INDEX.

CLYMER, GEORGE-Continued.

ciii

his views as to a duty on exports......

prefers that the term "Slaves" should not be introduced..........1428

views as to commercial regulations between the States..

views as to the ratification of the Constitution...

..1387

.1446, 1451

.1473, 1540

COCHRAN, DR.

appointed in the medical department................

COCOA

duty on proposed......

COERCION

...60

.386

of the States by the General Government......732, 761, 822, 866, 881,

COFFEE, JOHN

914, 916

a member of the committee appointed on the death of Mr. Madi-

their state before the Revolution...

British, early design to tax them...

negative of Parliament on their laws....
their mode of granting supplies.... . . .

.740, 1232, 1347, 1549, 1611
..744, 1239, 1442, 1552, 1614

.1239, 1552, 1581, 1614

.638

...686

..686

..827

..841

...907, 1049

effect of the separation from Great Britain on their mutual inde-
pendence......

trade with the West Indies proposed...244, 531, 537, 542, 544, 565, 567,

COLLECTION

571, 572, 711

of the duties and taxes by Congress..739, 863, 1232, 1339, 1398, 1485,

Congress may establish, and have jurisdiction over a seat of

government....

......740, 1494, 1550, 1612

a seat of government to be fixed by the Constitution....

..1218, 1494

COMMAND

of the army and navy in the President.........743, 892, 1237, 1555, 1617
of the militia in the President..........................743, 1237, 1434, 1555, 1617
COMMERCE

effect, during the Confederation, of regulations of, upon the
States......

.535, 571, 694, 711

..695

regulations of proposed to be made at Annapolis..
how regulated among the States by the Confederation........700, 709,
711, 729

could not be properly regulated under the Confederation..........730
to be regulated by Congress....741, 865, 1232, 1342, 1343, 1541, 1595,
1611

certain regulations of, to be by two-thirds of Congress......741, 1234,
1450, 1593

duties and imposts, to be laid and collected by Congress......739, 863,
1232, 1549, 1576, 1611

...1367

department of.....
regulations of that between the States....1232, 1341, 1383, 1430, 1440,
1445, 1450, 1477, 1566, 1568, 1580, 1584, 1613

with the British... .449, 530, 531, 537, 542, 544, 565, 567, 569, 571,

its effect on the rights of the States..

COMMISSARIAT

its alarming state...

its certificates....

COMMISSION

of Mr. Fitzherbert......

of Mr. Oswald................

to be given to officers by the President....

to be in the name of the United States...

when it expires in a recess of the Senate..........

COMMISSIONERS

572, 602

..535

...55

...56

...182

.235, 492

.742, 1237

...1366

.1520, 1555, 1617

..52
..696

on the boundary of New York and New Hampshire........

on the boundary of Maryland and Virginia......

on the treaty of peace, instructed relative to the Mississippi........60
on the negotiations at Paris......157, 173, 179, 182, 380, 491, 492, 496,

intrigues of the British against them......
control of France over them....

conduct of those at Paris.....

on the adjustment of debts of the States..

515, 571, 572

...132
.240, 296

.381, 389, 405, 408, 518

.444

COMMISSIONERS-Continued.

on the cession of western lands...

on the valuation of lands....

COMMITTEE-In the Congress of the Confederation.

to draught the Declaration of Independence..

to visit the army...................

to visit Vermont...

on the cessions of public land...

on the resolutions of Virginia, as to the export of
on illicit trade with the British at New York...

on proceedings of Executive Departments..
on deriving revenue from public lands...

..463

.331

....16

.47, 78, 112

...117, 121
..100, 102, 107
tobacco...135, 329

.143, 144
.152, 426, 461
...159, 166

on a reorganization of the Court of Appeals under Confederation..191
on the differences between New York and Vermont...............198
on a valuation of land as basis of taxation..200, 260, 288, 316, 321, 324
on the franking privilege........

on the plan for permanent revenue.............

.222

..86, 239

on the seizure of goods, sent to prisoners under passport.. 270, 335, 511

on the means of restoring public credit...

on the discontents in the army, at Newburg......

on a general arrangement of the Government, consequent on the

peace.......

on a system relative to the public lands....

on the ratification of provisional articles...

on the mutinous conduct of troops at Philadelphia.......

rule of voting in the Committee of the Whole....

