Resolutions of 1798-'99, the corner-stone of the political edifice of Mr. Jefferson, [385].
Reserved powers of the States, views of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, [146], [147];
declaration of New York, [147];
do. of South Carolina, [147];
do. of North Carolina, [147];
do. of Rhode Island, [148];
no objection made to the principle, [148].
Resumption of powers, etc., some objections considered, [180];
as to new States, [180];
every State equal, [180];
States formed of purchased territory, [181];
allegiance to the Federal Government said to be paramount, [182];
examined, [182];
the sovereign is the people, [182];
the right asserted in the ratifications of Virginia, New York, and Rhode Island, [173];
effort to construe these as declaring the right of one people, [174].
Revolutionary measures in the extreme, acts of the United States Government in Missouri, [420].
Reynolds, Lieutenant-Governor, ably seconds the efforts of Governor Jackson in Missouri, [423].
Rhode Island, the Constitution rejected by a vote of the people, [111];
subsequently ratified, [111];
terms of ratification, [111];
letter of her Governor to President Washington relative to her position as not a member of the new Union, [113];
her declaration on the reserved powers of the States, [148].
Rich Mountain, West Virginia, the contest at, [338].
Richmond, a campaign against, planned by the enemy, [466].
Right, the, enunciated in the Declaration of Independence, [386];
determination of the States to exercise it, [386];
to attack Fort Sumter, South Carolina a State, [290];
ground on which the fort stood ceded in trust to the United States for her defense, [290];
no other had an interest in the maintenance of the fort except for aggression against her, [290];
remarks of Senator Douglas, [290].
Rights of the States, assertions of, in various quarters, [190];
resolutions of Massachusetts Legislature, [190];
declaration on the purchase of Louisiana, [190];
on the admission of the State, [190];
on the annexation of Texas, [190].