- General Party Doctrines, [2079]
- The Rebellion, [2080]
- Home Rule, [2080]
- Internal Improvements, [2082]
- National Debt and Interest, the Public Credit, Repudiation, etc., [2082]
- Resumption, [2083]
- Capital and Labor, [2084]
- Tariff, [2085]
- Education, [2086]
- Duty to Union Soldiers and Sailors, [2086]
- Naturalization and Allegiance, [2087]
- Chinese, [2088]
- Civil Service, [2089]
- The Tariff Issue of 1884, [2090]
- The Tariff and Revenue, 1888, [2091]
- Civil Service Reform, 1888, [2092]
- Pensions, etc., 1888, [2093]
- Pauper Labor, 1888, [2093]
- Foreign Policy, 1888, [2093]
- Comparison of Platform Planks, 1892, [2095]
BOOK III.
GREAT SPEECHES ON GREAT ISSUES.
- Adams, John, [3008]
- Benjamin, Judah P., [3119]
- Benton, Thomas H., [3237]
- Blaine, James G., [3171]–240
- Broomall, John M., [3186]
- Buchanan, James, [3095]
- Calhoun, John C., [3024]–80
- Cass, Lewis, [3096]
- Cameron, J. D., [3233]
- Cameron, Simon, [3162]
- Carey, Henry, [3159]
- Clay, Henry, [3023]–86
- Conkling, Roscoe, [3176]–202
- Davis, Henry Winter, [3115]
- Davis, Jefferson, [3147]
- Dougherty, Daniel, [3205]
- Douglas, Stephen A., [3126]
- Eldridge, Charles A., [3189]
- Everett, Edward, [3018]
- Frye, Wm. P., [3206]
- Garfield, James A., [3203]
- Garrison, William Lloyd, [3120]
- Giddings, Joshua R., [3116]
- Gray, George, [3205]
- Greeley, Horace, [3099]
- Grow, Galusha A., [3123]
- Hayne, Robt. Y., [3021]–25
- Henry, Patrick, [3007]–10
- Hill, Benjamin H., [3207]
- Ingalls, John J., [3262]
- Ingersoll, Robert G., [3201]
- Knott, J. Proctor, [3154]
- Lincoln, Abraham, [3126]
- Logan, John A., [3165]
- Mahone, William, [3217]
- McClure, A. K., [3191]
- McKinley, W. J., Jr., [3277]
- Morrill, Justin S., [3223]
- Morton, Oliver P., [3151]
- Parker, Theodore, [3121]
- Pendleton, G. H., [3251]
- Randall, S. J., [3274]
- Randolph, John, [3013]–20
- Raynor, Kenneth, [3112]
- Seward, William H., [3122]
- Sumner, Charles, [3123]
- Toombs, Robert, [3117]
- Vallandigham, Clement L., [3097]
- Webster, Daniel, [3019]–48
- Wilson, James, [3003]
- Wilson, Henry, [3149]
- Wise, Henry A., [3109]
ADDITIONS TO REVISED EDITION. BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE, CONSTITUTION, DECLARATION AND ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION.
