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ABBEYS, rights of founders, 19.
Abbott, Lyman, cited, 414.
ACT OF SETTLEMENT, text, 138-140; contemporary exposition, 140; critical comment, 140-141.
Adams, C. F., cited, 402, 440. Adams, G. B., cited, 40.
Adams, John, on state governments, 170; Works, 173, 440; on Declaration of Independence, 188-191; Familiar Letters, 191, 440.
Adams, John Quincy, cited, 253; on the Monroe Doctrine, 323; Memoirs, 325, 440.
Adjournment, of Parliament, 86, 92; of colonial legislatures, 184; of Congress, 247, 248, 255.
AGREEMENT of the People, text, 79-
85; critical comment, 100-114; a con- stitution, 83; fundamentals of, 84. Aids, imposition of, 13, 14, 44, 67; the three, 13; for common benefit, 44. Amendments, of Articles of Confedera- tion, 215; to the Constitution, 261- 264, 373-375; how made, 258; limi- tation to, 259; not to be hasty, 295; Coffroth on, 375; Brown on, 376; Blaine on, 376; effect of Fifteenth on Fourteenth, 379.
America, European control of, 322-326. American Historical Review, 41, 285, 440.
American History Leaflets, 204, 245,
Amnesty, to King Charles' adherents,
Andros, Sir Edmund, in New England, 143.
Anonymous, Plain State of the Argu- ment, 145, 440; Proposals for uniting the English Colonies, 147, 440; Amer- ica's Appeal to the Impartial World, 150, 440.
Appointing power, under the Constitu- tion, 255.
Apportionment, of requisitions, 209; of direct taxes, 245, 251; of representa- tion, 245, 374.
Arms, right to bear, 125, 261.
Army, control of, 86, 208, 212, 250; ne- groes in, 364–366. See also Standing Army.
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, text, 204-216; contemporary exposition, 216-220; critical comment, 220-226. Assizes, 14, 116.
Atlantic Monthly, 402.
Attainder, bill of, forbidden, 251, 252. Attaint, writ of, 52.
BAGEHOT, WALTER, cited, 31, 101,
Bail, not to be excessive, 125, 168, 262; right to, 115-116, 233. Bancroft, Frederic, cited, 371, 440. Bancroft, George, cited, 240, 440; on Dred Scott decision, 351. Bankruptcy, control of, 250. Bartholomew de Cotton, on foreign mili- tary service, 45; Historia Anglicana, 45, 441.
Benevolences, forbidden, 67, 70; ex- acted, 68.
Benton, Thomas H., on Dred Scott de- cision, 349; Examination of the Dred Scott Case, 351, 440.
BILL OF RIGHTS, text, 122-132; con- temporary exposition, 132; critical comment, 132-137; of Virginia, 166; of Northwest Territory, 233; of the United States, 261.
Billeting. See Quartering. Bills of credit, of colonies, 147; control of 212, 213, 252.
Binney, Horace, cited, 309, 440.
Blackstone, Sir William, cited, 54, 118, 140, 441.
Blaine, James G., on the reconstruction amendments, 376; Twenty Years of Congress, 380, 441.
Blyth, Joseph, on Washington's Fare- well Address, 308.
Bollen, William, Journals of Congress, 164.
Borgeaud, Charles, cited, 111, 176, 441. Boston Herald, 399, 401.
Boutmy, Émile, cited, 39, 441.
Brown, J. S., on the Thirteenth Amend- ment, 376.
Bryce, James, cited, 177, 256, 282, 356, 381, 441.
Burgage, tenure, 17.
Burgess, J. W., cited, 411.
Burke, Edmund, cited, 27; on taxing colonies, 162; Speech on Conciliation, 162; Works, 162, 441.
Burnet, Gilbert, on Habeas Corpus Act, 117; History of His Own Times, 117, 132, 140, 441; on Bill of Rights, 132; on Act of Settlement, 140. Burnet, Jacob, cited, 240, 441.
CANADA, and the Confederation, 214.
Capitation tax, to be apportioned
Carlyle, Thomas, Life of Cromwell, 99, 441.
Carpenter, F. B., on the Emancipation Proclamation, 366; Six Months at the White House, 367, 441. Carteret, Lord, letter to, 142. Castle-guard, 16.
Census, decennial, 245.
Chamberlain, Mellen, cited, 164. Chancery, king's, 51.
Channing, Edward, cited, 180, 441. Chaplin, Jeremiah, Words of our Hero, 366, 441.
Charles I., on the Petition of Right, 72; Speech, 72; amnesty to his adherents, 82.
Charters, of Henry I., 2; Magna Charta, 9; Confirmatio Chartarum, 43; of the Forest, 43; of New England, lost, 143, 185; recovered, 143; rights of colonies under, 148, 149. Chase, S. P., cited, 239, 441. Chatham, Earl of. See Pitt, William. Chief Justice, at impeachment trials, 247. Church, freed, 2, 10; of England, king to commune with, 138. - See also Religion.
