APPEAL, COURT OF, under the Confederation, 2.!
Judges elected, 11.

APPELLATE jurisdiction of the national judicia-
ry, 131, 159, 192, 205, 208, 380, 483, 484, 563.
APPLICATION to Congress to subdue insurrection,
130, 378, 437, 497, 534, 564. Of the states to Con-
gress to remove the President, 147. Of the states
to Congress for a Convention to amend the Con-
stitution, 381, 498, 551, 564.

APPOINTMENTS, danger of conferring the power
of, on the President, 154, 329. The responsibility
of the President in its exercise, 349. Of the
President, 128, 140, 142, 143, 322, 358, 363, 370,
380, 471, 507, 512, 515, 562. Of the Vice-Pres-
ident, 507, 508, 520, 522, 562. Of an executive
council, 446, 462, 525. Of senators by the Pres-
ident, 167. Of judges, 128, 131, 155, 156, 188,
205, 238, 349, 350, 376, 378, 379, 468, 469, 507,
524, 562. Of a treasurer, by ballot, 130, 378, 436.
Of ambassadors, 131, 379, 467, 469, 507, 524, 562.
Of heads of departments, 446. Of officers in
the militia, 443, 451, 464, 561. Of state ex-
ecutives by the general government, 205, 468.
By the President, with the advice of the Senate,
131, 205, 328, 349, 507, 516, 524, 562. By the
President, 141, 190, 192, 325, 334, 376, 380, 421,
446, 474, 505, 517, 550, 562. By the Senate, 131,
144, 156, 317, 328, 379, 467, 507, 508, 509, 513, 516,
525. By Congress, 127, 140, 147, 190, 192, 322,
335, 358, 366, 369, 375, 380, 382, 442, 472, 507, 508,
510, 513, 520, 525, 550. By an equal vote of the
states, 266. By the courts, 550, 563. By the heads
of departments, 550, 563. By the state author-
ities to national offices, 475, 479. Not to be
made to offices no previously created by law,
474, 528, 529, 563.

APPORTIONMENT.

See QUOTA, PROPORTION.

Of the Senate to be made after a census by the
representatives, 131. Of the Senate into classes,
129, 270, 377, 559. Of representatives by a peri-
odical census, 129, 131, 279, 280, 288, 316, 375,
377, 392, 559. Slaves to be considered in making
that of representatives, 288, 290, 295, 296, 316,
375, 379, 391, 553, 559. Of representatives be-
fore a census, 129, 288, 290, 316, 375, 377, 541,
547, 553, 559. Of electors of the President, 338,
339, 507, 520, 562. Of direct taxation to be in
proportion to representation, 304, 305, 306, 316,
375, 379, 391, 545, 559. Of taxation before a
census, 306, 307, 357, 451, 452, 559. Of the
adjustment of the state debts according to the rule
of representation and taxation, 452.
APPROPRIATIONS, to be made by law when-
ever money is drawn from the treasury, 274,
316, 375, 377, 415, 420, 427, 510, 529, 561. To
be limited in their duration, 510, 561.
ARISTOCRACY, 271, 283, 386, 394, 418, 419, 420,

516.

ARMAND, mutinous conduct of the troops in his
legion, 92.

ARMING the militia, 130, 443, 451, 464, 544, 561.
ARMY, to be called out by Congress against a
state failing in its constitutional duty, 128, 378.
To be raised by Congress, 130, 379, 442, 510, 553,
561. To be commanded by the President, 131, 380,
562. To be superintended by a secretary of war,
446. Not to be kept by the states, 131, 205, 381,
548, 561. Officers of, not to be members of Con-
gress, 422, 425. Provision as to a standing army,
442, 445, 466, 511, 544.

ARMY, AMERICAN, very much discontented,
23, 50, 66, 92. Goes into winter quarters, 1.
Promotion should not be by districts, 10. Sends
a memorial to Congress, 20. Conferences of
deputies from the army with committee of Con-
gress, 21, 23, 26. Suggestion to fund the debt
due to it, 23, 51. Plan of settlement of its arrears,
30, 36, 51, 57, 59, 83. Proposal to appropriate
the proceeds of impost to it, 51. Its determina-
tion to have provision for its pay, 55, 73. Reor-
ganization of military affairs, 82. Satisfaction of,
announced to Congress, 82. Amount of the

army debt in 1783, 83. Furloughs granted, 8"
Indemnity to officers of, 88. Mode of disbanding
it, 89, 90. Proposal to give them certificates
for land, 90. Mutinous conduct of the Pennsyl-
vania troops, 92, 93. Enlistment of troops on ac-
count of the insurrection in Massachusetts, 94,
99. Troops kept by the states without the assent
of Congress, 119.