- Confederation, articles of, [4008]
- Declaration of Independence, [4003]
- Jefferson’s Manual
- Absence, Sec. 8, [4026]
- Adjournment, Sec. 50, [4052]
- Address, Sec. 10, [4027]
- Amendment, Sec. 35, [4041]
- Amendment between the Houses, Sec. 45, [4048]
- Arrangement of business, Sec. 14, [4029]
- Assent, Sec. 48, [4050]
- Bills, Sec. 22, [4033]
- Bills, commitment, Sec. 26, [4034]
- Bills, first reading, Sec. 24, [4033]
- Bills, second reading, Sec. 25, [4033]
- Bills, third reading, Sec. 40, [4044]
- Bills, second reading in the House, Sec. 31, [4037]
- Bills, leave to bring in, Sec. 23, [4033]
- Bills, recommitment, Sec. 28, [4035]
- Bills, Report taken up, Sec. 29, [4036]
- Bills sent to the other House, Sec. 44, [4048]
- Call of the House, Sec. 7, [4026]
- Co-existing Questions, Sec. 37, [4043]
- Committees, Sec. 11, [4027]
- Committee of the Whole, Sec. 12, [4027]
- Conferences, Sec. 46, [4049]
- Division of the House, Sec. 41, [4045]
- Division of the Question, Sec. 36, [4043]
- Elections, Sec. 4, [4025]
- Equivalent Questions, Sec. 38, [4044]
- Examination of Witnesses, Sec. 13, [4028]
- Impeachment, Sec. 53, [4054]
- Importance of adhering to rules, Sec. 1, [4022]
- Journals, Sec. 49, [4051]
- Legislature, Sec. 2, [4022]
- Messages, Sec. 47, [4050]
- Motions, Sec. 20, [4033]
- Order, Sec. 15, [4029]
- Order, in debate, Sec. 17, [4030]
- Order, respecting papers, Sec. 16, [4030]
- Orders of the House, Sec. 18, [4032]
- Petition, Sec. 19, [4032]
- Previous Questions, Sec. 34, [4040]
- Privilege, Sec. 3, [4023]
- Privileged Questions, Sec. 33, [4038]
- Qualification, Sec. 5, [4025]
- Quasi-Committee, Sec. 30, [4036]
- Question, the, Sec. 39, [4044]
- Quorum, Sec. 6, [4026]
- Reading Papers, Sec. 32, [4037]
- Reconsideration, Sec. 43, [4047]
- Report of Committee, Sec. 27, [4035]
- Resolutions, Sec. 21, [4033]
- Session, a, Sec. 51, [4052]
- Speaker, Sec. 9, [4026]
- Titles, Sec. 42, [4047]
- Treaties, Sec. 52, [4052]
- Ordinance of 1787, [4010]
- Ratification of Constitution, [4020]
- Ratification of amendment to Constitution, [4025]
INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
- Art. Sec. Page.
- Arts and sciences, to be promoted, 1 8 15
- Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each State entitled to faith and credit in other States, 4 1 17
- Amendments to the Constitution, how made, 5 1 18
- made, .. .. 19
- Appointments to be made by the President, 2 2 16
- Apportionment of representatives, 1 2 13
- Appropriations by law, 1 9 15
- Appropriation for army not to exceed two years, 1 8 15
- Armies, Congress to raise and support, 1 8 15
- Arms, right of the people to keep and bear, .. .. 19
- Assemble, people may, .. .. 19
- Attainder, bill of, prohibited to Congress, 1 9 15
- prohibited to the States, 1 10 16
- of treason shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted, 3 3 17
- Bail, excessive, not required, .. .. 19
- Bankruptcy laws to be uniform, 1 8 15
- Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, 1 7 14
- before they become laws, shall be passed by both houses and approved by the President; or, if disapproved, shall be passed by two-thirds of each house, 1 7 14
- not returned in ten days, unless an adjournment intervene, shall be laws, 1 7 15
- Borrow money, Congress may, 1 8 15
- Capitation tax, apportionment of, 1 9 15
- Census, or enumeration, to be made every ten years, 1 2 13
- Citizens of the United States, who are, (14th amendment), .. 1 20
- privileges or immunities of, not to be abridged by any State (14th amendment), .. 1 20
- Citizens of United States, not to be abridged on account of color, race, or previous condition of servitude, (15th amendment), .. .. 20
- Citizens of each State shall be entitled to the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States, 4 2 17
- Claims, no prejudice to certain, 4 3 17
- of the United States, or of the several States, not to be prejudiced by any construction of the Constitution, 4 3 18
- Coasting trade, regulations respecting, 1 9 15
- Coin, Congress fix value of foreign, 1 8 15
- Commerce, Congress to regulate, 1 8 15
- regulations respecting, to be equal and uniform, 1 9 15
- Commissions to be granted by the President, 2 3 17
- Common law recognized and established, (7th amendment), .. .. 19
- Congress vested with power, 1 1 13
- may alter the regulations of State legislatures concerning elections of senators and representatives, except as to place of choosing senators, 1 4 14
- shall assemble once every year, 1 4 14
- officers of government cannot be members of, 1 6 14
