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King, Rufus, Mass., attends convention, i., [1];
objects to report of committee on rules, [5];
Pierce's sketch of, [5], n.;
opposes representation by quotas of contributions, [36], [115];
notes of proceedings of convention, [39], n.;
opposes election of Senators by state legislatures, [44];
opposes inclusion of judiciary in council of revision, [69];
favors ratification of constitution by conventions, [81];
moves question of proportional representation, [115];
thinks Senate should have power to originate money bills, [133];
opposes sovereignty of the states, [186], [285];
insists upon election of Representatives by the people, [206];
favors national compensation for Representatives, [211];
opposes ineligibility of Representatives to other offices, [214], [219];
thinks New Hampshire deputies will attend, [272];
favors proportional representation in Senate, [281], [357];
thinks representation cannot be permanently fixed, [360];
on committee on question of representation, [307];
thinks slaves should count in representation, [322];
brings in report of committee on representation, [323];
thinks representation of the south too large, [323];
defends report on representation, [323];
opposes inclusion of three-fifths of blacks in representation, [338];
opposes representation by population, [345];
opposes ineligibility of executive to re-election, ii., [5], [42];
opposes short term for executive, [9];
opposes impeachability of executive, [13], [15];
favors ratification of constitution by legislatures, [35];
moves voting in Senate per capita, [37];
favors election of executive by state legislatures, [42];
proposes term of twenty years for executive, [43];
opposes election of executive by electors chosen by lot from legislature, [47];
opposes freehold qualification for electors, [61];
thinks legislature need not meet annually, [93];
thinks representation should exclude slaves, [110];
opposes leaving time and mode of election of Representatives to state legislatures, [128];
thinks less than a majority should be a quorum of legislature, [133];
thinks lowest number for a quorum may be fixed, [134], [135];
thinks legislature should not have power to change place of meeting, [139];
thinks state debts should be assumed by nation, [192], [193];
thinks state lands ought to be given up, [193];
appointed on grand committee, [193];
thinks states may punish treason under a different name, [205];
thinks national government should punish for treason, [206];
thinks treason against a state same as against nation, [207];
thinks slaves should be taxed, [223];
on committee on navigation acts, [225];
explains provisions as to militia, [230];
admits duty on slaves part of compromise agreement, [251];
moves to prohibit states from violating private contracts, [263];
moves to prohibit states from taxing exports, [266];
thinks states should regulate their own manufactures, [265];
thinks all the states must ratify constitution, [285];
moves that only states ratifying be operated on by constitution, [285];
thinks constitution must be ratified by conventions, [286];
thinks state constitution no bar to ratification, [287];
on committee of August 31, [292];
moves ineligibility of members of legislature to offices created during their term, [295], [296];
moves to obtain consent of state legislatures to purchases of lands for national purposes, [306];
thinks eventual election of President will be with Senate, [311];
moves that electors be not office-holders, [312];
favors change of clause relative to re-election of President, [313];
moves increase of number necessary to elect President, [319];
thinks Senate may share in appointments, [328];
objects to participation of two-thirds of Senate in treaties, [329];
opposes special provision for treaties of peace, [332];
moves special provision for treaties affecting national rights, [332];
thinks old Congress should consider constitution, [336];
on committee of style and arrangement, [338];
thinks old Congress need not sanction constitution, [345];
thinks President ought not to be suspended if impeached, [370];
thinks legislature should choose treasurer, [371];
thinks power to grant charters unnecessary, [373];
thinks publication of public expenditures impossible, [376];
opposes change in representation, [378];
thinks executive may pardon for treason, [382];
thinks guaranty of jury trials not necessary, [384];
urges additional representation, [392];
proposes journals of convention be disposed of, [396].
Knox, General Henry, writes to Washington on prospects of convention, ii., [158], n.