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War, power to declare, debated, ii., [187].
Washington, George, Va., attends convention, i., [1];
elected president of convention, [3];
thanks convention for election, [3];
Pierce's sketch of, [3], n.;
rebukes member for losing his notes, [48], n.;
John Jay's letter to, ii., [48], n.;
Knox's letter to, [158], n.;
urges increase in representation, iv., [392];
asks instructions concerning journals, [397].
Williamson, Hugh, N. C., attends convention, i., [2];
objects to election of executive by districts, [57];
Pierce's sketch of, [57], n.;
moves impeachability of executive, [65];
favors limiting Senate to twenty-five members, [95];
opposes indefinite power of negative on state laws, [103];
favors proportional representation, [114];
favors states paying representatives, [210];
moves that number in Senate be fixed, [235];
favors six years' term for Senators, [236];
thinks rights of small states not menaced, [253];
favors committee on representation in Senate, [291];
opposes compromise proposed, [361];
thinks Senate better able to consider money bills than House, [309];
thinks proposed representation unfair to southern states, [324];
favors reducing representation of northern states, [324];
amends motion fixing periodical census, [330];
thinks New Hampshire representation too large, [348];
opposes election of executive by people, [378];
opposes eligibility of executive to re-election, ii., [8], [41];
opposes election of executive by electors, [8];
favors six years' term for executive, [9];
moves number of electors be based on Representatives, [10];
moves electors be paid out of national treasury, [17];
suggests national officers take oath to support state governments, [30];
favors ratification of constitution by conventions, [35];
favors voting per capita in Senate, [38];
dislikes single executive, [41];
suggests voting for three persons for executive, [54];
favors forbidding national capital at state capital, [66];
seconds motion to limit negative of each branch of legislature on the other, [91];
moves representation in House based on taxation, [110];
favors reconsidering question of money bills, [116];
thinks provision for filling vacancies in Senate necessary, [117];
insists upon guarding qualifications of Senators, [125], [131];
thinks provision on money bills should be retained, [141];
moves nine years' citizenship for Representatives, [144];
opposes eligibility of members of legislature to other offices, [163];
moves postponement of question of money bills, [171];
moves to make three-quarters of legislature necessary to overcome executive negative, [176];
thinks exports should not be taxed, [179];
thinks state lands ought to be given up, [193];
appointed on grand committee, [193];
favors restrictions on army, [195];
moves quotas of states be determined, [211];
opposes apportionment of taxation by representation, [212];
thinks states should not have power to tax exports, [213];
thinks slave trade should be left to states, [223];
on committee on navigation acts, [225];
thinks prohibition of ex post facto laws unnecessary, [228];
thinks discussion of negative of state laws unnecessary, [237];
doubts if judiciary can impartially decide controversies between states, [241];
opposes slavery, but wishes union, [251];
on committee of August 25, [254];
moves to postpone question of executive succession, [256];
seconds motion to make it impossible for states to levy imposts, [265];
moves clause of articles of confederation as to state acts, [267];
favors commercial regulations by two-thirds vote, [270];
thinks question of new states should be left to legislature, [275], [278];
on committee of August 31, [292];
thinks ineligibility of members of legislature should extend to offices created during their term, [295], [296];
objects to President's dependence on Senate in appointments, [302];
moves to reconsider representation, [307];
objects to Senate electing President, [308], [310], [315];
moves election of President by one-third of all electors, [310];
moves electors voting be the only ones counted, [311];
favors separate provision for re-electing President, [313];
moves seven years' term for President, [316];
moves six years' term for President, [316];
thinks electors should meet at seat of government, [317];
suggests eventual election of President by whole legislature, voting by states, [318];
thinks Vice-President unnecessary, [326];
thinks treaties of peace important, [330], [332];
thinks treaties may be made without majority of people, [333];
opposes requirement that treaties be ratified by majority of whole Senate, [334];
proposes that notice of treaties to Senators be required, [335];
thinks Senate will lean towards President, [336];
moves increase in representation in House of Representatives, [338];
moves that old Congress sanction constitution, [346];
favors two-thirds vote to override President's negative, [361];
fears too many laws, [362];
moves provision for juries in civil suits, [363];
moves increase of representation, [369];
seconds motion against direct tax, [375];
suggests signing letter only, [393].
