Index.

“A. B.,” pseudonym of, [416].

Adams, John, [117], [231].

“Agrippa,” pseudonym of, [22], [29], [49], [417].

“American,” pseudonym of, [415].

American Herald, [123], [416].

American Mercury, [417].

American Museum, [315].

Anarchy, danger of, [15], [165];

predicted, [18].

Anti-Federalists, character of, [25].

“Aristides,” pseudonym of, [372], [416].

Aristocracy, favorers of, [5];

small danger of, [165];

southern, [258];

causes of, [298];

tendencies to, [223].

Articles of Confederation, [238];

advantages of, [77];

amendment of, [80], [98];

defects in, [255];

ease of amendment of, [117];

proposed amendment to, [84].

Baldwin, Simeon, [213].

Ballot, [305].

Baltimore, [327], [333].

Bill of rights, [28], [95], [113], [117], [119], [163], [219], [299], [320], [325], [364].

Blair, John, [162].

Bowdoin, James, [3], [6].

Brackenridge, H. H., [315], [415].

“Brutus,” pseudonym of, [269], [295], [417].

Bryan, George, [221].

Bryan, Samuel, [415].

“Cæsar,” pseudonym of, [245], [250], [279], [416].

Canada, [191];

dangers from, [157].

Capital, [262];

place for, [73], [321].

Capitation tax, [272].

“Capt. M'Daniel,” pseudonym of, [122].

Carroll, Daniel, [325], [329], [415].

Carthage, [93].

“Cassius,” pseudonym of, [1], [51], [416].

“Cato,” pseudonym of, [243], [281], [415].

“Caution,” pseudonym of, [323], [415].

“Centinel, The,” pseudonym of, [218], [415].

“Charles James Fox,” pseudonym of, [51].

Chase, Samuel, [323], [415];

promises of, [333];

speech of, [325].

Childs, Francis, [250].

“Citizen of New Haven,” pseudonym of, [229], [416].

Citizenship, [270];

rights of, [42].

Clinton, De Witt, [415].

Clinton, George, [173], [243], [281], [415].

Coinage, uniformity of, [35].

Coke, [266].

Commerce of America, [95];

inter-state, congressional power over, [118];

regulation of, [97].

Commercial treaties, power to make, [234].

“Conciliator,” pseudonym of, [416].

Congress, Continental, action on the Constitution, [253], [289];

retrospective view of, [298];

inadequate powers of, [34].

Congress, difference between state legislature and, [224];

length of session of, [239];

members of, [225];

character of, [227];

character from South, [258];

election of, [86];

privileges of, [33];

restriction on, [234];

interest of, [220];

journal of, [33];

nature of, [267];

powers of, [27], [32], [34], [41], [98];

to alienate territory, [80];

to coerce the states, [184];

over delinquent states, [358];

over citizens, [80];

over elections, [30], [37], [118], [276];

over inter-state commerce, [118];

over judiciary, [66];

over militia, [184];

law-making powers of, [45];

of taxation, [235];

over territories, [43];

over trade, [61];

representation in, [151].

Connecticut, [183], [355];

address to, [215];

constitution of, [148];

Courant, [135], [415];

convention, [178], [207];

legislature of, [219];

manufactures of, [202];

taxation in, [74], [148];

tribute to New York from, [180].

Constituents, instructions from, [28].

Constitution, a creation of power, [145], [147];

adequacy of, [35];

adopting clause of, [131], [184], [362];

advantages of, [21];

amendment of, [44], [100], [118], [200], [233], [251], [284], [334];

attempts to surprise the people with, [327];

character of opposers of, [11], [143];

comparison of, [339];

with constitution of N. Y., [297];

with English, [381];

consolidating tendencies of, [65], [69], [70], [158], [258], [297];

construction of, [43];

objections to, [25], [53], [132], [151];

definition of, [116];

despotic power of, [28];

effect of, [95];

excellence of language of, [156];

expense of, [60];

general clauses of, [83], [96], [119];

importance of, [248];

judicial power under, [39];

laws made under, [360];

merits of, [27];

new powers granted by, [238];

powers under, [153], [156], [163], [220];

opposition to, [39];

preamble of, [208];

reasons for not submitting to state legislature, [139];

reception of, [9];

rejection of, [100];

remarks on, [237], [395];

supreme law of the land, [184];

want of explicitness in, [155], [260], [265];

should be tried before amending, [235];

writers against, [12].

Convention, Federal, [238], [247], [284], [287];

appeals to the people, [140];

character of the members of, [20];

committees of, [348];

dissenting members of, [104];

harmony of, [191];

ignorance of the members of, [22];

illegal action of, [104];

irritated condition of, [367];

journals of, [347];

large vs. small states in, [355];

meetings of, [345];

meetings of members of, [355];

object of, [35];

powers of, [252], [290];

proceedings in, [130], [174], [183], [341];

secrecy of, [252], [298];

spirit of, [167];

wisdom of, [252].