ARMY, FRENCH, proposal to employ a legion
of, in retaking goods seized while under pass-
port, 50.

ARNOLD, JONATHAN, represents Rhode Island
in Congress, 1. His correspondence about Ver-
mont, 31. Opposes the commutation of half
pay, 45.
ARREARS to the army very large, 50, 51. Some
provision for, asked, 24. Report for their settle-
ment, 29, 30. Proposal to pay those to the army
first, 51. Mode of settlement, 30, 31, 44, 57, 59,
64, 83. Amount in 1783, 83. Unprovided for in
1787, 119.

ARREST, freedom from, 130, 378, 445, 560.
ARSENALS, may be provided by Congress, 130.
Jurisdiction in, to be exercised by Congress, 130,
511, 561.
ARTICLES.

See PROVISIONAL.

Rules

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, reported in
Congress, 110. Adopted, 111. Fifth article, 106.
Eighth article, 21, 24, 63. Ninth article, 28, 36,
55, 88, 92, 102, 103. Twelfth article, 57.
of voting under, 61, 88, 92. Their violation by
the states, 206, 208, 214. Necessity of enlarging
them, 127. Amendment of them, 34, 63, 127,
191, 193, 197, 354.

ASGILL, CAPTAIN. Congress discusses the
question of, 2. He is released by Congress, 2.
ASSAULT on members of Congress, 445.
ASSENT, of the states to the Constitution, 541.
Of the Congress of the Confederation to the
Constitution, 532. Of Congress and the state
legislatures to a division of the states, 381, 493,
563. Of the Senate to treaties, 205, 507, 524,
562. Of the states to purchases by Congress,
511, 561. Of the states to certain acts of Con-
gress, 552, 564. Of the states to amendments of
the Constitution, 132, 381, 564. Of both Houses
to an adjournment beyond a certain period, 130,
378, 560. Of Congress necessary to certain acts
by the states, 131, 381, 484, 486, 548, 549, 561.
Of Congress to amendments of the Constitution,
128, 157, 182, 564. Of the Senate to pardons,
480. Of the Senate to appointments, 131, 205,
329, 349, 507, 523, 562.

ASSOCIATION, to promote American manufac-
tures, proposed in the Federal Convention, 540.,
ASSUMPTION, of the engagements of the Con-
federation, 128, 157, 190, 332, 440, 441, 451, 471,
564. Of the debts of the states, 441, 451, 452,

471.

244, 234, 321, 347, 361, 387, 389. Their Parlia-
ment commented upon, 173, 176, 257, 404, 415.
Their Constitution not a proper guide, 188, 215,
234, 237, 283, 387.

BROOKS, COLONEL, a deputy from the army to
Congress, 21, 23. Views on the Federal Con-
stitution, 572

BROOM, JACOB, attends the Federal Convention,
23. Opposes an adjournment of the Convention
without adopting some plan, 318. In favor of
electing the President by electors chosen by the
state legislatures, 324, 338. In favor of the Pres-
In fa-
ident holding during good behavior, 325.
vor of nine years as the senatorial term, 242.
Claims an equal vote for the small states in the
Senate, 293. Thinks members of Congress
should be paid by the states, 426. In favor of a
negative of Congress on the state laws, 468.
Wishes officers in the army and navy excepted
from the provision of ineligibility for Congress,

425.

BURGOYNE, GENERAL, 6, 78.
BURNET, MAJOR, 26, 58.

