tm.html#Page_324" class="pginternal">324; power of making, 209; state conventions should make, 322; unreasonableness of, 104. ——Compared with other constitutions, compared with articles of confederation, 148; 379; - compared with Roman and English, 35;
- compared with Great Britain, 137;
- difference between the state constitutions and the, 155.
——Defects of, 318; - a consolidated fabric of aristocratic tyranny, 17;
- agreement in, 93;
- a heterogeneous phantom, 7;
- complicated nature of, 7;
- contains no feature of democracy or republicanism, 8;
- designed for the rich, 254;
- executive and legislative powers dangerously blended in, 9;
- ignorance of the people in its formation, 284;
- impracticable over so vast a territory, 13;
- impossibility of suiting all, 63;
- lack of declaration of rights in, 73; 329;
- neither federal nor national, 279;
- unequal advantages enjoyed by different localities, 298;
- want of title, 8.
——Powers of, 156; - amount delegated by, 313;
- divisions of, 75;
- fundamental rights of, 313;
- general clauses of, 233; 312; 331;
- general, 356;
- guarantee against ex post facto laws, 147; 314; 332; 368.
——Ratification of, see ratification. ——Tendencies of; consolidating, 14; 102; 121; 127; 129; 282; 286; 289; 294; 299; 320; - dangers of corruption of, 129;
- construction with reference to state constitutions, 159; 314;
- founded on monarchy and aristocracy, 7;
- guarded against excesses, 184;
- liable to result in monarchy, 195;
- partly federal but tending towards consolidation, 286;
- possibility of ending in tyranny, 169;
- probable encroachments under, 122;
- will end in monarchy or aristocracy, 254; 285.
——Absurd prospects in case of adoption, 106; - character of the supporters of, 5;
- classes interested in, 283;
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Fur trade, loss of, 73. Georgia, accession of, to insure protection, 20; - amendment of constitution of, 34;
- and the constitution, 441;
- probable refusal to attend second convention, 81.
Gerry, Elbridge, biographies of, 433; - failure to sign constitution, 271;
- pamphlet by, 1; 407.
Gilman, Nicholas, biographies of, 433. Gorham, Nathaniel, biographies of, 433. Greenleaf, T., 1. Great Britain, House of Commons, 42; 143; 211; - constitution of, compared with the American, 35; 137;
- House of Peers of, 42;
- paper money would destroy the credit of, 243;
- Privy Council of, 345;
- right of the colonists to constitution of, 135;
- standing army of, 235;
- union of, 195; 213.
Government, (see also under each country,) - dangers of all strong, 131;
- effect on character and manners, 5;
- elements of, 263;
- instituted for protection and happiness, 6;
- must not be lodged in a single body, 182;
- nature of, 92;
- origin of, 174;
- primary principles of, 373;
- the result of fraud or violence, 18.
Hale, Charles, 415. Hale, Sir Mathew, cited, 10. Hall, Aaron, 408. Hamilton, Alexander, biographies of, 433; - The Federalist, 395;
- proposition in convention, 408.
Hamilton. J. A., correspondence about The Federalist, 404. Hamilton, J. C., editor of The Federalist, 405. Hanson, Alexander Contee, pamphlet by, 217; 408. Helvetius, cited, 5. Henry, Patrick, attack on, 415; 417. Hillsborough, Lord, 8. Hitchcock, Enos, 408. Hopkinson, Francis, 409. Hutchinson, Gov. T., recommends triennial elections, 8; 13. Impeachment, (see also Constitution, Executive, Senate), 342; - improperly lodged with senate, 300.
Imports, 62; foreign, 95. Impost, (see also Congress, Taxation), 104; 283; - Connecticut and New Jersey share of, 319;
- general acceptance of the five per cent., 253;
- the great source of revenue in the U. S., 338;
- irresponsibility of, 12;
- length of term, 12; 170;
- mixture of functions in, 103; 229; 231; 299;
- money bills in, 340;
- necessity to be small, 169;
- power to remove officers, 142;
- qualifications for, 42; 141;
- reply to Mason’s objections to, 255;
- representation in the, 40; 206;
- the representatives of state sovereignties, 169; 224;
- uselessness of the, 34;
- useless power of impeachment, 300;
- vacancies in, 170.
Sherman, Roger, biographies of, 436; Shipping, (see also Commerce,) 73; - cessation of, 73;
- decline of, 73;
- necessities of encouraging, 377.
Slavery, abolition of, would bring ruin, 54; - legislation left to the states, 54.
Slaves, representation of, 319. Slave trade, desire of South Carolina and Georgia for continuance of, 367; - foundation for prevention of, 146;
- interest of the eastern states to allow, 378;
- lack of restriction on, 54;
- necessity of the evil of, 367;
- power to prohibit after twenty-one years, 378;
- weakening effect of, 331.
Smith, C. C., review by, 391. Smith, Melancthon, pamphlet by, 67; 87; 421. South Carolina, address to the freemen of, 371; - and the constitution, 440;
- debates of legislature, 421;
- local weakness of, 373;
- protection of, 377.
Southern confederacy, (see also Confederacy,) Southern states, see States. Spraight, R. D., biographies of, 436. State Conventions, see Conventions, State. State Legislatures, (see also Constitution and each state,) - absorption of, 48; 252;
- a check on senators, 142;
- control of commerce, 265;
- division of, 30; 32; 33;
- misbehaviour of, 254;
- omitted in consideration of constitution, 14;
- restraints on, 243.
State Sovereignty, see Congress, Constitution, States. States, (see also Congress, Constitution, Judiciary, Jury, Representation, Senate, United States government, and each state,) - a check on the general government, 310;
- necessary, 298.
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