THE

DEBATES

IN THE SEVERAL

STATE CONVENTIONS

ON THE ADOPTION OF THE

FEDERAL CONSTITUTION,

AS RECOMMENDED BY THE

GENERAL CONVENTION AT PHILADELPHIA,

IN

1787.

TOGETHER WITH THE

JOURNAL OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION,

LUTHER MARTIN'S LETTER.

YATES'S MINUTES,

CONGRESSIONAL OPINIONS,

VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS OF '98. C).

AND

OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

SECOND EDITION, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDitions.

COLLECTED AND REVISED FROM CONTEMPORARY PUBLICATIONS,
BY JONATHAN ELLIOT.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE SANCTION OF CONGRESS.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

1876.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred

and thirty-six,

By JONATHAN Elliot,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columb

List of Delegates to the Congress of 1765, .

Opinions, from 1789 to 1836, involving Constitutional Princi-

. 341

ples, from Congressional Debates, &c., 343 to 524 and 599

Virginia Resolutions of 1793, by Mr. Madison,

Kentucky Resolutions, by Mr. Jefferson,.

Report on the Virginia Resolutions, by Mr. Madison,

President Jackson's Proclamation on the Ordinance of South

528

Mr. Madison's Letter on the Tariff, and Banks,

Mr. Jefferson on Banks, .

Mr. Madison to Mr. Stevenson, on Debts, &c.,

Gen. Alexander Hamilton on Banks,

626

Digest of Decisions in the Courts of the Union, involving