution for Yeas and Nays,.
Religion; Tests; Persecutions; its Toleration in America; Sacrament in Great Britain; Office open to all Religions; Guaranty explained; Presi- dent must be a Native; Form of an Oath; governed by the Religion of the Person taking it; Case of an East Indian, a Gentoo, in Charles II.'s Time,
Moves for Ratification and subsequent Amendments, Gov. JOHNSTON - Vice-President's Vote defended,
Representative accountable only to his Constituents, Impeachment; Removal; Disqualification,
State Officers amenable to the Courts of Law,....... Amendments; no Danger apprehended,
Powers; no Parallel between Congress and Parliament, Taxation, in Kind,
Treaties; Difference between Confederation and Constitution,
Fallacy of the Opinion that the Pope, or a Foreigner, may be chosen President; Religion,
Mr. WILLIE JONES-for putting the Question upon the Constitution im- mediately,
Reasons for this Proposition,
Ratification; wished to be out of the Union,..
Though no Share in the new Appointments, common Interest with Virginia; Jefferson, he stated, wished Ratification only to preserve the Union; Office Expectants, their Bias, &c.,.....
Against Adoption; moved the previous Question; refuses to withdraw his Motion, Mr. LANCASTER- his Apprehensions for Constitutional Amendments, 212. Elections; President's conditional Negative; Two Thirds very rarely will agree to a Law; Appeals; Armies; Religion; Papists or Mahometans may occupy the Chair; Disqualification in the States; would oppose Adoption,
Mr. LOCKE — Constitution grants unlimited Powers, 168. Necessity of Pine- barren Acts; expedient to make Paper Money a legal Tender,. Opposes the Adoption,.....
Mr. LENOIR-President's Treaty-making Power, a legislative Act, Convention exceeded its Powers; Reasons for opposing,..
Impeachment not extended to Representatives,.
Mr. MACLAINE- Distinction between a Monarchy and Republic,.. "L We, the People," proper,
Constitution a Blank till adopted,.
Vice-President's casting Vote,..
Biennial Elections defended,.
Vice-President's Powers,.
Impeachment, not to reach petty Officers,.
Misdemeanors, by great State Officers, how redressed? Parliamentary Power; Blackstone; Militia Power,. Elections; Time, Manner, Place, &c.,
States, their Interests connected; Trial by Jury,
Power in the People, not in the States; Distinction between Law and Fact; Federal Jurisdiction limited,............
State and Federal Courts,.
Money Bills; Paper Money; Depreciation, though ultimately good,
Taxes will be inconsiderable; Congress will have Credit abroad; Adoption
will bring out Specie,.....
Trade, its Resources; Loans,
Mr. M'DOWALL-Elections; Control over Taxation, opposed to its Surrender to the general Government,.
Mr. MILLER-Presidential Powers, a Defect in the Constitution,
Mr. PERSON-for previous Question,..
Mr. PORTER — Money Clause, whence does the Power originate?. Treaty-making Power in the President and Senate,...
Treaties; House of Representatives ought to have a Vote in making them,.. 118
Mr. SHEPHERD-for full Discussion,....
Mr. SPAIGHT (a Member of the Federal Convention)-Taxes, whether paid to State or Federal Government, no Difference,.
Judiciary; Federal Convention unanimous in keeping separate the Federal and State Governments,
Trial by Jury; in the Federal Convention, considerable Time taken to investigate the Subject,
Convention, denies that it exceeded its Powers,.
Senate responsible to State Legislatures; Federal Constitution favorable to Trial by Jury; Religion, no Power over it; an Infidel will never be chosen for Office; Amendments; exclusive Legislation; Liberty of the Press; Census; Requisitions done away,.....
Mr. SPENCER- Governors, Servants of the People,. Objections to the new Form of Government, Refractory States; Elections,
Taxes, Interference between the States and the Federal Government; Objections,
But in War by the general Government,
Executive Power; standing Council of one Member from each of the States, &c.,.
Treaties should have the Sanction of all the Senate; Aristocracy should be guarded against,
Judiciary, Objections to the System,.
Preamble, "We, the People; " Oath, 153. Trial by Jury,
Contends for a Bill of Rights; Power, Jurisdiction, and Right, not given up,
remain in the States; objects to a Revision of Facts by Federal Court, and
concurrent Jurisdiction dangerous,.
Boundary of a Bill of Rights wanted,..
Religious Tests, Foundation of Persecution,.
Amendments, 227. For Union,..
Mr. STEELE-Elections; no Check in the old Confederation,.
Journal, its Publication,.
Taxation, in Favor of the Clause,
Mr. JOSEPH TAYLOR- Wording, "We, the People," an assumed Power,.. 23
Mr. WILSON-wished Exclusion of Popish Priests from Office,....
YEAS AND NAYS, at large, on Amendment, ...
CLOSING PROCEEDINGS-"neither to ratify nor reject the Constitution," adopted by a large Majority,..
