cited, 127-28.

Hunkers, branch of Democratic party,
37, 40, 41, 160, 391, 406; oppose
first constitution, 44-45, 48; organ
of, 44, 385.

ILLINOIS, boundary dispute with, 18-

21, 23, 25, 70, 75-76, 113, 136–37,
357, 365; debt of, 18, 176, 251;
lands in, 33; emigrants from, 33;
judiciary in, 451; Liberty party,
494; precedents from, 283, 317,
351, 442-43; constitutions of, 9, 31,
39, 40; Journal of Convention, 39.
Illinois and Michigan Canal, 78.
Illinois Territory, Wisconsin a part of,
309.

Immigration, desire for, 22, 225. See

also Foreigners.
Imprisonment for debt, discussed, 304,
464. See also Exemption.

Incorporation, powers of, 223, 261-62,

281, 290, 319, 322, 380; discussion
of, 464, 515. See also Banking.
Indebtedness. See State Debt.

Independent Democrats, manifesto,

516-23.

Indiana, constitution of, 10, 31-32;
cheap lands in, 33; banks, 207; ju-
diciary, 451.

Indiana Magazine of History, 32.
Indians, village, 137; franchise for, 88,
96, 118. See also Halfbreeds.
Interest, legal rates, 288-89.
Internal Improvements, request for,

23, 67, 70-71, 132, 215-16, 365;
convention for, 50; regulation of,
46, 130, 252; land grant for, 140,
216, 357; discussion of, 283, 426.
Iowa, newspapers in, 12; settlement of,

33; enters the Union, 23, 25, 33,
114-15, 357, 360, 437; constitu-
tional conventions, 34-36, 40, 522;
constitutions, 9, 31-32, 39, 62, 65,
153, 440; appropriations for, 421;
precedents from, 223-24, 347.

ticle from, 442–44.

Iowa County, and ratification of first
constitution, 47-48; petitions for
statehood, 357; method favored,
418; courts in, 115; representatives,
94, 341; opposes abolitionism, 97;
standard of living, 99; number of
delegates, 126; election in, 197, 202,
491; settlement in, 410, 490.
Iowa Territory, organized, 33; admis-
sion of, 357, 360-61.
Irish, immigrants in Wisconsin, 188,
190-92, 227, 230, 411, as delegates,
196-98; vote with Democrats, 202-
203, 205, 321, 489; should be nat-
uralized, 216, 222; in Massachu-
setts, 308.

Iron ore, in Wisconsin, 77.

James II, cited, 241.
Janesville, growth of, 49.
Janesville Gazette, cited, 271-72.
Jefferson, Thomas, Democratic prin-

ciples, 35, 179, 302, 386, 391; au-
thor of Declaration of Independ-
ence, 110, 318; religious principles,
330-31.

"Jefferson," of Madison, letters of,
382-91.

"Jefferson," of Milwaukee. See But-
terfield.

Jefferson County, number of delegates,

126; candidates, 197; Liberty party
delegates, 494.

Jeffreys, George, partisan judge, 241.
Johnson H., at convention, 516.
Joy, Nathan, on committee, 513.

of New York, 39.

Law Reporter, cited, 472.
Lawrence Institute, chartered, 49.
Laws, revision of, needed, 68, 75, 243,
375, 424; code of, 290; object of,

Leasing system for mineral lands, 357,
362-64.

Lebanon (Ohio) bank, 161.
Lee, Oliver, banker, 456.

Legal reform, discussed, 406-408, 467-
73; resolutions on, 515.
Legal tender, discussion of, 465.
Leggett, William, cited, 406-407.
Legislation, dangers from, 146-48,

239; restriction of, 155-56, 283.
Legislators, qualities of, 186-87, 283,
315.

Legislatures, theories of, 319–20, 343–

44; plans for, 232-34, 408-10, 463-
65; special sessions, 284. See also
Bicameral and Biennial.
Liability of state, 290–91.
Liberty party, in Wisconsin, 23, 226
27; opposes constitutions, 27-28;
annual meeting of, 494-95; candi-
dates, 494, 509.