Convention, second, [62], [235], [375].

Council, lack of, [162].

“Countryman, A,” pseudonym of, [211], [415], [416].

Courts, Federal, [36], [40], [83].

Courts, State, [54].

Coxe, Tench, [415].

Credit, public, [73], [197].

Creditors, public, [60];

justice to, [35].

Criminal prosecution, laws for, [67].

Daily Advertiser, [250], [279], [415], [416].

Davie, William Richardson, [415].

Debt, Continental, [60], [73], [77], [95], [97], [127].

Debtors, opposition of, to constitution, [144].

“Decius,” pseudonym of, [416].

Delaware, [163], [355].

Dickinson, John, [415].

Duer, William, [415].

Duties, [77];

Massachusetts' share of, [84];

paid by consumers, [271];

uniformity of, [35].

Eastern states, carrying trade of, [162].

Elections, [116];

frequency of, [227];

power of Congress over, [30], [118], [276];

provisions for, [37].

Ellsworth, Oliver, [135], [415].

England, laws of, against treason, [42];

religious freedom in, [168].

Europe, governments of, [256];

treaties with, [89].

“Examiner,” pseudonym of, [18], [416].

Excise forbidden, [118].

Executive, [158], [260], [310];

advice of, [38];

blended with legislative, [240], [275];

council for, [163];

impeachment of, [39];

ineligible, after service, [234];

may be a woman, [319];

method of electing, [263];

not specified, [319];

objections to, [162];

powers of, [39], [261];

power over pardon, [234], [240];

power to convene Congress, [275];

re-eligibility of, [354], [374];

to be elected annually, [119];

under constitution, [37];

vote of, [38];

veto power of, [34].

Ex post facto law, [163].

“Fabius,” pseudonym of, [415].

Federal Government, necessity for, [141].

Federalists, aristocratic tendencies of, [89].

Findley, William, [100], [321], [415].

Fisheries, [194];

power over, [234].

Flax, [202].

Foreign influence, [103].

Foreign nations, intercourse with, [80].

Forests, value of, [194].

France, public debt to, [73].

Franchise, [226].

Frankland, [258].

Franklin, Benjamin, [23], [26], [218], [321], [370].

“Freeman,” pseudonym of, [415].

“Friend to the Constitution,” [329], [415].

Georgia, [164], [190], [259], [355].

Gerry, Elbridge, [25], [51], [53], [104], [123], [127], [130], [137], [161], [172], [182], [186], [339], [341], [350], [416];

conciliating conduct of, [174];

hypocrisy of, [174];

objections to constitutions, [132];

remarks on, [150].

Goddard, William, [341].

Government, divisions of, [116];

encroaching tendencies of, [376];

General and State linked, [153];

Greek and Roman, [55];

importance, [247];

necessity of, to society, [111];

opposition to, [24];

a strong one necessary for liberty, [147].

Great Britain, dangers from, [190];

resentment of, [89].

Habeas corpus, suspension of, [36].

Hamilton, Alexander, [245], [279], [416].

Hampshire Gazette, [5].

Hancock, John, [3], [5], [10].

Hanson, Alexander Contee, [372], [416].

Hartford, [216].

Harvard College Library, [40].

Holland, public debt due, [73].

Hopkinson, Francis, [416].

Humphrey's Mercury, [415].

Impeachment, [39], [233], [312], [391];

in Massachusetts, [41];

methods of, [30];

powers of Senate in, [29].

Independent Chronicle, [5].

Independent Gazetteer, [218], [415], [416], [417].

India, trade with, [109].

Indian affairs, [301];

lands, [300].

Iredell, James, [416].

Jay, John, [416].

Judiciary, [54], [159], [235], [241];

appeals to, [130], [184], [361];

appointment of, [69];

dangers from, [66], [164];

federal, [83];

limits of [67], [118];

national, [309];

oppressiveness of, [159];

powers of, [96];

restrictions on federal, [119];

state, [241].

“Junius,” pseudonym of, [51].

Jury, trial by, [41], [131], [308].

“Kempis, O'Flanagan,” pseudonym of, [51].

Lamb, John, [173], [245], [416].

“Landholder, A,” [129], [135], [205], [339], [344], [415];

replies to, [123].

Land grants, power of courts over, [75].

Lands, western, [60], [63], [73].

Lansing, John, Jr., [104].

Lee, Gen. Charles, [161].

Lee, Henry, [162].