ROBERT BARNWELL- for a limited Discussion, 263. Defence of the Con- stitution, 291. President's Responsibility; Treaties; Congressional Pay; Paper Medium; Trial by Jury; Preferences; Importation of Negroes; Carrying Trade; pleased with the Clause relative to Slaves,..... PIERCE BUTLER (one of the Members of the Federal Convention) — Im- peachment; Senate; Peace and War,........................
Mr. PATRICK CALHOUN - Religion; too great a Latitude allowed,. .... 312 PATRICK DOLLARD (in Convention) — his Constituents, to a Man, opposed to the Constitution for Want of a Bill of Rights,
Com. GILLON - satisfied with the Doings of the Convention; in Favor of American Bottoms,.
Hon. RALPH IZARD- Right of Kings to make Treaties,
Mr. RAWLINS LOWNDES-Senate and the old Confederation; Constitution and Laws paramount; Presidential Powers,.. Treaties contrary to Law not valid; Eulogium on the Confederation, 271. New Government an Experiment; no adequate Advantage; Slavery,.... 272 Importation of Negroes, 272. Evils apprehended from the Laws of Congress; local Legislature; Fears for the Fate of the Southern States,.... Defence of the Confederation; Powers of the President; Representation; Senators; Commercial Advantages enjoyed by the Eastern States; Taxes; Congressional Pay; recommends another Convention, Explains his Argument on Treaties; Checks; limiting the Importation of Negroes an Evil; Navy to come from the East; Taxes; Expense of the Government; Presidential Powers; the "Well-born;" preparatory Plan for a Monarchy; Constitution ruinous to the Liberty of America,. Mr. JAMES LINCOLN opposes the Constitution, as an aristocratic Govern- ment; President may hold his Office for Life; Liberty of the Press forgotten; Bill of Rights essential, .
Col. MASON-thanks Mr. Lowndes for his Opposition to the Constitution,... 316 Mr. JOHN MATTHEWS-denies the Efficiency of the Confederation, JUDGE PENDLETON- Impeachment,.....
Only three States sanctioned the Importation of Negroes,
CHARLES PINCKNEY (a Member of the Federal Convention) - Motives as a Member of the Federal Convention; Condition of the Country at the Close of the War; Defects of the Confederation, &c., 253. Necessity of a Government to operate on the People; Compromise; rapid Glance at different Parts of the System,..
President's Power; Responsibility,
Observations on the System (before the Convention May 12.) But one Government in Europe that provides for civil Rights, 318. People Servants; Rulers supreme; Ireland; the Netherlands; America taught the Rights of Man, 319. Primogeniture, 320. Peopled classed; commercial foreign Trade, Root of public Distress; mechanical; agricultural, 321. Merchants; Mediocrity a leading Feature; Division into States; East- ern, 322. Middle; Maryland and the Southern States; Outline of the Legislation of Pennsylvania; Georgia; Maryland, 323. New York, Massachusetts, 325. Foreign Governments; Evils of a Republic, 326
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," 280. 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,.
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. On the Restrictive Clauses; Paper Money; Credit with Foreigners,.
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,.
Confederation; Congress; its Efficiency farcical;
Hon. JOHN RUTLEDGE (a Member of the Federal Convention) — Treaties paramount; their Mode of Ratification in England, and Operation in America, 267. Difficulties in '82 because nine States did not attend,.. 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.,...
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,
QUESTION - To assemble at Charleston the 12th of May; ayes, 76; nays, 75,..
RATIFICATION, (in Convention ;) yeas, 149; nays, 73,
CONGRESS of 1765. Note-List of Delegates and Extract from the Jour- nal, 341. Extract from Ramsay on Ratification,
ABOLITION. Right of Petition. H. R. January, 1836. — Cushing, ALIEN AND SEDITION LAWS. June, 1798. — E. Livingston, Tazewell, 440. Report, 1799,
VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS of 1798, pronouncing the Sedition Laws to be un- constitutional, and defining the Rights of the States, drawn by Mr. Madison, 52% VOL. IV. B
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 533
KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS of 1798 prepared by Mr. Jefferson.)......
MADISON'S REPORT on the Virginia Resolutions, ALIEN AND SEDITION LAWS. M. Lyon. Senate, March, 1811.- Smith, of South Carolina,
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.,......
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,.
.... 617 to 620` Vining, Madi-
ARMY, STANDING, Regulation of. H. R. January 5, 1800.- Randolph,.... 441 BANKS. Hamilton's Exposition to Congress, 1791. Extract,. BANK, Establishment of. H. R. February 2, 1791. — Giles, 411. son, 412. Ames, 414 to 417. Sedgwick, Madison, 417. Lawrence, Jack- son, Boudinot, Stone, 418. Gerry,... 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,.
H. R. April 13, 1830. — M'Duffie, 524 (Note. Jackson's Message of December 7, 1830.)
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.
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, COLUMBIA, DISTRICT of, Case of J. P. Van Ness.
To re-cede the District. H. R. February 9, 1803.- Bayard, CONTRACTORS. March 23, 1806. - Eppes,.
DEBT, DOMESTIC. H. R. February 22, 1790. — Smith, S. C. 405. Madison, 406 PUBLIC. Reduction of the Public Debt. H. R. November 20, 1792. - Mercer, 429. Ames, 430. Madison, 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,
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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