Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia
Mr. WILLIAM R. DAVIE (a Member of the Federal Convention) — for in-
vestigating the Subject, and discussing Clause by Clause,..
System extensive, involving the Principles of Federal Government,.
Powers of the Federal Convention; states some of the Events, and the
Defects of the Confederation, which gave Birth to the Convention,..
Negro Representation; Jealousies of the East; one Kind of Property entitled
to Representation as well as any other, &c.,.....
Vice-President, Reasons why introduced; Consolidation not intended;
Representatives,..
Confederacies; Amphictyonic; European,.
Rhode Island, her Conduct; Elections; true Construction of the Clause,.
Rhode Island; Party Influence, &c.; Elections, &c.,...
Journal; Publication; necessary to conceal it during the Confederation,.... 72
Principle on which the Constitution was formed,.
Treaty-making Power, in all Countries, placed in the Executive Depart-
ment, 119. States would not confederate without an equal Voice in the
Formation of Treaties; Separation of Powers, 120. President's Election
on fair Principles; his Nominations,..
Senatorial Term of Service; thirteen Councillors would destroy Presidential
Responsibility, 122. State Sovereignty represented in the Senate; Treaty;
Laws, their Execution; Judiciary; prohibitory Provisions ought to
supersede the Laws of particular States, 155. Pine-barren Acts, Paper
money; Debts; executing the Laws, 157. Cognizance of Contro-
versies, 159. Federal Laws conflicting with those of the States; Legisla-
tion on Individuals instead of States; Treaties; Ends of the Constitution
accomplished by a paramount Judiciary,
Powers granted, &c., 182. Operation on Paper Money; its great Deprecia-
tion; legal Tender, &c.,....
Securities, no Power to interfere with them,.
Opposed to the previous Question; conditional Ratification alarming,
Against standing out, and for Adoption,
Yeas and Nays; one fifth required,.
Slavery; Manumission apprehended,.
Laws supreme; Obligation of Contracts; Redemption of Securities,
Mr. HARDIMAN - Defence, where to apply, .....
Mr WHITMILL HILL-Requisition; Taxes, to be paid in Money Loans,...
Presidential Election; Objections answered, 107. President's Power over
the Military; his Council, their Opinion to be given in Writing; Ex-
ample of England, 108. Responsibility; Pardon; Impeachment,........ 110
Sovereignty of the States; Inequality of Suffrage in making Treaties, 125.
Bribes; Impeachment, not proper to render the Senate liable to it; Usage
of discussing Treaties in the British Parliament, 126. Surrender of Terri-
tory without an Act of Parliament; relative Influence of the two Houses
of Parliament, 128. Rulers should be watched; Amendments proposed by
the four States,.
130
No Danger from the Apprehension of Aristocracy; Commons an Overmatch
for King and Lords,..
Juries may be either in superior or inferior Courts,..
Trial by Jury; omitted from the Difficulty of the Case, in the Convention,
arising from the different Modes that obtain in the States,..
Jury Trial further noticed; Constitution should define Authority, so as to
leave no Doubt; Congress claiming Power not given, a Usurpation,...... 170
Slaves, emancipated in some of the Northern States; "Persons," escaping,
shall be delivered up to those entitled to Service; Reasons why the
Northern Delegates objected to the word "Slave" being mentioned in the
Constitution,
Replies to general Objections,
Exclusive Legislation; States will stipulate; Insult to Congress in 1783;
Powers enumerated, excluded from all others; Abuse of Power; Non-
Adoption out of the Union; State of the Union in 1776; anticipates the
Interest of the First Congress; Importance of framing the first Code of
Laws,..
"Nine,' sufficient to establish the Constitution; Disadvantages in not
joining the Union under the Constitution,.
His Resolution for Yeas and Nays,..
Religion; Tests; Persecutions; its Toleration in America; Sacrament in
Great Britain; Office open to all Religions; Guaranty explained; Presi-
dent must be a Native; Form of an Oath; governed by the Religion of
the Person taking it; Case of an East Indian, a Gentoo, in Charles II.'s
Time,
Moves for Ratification and subsequent Amendments,
Gov. JOHNSTON - Vice-President's Vote defended,
Representative accountable only to his Constituents,
Impeachment; Removal; Disqualification,
State Officers amenable to the Courts of Law,.
Amendments; no Danger apprehended,
Powers; no Parallel between Congress and Parliament,
Mr. LOCKE — Constitution grants unlimited Powers, 168. Necessity of Pine-
barren Acts; expedient to make Paper Money a legal Tender,.
Opposes the Adoption,..
Mr. LENOIR - President's Treaty-making Power, a legislative Act,
Convention exceeded its Powers; Reasons for opposing,...
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