Chase, Samuel, views of, respecting taxation of slaves, II. [159].
Checks of one department on another, II. [301].
Citizenship, as qualification of national officers, II. [186], [188], [204]; of senators, [223]. State rules respecting, unlike, [199]. General privileges of, under Confederation, [206], [448]; under Constitution, [448]. See Naturalization.
Clarke, George Rogers, General, proceedings of, in Kentucky, I. [322].
Clinton, George, message of, as Governor of New York, on revenue system of 1783, I. [359]. Head of party in New York opposed to Constitution, II. [502].
Coinage of the United States, origin of, I. [443].
Coit, captain in the Revolutionary naval force, I. [74].
Colonies, thirteen English, I. [3]. Ante-Revolutionary governments of, [3]. Form a union, [3]. No union of, before the Revolution, [7]. Common grievances of, [9]. People of, how descended, [9]. Rights of, how to be determined, [16]; when and how stated, [20]; declaration of, [22]; what included in, [22]; how to be enforced, [23]. Trade of, how far right to regulate in Parliament, [20]. Reduction of, to submission, great preparations for, [38]. Trade with, prohibited by Parliament, December, 1775, [38]. Change of, into States, [116]. Constitutional power of, II. [179].
Commerce, of the United States, I. [276]; capacity of, at the close of the war, [284]. Regulation of, a leading object of Constitutional Convention, II. [12]; became an exigency of the Union, [13]; how provided for, by Virginia plan, [90]; if universal, must include slave-trade, [285]; report of committee of detail respecting, [289]; generally conceded to general government as necessary, [290]; views of Southern statesmen respecting, [290]; by Congress, beneficial to North and South, [291]; a power conceded by South to North, [291]; indivisible, [370]; reluctance of South Carolina to concede, [546]. Want of power over, in Confederation, [279]. Interest of, in different States, not identical, [291], [299]. Powers of government over, influence of, [311]. Necessities of, basis of Constitution, [312]. See Regulation of Commerce.