American Insurance Company v. Can-
Ames, Fisher, on powers of secretary
of treasury, 180-182; on the com-
mittees of Congress, 213.
position of, 317-322; his report for a
committee, 322-323; his Fort Hill
letter, 323-325.
Cass, Lewis, letter to Governor Nich-
olson, 411-414.
Amnesty, Lincoln's proclamation of, Charter, of Connecticut, 1-4; of Mary-
509-511.
Annapolis Convention, origin of, 93- Charter governments, defense of, 4-6.
96; report of, 96-98.
Checks and balances, 61-62.
Articles of Confederation, text of, 74- Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 310–312.
83; defects of, 84-92.
Chisholm v. Georgia, 140-142.
Assemblies, colonial, competence of, Clay, Henry, on the veto power, 375-
26-30; financial encroachments of, 378.
31-33.
Association, the, 35-40.
Attorney-General, opinion of, on Fu-
gitive Slave Law, 423-425; on pow-
ers of President under militia laws,
454-455; on suspension of writ of
habeas corpus, 478-481.
Clayton compromise, Representative
Stephenson, 408-411.
Coercion of a State, 454-459.
Cohens v. Virginia, 287-290.
Collamer, Senator, on confiscation,
482-486.
Commission of a royal governor, 18-
Baltimore, Lord, grantee and proprie- Committee on Territories, report of
tor of Maryland, 6–9.
Bates, Attorney-General, opinion on
the suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus, 478-481.
the Senate (1854), 426–429.
Compromise, in Federal Convention,
110-111; Missouri, 299; of 1850,
426-435.
Bayard, Representative, on the elec- Confederation, Articles of, 74-83;
tion of 1801, 214-216.
Bernard, Governor, of New Jersey,
commission of, 18-22; instructions
to, 22-25.
Bingham, Representative, on the pro-
posed fourteenth amendment, 520-
523.
Black, Attorney-General, on the pow-
ers of the President under militia
acts, 454-455.
Blount resolutions, 205.
Boudinot, Representative, on secre-
tary of treasury, 182-183.
Confiscation of rebel property, 482-
Connecticut, charter of, 1-4; constitu-
tion of 1776, 63-64; governor of, to
secretary of war, 264-266; resolu-
tions of General Assembly of, 266-
267.
Conquered-province theory of Thad-
deus Stevens, 530-531,
Constitution of Connecticut (1776),
63-64; of New Jersey (1776), 64-
68; of Virginia (1776), 68-73.
Buchanan, James, message of, on se- Constitution, Federal (1787), text of,
Cabinet, Jackson's paper read to, 380-
383.
Calhoun, John C., South Carolina ex-
112-125; transmission of, 126–127;
ratification by Georgia, 127-128;
first ten amendments to, 138-140;
eleventh amendment to, 142; twelfth
amendment to, 223-224; thirteenth
amendment to, 506, fourteenth | Emancipation proclamation, 504–506.·
amendment to, 526-527; fifteenth Everett, Senator, on the legislation of
amendment to, 576.
Constitutions, changes in State, 363- Executive power, Benjamin R. Curtis
on the, 492-495.
369.
Continental Congress, credentials of
delegates to, 34-35; acts and re-
solves of, 35-42.
Contraband of war, 500-502.
Convention, Annapolis (1786), origin
of, 93-96; report of, 96-98.
Convention, Federal (1787), origin of,
93-98; call of, 98-99; opening ses-
sion of, 102-104; credentials of
Maryland delegates to, 103; Ran-
dolph resolutions, 104-107; Paterson
resolutions, 107-109; the great com-
promise, 110-111.
Corporate colony as a type, 1-4.
Crittenden, Attorney-General, opin-
ion on Fugitive Slave Law, 423-425.
Curtis, Benjamin R., on the executive
power, 492-495.
Davis, Jefferson, on the dissolution of
the Federal partnership, 462-463.
Declaration of Independence, 46-47.
Declaration of Rights, of Massachu-
setts, 48-54.
Defense of charter governments, 4-6.
Democracy, definition of, 55; basis of
the new, 353-362.
De Tocqueville, on social and political
equality, 353-355; on the sovereignty
of the people in America, 355-356.
Dictator, the President as, 474-481;
power of Congress to create, 491-
492.
Doolittle, Senator, on the proposed
fifteenth amendment, 574-576.
Dorr rebellion in Rhode Island, 345-
348.