BUTLER, PIERCE, a delegate to the Federal
Convention from South Carolina, 106. Attends
the Federal Convention, 123. Proposes a rule to
provide against absence from the Convention,
and an improper publication of its proceedings,
125. Objects to reduce the power of the states,
138, 139. Approves of the distribution of the
powers of government, 133. Views on the mode
of electing the President, 365, 509. Objects to
frequent elections of the President, 339. Desires
the power of making war to be vested in the
President, 438. In favor of a single executive,
149, 153. Opposes an absolute negative of the
President, 153. Proposes to confer on the Presi-
dent a power to suspend laws for a limited time,
154. Urges a settlement of the ratio of represen-
tation in the Senate before deciding on that of
the House, 240. Opposes compensation to sena-
tors, 187. Proposes that senators be eligible to
state offices, 247. Proposes that the states be
represented in the Senate according to their
property, 275. Thinks that two thirds of the
Senate should make peace without the execu-
tive, 524. Proposes that representation in the
House of Representatives be according to con-
tribution or wealth, 178, 181, 281, 290, 302, 303.
Thinks representatives should be ineligible to
office for a year after their term, 229, 230. Con-
tends that blacks shall be equally included with
whites in fixing the proportion of representation,
296, 302. Opposes an election of the representa-
tives by the people, 137. Opposes too great a
restriction of the right of suffrage for representa-
tives, 386. Desires to increase the required period
of residence of a representative in his district, 390.
Opposes the admission of foreigners into Congress
without a long residence, 398, 412. Thinks mem-
bers of Congress should be paid by the states, 425.
Thinks taxation should be apportioned to repre-
sentation before a census, 452. Opposes the
power of Congress to tax exports, 454, 461. Views
as to the exclusive origination of money bills by
the House, 189, 394. Does not desire to have a
vote of two thirds to pass navigation acts, 490.
Opposes the power of Congress to emit bills of
credit, 434, 435. Thinks the regulation of the
militia should be left to Congress, 444. Opposes
the negative of Congress on the state laws, 174.
Objects to inferior national tribunals, 159, 331.1
Views on the payment of creditors under the
Confederation, 469, 471, 476. Proposes that fu-
gitive slaves should be delivered up, 487,
Wishes the seat of government fixed by the
Constitution, 374. Thinks the assent of Con-
gress should be required to the inspection laws
of the states, 539. Thinks no new state should
be erected within the limits of another without
its consent, 493. Proposes a ratification by nine
states as sufficient, 499.

492.

45.

C.

607

CADWALADER, LAMBERT, proceedings in re
gard to admission of a British consul, 101.
CANADA, proposal to add it to the United States,
Certain inhabitants of, ask for grant of land,
83. Indemnity to refugees from, 89.
CANALS, power of Congress to make them, 543.
CAPITA, vote per capita, in the Senate, 356, 377,
398, 539.

CAPITATION TAXES, how proportioned, 130,
379, 471, 545, 561.

CAPTURES, ordinance of the Confederation regu-
lating them, 16, 18. Treaty with the Dutch
concerning them, 27. Under the jurisdiction of
the judiciary by the Constitution, 128, 187, 192.
Congress may legislate about, 130, 378, 436, 561.
CARBERRY, leader of the mutiny at Philadelphia,
94.

CARDS exempt from duty, 63.

CARLETON, SIR GUY, his evasive conduct in
regard to the murderers of Captain Huddey, 2, 3.
His correspondence relative to a settlement of the
accounts of the prisoners, 4. Sends the prelimi-
naries of peace, 74. Refuses to suspend hostili-
ties, 80. Sends a proclamation of cessation of
hostilities, 84.

CARMICHAEL, WILLIAM, letters from him, 1.
CAROLINA. See NORTH CAROLINA and SOUTH
CAROLINA.

