Legislature, national,
acts of, may originate in both houses, i., [248], ii., [170];
enacting style, [170].
Compensation of members, considered, i., [125], [209], [244], [245];
to be fixed, [126];
and eligibility to re-election, debated, [130];
to be ascertained by members, [212];
by state legislatures, [213];
vote on, [217];
agreed to, [336];
debated, ii., [166], [169].
Constitution of, considered, ii., [8];
agreed to, [96].
Disqualification of debtors from, debated, ii., [63], [65], [66];
of pensioners from, [65];
of persons having unsettled accounts with, [65];
of members from other offices, [158], [294], [297], [371].
Elections to, by popular vote, debated, i., [53];
mode of, debated, [81], [134];
eligibility to re-election, debated, [127];
eligibility of state officers to, [127].
Expulsion from, debated, ii., [135], [136].
Journal of proceedings, debate on, ii., [136], [137], [370].
Money bills in, originating of, debated, i., [309], [312], ii., [149], [153], [157], [210], [212].
Negative of, on state laws, considered, i., [47], [101], [107], [372], [374];
on acts of executive, vote on, ii., [95];
debated, [361];
verbal amendment offered, [367].
Place of meeting, debated, ii., [139].
Power of, debated, i., [45], [135], [366], ii., [177];
coercion on delinquent states, i., [47];
to legislate where states not competent, i., [47], [371], [372];
over state police, [370], [371];
over state judiciary, [374], [375];
members of, in debate, ii., [135];
expulsion of members of, ii., [135];
to compel attendance of members, ii., [135];
to judge of elections of members, ii., [135];
to adjourn, [138];
limits of, debated, [172], [173];
to regulate captures, debated, [184];
over Indians, debated, [226];
over general welfare, proposed, [226];
to pass ex post factolaws and bills of attainder, prohibited, [227], [375];
to fulfil engagements of old Congress, debated, [229], [237];
over militia, debated, [230], [235];
to enforce treaties, debated, [235];
negative on state laws, debated, [236];
to pass tax laws, debated, [241], [371];
to pay public debts, debated, [247], [297];
to regulate ports of entry, [252];
to refer appointments to state legislatures, [254];
to pay debts with anything but coin, debated, [262];
report of committee of eleven taken up, [269];
over public lands, proposed, [280], [282];
to make national bankruptcy law, debated, [293];
to judge privileges of members, [304];
to grant letters of marque and reprisal, [304];
to govern seat of government, [305];
to grant copyrights, [305];
to create offices, proposed, [338];
to appoint treasurer, debated, [371];
to punish piracies, etc., debated, [372];
to make canals, proposed, [373];
to grant charters, proposed, [373];
to establish a university, proposed, [374];
to be limited in providing for standing army, [375].
Property qualifications for members of, debated, ii., [59], [63], [128], [132], [147].
Qualifications for members of, debated, i., [42], ii., [131].
Quorum in, debated, ii., [132], [135], [177].
Representation in, debated, i., [36], [109], [114], [120], [134], [232], [302], [327], [331], [338], [341], [342], ii., [110], [114];
compromise proposed, i., [114];
enumeration of blacks and whites, debated, [258], [338], [340], [344], [346], [347], [350];
question postponed, [318];
referred to committee, [322];
report of committee, [322];
motion to increase, debated, [325];
census for, debated, [328], [338], [340], [341];
taxation as basis of, debated, [342], [347], [348], [371];
moved that, of large states be limited, [378];
increase of, debated, ii., [318], [323], [393].
Rules to be regulated by each house, ii., [170].
Term of members of, debated, i., [126].
Time of meeting, debated, ii., [93], [94], [95].
Two branches of, agreed to, i., [39], [134];
debate on, [190], [199], [204].
