MADISON, JAMES-Continued. urges the importance of preserving the mutual independence of the great departments of the Government...............1163, 1167 opposes removal of the President by Congress, on application of .......777 .... opposes an absolute negative in the Executive....... ...1126 urges the necessity of making the Executive and Legislature in- suggests the exercise by a Council of the Executive powers ...1422 ....1434 objects to an equal suffrage being allowed to all the States.752, 978, 1006 thinks Senate and Judiciary should not be chosen immediately by the people..... opposes a division of the Union into Senatorial districts.. .755 .759 .793, 855 .....814 advocates a proportional representation in the Senate.......815, 1006, 1011, 1026, 1102 objects to an election of Senators by the State Legislatures........818 ...852 does not object to nine years for the Senatorial term. desires to give firmness and stability to the Senate... ..964 ..853 objects to the payment of the Senators by the States....... .....970 after their term.... ...973 objects to an equality of suffrage in the Senate.. .1006, 1026 .1099 wishes the provision for supplying vacancies in the Senate, made .1269 urges some other rule of representation than contribution alone....750 ....751, 979 .1055 urges that slaves should be considered in apportioning represen- MADISON, JAMES-Continued. ...1074 considers the number of inhabitants the best rule of representa- 934, 1327 objects to the payment of the Representatives by the States.................934 ...939, 942 .1214 1247, 1248 opposes a freehold qualification for electors of Representatives....1253 .1257, 1258 objects to a very long term of citizenship being required for mem- objects to the Legislature being allowed to fix the qualifications, .....1274, 1300, 1302 ....1285, 1286, 1493 .... .1290 objects to the expulsion of a member of Congress by less than ......1291 proposes a provision, to compel the attendance of members of doubts whether there can be a specific enumeration of the powers of Congress...... ......760 ......1025 doubts the propriety of using force against a State........... 761, 822 their emission by Congress...... ..1344 wishes to cut off all pretext of a paper currency....... .1346 thorized to punish...... ..1349 MADISON, JAMES-Continued. proposes to vest Congress with power in regard to the public 1576, 1577 his views on the definition and punishment of treason... ....1370, desires a provision for the debts and engagements of the Con- views on the provisions in regard to slaves.... ....1402 views on a prohibition of the States in regard to laws affecting .............1443, 1444 urges a prohibition on the States, to lay embargoes or taxes on ..............1444, 1445, 1446 desires a provision, to give effect to the judgments of one State in another...... views as to a navigation act.... .1448, 1481 thinks that no provision should be made to effect the claims of .1453 ......1465 views on the regulation of commerce between the States....1477, 1585 .798, 799 opposes either diminution or increase in the compensation of the .....1135, 1437 prefers the appointment of the Judges by the President, with .1171 thinks the jurisdiction of the Judiciary should be limited to .1438 his views on the mode of making and ratifying treaties....1412, 1414, 1521, 1526 wishes a permanent seat of government.... views on the mode of ratifying the Constitution... ..1295 1469, 1470, 1471, 1473 prefers a ratification of the Constitution by Conventions, instead a quorum of each House............738, 1229, 1287, 1339, 1546, 1608 of the people should prevail under the General Government. ....805 .....1002 ...235, 240, 243, 531 writes a letter for the newspapers relative to the British...........141 Mr. Jefferson's notes on Virginia written for............482, 496, 507 MARINE Department of.. MARITIME .383 ..1359, 1368, 1399 cases under jurisdiction of Judiciary.............744, 1238, 1556, 1619 letter of, not to be granted by a State......744, 1239, 1494, 1552, 1614 attends the Federal Convention...... .722 desires that ineligibility of Representatives be limited to offices ...940 desires to increase the number of Representatives from North ......1059 objects to seat of Government being at any State Capital. ...1219 ......828 MARTIN, LUTHER attends the Federal Convention..... thinks the separation from Great Britain left each State sovereign and equal..... ......906, 915 his views of the extent of the Federal or National Government.915, 974 ....863 is willing to adhere to the compromise giving the small States an ...1096 proposes an election of the Executive by electors chosen by the ....1124 objects to the re-eligibility of the President..........1141, 1150, 1190 .....1166 contends for an equal vote of the States in both branches of Con- gress.... ........ .975 disapproves of the Senators voting per capita....... ..1186 thinks the Senators should be paid by their States.... ...1329 direct....... ........926 opposes the negative of Congress on the State Laws........975, 1117 ...1119 MARTIN, LUTHER-Continued. thinks the suppression of insurrections should be left to the ....1140 objects to Congress introducing military force into a State to sub- .1350 wishes the size of an army in time of peace to be limited by the 1360 proposes to raise taxes by requisitions.. ....1382 thinks the regulation of the militia should be left to the States....1406 ..1450 urges the appointment of the Judges by the Senate. .1131 thinks there should be no inferior tribunals except those of the ....1137 ..1376 1433 .......1466 .... 1388 offers a provision in regard to confessions of treason. ........1467 prefers a ratification of the Constitution by the State Legisla. ...1472 dissatisfied with the general character of the Constitution........1475 views on declaring Independence..... votes for white inhabitants as the rule of taxation..... ..10, 13, 17 .32 views on a cession of their public lands by the States.....50, 123, 363, views on a system of general revenue. views as to Spain and the Mississippi... |