Lee, Richard Henry, [161], [177], [390].

Liberty of the press, [365].

Locke, [257].

Loyalists, opposition of, to constitution, [143].

M'Henry, James, [131], [187], [347], [350].

McKean, Thomas, [90], [100].

McKnight, Dr. Charles, [416].

MacLaughlin, Neil, [321].

Madison, [162], [231], [325], [387], [416].

Magna Charta, [219].

Maine, secession of, [257].

Manufactures in America, [201].

“Marcus,” pseudonym of, [416].

Martin, Luther, [104], [130], [137], [182], [185], [337], [416].

Maryland, [188];

convention, [327];

Legislature, petition to, [334].

Maryland Journal, [182], [323], [329], [337], [415], [416].

Mason, George, [104], [161], [164], [165], [172], [355].

Massachusetts, [258];

Constitution of, [16];

convention, [105], [187], [349];

proposed resolution for, [84];

debt of, [60];

delegates from, [29];

disadvantages of government for, [102];

early history of, [56];

feebleness of, [257];

impeachment in, [30], [41];

Legislature, action on constitution of, [17];

means of taxation of, [13];

origin of opposition in, [176];

plan to aggrandize, [182];

position of, [61];

public lands of, [63];

share of the Continental debt, [77];

taxation in, [74];

tender law of, [36], [59];

warning to, [10].

Massachusetts Centinel, [3], [123], [416].

Massachusetts Gazette, [1], [12], [18], [49], [51], [416], [417].

Mercer, James Francis, [104].

Militia, [358];

powers of Congress over, [184];

power over, [342], [354];

State control of, [118].

Minority, powers of, [33].

Monarchy, small danger of, [165].

Money, receipts and expenditures of public, [36].

Monopolies, power of Congress to create, [70];

prevention of, [80].

Montesquieu, [256], [261].

Nails, manufacture of, [202].

Naturalization, [313];

powers of Congress over, [79].

Navigation act, [161];

motion against, [173];

right to make, [234].

Netherlands, condition of, [249].

New England, manufactures of, [201].

New Hampshire, [189], [259];

interest of, [190], [192];

lands in, [75].

New Haven, [216].

New Haven Gazette, [211], [229], [416].

New Jersey, [183], [355].

New Spain, dangers from, [157].

Newspapers, scribblers in, [25].

New York against constitution, [61];

Assembly, [245];

colonial parties, [306];

constitution of, [297], [299];

violation of, [301];

draft of a constitution for, [307];

impost of, [173];

opposition in, [176];

proposed property qualification in, [307];

State convention of 1776, [298];

State debt of, [60];

Executive, [310];

taxation in, [74];

tribute from Connecticut to, [180].

New York Journal, [125], [243], [269], [293], [415], [416], [417].

Nicholas, John, [416].

North Carolina, [258].

North Carolina, State Gazette of, [395], [415], [416], [417].

Northern States, character of people of, [92].

Nova Scotia, [191];

condition of, [89].

“Numa,” pseudonym of, [5], [10].

Oath, [207], [369];

character of, [17], [168];

of President, [38].

“Ocrico,” pseudonym of, [52].

Officers, federal, privileges of, [119].

Office holders, [145];

multiplication of, [88].

“Officer of the Continental Army,” pseudonym of, [415].

“Old Fog,” pseudonym of, [3].

Paper money, [127], [131], [196], [341], [348];

motion to redeem, [174], [186];

states to emit, [119].

Parties, colonial, [306].

People, dangers from, [179];

not to elect representatives, [183];

rights of, [115].

Pennsylvania, [369];

Assembly, [53], [369];

Convention of, [90], [100];

future seat of government, [98];

naturalization in, [79];

opposition in, [176].

Pennsylvania Gazette, [415].

“Pennsylvanian,” pseudonym of, [415].

“Philadelphiensis,” pseudonym of, [417].

“Philo-Publius,” pseudonym of, [415].

Pinckney, C. C., [183].

Pinckney, Charles, [416].

Pittsburg Gazette, [317], [415].

“Plain Dealer, A,” pseudonym of, [385], [416].

Poll tax, [272];

forbidden, [118].

Population, destiny of, [193].

Press, liberty of, [164], [239].

Prices, depressed state of, [142].

Private opinion, freedom of, [170].

“Publicola,” pseudonym of, [415].

“Publius,” pseudonym of, [145], [416].

Quorum, dangers from, [32];

powers of, [33].

Randolph, Edmund, [104], [231], [346], [387].

Randolph, Thomas Mann, [416].

Religion, freedom of, [168], [313];

misuse of, [8].

Religious test, [207], [235];

nature of, [169];

necessity of, [168].