Citizens, of other States, rights of, 205,
257; of the United States, negroes, 342, 344, 345, 347; who are, 316, 347,
373; protection of, 374; state and national, 343, 347.
Civil cases, jury trial in, 51, 168, 262. Civil rights, ancient, to be respected, 13, 15, 128; equal protection of, guar- anteed, 374; in colonies, 397. See also Personal liberty, Property, Re- ligion.
Civil War, reunion, 358; disabilities resulting from, 374; debt honored, 374; Southern debt repudiated, 375. Cleveland, Grover, cited, 334. Cobbett, William, Parliamentary His- tory of England, 72, 79, 85, 441. Coffin, C. C., cited, 441.
Coffroth, A. H., on Thirteenth Amend- ment, 375.
Coke, Sir Edward, cited, 27. Colonies, New England charters, 143,
185; defended, 144; charges against, 144; control of, 144, 146, 161, 163; union advised, 146; rights of legislation, 146; claim Magna Charta and rights of British subjects, 144, 147, 149, 156, 160; charter rights of, 142-150; taxa- tion and representation, 156, 159, 160, 161, 162; grants by, 159, 162; peti- tion Parliament, 164; grievances of, 184. See also Cuba, Philippines, Porto Rico.
Commander-in-chief, 213; the president,
Commerce, colonial, cut off, 185; con- trol of, 207, 209, 250; uniform regu- lation of, 252; policy of the United States, 303.
Commissioners for Ecclesiastical Causes, illegal, 125.
Common pleas, court of, to be station- ary, 14.
Common tribute, forbidden, 3. Commonwealth of England, government of, 85. See also Council of State, Parliament, Lord Protector. Confederation, Articles of, 204-216; ob- jects of, 205; limitations of power of states in, 207; committee of the states, 212, 214; to be perpetual and supreme, 215; amendment of, 215; ratification of, 215; Northwest Territory a part of, 234. See also Congress of the Confederation. CONFIRMATIO CHARTARUM, text, 43- 45; contemporary exposition, 45; critical comment, 45-48.
Congress of the Confederation, organization, 206, 213: votes in, 207; immunities of members, 207; powers of, 209-214: majority in, 213; NORTH- WEST ORDINANCE, 228-236; territo- rial delegate to, 233.
Congress, Continental, instructions to agents, 164; advises formation of state governments, 172, 173; DECLA RATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 183-188; ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, 204– 216.
Congress of the United States, organi-
zation, 245; elections, 245-247; ses- sions, 247, 255; quorum, 247; control over members, 247, 248; journals, 248; adjournment, 247, 248, 255; compen- sation, 248; immunities, 248; yeas and nays in, 248; members not eligi ble to office, 248; procedure of bills, 249; powers of, 249-251, 257, 258, 373- 375; limitations, 251-252, 254, 261- 263; interpretation of powers of, 313; responsible for government of colo- nies, 394, 398.-See also House of Representatives, Senate. Congressional Globe, 365, 366, 376, 441. Congressional Record, 392, 441. Constitution, defined, 148. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, text, 245-264, 373-375; contemporary exposition, 264-273; critical comment, 273-283; why ordained, 245; how amended, 258; amendments to, 261- 264, 373-375; supreme law, 259, 315; when established, 260; Washington on, 294; implied powers of, 313; ne- groes not citizens under, 342, 344, 345; interpretation of, 343, 344; slavery under, 345, 350; does not ex- tend to territories, 349; and equal- ity, 352. See also Congress, United States.
Contenement, 15, 145.
Contracts, obligations of, not to be im- paired, 234, 252.
Cooley, T. M., cited, 276, 381, 441. Copyrights and patents, laws for, 250. CORONATION OATH AND CHARTER OF HENRY I., text, 1-5; contemporary exposition, 5-6; critical comment, 6-8.
Cotton. See Bartholomew. Council of State, appointment of, 81, 85,
92, 93; powers of, 81, 94, 95; term, 81; trial of, 92; to take oath, 97. Courts, for trials upon certain writs, 14; common pleas to be stationary, 14; pleas of the crown, 15; forest, 19; illegal, 124, 125; of the Confederation, 210; of Northwest Territory, 229; Congress to establish inferior, 250; of the United States, 256; jurisdiction of, 256, 263; procedure in, 257, 262. Coxe, Tench, on the Constitution, 271. Cravens, J. A., on the Emancipation Proclamation, 364.
Crown, election to, 2, 5, 6; interference in parliamentary elections, 36, 124; prerogative of, 72, 125, 144; conferred by Parliament, 126, 129; succession fixed, 127, 129, 130; king to commune with Church of England, 138; restric- tions on king's movements, 139; de- fence of foreign dominions of, 139; and colonies, 145, 149, 156-157, 184- 186.
Cuba, condition of, 389; independence recognized, 390; United States and, 390-394.
Curtis, Benjamin R., dissent from Dred Scott decision, 346, 441.