CARRINGTON, EDWARD, views as to salaries,
99. Knows Mr. Madison's sentiments, 575, 576.
CARROLL, DANIEL, represents Maryland in
Congress, 1. Reports against the proposal of
Pennsylvania to provide for public creditors with-
in the state, 5. Advocates coercive measures
against Vermont, 10. Proposes a letter to the
governor of Rhode Island relative to Mr. How-
ell's publications, 15. Considers an impost the
only practicable tax, 55. Remarks on the conduct
of the American commissioners at Paris, 74.
Remarks on the proportion of freemen to slaves
in apportioning the representation of the states,
79. Remarks on disbanding the army, 89. Pro-
poses that there be no foreign ministers except
Attends the
on extraordinary occasions, 90.
Federal Convention, 287. In favor of choosing
the President by electors chosen by lot from the
national legislature, 362. Advocates an election
of President by the people, or by electors chosen
by them, 472, 473. Is in favor of a negative on
the acts of Congress, 430. Doubts relative to the
senators voting per capita, 357. Proposes that
senators may enter their dissent on the journal,
407. Proposes to confine the yeas and nays to
Does not
the House of Representatives, 407.
think the apportionment of representation before
a census should be a rule for taxation, 451. Ob-
jects to members of Congress being paid by the
states, 426. Thinks a vote of two thirds should
be required to expel a member of Congress, 407.
Remarks on bills of attainder and ex post facto
laws, 463. Thinks more than a majority should
be required in certain cases, 432. The discrimi-
nation as to money bills, a continual source of
difficulty, 420. Opposes the provision to dis-
qualify persons having unsettled accounts from
being members of Congress, 372. Thinks the
states should be guarantied against violence, 333.
Thinks the states should be allowed to lay ton-
nage duties, to clear harbors, and build light-
houses, 548. Desires a regulation as to the trade
between the states, 478, 503. Views in regard to
the large territorial claims of the states, and the
public lands, 494, 496. Views in regard to the
ratification of the Constitution, 452, 499. Thinks
an address to the people should accompany the
Constitution, 546.

CARTHAGE, 162.

CASES within jurisdiction of the judiciary, 128,
131, 187, 188, 205, 208, 332, 376, 380, 462, 471,
483, 535, 563.
CATILINE, 153.

CENSUS, triennial, proposed under the Confedera-
tion, 64,
As fixed by Congress in 1783, 82.
Provision to be made for, in the Constitution, 129,
130, 375, 379. Senate to be apportioned after it
by the representatives, 131. Representation to
be apportioned by it, 279, 288, 294, 302, 305, 307,
316, 375, 377, 379, 559. Term of, 302, 305, 316,
375, 379, 559. Direct taxation to be apportioned
by it, 304, 305, 306, 375, 379, 559. When the
first one shall be made, 379, 451, 559.
CESSATION of hostilities, 80, 84.
CESSION. See LANDS, PUBLIC.
CERTIFICATES, of loan-office, 54, 60, 83.

To

be given at a certain rate for paper money, 7, 14.
To the army not to be paid to the states, 88. To
the army for lands, 90.
CHARLEMAGNE, 200.

CHARLESTON, its evacuation, 25.

CHARTER, powers of Congress in regard to, 440.
CHESAPEAKE, jurisdiction over, 114.
CHIEF JUSTICE, to preside on the impeach-
ment of the President, 507, 559. To be a mem-
ber of the executive council, 442, 445, 446, 462.
To be a provisional successor of the President, 480.
CHITTENDEN, THOMAS, 14, 25.

CINCINNATI, dangerous influence of that so-
ciety, 367, 368.

CITIZEN, President to be, 462, 507, 562. Repre-
sentatives to be, 129, 370, 376, 377, 389, 411, 559.
Senators to be, 129, 370, 376, 377, 398, 414, 559.
Of each state to have the privileges and immu-
nities of the others, 132, 381, 563. Of different
states within the jurisdiction of the national
Committing
judiciary, 128, 187, 380, 483, 563.

crimes in another state to be deemed guilty as if
they had been committed by a citizen of the
state, 192, 381.

CIVIL LIST, reduction of, 99.

CLARK, ABRAHAM, objects to military meas-
Vindicates the
ures against Vermont, 9, 10.
propriety of making public the negotiations with
Sweden, 13. Proposes to exempt the American
commissioners from the control of France, 18.
Remarks on the conduct of the commissioners
at Paris, 68, 73, 75. Proposes to submit the im-
post separately to the states, 73. Proposes to
limit the apportionment, 77. Opposes the state
debts being included in the general provision for
Advocates an apportion-
the public debt, 78.
ment by numbers, 79. Urges the settlement of a
system relative to public lands, 83. Remarks on
disbanding the army, 89. Remarks on the ces-
Proposes a re-
sion of public lands, 91, 92.
moval of the military stores from Springfield, 97.
Remarks on the admission of a British consul,
101. Remarks on the negotiation relative to
Mississippi, 102, 104.

CLARK, GENERAL, seizure of Spanish property,

100.

CLASSES, Senate divided into, 129, 241, 245, 270,

377, 397, 541, 559. States divided into, for the
choice of senators, 171, 174.