Wilson, James, Pa., attends convention, i., [1];
nominates William Temple Franklin for secretary of convention, [3];
Pierce's sketch of, [3], n.;
favors election of Representatives by the people, [41], [205];
favors election of Senators by the people, [44], [95];
favors a single executive, [49], [50], [67];
favors election of executive by the people, [53], [55], ii., [6], [47];
favors three years' term for executive, i., [54];
moves election of executive by district electors, [56];
opposes an executive council, [68];
favors negative by executive on legislature, [69], [71];
favors creation of inferior judiciary, [73], [82];
favors inclusion of judiciary in power of negative, [75];
opposes appointment of judges by legislature, [77];
favors ratification by plurality of States, [81];
favors election of Representatives by the people, [84];
favors preservation of state governments for local purposes, [90];
favors inclusion of judiciary in revisionary power, [91], ii., [17], [25];
favors election to Senate by districts, i., [98];
favors absolute negative in legislature, [104];
favors proportional representation, [113], [115], [257];
favors representation by free inhabitants, [119];
thinks voting in Senate should be on same plan as in House, [121];
opposes Jersey plan, [146];
opposes Hamilton plan, [185];
insists that states are dependent on each other, [188];
favors two branches of legislature, [198];
thinks state governments may encroach on national government, [201];
favors one-year term for Representatives, [207];
favors national compensation of Representatives, [211];
moves that compensation be fixed by legislature, [212];
opposes age limit for Representatives, [214];
opposes ineligibility of Representatives to other offices, [214], [220];
opposes elections to Senate by state legislatures, [233];
favors six years' term for Senators, [237];
favors nine years' term for Senators, [243];
opposes eligibility of Senators to state offices, [247];
opposes sending for New Hampshire delegates, [272];
opposes representation by states in Senate, [273];
admits question of number of Senators is embarrassing, [280];
opposes committee on representation in Senate, [291];
moves question of voting in Senate, [308];
opposes originating money bills in House, [309], [312];
opposes yielding equal vote in Senate to small states, [314];
thinks representation of western states should be based on property, [320];
thinks wealth an impracticable rule of representation, [334];
opposes inclusion of three-fifths of blacks as basis of representation, [339];
favors guaranty of republican government to the states, [342];
moves that representation be according to direct taxation, [344];
favors representation based on free inhabitants and three-fifths of slaves, [344];
favors adjusting taxation to representation, [349];
thinks equal vote in Senate favored by minority, [355];
insists that numbers are correct basis for representation, [355];
thinks small states would abandon plea of equality in taxes and troops, [356];
thinks originating money bills in House of little consequence, [356];
insists on proportional representation in Senate, [362];
favors non-interference of national government with state police, [371];
opposes election of executive by the people, [375];
opposes election of executive by legislature, [377];
favors appointment of judges by executive, [384];
favors continuance of old Congress till new government starts, [390];
favors guaranty to states of republican government and against violence, [392];
favors impeachability of executive, ii., [11];
thinks departments should act separately, [24];
thinks oath of allegiance unnecessary, [30];
opposes election of executive by legislature, [43];
suggests election of executive by members of national legislature selected by lot, [44], [47];
on committee to report constitution according to resolutions, [48];
favors specifying general principles for executive, [56];
opposes disqualification from legislature of persons having unsettled accounts, [64];
thinks time of meeting of legislature should be fixed, [93];
favors winter as time for meeting of legislature, [95];
thinks suffrage in the States should not be prescribed by legislature, [96];
favors requiring Representatives to be inhabitants, [108];
opposes requirement of seven years' inhabitancy for Representatives, [108], [109];
thinks question of representation by free inhabitants premature, [114];
opposed to originating money bills in House, [115];
reviews question of citizenship of Representatives, [116];
objects to vacancies in Senate being filled by state executives, [116];
thinks provision as to money bills of no value to large states, [118], [120];
