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,
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, 265, 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, 232.
Cutler, W. P. and J. P., Life of Rev. Manasseh Cutler, 238, 442; cited, 242.
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, 296.
Dicey, A. V., cited, 120, 141, 442. Dickinson, John, on the Constitution,
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.
Excise, control of, 249; to be uniform,
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.
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, 43.
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.
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,
Republican government, United States.
Governor of territory, appointment, 229; qualifications, 229; duties, 230, 232; veto, 232.
Grant, U. S., on negro soldiers, 366; General Order, 366, 442. Grants, colonial, 159, 162. Great Seal, power of, 51.
Greeley, Horace, on Dred Scott decision, 352; American Conflict, 353, 442. Green, J. R., cited, 7, 22, 29, 59, 101, 104, 134, 197, 443.
Guaranty, of immunities of citizens, 257; of republican form of govern- ment, 258; of public debt, 214, 259, 375; of equal protection of the laws, 374. Guizot, F. P. G., cited, 133, 443.
HABEAS CORPUS, forerunner of,
17; evaded, 69; act, 115-117, 431- 439; in territories, 233; suspension of, 251. HABEAS CORPUS ACT, text, 115-117, 431-439; contemporary exposition, 117; critical comment, 118-121. Hallam, Henry, cited, 6, 27, 37, 45, 72, 100, 443.
Hansard. See Cobbett.
Hamilton, Alexander, on the
federation, 219; Works, 219, 269, 443; on the Constitution, 267, 268. Hare, J. I. C., cited, 319, 443. Harper's Magazine, 339, 414, 443. Hart, A. B., cited, 224, 280, 338, 386, 412, 443.
Henry I., CORONATION OATH AND CHARTER, 1-5; William of Malmes- bury on, 5; Roger of Wendover on, 6. Hinsdale, B. A., cited, 241, 443. Hitchcock, Henry, cited, 173, 443. Hoar, G. F., cited, 240, 408, 443. Holst, H. E. von, cited, 198, 223, 329, 354, 443.
Hosmer, J. K. cited, 38, 77, 109, 135, 443.
House of Representatives, apportion- ment, 245, 374; election to, 245-247; qualifications, 245, 374; number in, 246; powers of, 246, 247, 248, 253, 264. See also Congress. Howard's Reports, 340. Hurd, J. C., cited, 278. 443. Hurd, R. C., cited, 118, 443.
MMUNITIES, of legislators, 69, 126, 207, 248; of citizens guaranteed, 257, 374.
Jameson, J. A., cited, 174, 221, 443. Jameson, J. F., 280, 443.
Jefferson, Thomas, on Declaration of In- dependence, 192; Works, 192, 220, 273, 326, 443; on the Confederation, 219; on the Constitution, 272; on the Monroe Doctrine, 325.
Jews, regulation of debts due, 12, 13. John, MAGNA CHARTA, 9-25; prom- ises restorations, 20, 21; enforcement of Magna Charta on, 22.
Johnston, Alexander, cited, 367, 443. Journal of First Congress, 155, 444; legislative, 214, 248; Journals of Con- gress, 164, 228, 444.
Judges, commission, 139, 256; salaries,
139, 256; removal, 139; independence, 171, 172, 185.
Judicial power of the United States,
how vested, 256. See also Courts. Jurors, qualifications, 51-52, 126; pen- alty for false verdict, 53; treatment, 54; return, 126.
Jury, trial by, for embezzling a record, 51; in civil cases, 51, 168, 262; ad- vantages of, 53; abuse, 124; right of colonies to, 156, 185; in criminal cases, 168, 262, 897; in territories, 233; in United States courts, 257, 262. - See also Jurors. Justiciaries, 14.
LAND, seizure for debt, 12; of felons, 16. See also Property.
Laws, paramount, 18, 19, 68, 69, 71, 82, 168, 234; faithful execution of, 256; Constitution the supreme, 259; due process, 262, 374; not violated by Missouri Compromise, 349; equal protection guaranteed, 374. Lay tenement, 15.
Lecky, W. E. H., cited, 199, 444. Legislative power, how vested, in Com- monwealth, 85, 94; in the United States, 245. See also Congress, Northwest Territory, Parliament. Legislative punishments, forbidden, 82, 251, 252.
Lincoln, Abraham, PROCLAMATION
OF EMANCIPATION, 358-364; Com- plete Works, 358, 362, 444; on Eman- cipation Proclamation, 366, 367. Livermore, George, cited, 197, 444. Loans, forced, forbidden, 67; exacted, 68.
Lodge, H. C., cited, 202, 416, 444. London, aids, 13; ancient liberties, 13; gives up charter, 143.
Long, J. D., on duty to dependencies, 399; Address before the Home Market Club, 401, 444.
Lord Protector, chief magistrate, 85; assisted by council, 85; writs in his name, 85; powers, 86, 92, 94; succes- sion, 95; Oliver Cromwell first, 95; to take oath, 97. Lowell, J. R., cited, 380, 444. Luffman, J., cited, 132.
McCall, S. W., cited, 370, 444. MCCULLOCH vs. THE STATE OF MARY-
LAND, text, 312-316; contemporary exposition, 316-318; critical comment, 318-320.
McKinley, William, ANNUAL MES- SAGES, 388-397; on war with Spain, 388-391, 398; on relation with Cuba,
390-394; on duty to dependencies, 391, 394-399; Speech at the Home Market Club, 399, 444.
Mackintosh, Sir James, cited, 28, 444. McLaughlin, A. C., cited, 284, 384, 444.
McMaster, J. B., cited, 337, 444.
Madison, James, on Monroe Doctrine, 326; Works, 327, 444. MAGNA CHARTA, text, 9-25; contem- porary exposition, 25-26; critical comment, 27-33; enforcement, 22; confirmed, 43; pleadable, 43; para- mount law, 43; read in churches, 43; penalty for breaking, 43; in Petition of Right, 68, 69; claimed by colonists, 144, 147, 159.
Maletote of wools, released, 44. Malmesbury, William of, 5, 444. Manors, in king's demesne, rent of, 15. Marque and reprisal, control of letters, 207, 209, 213, 250, 252. Marriage, freedom, 2, 3.
Marshall, John, cited, 152, 444; deliv- ers McCulloch vs. Maryland decision,
Medley, D. J., cited, 113, 445. Merchants, security and freedom of transit, 18.
Merriman, R. B., Life of Thomas Crom- well, 36, 445.
Message, the president's, 255.
Military service, abroad, 45, 81; im- pressment of colonists, 186.
Militia, of Commonwealth, 82; a safe-
guard, 168, 208, 261; control of, 250. Minot, G. R., on Washington's Farewell Address, 308.
Missouri Compromise, unconstitutional,
345; and rights of property, 345, 349. Money, regulation and coinage, 211,
213, 250, 252; power to borrow, 212, 213, 250; counterfeiting, 250. Monroe, James, MONROE Doctrine, 321-323.
MONROE DOCTRINE, text, 321-323; contemporary exposition, 323-328; critical comment, 329-339. Morality and government, 298–299. Morse, J. T., cited, 330, 370, 445. Morte d'Ancestor, trial upon writ of, 14. Mulford, Elisha, cited, 221, 445.
44; control of, 250.
ATURALIZATION, obstruction of,
Navy, under the Commonwealth, 86, 93; control of, 207, 212, 250.
Negroes, citizenship, 342, 347, 373; in- ferior race, 343; soldiers, 364, 366; suffrage, 375, 379.
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