Douglas, Stephen A., report of, on
the Nebraska territory, 426-429;
on popular sovereignty, 433-435;
Freeport doctrine of, 446-447, 450-
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 436–445.
Dummer, Jeremiah, defense of charter
governments, 4-6.
Eleventh Amendment, origin of, 140-
142; text of, 142.
Ex parte John Merryman, 474-478.
Ex parte Milligan, 495-499.
Exposition, South Carolina, 317-322.
Federalist, on democracies and repub-
lics, 55-56; on the nature of repre-
sentation, 56-58; on the separation
of powers, 59-61; on checks and
balances, 61-62; on the defects of
the Confederacy, 84-92; on the fed-
eral convention, 99-101; on the na-
ture of the Constitution, 128-134.
Fessenden, Senator, on the impeach-
ment of President Johnson, 555-556.
Fifteenth Amendment, origin of, 572-
576; text of, 576; interpretation of,
576-577.
First Continental Congress, credentials
of delegates to, 34-35; acts and re-
solves of, 35-40.
Forfeited-rights theory, 532-535.
Forfeiture of slaves, 502-503.
Fourteenth Amendment, origin of,
518-526; text of, 526-527; interpre-
tation of, 562-571.
Franklin, Benjamin, on the proprie-
tary governor, 30-31.
Freeport doctrine, of Stephen A. Doug-
las, 446-447.
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, opinion of
attorney-general on, 423-425.
Fugitive slaves, rendition of, 416-425;
as contraband, 500–502.
Gallatin, Albert, on reports of the
treasury, 186-187; on the treaty-
making power, 198–201.
Georgia, resolution of the legislature of,
on Indian lands, 308-309; on the
case of Tassels, 309–310.
Gerry, Representative, on powers of
secretary of treasury, 183-184.
Gibbons v. Ogden, 291–298.
Gooch, Governor of Virginia, report of,
Governor, proprietary, Franklin on, 30-
31; royal, commission of, 18-22; in-
structions of, 22-25; negative voice
of, 11, 15, 20, 23, 24; state, as the peo-Joint Committee on Reconstruction,
ple's representatives, 365-366; veto
power of, 363-365; appointment of
provisional, 512-515.
Grimes, Senator, on the impeachment
of President Johnson, 557-561.
Griswold, Representative, on powers
of President in acquired territory,
243-244.
Habeas corpus, writ of, and Fugitive
Slave Act, 423-425; suspension of,
468-469, 474-481.
Hamilton, Alexander, joint author of
Federalist, 56-58; on defects of the
Confederation, 84-92; author of the
Annapolis address, 96-98; on the
treasury department, 178, 185; his
instructions to Governor Lee, 193-
196.
House of Representatives, address of,
154-156; and the first veto, 157-159;
and heads of departments, 184-187;
and the treaty-making power, 197-
205; opening of a session, 206-208;
rules of, 208-212; committees of,
209, 210, 213.
Howard, Senator, on the proposed four-
teenth amendment, 523-526.
Impeachment of President Johnson,
Wilson on, 553-555; Fessenden on,
555-556; Grimes on, 557-561.
Instructions to a royal governor, 22-
25.
Jackson, Andrew, proclamation of, to
the people of South Carolina, 329-
334, 335-337; bank veto of, 370-
375; paper read to Cabinet by, 380-
383; his Protest, 384-389.
Jefferson, Thomas, on the first veto
message, 157; on communications
with Congress, 159; on the relation
of heads of departments to Congress,
184-186; on the constitutionality of
a national bank, 225-228; on the
purchase of Louisiana, 237; on the
federal judiciary, 252-253.
Johnson, Andrew, on the restoration
of the Union, 512-517; and the Re-
construction Acts, 538-546; im-
peachment of, 553-561.
report of, 518-520, 532-535.
Judiciary, Federal, power of, to de-
clare acts void, 246-253, 273-281;
Jefferson on, 252-253; and Pennsyl-
vania, 254-262; appellate jurisdic-
tion of, 282-290; and constitutional
interpretation, 291-298; political
power of, 366-367; State, popular
election of, 366–367.
Kansas-Nebraska Act, principles of,
426-435.
Kent, Chancellor on universal suffrage,
356-360.
Kentucky resolutions, of 1798, 228-
235; of 1799, 235-236.
Legislatures, colonial, competence of,
26-30; encroachments of, 31-33;
organization of, 3, 10-11, 14-15, 19-
20, 22-24; State, basis of representa-
tion in, 64-65, 68-69, 356-362; ex-
cessive legislation of, 363-366.
