Index.
“A. B.,” pseudonym of, [416].
“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];
defects in, [255];
ease of amendment of, [117];
proposed amendment to, [84].
Baldwin, Simeon, [213].
Ballot, [305].
Bill of rights, [28], [95], [113], [117], [119], [163], [219], [299], [320], [325], [364].
Blair, John, [162].
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];
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].
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].
address to, [215];
constitution of, [148];
legislature of, [219];
manufactures of, [202];
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];
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];
proceedings in, [130], [174], [183], [341];
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].
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].
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];
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];
federal, [83];
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].
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];
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];
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];
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].
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].
lands in, [75].
New Haven, [216].
New Haven Gazette, [211], [229], [416].
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].
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];
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].
nature of, [169];
necessity of, [168].
Representation, [54], [269], [391];
best mode of, [151];
difference of opinion concerning, [354];
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];
Rights, delegated, [113].
Russell, Benjamin, [127].
Scotland, union with England, [216].
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].
carpenters, [61].
Slavery, [258];
responsibility for, [163].
Slaves, importation of, [163].
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];
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].
“Sydney,” pseudonym of, [269], [293], [417].
Tax, poll, [273].
dangers of, [81];
importance of, [271];
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].
duties of, [158].
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].