- may provide for cases of removal, death, &c., of President and Vice-President, 2 1 16
- may determine the time of choosing electors of President and Vice-President, 2 1 16
- may invest the appointment of inferior officers in the President alone, in the courts of law, or the heads of departments, 2 2 16
- may establish courts inferior to the Supreme Court, 3 1 17
- may declare the punishment of treason, 3 3 17
- may prescribe the manner of proving the acts and records of each State, 4 1 17
- to assent to the formation of new States, 4 3 18
- may propose amendments to Constitution or call a convention, 5 1 18
- to lay and collect duties, 1 8 15
- to borrow money, 1 8 15
- to regulate commerce, 1 8 15
- to establish uniform laws of bankruptcy and naturalization, 1 8 15
- to coin money, to regulate the value of coin, and fix a standard of weights and measures, 1 8 15
- to punish counterfeiting, 1 8 15
- to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court, 1 8 15
- to define and punish piracies, felonies on the high seas, and offenses against the laws of nations, 1 8 15
- to establish post offices and post roads, 1 8 15
- to authorize patents to authors and inventors, 1 8 15
- to declare war, grant letters of marque, and make rules concerning captures, 1 8 15
- to raise and support armies, 1 8 15
- to provide and maintain a navy, 1 8 15
- to make rules for the government of the army and navy, 1 8 15
- to call out the militia in certain cases, 1 8 15
- to organize, arm, and discipline militia, 1 8 15
- to exercise exclusive legislation over seat of government, 1 8 15
- to pass laws necessary to carry the enumerated powers into effect, 1 8 15
- to dispose of and make rules concerning the territory or other property of the United States, 4 3 18
- President may convene and adjourn in certain cases, 2 3 17
- may enforce prohibition of slavery by appropriate legislation, (amendment), 13 2 20
- Congress may, by a two-third’s vote, remove disability of persons who engaged in rebellion, (14th amendment), 14 8 20
- shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to enforce the provisions of Article XIV, (14th amendment), 14 5 20
- shall have power to enforce the provisions of Article XV, (15th amendment), 15 2 20
- representation in, how apportioned, (14th amendment), .. 2 20
- Constitution, how amended, 5 1 18
- laws and treaties declared to be the supreme law, 6 1 18
- rendered operative by the ratification of nine States, 7 1 18
- Contracts, no law impairing, 1 10 16
- Conventions for proposing amendments to the Constitution, 5 1 18
- Counterfeiting, Congress to provide for punishment of, 1 8 15
- Court, Supreme, its original and appellate jurisdiction, 3 2 17
- Courts inferior to the Supreme Court may be ordained by Congress, 1 8 15
- Ditto Ditto, 3 1 17
- Crimes, persons accused of, fleeing from justice, may be demanded, 4 2 17
- how to be tried, 3 2 17
- Criminal prosecutions, proceedings in cases of, .. .. 19
- Debts against the confederation to be valid, 6 1 18
- Debt, public, authorized by law, shall not be questioned, (14th amendment), .. 4 20
- incurred in aid of rebellion not to be assumed or paid, (14th amendment), .. 4 20
- Disability of persons who engaged in rebellion (14th amendment), .. 3 20
- Duties to be laid by Congress, and to be uniform, 1 8 15
- further provision respecting, 1 9 15
- cannot be laid by the States, 1 10 16
- on exports prohibited, 1 9 15
- on imports and exports imposed by States shall inure to the treasury of the United States, 1 10 16
- Elections of Senators and representative shall be prescribed by the States, 1 4 14
- qualifications and returns of members of Congress to be determined by each house, 1 5 14
- Electors of President and Vice-President, how chosen, and their duties, 2 1 16
- altered (see 12th amendment), .. .. 19
- to vote the same day throughout the United States, 2 1 16
- no senator or representative, or public officer, shall serve as, 2 1 16
- Enumeration every ten years, 1 2 13
- Executive power vested in the President, (see President), 2 1 16
- Exports not to be taxed, 1 9 15
- and imports, States prohibited from laying duties on, 1 10 16
- Ex post facto law, none shall be passed, 1 9 15
- prohibited to States, 1 10 16
- Fines, excessive prohibited, .. .. 19
- Fugitives from justice to be delivered up, 4 2 17
- from service may be reclaimed, 4 2 17
- Habeas corpus, writ of, can be suspended in cases of rebellion or invasion, 1 9 15
- House of Representatives. (See Representatives.)
