D.
Dane, Nathan, author of Ordinance of 1787, II. [344], [365].
Debts due to English merchants at the peace, I. [250]. Action of Congress respecting, [258]. Of States, proposition to assume, II. [319]. Of United States, provision for payment of, [320]; power of Congress to pay, [322].
Debt of the United States, in 1783, I. [172]. Foreign and domestic, where held, [178]. National character of, [182]. Necessity of revenue power to discharge, [183]. Amount of, at the close of the war, [184].
Declaration of Independence, authorship of, I. [81]. Effect of, upon the country, [89]; upon Congress, [90]. See Independence.
Declaration of Rights, by first Continental Congress, I. [22].
Delaware, a proprietary government, I. [5]. Constitution of, formed, [122]. Resists the claim of great States to Western lands, [131]. Ratifies the Confederation, [135]. Action of, commended, [138]. Resolves of, respecting the Articles of Confederation, [498]. Opposed to change in rule of suffrage, II. [35]; to division of legislature, [133]; to census of free inhabitants, [153]; to striking out wealth from rule of representation, [164]; to referring Constitution to people, [185]; to property qualification for office, [189]; to restricting President to stated salary, [407]. Vote of, respecting citizenship as qualification for office, [209]; respecting money bills, [216], [218]; respecting slave-trade, [305]; respecting admission of States, [354]. In favor of equality of suffrage in House of Representatives, [138]; of equality of States in Senate, [165]; of executive holding office during "good behavior," [173]; of referring Constitution to State legislatures, [184]; of each State having one vote in Senate, [227]; of taxing exports, [296]. Had one representative in first House, [149]. Ratification of Constitution by, [515], [518]. Patriotism of, [518]. Enlightened by discussions on Constitution in Pennsylvania convention, [518].
Delaware River, Washington crosses the, I. [99].
Delegate, Territorial, position of, in Congress, II. [256].
Democracy, did not originate in America, II. [7]. Principle of, how modified in America, [7].
Departments of Government, division of, I. [118].
Dickinson, John, in favor of tax on exports, II. [284].
Dictatorship. See Washington.
District of Columbia, under exclusive government of Congress, II. [277].
Dock-Yards, authority of Congress over, II. [340].
Dorset, Duke of, reply of, to the American Commissioners, I. [289].
Duane, James, efforts of, to procure adoption of Constitution by New York, II. [585].
Duties, power to levy, asked for by Congress in 1781, I. [173]; not given, [174]. Power of Congress to impose, II. [322]. To be uniform throughout United States, [325]. What may be laid by States, [368]. Laid by States, net produce of, how applied, [368]; subject to revision of Congress, [368]. Payment of, how compelled, [433].