Representation, [54], [269], [391];

best mode of, [151];

difference of opinion concerning, [354];

smallness of, [236], [240];

want of, [151].

Representatives, House of, [54];

electors of, [28];

insufficiency of, [29];

length of residence necessary, [28];

method of choosing, [152];

method of electing, [27], [357];

people should not elect, [183];

term of, [28];

weakness of, [273].

Republics, Greek and Roman, [94].

“Republican Federalist,” pseudonym of, [416].

Republican government, guarantee of, [43], [106].

Revenue bills, origination of, [34].

Revenue, method of collecting, [193];

Massachusetts' share of, [102];

sources of, [239].

Revolution, the American, [146].

Rhode Island, [105], [108], [115], [159], [196];

junto in, [153];

legislature of, [31], [36].

Rights, delegated, [113].

Roane, Spencer, [385], [416].

Russell, Benjamin, [127].

Scotland, union with England, [216].

Senate, [29], [273];

blended with Executive, [275];

method of choosing, [153];

officers of, [29];

powers of impeachment, [29];

treaty power of, [165], [274];

unspecified character of, [319].

Shay's Rebellion, [5], [13], [57], [72], [157], [159], [257], [391].

Sheep raising, [201].

Sherman, Roger, [183], [211], [229], [416].

Shipbuilding, [61], [194];

carpenters, [61].

Slavery, [258];

responsibility for, [163].

Slaves, importation of, [163].

Smilie, John, [100], [321].

Smith, Melancthon, [173].

South Carolina, [164], [183], [265], [355];

amendment of, [235];

representation in, [108].

Southern States, character of people of [92];

objections to commercial powers, [162].

“Spectator,” pseudonym of, [326].

States, coercion of, [184];

influences, [297];

courts, [54], [159];

absorption of, [297];

dangers to, [153];

destruction of, [342];

powers of, [98];

negative on laws, [360];

legislatures, action of, on constitution, [25];

Congress a check on, [31];

differences between Congress and, [224];

powers of, [152];

power over elections, [31];

representation in, [152];

officers, dangers from, [289];

restrictions on, [36];

rights, [68], [113], [118], [147], [184];

admission of new, [42];

advantages of, [66];

bills of right valid in federal courts, [119];

consolidation of, [97], [255];

destruction of, [375];

disputes between, [64], [100];

equality of, in Senate, [29];

interest of, [215];

large vs. small, [216], [355];

number to organize government, [184];

rights to enforce laws of, [118].

State Gazette of North Carolina, [395].

State Gazette of South Carolina, [416].

State house, [355].

“State Soldier,” pseudonym of, [417].

“Steady and Open Republican,” pseudonym of, [416].

“Steady,” pseudonym of, [326].

Strong, Caleb, [105].

Sullivan, James, [1], [416].

“Sydney,” pseudonym of, [269], [293], [417].

Tax, poll, [273].

Taxation, [156], [193];

dangers of, [81];

direct, [235], [270];

importance of, [271];

in Connecticut, [148], [226];

method of, [77], [358];

powers of Congress over, [97].

Tender acts, [36], [59], [196].

Territory, right to alienate, [80], [118], [234].

Test law, [169], [171], [207], [235].

Town meetings, [226].

Trade, [61];

condition of, [140];

congressional control over, [161];

foreign, [95];

limitations of, [54];

Massachusetts' advantage for, [73];

powers of Congress over, [79];

regulation of, [70].

Trading companies, [70], [109];

forbidden, [118].

Treason, punishment of, [41].

Treaty power, dangers from, [165].

Treaties, law of the land, [24];

with Europe, [89].

Tucker, St. George, [417].

United States, an agricultural country, [200];

condition of, [81], [121], [158];

dangers to, [178];

differences between the inhabitants of, [91];

too large for government, [257];

tranquillity of, [59].

Vermont, [258].

Vice-president, [240], [263];

duties of, [158].

Virginia, [162], [390];

house of delegates of, [166];

plan to aggrandize, [182];

qualifications of, [306];

method of, [305];

opposition in, [176].

Virginia Gazette, [387].

Virginia Independent Chronicle, [385], [416], [417].

“Vox Populi,” pseudonym of, [12], [16], [18].

Washington, George, [23], [26], [161], [177], [218], [251], [254], [285], [321], [347], [370].

West Indies, condition of, [89].

Western territory, [239].

Willetts, Marinus, [173].

Williams, William, [137], [168], [195], [202], [417].

Williamson, Hugh, [395], [417].

Wilson, James, [90], [96], [100], [112], [218], [335].

Winthrop, James, [40], [49], [417].

Woolen manufactures, [201].

Workman, Benjamin, [417].

Yates, Robert, [104], [173], [269], [293], [417].