COMMITTEE-In the Federal Convention.

on Rules, appointed....

on Rules, reports....

to be chosen by ballot..

of the Whole on Mr. Randolph's resolutions...

of the Whole reports a series of propositions.

..357

...384

of the Whole given up.....................

of a member from each State to propose a plan of compromise

of Detail to prepare a draught of a constitution...

between the large and small States.......

...1017

of Detail has the resolutions adopted by the Convention referred
to it........

.1187

1220

..1225

.....1532

of Detail has the plans of Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Patterson re-
ferred to it......

of Revision of the draught of the Constitution as amended...
of Revision reports the second draught of a constitution... .1543

COMMITTEE-Continued.

of the Senate on the death of Mr. Madison.........(Vol. 1, notice) vi
of the House of Representatives on the death of Mr. Madi-
......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... (Vol. 1, notice) x
of the Library charged with the Madison Papers...(Vol. 1, notice) xxv
COMMON

son.......

defence to be provided for by the Constitution...731, 1485, 1543, 1605
COMMUTATION

allowance of.........276, 280, 320, 350, 358, 365, 368, 377, 402, 405,

between the States under the Constitution......744, 1289, 1552, 1585,

effect of their violation by the parties.....
nature of those made by the State Legislatures..

COMPANIES-See CORPORATIONS.

formed, to buy public lands....

Congress refuses to annul their purchases..

unite with the advocates of Vermont..

their claims favored....

their intrigues.....

debate on recognizing their claims...

1586, 1614

.....895
1181,1194

.52

..53

.92

.100, 107

..123

.167

COMPENSATION

of the Executive......732, 743, 772, 860, 865, 1160, 1210, 1224, 1237,

increase or diminution of that of the Executive not to be made

1554, 1616

.733, 865, 1210, 1224, 1237, 1554, 1616

during his term...........
of the Executive to be paid out of the National treasury....1160, 1224
of the Executive not to be received from the States..

of the electors of the President..........

1586

..1161

of Senators..732, 739, 853, 859, 969, 1020, 1221, 1231, 1326, 1547, 1609
of Senators to be paid by the States...
Senators to receive none...................

..853, 970, 1231
..969, 1020

of Representatives......731, 739, 848, 858, 931, 939, 1221, 1231, 1285,
1326, 1547, 1609

of Representatives to be paid out of the National treasury....850, 931,
939, 1220, 1326, 1547, 1609

of members of Congress should be fixed.....848, 858, 934, 1547, 1609
how that of members of Congress should be fixed....

.1285, 1547,
1595, 1609

of members of Congress to be paid by the States...... 900, 932, 1231
of the Judges.....733, 743, 786, 794, 860, 865, 1135, 1224, 1238, 1436,
1556, 1618

COMPENSATION-Continued.

increase or diminution of that of the Judges not to be made during

their term..733, 743, 794, 861, 865, 1135, 1224, 1238, 1437, 1556, 1618
of all officers to be fixed by the Representatives..

it ought to be sufficient....

COMPROMISE

..1024
.754, 935

of the vote of the large and small States in Congress, proposed
by Mr. Ellsworth.....

......997

Dr. Franklin proposes one between the large and small States....1009
Mr. Pinckney proposes one between the large and small States...1017
Mr. Wilson proposes one between the large and small States......1008
plan of reported and discussed.....1024, 1040, 1043, 1096, 1107, 1110,
1112, 1267, 1271, 1298, 1312, 1495, 1501, 1531
between the Northern and Southern States relative to slaves,
navigation and exports......... ..1395, 1397, 1415, 1451, 1536

CONDITIONS

to be made with new States, on their admission..........

CONFEDERACY

.1241, 1456

influence of the questions of Vermont, and the cessions of public

lands on its politics......

its powers of coercion towards Vermont.

its exclusive jurisdiction over a seat of Congress..

its inadequacy to furnish a revenue..

encroachments of the States upon it.....

.9, 688

.689
.54, 63

.81

.50

.32, 323

...122

.220

..559

86, 352

....825, 897

its defects....690, 701, 713, 729, 730, 748, 825, 841, 874, 876, 880, 901,

911, 919, 974