CLEARANCE of vessels trading between the
states, 479, 484, 502, 561.

CLINTON, GEORGE, his letter relative to Fed-
eral Constitution, 574.

CLYMER, GEORGE, represents Pennsylvania in
the Congress of the Confederation, 1. Spoken
of as secretary of foreign affairs, 16, 91. Attends
the Federal Convention, 124. Objects to ap-
His views as to
pointments by the Senate, 517.

a duty on exports, 453. Prefers that the term
Views
"slaves" should not be introduced, 477.
as to commercial regulations between the states,
487, 489. Views as to the ratification of the
Constitution, 501, 534.

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COCOA, duty on, proposed, 67.

COERCION of the states by the general govern
ment, 127, 140, 171, 192, 200, 217, 218.

COIN, to be regulated by Congress, 130, 378, 434,
560. Congress to legislate on counterfeiting,
130, 378, 436, 560. The only tender by the states,
131, 381, 484, 561. Not be made by the states,
381, 546, 561.

COLONIES, their state before the revolution, 109.
British, early design to tax them, 110. Nega-
tive of Parliament on their laws, 173. Their
mode of granting supplies, 180. Effect of the
separation from Great Britain on their mutual
independence, 213, 286. Trade with the West
Indies proposed, 19, 119.

COLLECTION, of the duties and taxes by Con-
gress, 130, 191, 378, 432, 462, 506, 560. Of reve-
nue, jurisdiction over, 188, 192. Of taxes, to be
for debt and necessary expenses, 462, 506.

COLLECTORS, on the appointment of by Con-
gress, 33, 63, 64, 65. Advocated by Mr. Hamil-
ton, 35. Appointed by the states, 49, 54.
COLLINS, JOHN, opposes the commutation of
half pay, 57.

COLUMBIA, DISTRICT OF, Congress may es-
tablish, and have jurisdiction over, a seat of
government, 130, 511, 561. A seat of govern-
ment to be fixed by the Constitution, 374, 511.
COMMAND of the army and navy in the Presi-
dent, 131, 205, 380, 562. Of the militia in the
President, 131, 380, 480, 562.

COMMERCE, effect, during the Confederation, of
regulations of, upon the states, 113, 119, 120.
Regulations of, proposed to be made at Annapolis,
113. How regulated among the states by the
Confederation, 115, 118, 119, 126. Could not be
properly regulated under the Confederation, 127.
To be regulated by Congress, 130, 192, 378, 433, 434,
534, 553, 560. Certain regulations of, to be by
two thirds of Congress, 130, 379, 489, 552. Du-
ties and imposts to be laid and collected by
Congress, 130, 191, 378, 544, 560. Department
of, 466. Regulations of that between the states,
378, 433, 454, 478, 484, 486, 489, 502, 538, 540,
545, 548, 561. With the Indians, 439, 462, 507,
560.

COMMERCIAL TREATY with the Dutch, 27.
With Austria, 52. With Russia, 84, 89. With
the British, 88, 101.

COMMISSION, of Mr. Oswald, 16. To be given
to officers by the President, 131, 380. To be in
the name of the United States, 446. When it
expires in a recess of the Senate, 524, 563.
COMMISSIONERS on the boundary of Maryland
and Virginia, 114. On the negotiations at Paris,
65. Control of France over them, 18, 36. Con-
duct of those at Paris, 65, 68, 73, 74. On the
On the
adjustment of debts of the states, 86.
On the valuation
cession of western lands, 92.
of lands, 48.
COMMITTEE-In the Congress of the Confedera-
tion. On the resolutions of Virginia as to the
export of tobacco, 48. On proceedings of execu
On a reorganization
tive departments, 80, 91.
of the Court of Appeals under the Confederation,
2. On the differences between New York and
Vermont, 4. On a valuation of land as a basis
of taxation, 5, 24, 34, 43, 45, 46. On the frank-
ing privilege, 12. On the plan for permanent
revenue, 18. On the memorial and deputation
from the army, 20, 21, 22, 23. On the finances,
21, 80, 91. On increasing foreign loans, 26. On
the treaty of commerce with the Dutch, 27. On
the purchase of books by Congress, 27. On the
seizure of goods sent to prisoners under pass-
port, 28, 50. On the means of restoring public
credit, 57. On the discontents in the army at
Newburg, 66. On a general arrangement of the
government, consequent on the peace, 82.
system relative to the public lands, 84, 92. On
the ratification of provisional articles, 85. On
the mutinous conduct of troops at Philadelphia,