- Impeachment to be brought by House of Representatives, 1 2 13
- tried by the Senate, 1 3 14
- Impeachment, judgment on, 1 3 14
- all civil officers liable to, 2 4 17
- Importation of slaves, not prohibited till 1808, 1 9 15
- Judges shall hold their office during good behavior, 3 1 17
- their compensation, 3 1 17
- Judiciary—tribunals inferior to Supreme Court may be created, 1 8 15
- Judicial power vested in a Supreme Court and courts inferior, 3 1 17
- powers of the judiciary, 3 2 17
- restriction as to suits against a State, .. .. 19
- Judicial proceedings of each State are entitled to faith and credit in every State, 4 1 17
- Jury trial secured, and shall be held in the State where the crime shall have been committed, 3 2 17
- further regulated, (6th amendment), .. .. 19
- secured in suits at common law where the value of controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, (7th amendment), .. .. 19
- Law, what is declared the supreme, 6 1 18
- common, recognized and established, (7th amendment), .. ..
- Laws, President to see them faithfully executed, 2 3 17
- Legislative powers vested in Congress. (See Congress.)
- Loans, authority to make, 1 8 15
- Marque and reprisal, letters of, 1 8 15
- Militia to be called out, 1 8 15
- to be officered by the States, 1 8 15
- to be commanded by the President, 2 2 19
- their right to keep and bear arms secured, (2d amendment), .. .. 19
- Money shall be drawn from the treasury only by appropriation laws, 1 9 15
- Congress to coin and regulate value of, 1 8 15
- States cannot make, 1 10 16
- Naturalization, uniform rules of, 1 8 15
- Navy, Congress to provide and govern, 1 8 15
- Nobility, titles of, shall not be granted by the United States, 1 9 15
- nor by the States, 1 10 12
- Oath of the President, 2 1 16
- of the public officers, 6 1 18
- Office, who prohibited from holding, (14th amendment), .. 3 20
- Officers of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the House, 1 2 13
- Officers of the Senate shall be chosen by the Senate, 1 3 14
- civil, may be removed by impeachment, 2 4 17
- Order of one house requiring the concurrence of the other, 1 7 14
- Pardons, President may grant, 2 2 16
- Patents to be granted to inventors, 1 8 15
- Petition, right of, .. .. 19
- Persons held to service or labor, their importation or migration into the United States may be prohibited after 1808, 1 9 15
- escaping from one State to another shall be delivered up to those entitled to service, 4 2 17
- Piracy, Congress to prescribe punishment for, 1 8 15
- Post offices and post roads, establishment of, 1 8 15
- Powers not delegated to Congress nor prohibited to the States are reserved, (10th amendment), .. .. 19
- legislative (See Congress.)
- executive (See President.)
- judicial (See Judicial.)
- Presents from foreign powers to public officers prohibited, 1 9 15
- Press, freedom of
- President of the U. S. vested with the executive power, 2 1 16
- shall be chosen for four years, 2 1 16
- how elected, 2 1 16
- same, (12th amendment), .. .. 19
- qualifications for, 2 1 16
- who shall act in case of vacancy, 2 1 16
- compensation of, 2 1 16
- shall take an oath of office, 2 1 16
- may be removed by impeachment, 2 4 17
- President, commander of army, navy, and militia, 2 2 16
- may require the written opinion of the heads of departments, 2 2 16
- may reprieve and pardon, 2 2 16
- may make treaties with consent of the Senate, 2 2 16
- may appoint to office with consent of the Senate, 2 2 16
- shall fill up vacancies happening during the recess of the Senate, 2 2 16
- shall give information to Congress and recommend measures, 2 3 17
- may convene both houses or either house, 2 3 17
- may adjourn them in case of disagreement, 2 3 17
- shall receive ambassadors and public ministers, 2 3 17
- shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, 2 3 17
- shall commission all officers, 2 3 17
- Privileges and immunities of members of Congress, 1 6 14
- of citizens (See Citizens, also Rights.)
