characteristics of, [255];

ratification of, [254];

amendments to, [p. 198 n. 2], [281], [546], [508], [571], [572], [583];

“compact” theory of, [279], [356];

and slavery, [418]-[420];

text of, [Appendix B], pp. [548]-[562].

Constitution of the Confederate States, [444].

Constitution and Guerrière, battle of, [304].

Continental Congress. See [Congress].

Conventions, constitutional, [244]-[252];