On a

On

92. Rule of voting in the committee of the
whole, 45. In the Federal Convention.
rules, appointed, 124.
To be chosen by ballot, 125. Of the whole on
On rules, reports, 124.
Mr. Randolph's resolutions, 128, 132. Of the
whole reports a series of propositions, 189. Of
the whole given up, 191.
each state to propose a plan of compromise be-
Of a member from
tween the large and small states, 270. Of detail
to prepare a draught of a Constitution, 357. Of
detail has the resolutions adopted by the Con-
vention referred to it, 374. Of detail has the
plans of Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Patterson referred
to it, 376. Of revision of the draught of the
Constitution as amended, 530. Of revision re-
ports the second draught of a Constitution, 535.
COMMON DEFENCE to be provided for by the
Constitution, 127, 506, 558.

COMMUTATION, allowance of, 30, 31, 44, 55,
57, 59, 61, 64, 72, 73, 128.

COMPACTS, between the states during the Con-
federation, 120. Insufficient for a union, 132,
206. Between the states under the Constitution,
131, 381, 548, 561. Effect of their violation by
the parties, 207. Nature of those made by the
state legislatures, 354, 356.
COMPENSATION, of the executive, 128, 131, 190,
192, 343, 370, 376, 380, 562. Increase or dimi-
nution of that of the executive not to be made
during his term, 128, 192, 370, 376, 380, 562. Of
the executive to be paid out of the national
treasury, 343, 376. Of the executive not to be
received from the states, 549. Of the electors of
the President, 344. Of senators, 127, 130, 187,
190, 246, 271, 375, 378, 425, 560. Of Senators to
be paid by the states, 187, 246, 378. Senators
to receive none, 246, 271. Of representatives,
127, 130, 184, 189, 226, 230, 375, 378, 404, 425,
560. Of representatives to be paid out of the na-
tional treasury, 185, 225, 230, 375, 425, 560. Of
members of Congress should be fixed, 184, 189,
227, 560. How that of members of Congress
should be fixed, 404, 553, 560.
Congress to be paid by the states, 210, 226, 378.
Of members of
Of the judges, 128, 131, 153, 156, 190, 192, 330,
376, 380, 481, 563. Increase or diminution of
that of the judges not to be made during their
term, 128, 131, 156, 190, 192, 330, 376, 380, 482,
563. Of all officers to be fixed by the representa-
tives, 274. It ought to be sufficient, 136, 228.
COMPROMISE, of the vote of the large and small
states in Congress, proposed by Mr. Ellsworth,
260.
Dr. Franklin proposes one between the
large and small states, 266.
poses one between the large and small states,
Mr. Pinckney pro-
270. Mr. Wilson proposes one between the large
and small states, 266.
cussed, 274, 282, 283, 310, 316, 317, 318, 394,
Plan of, reported and dis-
396, 411, 418, 511, 514, 529. Between the North-
ern and Southern States relative to slaves, navi-
gation, and exports, 460, 461, 471, 489, 532.
CONDITIONS to be made with new states, on
their admission, 381, 492.