- Property, Congress to provide for care of public, 4 3 18
- shall not be taken for public use without just compensation, (5th amendment), .. ..
- Punishments, cruel and unusual, prohibited, .. ..
- Quorum for business, what shall be a, 1 5 14
- of States in choosing a President by the House of Representatives, 2 1 16
- Quartered, no soldier to be quartered on a citizen, .. .. 19
- Rebellion, debt incurred in aid of, not to be assumed or paid, (14th amendment), .. 4 20
- disability of persons who have engaged in (14th amendment), .. 3 20
- Receipts and expenditures, accounts of, to be published, 1 9 15
- Records, how to be authenticated, 4 1 17
- Religion—no law to be made—free exercise of, .. .. 19
- religious test not required, 6 .. 18
- Reprieves granted by the President, 2 2
- Representatives, House of, composed of members chosen every second year, 1 2 13
- qualifications of voters, 1 2 13
- qualifications of members, 1 2 13
- apportionment of, 1 2 13
- vacancies, how supplied, 1 2 13
- shall choose their officers, 1 2 13
- shall have the power of impeachment, 1 2 13
- Representation shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members, 1 5 14
- what shall be a quorum, 1 5 14
- any number may adjourn and compel the attendance of absentees, 1 5 14
- may determine the rules of proceeding, 1 5 14
- may punish or expel a member, 1 5 14
- shall keep a journal and publish the same, 1 5 14
- shall not adjourn for more than three days nor to any other place, without the consent of the Senate, 1 5 14
- one-fifth may require the yeas and nays, 1 5 14
- shall originate bills for raising revenue, 1 7 14
- compensation to be ascertained by law, 1 6 14
- privileged from arrest, except in certain cases, 1 6 14
- Representatives shall not be questioned for speech or debate in the House, 1 6 14
- shall not be appointed to office, 1 6 14
- shall not serve as electors of President, 2 1 16
- and direct taxes apportioned according to numbers, 1 2 13
- how apportioned among the several States, (14th amendment), .. 2 20
- who prohibited from being, (14th amendment), .. 3 20
- of a State, vacancies in, supplied until a new election by executive authority, 1 2 13
- Resolution, order, or vote, requiring the concurrence of both houses, to undergo the formalities of bills, 1 7 14
- Revenue bills to originate in the House of Representatives, 1 7 14
- Rights of the citizen declared to be—
- privileges of citizens of the several States, 4 2 17
- liberty of conscience in matters of religion, .. .. 19
- freedom of speech and of the press, .. .. 19
- to assemble and petition, .. .. 19
- to keep and bear arms, .. .. 19
- to be exempt from the quartering of soldiers, .. .. 19
- to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures, .. .. 19
- to be free from answering for a crime, unless on presentment or indictment of a jury, .. .. 19
- not to be twice jeoparded for the same offence, .. .. 19
- not to be compelled to be a witness against himself, .. .. 19
- not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due course of law, .. .. 19
- private property not to be taken for public use, .. .. 19
- in criminal prosecutions, shall enjoy the right of a speedy trial by jury, with all the means necessary for his defence, .. .. 19
- in civil cases trial to be by jury, and shall only be re-examined according to common law, .. .. 19
- excessive bail shall not be required, excessive fines imposed, no cruel nor unusual punishment inflicted, .. .. 19
- enumeration of certain rights shall not operate against retained rights, .. .. 19
- Rules, each house shall determine its own, 1 5 14
- Seat of government, exclusive legislation, 1 8 15
- Searches and seizures, security against, .. .. 19
- Senate, composed of two senators from each State, 1 3 14
- how chosen, classed, and terms of service, 1 3 14
- Senate, qualifications of senators, 1 3 14
- Vice-President to be President of the, 1 3 14
- shall choose their officers, 1 3 14
- shall be the judge of the elections and qualifications of its members, 1 5 14
- what number shall be a quorum, 1 5 14
- any number may adjourn, and compel attendance of absentees, 1 5 14