Lincoln, Abraham, debate of, with
Douglas, 446-453; inaugural address
of, 464-466; call to arms of, 466;
his proclamation of blockade, 467;
his first message, 468-471; his pro-
clamation of war, 471-472; his in-
structions as to slaves to army com-
manders, 500-502; on forfeiture of
slaves, 502–503; his proclamation of
emancipation, 504-506; his proclam-
ation of amnesty, 509-511; his last
speech, 412.
Livingston, Representative, on the Jay
Treaty, 197-198.
Locke, John, on the dissolution of gov-
ernments, 43-44.
Louisiana Treaty, scope of, 237-241.
Luther v. Borden, 348–352.
Maclay, William, on the inauguration
of Washington, 151-154; on the de-
bates in the Senate, 162-167.
Madison, James, on the Annapolis
Convention, 93-96; on the Federal
Convention, 99-101; on the nature of
the Constitution, 128-134; on amend-
ing the Constitution, 135-138; on
the appointing and removing power,
169-177.
Marbury v. Madison, 246-252.
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 282-287.
Martin v. Mott, 271-272.
Maryland, charter of, 6-9; credentials
of delegates of, to Federal Conven-
tion, 103.
Massachusetts, Declaration of Rights
of, 48-54; governor of, to the Secre-
tary of War, 268; opinion of judges
of, on militia question, 269-27L
M'Culloch v. Maryland, 273-281.
McLane, Representative, on the ad-
mission of Missouri, 302-305.
Mississippi v. Andrew Johnson, 547-
550.
Missouri, admission of, 299-307.
Montesquieu, on the separation of
powers, 59-61.
Negative voice, of colonial governors,
New Hampshire, revolution in, 44-46.
New Jersey, governor of, commission
and instructions, 18-25; constitu-
tion of 1776, 64-68.
New Orleans v. Winter, 245.
New York, report of Governor Tryon
North Carolina, appointment of pro-
visional governor of, 512-515.
Northwest Territory, ordinance for,
143-150.
Nullification, in New England, 263-
272; in Georgia, 308-316; doctrine
of, 317-325; in South Carolina, 326-
334.
Ordinance for the Northwest Terri-
tory, 143–150; of Nullification, 326-
329.
Page, Representative, on powers of
the secretary of treasury, 178-180.
Paterson resolutions, 107-109.
Pennsylvania, governors of, 30-31;
and the federal judiciary, 254-
262.
Personal Liberty Laws, 422-423.
Pinkney, Senator, on the admission
of Missouri, 305-307.
Polk, James K., on the veto power,
378-379; war message of, 393-397;
his message to Congress (1847), 399-
402; his message to Congress (1848),
404; his message to the House
(1848), 402-403.
Popular sovereignty, doctrine of, 426–
435; and the Dred Scott decision,
446-453.
Pownall, Thomas, on the issues be-
tween crown and colonies, 26-30;
on colonial legislation, 31-33.
President, inauguration of first, 151-
154; speech of, to House, 154-156;
first veto message of, 157-158; and
Senate, 160–167; appointing and re-
moving power of, 168-177; treaty-
making power of, 162-167, 197-
205, 237-245, 308-316, 399-402;
election of, 214-224; veto power of,
370-379; directive power of, 380-
392; initiative of, in foreign policy,
393-404; power of, to call out mili-
tia, 269-272, 344-352, 454-455, 466,
467, 468-471, 471-473; power of, to
suspend habeas corpus, 474-482;
powers of, as commander-in-chief,
492-495; power of, to declare martial
law, 495-499; power of, to emanci-
pate slaves, 503-504; reconstruction
policy of, 509-517; and congressional
reconstruction, 538-546; and the en-
forcement of the reconstruction acts,
547-550; the impeachment of, 553-
561.
Prigg v. Pennyslvania, 416–421.
Prize Cases, 472-473.
Property not the true basis of repre-
sentation, 360-362.
Proprietor of Maryland, powers of,
6-9.
Protest, of President Jackson, 384-
389; Webster on, 389–392.
Province, proprietary, as a type, 1, 6-
9; royal, as a type, 1, 10-14.
Provisional governor, appointment of,
for North Carolina, 512-515.
Proviso, Wilmot, 405.
Purse, power of the, in colonial assem-
blies, 31-33.
Randolph resolutions, 104-107.
Reconstruction, report of Joint Com-
mittee on, 518-520, 532-535-
Reconstruction Acts, President John-
son's vetoes of, 538-546.
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