Curtis, G. T., cited, 174, 441. Custom duties, control of, 44, 249, 251, 252.
Cutler, W. P. and J. P., Life of Rev. Manasseh Cutler, 238, 442; cited, 242.
DANA, R. H., cited, 329, 442.
Dane, Nathan, on Northwest Or- dinance, 237.
Darrein presentment, trial upon writ of, 14. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, text,
183-188; contemporary exposition, 188-192; critical comment, 192–203. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, text, 166- 169; contemporary exposition, 169- 173; critical comments, 173-181. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS AND GRIEV- ANCES OF THE COLONISTS IN AMER- ICA, text, 155-157; contemporary ex- position, 158-164; critical comment, 164-166.
DEFENCE OF THE NEW-ENGLAND CHARTERS, text, 142-144; contem- porary exposition, 144-150; critical comment, 150-154. Delegated powers, 205, 263. Delegates, to Congress of Confederation, 206; territorial, 233. Despotism, from political partisanship,
Dicey, A. V., cited, 120, 141, 442. Dickinson, John, on the Constitution, 271.
Direct taxes, to be apportioned, 245, 251. Dispensation of laws, 125, 168; forbid- den, 131; exceptions, 131. District of Columbia, control of, 251.
Education, fostered, 234; and govern- ment, 299; in colonies, 397. Edward the Confessor, his laws restored, 4, 6, 25.
Edward I., SUMMONS TO PARLIA- MENT, 34-35; CONFIRMATIO CHAR- TARUM, 43-45.
Elections, for parliament, 36, 80, 87-90; freedom of, 84, 124, 125, 167; judge of legislative, 91, 247; congressional, 206, 245-247; presidential, 253–254, 263-264. See also Suffrage. Electors of president, 253, 374; legisla tors and officials not to be, 253. Ellis, G. E., cited, 200. Emancipation, compensated,
mended, 359, 361. See also Procla- mation.
Eminent domain, exercise of right of, 234, 262.
Equality, natural, 166, 183; Constitu- tion based upon, 352.
Escheat, service of an, 18.
Eulogies and Orations on Washington, 307, 308, 309.
Fiske, John, cited, 202, 225, 442. Ford, H. J., cited, 225, 442. Ford, P. L., Pamphlets on the Constitu- tion, 267, 271, 272, 442.
Foreign relations, power over, 86, 207, 209, 255, 256; alliances to be avoided, 301, 303; policy of the United States, 300-305, 322-326, 401.
Foreigners, removed, 19, 20; not eli- gible to office, 139.
Forest, king's, retained, 4; reduced, 19; court, attendance at, 19; abatement of evil customs, 19; charter confirmed,
Forsyth, William, cited, 57, 442. Fortescue, Sir John, on civil procedure, 51; De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, 54,
442. FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT, text, 373- 375; contemporary exposition, 376- 380; critical comment, 380-387. Franklin, Benjamin, on Stamp Act, 158; Political, Miscellaneous, and Philo sophical Pieces, 159; on the Constitu- tion, 264.
Freedom, of the press, 168; of speech, 126, 207, 261.
Freeman, Edward, cited, 39, 442. Freeman's Journal, on banks in 1819, 317.
Free tenants, in chief, to be summoned to council, 13; aids from, 14; services of, 14.
Fugitives, from justice, 206, 257; from labor, 258, 360, 361. See also Slav- ery.
Excise, control of, 249; to be uniform, GARDINER, S. R., cited, 8, 32, 40,
Executive power, in the Commonwealth,
81, 85; in the United States, 253; duty of heads of departments, 255. See also Lord Protector, President. Expenditures, regulation of, 93, 252. Export duties, forbidden, 251, 252. Ex post facto laws, forbidden, 251, 252.
FEDERALIST, 268.
Fee-farm, tenure, 17.
Feilden, H. St. C., cited, 47, 442. FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT, text, 375; contemporary exposition, 376-380; critical comment, 380-387. Fines, not to be arbitrary or excessive, 4, 15, 126, 168, 233, 262; how assessed, 15; John to give up unjust, 21; illegal to grant future, 126.
Fisher, S. G., cited, 178, 226, 442.
General Council, to impose aids, 13; how summoned, 13; organization, 13. See also Parliament.
General warrants, 168, 188, 261. General welfare, power to tax for, 249. George III., and colonies, 157, 184. Giddings, F. H., cited, 421, 442. Gilman, D. C., cited, 331, 442. Gilpin, H. D., Madison Papers, 267. Gladstone, W. E., cited, 275, 442. Gneist, Rudolf von, cited, 32, 47, 76, 442.
Government, object of, 167, 183; best form, 167; right to change, 167, 183, 294; uniform, 169; preservation, 169, 290-304; obedience to, 294; necessity of an efficient, 294, 295; stability, 295; separation of powers, 297; re- ligion, morality, and, 298; education and, 299. - See also Constitution,
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