House of Representatives,
mode of election to, debated, i., [39], [40], [42], [84], [91], [204], [224];
classification of states to determine representation in, proposed, [106];
term of members, debated, [124], [126];
age for members, debated, [125], [213], [214];
elections to, by state legislatures, proposed, [206], [247];
three years' term in, proposed, [207], [209];
eligibility of members to other offices debated, [214], [217], [218], [223], [224], ii., [292];
committee report on representation in, i., [318], [319];
constitution of, debated, ii., [96], [301];
who may vote for members of, debated, [106];
seven years' citizenship for members of, proposed, [107], [131], [132];
qualifications for members of, debated, [107];
clause relative to, agreed to, [110];
money bills to originate in, debate on, [115], [305], [337];
power of impeachment of, agreed to, [116];
time and mode of election to, debate on, [126], [128];
power of, over elections in states, debated, [128];
citizenship and residence for members, debated, [144], [145];
four years' citizenship for members of, proposed, [145];
nine years' citizenship for members of, proposed, [145];
citizenship requirements not to apply to those already citizens, [145], [148];
five years' citizenship for members of, proposed, [148];
clause for citizenship and age of members agreed to, [148];
representation by direct taxation, debate on, [151];
power to make bankruptcy laws, proposed, [292];
power of, to make treaties, proposed, [327];
increase in representation in, proposed, [339];
moved to strike out apportionment by "direct taxes," [367];
proposed that all journals of, be printed, [371].
Senate
mode of election to, debated, i., [43], [233], ii., [116];
to be a check on democracy, i., [44];
election to, by state legislatures, debated, i., [44], [94], [101], [236];
elections to, by the people, debated, [100];
mode of voting in, debated, [121], [234], [248], [309], [313], [347];
age for members of, debated, [127], [236];
term of members of, debated, [128], [130], [236], [237], [243];
compensation of members of, debated, [130], [244], [246], [247];
originating money bills in, debated, [132], [134], [355];
representation in, debated, [235], [236], [356], [364], [367], [368], [369], ii., [37], [304];
property qualification for members of, debated, i., [246];
eligibility of members of, to state offices, considered, [246];
eligibility of members of, to any offices, considered, [297];
voting in, by states, debated, [314];
citizenship for members of, debated, ii., [124], [125];
age and citizenship for members of, debated, [126], [148];
moved that members of, be permitted to enter dissent to measures, [136];
moved that journal of, be published, [136];
choosing officers of, agreed to, [180];
power of appointment by, [235], [238];
treaty-making power of, debated, [238], [240];
power of, to appoint ambassadors, etc., considered, [240];
power of, in controversies between states, considered, [241];
power to try impeachments, proposed, [298];
power of, objected to, [315];
to vote on President, [318];
power of, in treaty making, debated, [327], [329];
in appointments, [328];
quorum of, debated, [335];
power of, in impeachment of President, debated, [335], [336];
power of, to amend money bills, [337];
to be under oath in impeachment trials, [338].
Letters of marque, power to issue, debated, ii., [191].
Liberty of the press, guaranty of, proposed, ii., [375].
Livingston, William, N. J., attends convention, i., [96];
appointed on grand committee, ii., [193];
Pierce's sketch of, [209], n.;
delivers report on state debts and militia, [209];
on committee on navigation acts, [225];
submits report on slave importation and navigation acts, [240];
on committee on sumptuary legislation, [366].
