C
Canals, provision for, proposed.
See [Legislature, national, power of.]
Capital, national.
See [ Seat of government.]
Capitation tax.
See [Taxation, capitation.]
Captures.
See [Legislature, national, power of].
Carrington, Edward, to Jefferson, on progress of convention, i., [107], n.;
to Madison, [130], n.;
to Monroe, ii., [90], n.;
to Madison, [142], n.
Carroll, Daniel, Md., attends convention, i., [318];
favors national power to suppress insurrection, [392];
Pierce's sketch of, ii., [38], n.;
doubts propriety of per capita voting in Senate, [38];
favors election of executive by electors chosen by lot from national legislature, [47];
thinks direct taxation should depend on census, [47];
opposes disqualification from legislature of persons having unsettled government accounts, [63];
thinks number for quorum cannot be fixed, [135];
thinks right of expulsion should be with two-thirds of legislature, [136];
moves Senators be permitted to enter dissent to measures, [136];
fears New York will be capital, [140];
moves five years' citizenship for Representatives, [148];
explains provision as to money bills in Maryland, [157];
favors national compensation for members of legislature, [168], [169];
thinks greater checks to bad laws necessary, [174];
thinks a quorum should be more than a majority, [177];
thinks exports should not be taxed, [181];
opposes taxation by congressional representation, [209];
thinks prohibition of ex post facto laws necessary, [228];
moves election of executive by the people, [243], [245];
moves provision to prevent favoring ports of entry, [252];
on committee of August 25, [254];
objects to requiring consent of states to dismemberment, [277];
moves that right of U. S. to public lands be confirmed, [280];
moves that land question go to Supreme Court, [281];
moves to postpone question of ratification, [284], [286];
thinks all the states must ratify, [286];
thinks Maryland must ratify as required by Maryland law, [286];
thinks vessels should enter and clear in their own states, [291];
on committee of August 31, [292];
proposes an address to the people, [377];
moves states have power to lay tonnage taxes, [380];
urges larger representation, [392].
Census, taking of, debated, i., [327], [340];
every fifteen years, vote on, [340];
two years after meeting of legislature, [344];
ordered within six years after meeting of legislature, [346];
every ten years, [347];
every twenty years, [346];
first to be in three years, ii., [208].
Charters, power to grant, proposed.
See [Legislature, national, power of.]
Citizenship, of Representatives, see [Legislature, national], [House of Representatives], [Senate];
uniformity of, in the several states, agreed to, ii., [266].
Clymer, George, Pa., attends convention, i., [5];
appointed on grand committee, ii., [193];
thinks power to tax exports should exist for revenue only, [217];
Pierce's sketch of, [217], n.;
on committee on navigation acts, [225];
disapproves slave-trade arrangement, [251];
thinks states should regulate their own manufactures, [266];
favors commercial regulations, [270];
moves to postpone ratification question, [286];
favors ratification by a majority of the people and the states, [287];
objects to Senate's power, [315];
thinks old Congress need not sanction constitution, [345].
Commercial regulations.
See [Navigation acts].
Committee, grand, appointed, ii., [193].
Committee of the whole, convention goes into, i., [32];
reports, [134];
last session, [165].
Committee on detail, resolutions referred to, ii., [67];
report of, [76];
debated, [90].
Committee on plan of compromise, appointed, i., [292];
reports, [293].
Committee on rules, appointed, i., [5];
reports, [7].
Committee on style and arrangement, appointed, ii., [338];
report of, [347], [369];
debated, [367], [368].
Committee on sumptuary legislation, appointed, ii., [366].
Compensation of executive.
See [Executive, national, compensation of].
Compensation of judiciary.
See [Judiciary, national, compensation of].
Compensation of legislature.
See [ Legislature, national, compensation of].
Compromise on representation, debate on, i., [287];
report of committee on, [294].
Confederation, articles of.
See [Articles of Confederation].
Congress.
See [ Legislature, national].
Constitution, engrossed, read, ii., [389];
text of, [398].
Continental Congress, continuance of, till constitution goes into effect, proposed, i., [79];
agreed to, [137];
debate on, [390].
Contracts, impairment of, prohibited, ii., [377].
Copyright law.
See [Legislature, national, power of.]
Council, executive.
See [ Executive council.]
Council of revision of laws, debate on, i., [69]; ii., [17].
Counterfeiting, power to punish, debated, ii., [185].
Courts.
See [Judiciary].
Credentials of delegates read, i., [4].