opposes fourteen years' residence as necessary for Senators, [123];
moves to reconsider requirement of seven years for Representatives, [132];
thinks number for quorum should not be small, [134];
thinks publication of legislative journal necessary, [138];
moves four years' citizenship for Representatives, [142];
insists Representatives need not be natives, [145];
thinks new government bound by Pennsylvania's promises to foreigners, [148];
moves seven years' citizenship for Senators, [149];
thinks people will disapprove members of legislature holding other offices, [164];
thinks good men will refuse legislature if debarred from other offices, [165];
seconds motion to have acts revised by executive and judiciary, [172];
thinks legislature will swallow up powers of government, [175];
favors making three-fourths of legislature necessary to overcome executive negative, [176];
explains difference between "duties" and "imposts," [177];
thinks exports may be taxed, [179];
opposed to power to emit bills of credit, [182];
thinks it unnecessary to define felonies, etc., [185];
thinks law of felonies, etc., ought to be declared, [185];
moves that treason be against United States, [205];
thinks treason may be against a state, [206];
thinks proof of treason may be difficult, [207];
favors power to tax exports, [215];
seconds motion to tax exports by two-thirds of legislature, [217];
thinks slaves should be taxed, [222];
favors commitment of question of navigation acts, [225];
thinks prohibition of ex post facto laws unnecessary, [228];
thinks Senate should not make appointments, [235];
thinks negative of state laws unnecessary, [237];
objects to Senate's power to make treaties, [239];
thinks judiciary may decide controversies between states, [242];
seconds motion for election of executive by the people, [243];
thinks larger states should have larger share in election of executive, [295];
thinks Senate should not have separate voice in election of executive, [246];
thinks state legislatures will order federal offices filled by state appointment if permitted, [247];
thinks pardon before conviction may be necessary, [255];
opposes removability of judges on application of legislature, [257];
explains appellate power of judiciary, [260];
doubts if suspension of right of habeas corpus is ever necessary, [262];
moves legislature be prohibited from paying debts in anything but coin, [262];
thinks states should not interfere with contracts, [263];
objects to treating fugitive slaves as criminals, [267];
favors interstate validity of state acts, [267];
on committee to consider subject, [268];
favors commercial regulations by majority vote, [271];
thinks majority may regulate formation of new states, [277];
thinks new states may be formed without consent of old, [278];
opposes motion to guarantee public lands, [281];
proposes ratification by seven states, [284];
prefers ratification by eight states to nine, [285];
thinks constitution binding only on ratifying states, [285];
moves that ratification be by majority of people and states, [287];
thinks state power over other states' acts not unusual, [293];
opposes ineligibility of members
of legislature to other offices, [296];
approves plan of electing executive, [302];
thinks it unnecessary to give each House power over privileges of its members, [304];
moves eventual election of President by whole legislature, [309];
thinks eventual election of President by Senate dangerous, [313];
moves to include House of Representatives in treaty-making power, [327];
objects to Senate's participation in appointments, [328];
objects to participation of two-thirds Senate on treaties, [329], [334];
favors executive council, [332];
favors ratification of treaties with majority of Senate, [333];
thinks less than two-thirds Senate may ratify treaties of peace, [333];
opposed to President convening either house of legislature, [338];
moves amendments be with consent of two-thirds of states, [341];
substitutes three-fourths, [341];
opposes reconsideration of ratification clause, [343];
thinks old Congress need not sanction constitution, [345];
moves to strike out "direct taxes," [367];
thinks legislature should not define offences against law of nations, [372];
seconds motion in favor of canals, [372], [373];
favors national university, [374];
thinks accounts should be published from time to time, [376];
thinks executive may pardon for treason, [382];
favors depositing convention journal with president, [397].
Wythe, George, Va., attends convention, i., [2];
appointed on committee on rules, [4];
submits report of committee on rules, [5];
Pierce's sketch of, [5], n.;
offers additional rules, [12].