32.

MCCLAIN, Emlin, "The Constitutional
Convention," 32.
McClelland, Robert, debates Wisconsin
bill, 130-31.

McDuffie, George, cited, 96.
McHugh, Thomas, secretary of second
constitutional convention, 28.
Mack, J. G. D., aid acknowledged, 32,
34.

McKay, James J., chairman of Con-
gressional committee, 368.
McKee, Stewart ("Farmer of Grant")

articles by, 302-309, 312-14, 315-
18, 335-38; questioned, 327-28;
candidate, 305, 335; education, 336.
Mackintosh, Sir James, cited, 241.
McLaughlin, B., signs manifesto, 523.
McMaster, J. B., History of the People
of the United States, 31.

386-87.

tion, 30.

Madison Argus, editor, 49, 192, 404;
policy, 44, 47, 161; articles from,
412-91; controversy with, 167-70,
192-93, 384-91; cited, 24, 37-38,
42, 45, 47-50, 73, 86, 172, 212, 274,
284, 367, 370, 384, 503.
Madison Express, articles from, 143–
75, 393; debate, 82; proceedings,
93; cited, 25, 49, 69, 125, 394.
Madison Wisconsin Democrat, history
of, 37, 356; editor, 356; articles
from, 366-411; controversy with,
167; cited, 36-38, 41, 44, 47, 50-
51, 53,
202.

islands in, 137.

Mexican War, Whigs win, 46; a na-
tional problem, 522.
Michigan, boundary line, 136-37;
boundary dispute with, 18, 23, 70,
76, 113, 130, 357, 365; territorial
legislature, 423; admitted to Union,
33, 433, 435-36; constitution of, 10,
31-32, 251; exemption in, 44, 52;
banks, 38, 158-61, 207; judiciary,
451; precedents from, 182, 238,
283.

Michigan Lake, western shore settled,
33-34; railroad to, 71, 78; harbors
of, 71, 78; boundary in, 136-37;
southern bend of, 365, 436.
Militia, exemptions, 368.

chased, 20.

Magone, James, in territorial legisla-
ture, 86.

Maine, banks in, 208.

Manhattan bank, 161.
Manitowoc, harbor, 70.
Manitowoc County, number of dele-

gates, 126; candidates, 197.
Marquette County, number of dele-

gates, 126; candidates, 197.
Married Women's rights. See Women.
Marsh, Canfield, candidate, 515; on
committee, 513.

Marsh, Harmon, on committee, 515.
Marsh, J. L., editor of Platteville
American, 323, 332.

Marshall, John, interprets the consti-
tution, 30.

Martin, Morgan L., territorial delegate,
25, 47, 49, 128, 136, 422; president
of second constitutional convention,
28, 51, 52; speech in Congress, 133;
introduces enabling act, 436, 462.
Martyr, Justin, cited, 325.
Massachusetts, precedents of, 100, 110,

409; banks in, 207-208; property
qualification for suffrage, 308;
judiciary, 451.

Milwaukee, harbor, 70; commerce, 215-
16, 225; settled, 33, 49; German
meeting at, 22; candidates, 197;
delegates, 37-38, 51; newspapers,
12-13; election, 197; convention
proposed for, 109, 115; ratification
in, 47; New York society, 46.
Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad,
proposed, 79.

Milwaukee County, court in, 86, 115;

method of statehood favored by,
418, 432; Norwegians in, 105; num-
ber of delegates, 126; candidates,
198; legislative members, 227; Lib-
erty party delegates, 494.
Milwaukee Courier, editor, 221; arti-
cles from, 211-47; cited, 21, 38, 41,
44, 417.
Milwaukee Sentinel and Gazette, edi-
tor, 51; articles from, 175–210;
controversy with, 488, 491; cited,
34, 37-39, 50, 213, 410-11, 489-90.
Milwaukee Volksfreund, 13.
Milwaukee

cited, 184.