M
Madison, James, Va., attends convention, i., [2];
moves question of representation in legislature, [36];
Pierce's sketch of, [36], n.;
favors proportional representation, [36], [38], [253];
favors election to House by popular vote, [41], [86];
opposes district elections to Senate, [44];
opposes defining powers of national legislature, [47];
opposes use of force against recalcitrant states, [47];
moves consideration of powers of executive, [52];
opposes removability of executive on motion of state legislatures, [63];
favors qualified negative of executive on legislation, [71];
favors inclusion of judiciary with executive in negative on legislation, [75], [91];
opposes appointment
of judges by legislature, [77], [131];
favors ratification of constitution by popular vote, [80], ii., [36];
favors creation of inferior judicial tribunals, i., [83];
opposes elections to Senate by state legislatures, [99];
favors a small Senate elected by the people, [96];
favors negative by national legislature of state laws, [102], [106], [373];
favors three years' term for Representatives, [124];
favors national compensation of members of national legislature, [125], [212];
favors seven years' term for Senators, [128];
moves to define jurisdiction of judiciary, [130];
thinks Senate should have power to originate money bills, [133];
opposes Jersey plan, [167];
thinks national government in danger from state governments, [202];
opposes annual elections of Representatives, [208];
favors compensation of Representatives by fixed standard, [211];
favors ineligibility of Representatives to other offices, [218];
favors partial ineligibility of Representatives to other offices, [221];
moves debate on mode of voting in Senate, [235];
sets forth objects of Senate, [238];
opposes compensation of Senators by state legislatures, [345];
opposes equal state representation, [264], [276], [357], [363];
would preserve state rights, [282];
opposes compromise committee on representation in Senate, [292], [296];
thinks question of representation vital, [315];
suggests representation by free population in House and by free and slaves in Senate, [321];
moves increase in representation of all states, [325];
thinks basis of representation should be fixed, [335];
favors census at least every fifteen years, [340];
favors adjustment of taxation to representation, [348];
favors independence of executive, [380];
thinks tendency is to give executive too little power, [382];
favors appointment of judges by executive and one-third of Senate, [385];
moves appointment of judges by executive and two-thirds of Senate, [387];
objects to power to increase judges' salaries, [388];
favors continuance of old Congress to prevent interregnum, [390];
favors national guaranty against domestic violence, [391];
favors election of executive by the people, ii., [6];
favors varying ratio for electors to choose executive, [10];
favors impeachability of executive, [12];
seconds motion to include judiciary in revisionary power, [18], [22];
moves appointment of judges by executive and Senate, [26];
is willing to allow a majority of Senate to reject appointment of judges, [28];
speaks on mode of election of executive, [49];
thinks each voter may vote for two persons for executive, [54];
thinks persons indebted to government should be excluded from legislature, [60];
moves that property qualification be not confined to landed property, [62];
opposes mutual negative of each branch of legislature over acts of the other, [92];
suggests that time of meeting of legislature be not fixed in constitution, [92], [93];
favors fixing time of meeting of legislature provisionally, [94];
favors changing time of meeting of legislature from December to May, [95];
favors power of suffrage by freeholders, [99];
views on suffrage, [100], n.;
favors requiring Representatives to be inhabitants of their states, [107];
opposes proposition that Representatives be required to reside seven years in their states, [108];
objects to fixed ratio of Representatives to inhabitants, [111];
moves representation of not more than 1 to 40,000 inhabitants, [136];
opposed to originating money bills in House, [116];
moves that vacancies in Senate must happen by refusals, resignations, etc., [117];
thinks provision as to money bills valueless to large states, [118];
opposes fourteen years' citizenship as necessary for Senators, [121];
opposes leaving time and mode of electing Representatives wholly to state legislatures, [126];
writes to Jefferson on progress of the convention, [126], n.;
thinks property qualification for members of government should be fixed in constitution, [130], [131];
moves that expulsion from legislature be by two-thirds vote, [135];
moves legislature have power to compel attendance, [135];
moves that Senate shall publish its legislative journal, [137];
insists upon central location for capital, [139];
thinks legislature should not have power to change place of meeting, [138];
writes to his father, [142], n.;
thinks citizenship and inhabitancy alone necessary for Representatives, [144];
thinks government responsible for what states have done, [146];
thinks Senate may decrease money bills, [152];
thinks constitution should regulate compensation of legislature, [167];
moves that laws be revised by executive and judiciary, [172];
thinks power to tax exports desirable, [176];
opposes power to emit bills of credit, [181];
thinks punishment of piracies, etc., ought not to be fixed by legislature, [184];
moves that legislature define piracies, etc., [185];
moves that rebellion to be suppressed be against government, [187];
moves to give legislature power to declare war, [188];