609

lative rights to be conferred on the new Congress,
127, 139, 317.
CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERATION, 1754,
meets at Albany, 110. 1774, meets at Philadel-
phia, 110. Independence declared, 110. Articles
of Confederation reported and debated, 110.
Receives accounts of the mediation of Russia
and Austria for peace, 1. Discusses the conduct
of Col. H. Laurens, 6, 7. Discusses retaliatory
measures for Huddy's murder, 2. Members pres-
ent at the meeting on the 4th November, 1782, 1.
Discusses the principles to be adopted in exchan-
ging prisoners, 1. Appoints a committee to re-
organize the Court of Appeals, 2. Agrees to
release Captain Asgill, 2. Discusses the propriety
of authorizing military commanders to retaliate,
3. Appoints Mr. Jefferson minister to negotiate
peace, 4. Discusses the report relative to Ver-
mont, 4, 12. Dissents to the proposal of Penn-
sylvania to provide for the public creditors within
the state, 5, 10, 29, 42.
committee, and discussion on the mode of valua-
Appointment of a
tion of land as a basis of taxation, 24, 34, 43, 45,
46, 48, 50. Discusses the mode of crediting the
states for redemptions of paper money beyond
their quotas, 7. Discusses the mode of proceed-
ing with Vermont, 8, 10. Discusses the conduct
of Mr. Howell in his letter published in a Provi-
dence newspaper, 13. Sends a deputation to
Rhode Island to urge the impost, 13.
the depreciation of paper money, 14.
Discusses
excited from distrust of the conduct of France in
Much
the negotiations for peace, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.
1783, discusses the rule of secrecy in their pro-
ceedings, 22. Refuses to communicate Dr.
Franklin's letter relative to the negotiations
about refugees and British debts, 26. Passes a
resolution complimentary to General Greene, 26.
Refuses to purchase books, 27. Represents to
the states the difficulty of paying the public cred-
itors, 29. Discusses the adjustment of arrears of
the army and debts to public creditors, 30, 44, 59.
Discusses a plan for raising a permanent and
adequate revenue, 32, 39, 48, 49, 51, 52, 55, 72,
77, 87, 112. Discusses the rule of voting, 45, 61.
Discusses the proceedings on the seizure of goods
under passport, 50, 54. Suspends the departure
of Mr. Jefferson, 50. Declines making its discus-
sions public, 52. Its powers as to revenue dis-
cussed, 55. Discusses the establishment of duties
on specific articles, 60. Refuses an abatement of
the proportions of certain states, 62. Refuses to
adopt any general system of taxation, except
duties on foreign commerce, or to change the
ad valorem impost for a general tariff, 64, 65.
Discusses the conduct of the American commis-
sioners towards France in negotiating the treaty,
65, 68, 73, 74. Grants licenses to protect the
whale fisheries, 73. Receives news of the pre-
liminary articles of peace being signed, 74. Dis-
cusses the proportion of whites and negroes in
apportioning contribution, 79. Proposes to sus-
pend hostilities, 80. Issues a proclamation of
peace, 84. Proceedings on the provisional arti-
cles, 85, 86, 88, 90.
officers of the army, 88. Refuses to pay the states
Agrees to indemnify the
the certificates due to the troops of their lines, 88.
Discusses a commercial treaty with the British,
19, 119. Votes a statue of Gen. Washington,
88. Discusses the propriety and mode of dis-
banding the army, 89, 90. Discusses a system
of foreign affairs, 90. Discusses a proposal to
give the army certificates for land, 90.
the discussion of the Virginia cession, 91, 92.
Resumes
Proceedings on the mutinous conduct of the
troops at Philadelphia, 92, 93. Adjourns to Tren-
ton, 94. Appoints a court to try the controversy
between Connecticut and Pennsylvania, 102.
1787, proceedings relative to the insurrection in
Massachusetts, 94. Proceedings relative to a
Convention to revise the Federal Constitution,
96, 106. Discusses the effect of treaties on the
states, 98, 107. Discusses the reduction of sala-
ries and the civil list, 99. Discusses the proceed.
ings of Spain about the Mississippi, 101, 102, 103,
105, 107.
Discusses the admission of British

CONFEDERACY, Achæan, 208. Amphictyonic,
200, 208. Dutch, 149, 154, 196, 208. German,
199, 204, 208, 252. Lycian, 264. Swiss, 201, 208.
CONFESSION OF TREASON, 451, 563.
CONFISCATION, proceedings of states upon,
discussed, 26, 88, 89.
CONFEDERATION.

See ARTICLES OF CONFED-
ERATION. Those of ancient times, 109
posed in the old Congress, 110. Great difficulties
Pro-
in adopting it, 111. Rule of voting under it, 45.
Its powers of coercion towards Vermont, 12.
inadequacy to furnish a revenue, 55. Encroach-
Its
ments of the states upon it, 173, 208. Its defects,
111, 115, 120, 126, 127, 133, 172, 180, 196, 197,
199, 210, 215, 219, 248. Its tottering condition,
106, 112. Amendment of it, 96, 106, 107, 191,
193, 354. Mode of its dissolution, 206, 214, 381.
How far it is to be followed in the Constitution,
133. Fulfilment of its engagements, 128, 157,
332, 440, 441, 451, 463, 470, 471, 475, 564. Its legis-
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