- may determine its rules, 1 5 14
- may punish or expel a member, 1 5 14
- shall keep a journal, and publish the same, except parts requiring secrecy, 1 5 14
- shall not adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place, without the consent of the other house, 1 5 14
- one-fifth may require the yeas and nays, 1 5 14
- may propose amendments to bills for raising revenue, 1 7 14
- shall try impeachments, 1 3 14
- effect of their judgment on impeachment, 1 3 14
- compensation to be ascertained by law, 1 6 14
- privileged from arrest, 1 6 14
- not questioned for any speech or debate, 1 6 14
- shall not be appointed to office, 1 6 14
- Senator, shall not be elector, 2 1 16
- who prohibited from being, (14th amendment), .. 3 20
- Senators and representatives, elections of, how prescribed, 1 4 14
- Slaves, their importation may be prohibited after 1808, 1 9 15
- escaping from one State to another may be reclaimed, 4 2 17
- claims for the loss or emancipation of, to be held illegal and void, (14th amendment), .. 4 20
- Slavery, except as a punishment for crime, prohibited, amendment, 13 1 20
- Congress authorized to enforce the prohibition of, (amendment), 13 2 20
- Soldiers not quartered on citizens, .. .. 19
- Speaker, how chosen, 1 2 13
- Speech, freedom of, .. .. 19
- States prohibited from—
- entering into treaty, alliance, or confederation, 1 10 16
- granting letters of marque, 1 10 16
- coining money, 1 10 16
- emitting bills of credit, 1 10 16
- making anything a tender but gold and silver coin, 1 10 16
- prohibited from—
- passing bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, or laws impairing contracts, 1 10 16
- granting titles of nobility, 1 10 16
- laying duties on imports and exports, 1 10 16
- laying duties on tonnage, 1 10 16
- keeping troops or ships of war in time of peace, 1 10 16
- entering into any agreement or contract with another State or foreign power, 1 10 16
- engaging in war, 1 10 16
- abridging right of United States citizens of, to vote on account of race or color, (15th amendment), .. 1 20
- States, new, may be admitted into the Union, 4 3 18
- may be admitted within the jurisdiction of others, or by the junction of two or more, with the consent of Congress and the legislatures concerned, 4 3 18
- State judges bound to consider treaties, the Constitution, and the laws under it, as supreme, 6 .. 18
- State, every, guarantied a republican form of government, protected by United States, 4 4 18
- Supreme Court. (See Court and Judiciary.)
- Suits at common law, proceedings in, .. .. 19
- Tax, direct, according to representation, 1 2 13
- shall be laid only in proportion to census, 1 9 15
- Tax on exports prohibited, 1 9 15
- Tender, what shall be a legal, 1 10 16
- Territory or public property, Congress may make rules concerning, 4 3 18
- Test, religious, shall not be required, 6 .. 18
- Titles. (See Nobility.)
- Title from foreign state prohibited, 1 9 15
- Treason, defined, 3 3 17
- two witnesses, or confession, necessary for conviction, 3 3 17
- punishment of, may be prescribed by Congress, 3 3 17
- Treasury, money drawn from, only by appropriation, 1 9 15
- Treaties, how made, 2 2 16
- the supreme law, 6 .. 18
- States cannot make, 1 10 16
- Vacancies happening during the recess may be filled temporarily by the President, 2 2 16
- in representation in Congress, how filled, 1 2 13
- Veto of the President, effect of, and proceedings on, 1 7 14
- Vice-President of the U. S. to be President of the Senate, 1 3 14
- how elected, 2 1 16
- amendment, .. .. 19
- shall, in certain cases, discharge the duties of President, 2 1 16
- may be removed by impeachment, 2 4 17
- how elected, 2 1 16
- Vote of one house requiring the concurrence of the other, 1 7 14
- right of citizens to, not to be abridged on account of race or color, (15th amendment), .. 1 20
- War, Congress to declare, 1 8 15
- Warrants for searches and seizures, when and how they shall issue (14th amendment), .. .. 19
- Witness, in criminal cases, no one compelled to be against himself (5th amendment), .. .. 19
- Weights and Measures, standard of, 1 8 15
- Yeas and nays entered on journal, 1 6 14