Wisconsin Banner, 13;

"Miner of Grant," articles by, 320-21,
323-26, 327-31; answered, 333.
Mineral lands. See Lands.

Mineral Point, settled, 33; resident,
11; newspapers, 13; delegate, 37;
proposed as convention seat, 109.
Mineral Point Democrat, articles from,
356-65; sketch of, 356; cited, 44,
417.

Mining resources of state, 77, 283,
356-57. See also Lead Mine Dis-
trict.
Ministers of the gospel, eligibility for
office, 211-14, 305, 367-70, 429-32,
464, 466-78, 481-83. See also Re-
ligious Test.

Minnesota, constitution of, 10, 32.
Minorities, discussed, 354-55.
Mississippi, constitution of, 9, 41, 219;

election of judges in, 389-90, 504;
repudiation in, 499.
Mississippi River, navigation of, 71,

78, 309; railroad to, 71; source of,
133-34; as a boundary, 137; juris-
diction on, 138; settlements on, 24,
33.

Mississippi Valley, political revolution

in, 30-31, 34, 37; constitutions of
states in, 32; upper portion, 33;
banking troubles in, 39.
Mississippi Valley Historical Review,
30.

Missouri, cheap lands in, 33; emi-

grants from, 33; constitutional con-
vention, 40, 522; constitution, 9, 31,
39, 199, 317, 381, 386, 388, 443; ju-
diciary, 451.

Missouri Compromise, effect of, 361.
Missouri River, 33.

Mitchell, Alexander, banker, 47. See
also Wisconsin Marine and Fire In-
surance Company.
Monmouth's rebellion, cited, 241.
Montreal River, as a boundary, 137.
Mooers, Benjamin H., in territorial
legislature, 57, 83-86.

Morris, Thomas, United States sena-
tor, 433.

Morrow, Elisha, in territorial legisla-
ture, 57, 84, 85; speech on state-
hood bill, 88–93.

Mount Pleasant township, candidate
of, 507, 513.

Murphy, Dennis, in Iowa County, 197.

NATIVE American. See Know Noth-
ing party.

Naturalization law, of United States,
43, 117, 122, 124, 194, 222-23, 229,
321, 340-41, 412-13.

Neenah River. See Fox River.
Negro suffrage, discussion of, 88, 93-
105, 161-62, 182, 226-30, 234-36,
393-94, 521; resolutions on, 494-
95, 514; note on, 27, 42, 48.
New England, immigrants from, 13,
34; free schools in, 188; legal rate
of interest, 288.

New Hampshire, suffrage in, 162; cap-
ital punishment, 182; banks, 208;
judiciary, 451.

New Jersey, constitution of, 32, 386;
banks in, 208; judiciary, 451.
New Orleans, as a port, 216; letter
from, 389; battle of, 222.

New York (state), immigrants from,
13, 34, 46; schools in, 188; banks,
207-10; judiciary, 257, 322, 347,
451; rate of interest, 288; aristoc-
racy, 163; constitutional conven-
tion, 152, 162, 188, 209, 245, 268,
270, 285-86, 290-92, 387-88, 490-
92, 496, 505–507, 521-22, 525-26;
precedents from, 26, 36, 38, 40, 41,
80, 100, 109-10, 152, 200–201, 210,
212, 217, 256, 262, 267, 281, 285,
322, 377, 394, 407, 428, 477, 525-26.
New York Aurora, cited, 162.
New York City, Know-nothingism in,
162, 167; influence on legislation,
297.

New York Nation, cited, 53.
Newell, Theodore, on Southport com-

mittee, 493, 513, 516; candidate,
515; signs manifesto, 523.
Newspapers, in Wisconsin Historical
library, 11-13; in 1841, 20; favor
statehood, 23-24; favor second con-
stitution, 29.