submits power over public lands, Indians, seat of government, charters, copyrights, university, forts, [189];
favors national control of militia, [197];
moves power to create offices in legislature, [203];
thinks treason should be broadly defined, [203], [204];
thinks treason may be against nation and a state, [205];
thinks treason should not be twice punishable, [207];
thinks present representation temporary, [211];
favors power to tax exports, [215];
favors taxation of exports by two-thirds legislature, [217];
on committee on navigation acts, [226];
thinks new government should have power to fulfil engagements of old government, [229];
explains provisions as to militia, [230];
favors national control of militia, [232];
proposes states appoint militia officers under rank of general, [233];
thinks disunion the greatest danger, [234];
moves to commit question of negative of state laws, [236];
moves to include President in treaty-making power, [238];
suggests inconvenience of legal ratification of treaties, [238];
suggests varying participation of legislature in different treaties, [240];
thinks larger states should have larger vote in election of executive, [244];
moves extension of appointing power of executive, [246];
opposes slave-trade extension, [250];
opposes admitting property in men in constitution, [252];
moves that treaties be supreme law, [252];
thinks president of Senate should not be in executive succession, [256];
moves amendment to oath of executive, [256];
favors fixed salaries for judges, [258];
proposes salaries of judges be not changed for three years, [258];
moves judiciary have jurisdiction over cases in which U. S. is a party, [259];
thinks judicial power should not extend to all cases under constitution, [259];
moves verbal change in judiciary clause, [260];
thinks states should not have power to interfere in private contracts, [263];
thinks retrospective laws are prohibited, [263];
moves states be forbidden to pass embargoes, [264];
moves to forbid states to lay imposts, [264], [265];
objects to imposts by states, [266];
favors committing clause on state acts, [267];
thinks commercial regulations not injurious to south, [272];
thinks western states entitled to an equality with others, [274];
opposes guaranty of public lands, [281];
thinks constitution may go into operation without a majority in favor, [284];
moves ratification by seven states and thirty-three Representatives, [285];
thinks ratification conventions necessary, [286];
thinks it inconvenient if vessels must enter and clear at their own ports, [291];
on committee of August 31, [292];
offers amendment strengthening interstate validity of state acts, [293];
fears election of President will be thrown on Senate, [300];
doubts if legislature should judge of privileges of its members, [304];
thinks legislature should not participate in electing President, [309];
proposes that election of President may be by one-third of whole number of electors, [310];
moves that electors not voting be not counted, [311];
moves that two-thirds Senate be present when voting for President, [318];
shows President may be elected by two states, [319];
moves that election of President by legislature when Vice-president also dies be temporary, [323];
seconds motion that no state vote for President in legislature by less than three Representatives, [325];
thinks some cure required to prevent minority in legislature electing President, [325];
proposes treaties of peace be by majority of Senate, [330];
proposes two-thirds Senate make treaties of peace without President, [330];
favors executive council, [332];
thinks treaties have been too easily made in past, [334];
moves quorum of Senate be two-thirds, [406];
thinks impeachment of President should not be on vague grounds, [335];
moves supreme court try President, [335];
seconds motion to increase representation, [339];
thinks clause relative to amendments should be reconsidered, [340], [341];
favors three-quarter vote to override President's negative, [363];
favors state export duties, [365];
thinks supreme court can negative state laws, [365];
moves verbal amendment to clause relative to negative of bills, [368];
moves words "by lot" be struck out for classifying Senators, [369];
thinks President ought not to be suspended when impeached, [370];
favors national charters where states are incompetent, [372];
moves power to establish university, [374];
favors limiting standing army, [374];
moves public accounts be published from time to time, [376];
writes to J. Q. Adams, [378], n.;
favors national control of commercial regulations, [380];
thinks Senate may participate in pardons for treason, [382];
thinks superior officers may make appointments, [383];
thinks legislature may propose amendments, [385];
opposes special provisos in constitution, [386].
Madison, Rev. James, of William and Mary, writes to James Madison on prospects of convention, ii., [75], n.
Manufactures, encouragement of, by imposts, debate on. ii., [264], [265];
regulation of, debated, [265].
Marque and reprisal, letters of, power to grant, proposed, iv., [366].
Martin, Alexander, N. C., attends convention, i., [2];
insists upon equal power of states, [188];
favors elections of Representatives regulated by state legislatures, [204];
favors ineligibility of Representatives to other offices, [218];
Pierce's sketch of, [218], n.;
on compromise committee on representation, [292];
moves increase in representation of North Carolina, [325];
opposes fixing national capital at same place with a state capital, ii., [66];
seconds motion for commercial regulations, [269].