Maryland, 316; Niles' Weekly Reg-
ister, 317, 318, 445.
Nobility, titles forbidden, 207, 252.
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE, text, 228-
236; contemporary exposition 237-
238; critical comment, 238-243.
Northwest Territory, property in, 228;
government, 229-233; future state-
hood, 233, 235, 236; compact with,
233; bill of rights, 233; part of the
Confederation, 234; control of public
domain, 235; free waterways, 235;
slavery, 236.

Novel disseisin, trial upon writ of, 14.
Nugent, Lord, cited, 72.

ATH, of Lord Protector, 97; pre-

nation, 1, 130; of territorial officers,
232; of president, 254; to support the
Constitution, 259.

Officers, obedience to the laws, 19, 71;
responsible to the people, 167; posi-
tions not hereditary, 167; rotation,
167; legislators not eligible, 248, 253;
foreign favors, 252; appointment, 255;
commission, 256; impeachable, 256;
oath, 259; religious test, 259; disa-
bilities from Civil War, 374.
Olney, Richard, cited, 310, 334; on the
Philippines, 401; Growth of our For-
eign Policy, 402.

Otis, James, on colonial rights, 159;
Rights of the British Colonies, 160,

PAINE, THOMAS, on Washington's

Farewell Address, 307.

Palgrave, Sir James, cited, 27, 445.
Pardon, to murderers, 4; power of Lord
Protector, 86, 93; not pleadable to
impeachment, 140, 255; presidential
power, 255.

Parliament of England, germ of, 13;
summons to, 34, 87-92; qualification
of members, 35, 90, 91, 139; powers
of, 35, 36, 81-84, 86, 92, 94-96, 125-
126; limitations, 81-84, 92; elections
to, 36, 80, 84, 87-92, 124-125; STAT-
UTE, 8 HENRY VI. CAP. 12, 49-51;
PETITION OF RIGHT, 67-71; Rump,
to dissolve, 79, 84; number of mem-
bers of, 80, 87; apportionment, 80, 87;
quorum, 80, 91; term, 81, 84, 86; ex-

tra, 81, 91-92; sessions, 79, 81, 86, 92,
126; adjournment, 86, 92; resistance
in arms to, 84; HABEAS CORPUS ACT,
115-117, 431-439; BILL OF RIGHTS,
122-132; arraigns James II, 123–124;
the Convention, 124; freedom of
speech in, 126; claims certain rights,
126; confers the crown, 126, 129;
fixes the succession, 127, 129-130;
prescribes oath of allegiance and su-
premacy, 127; anti-Papist accession
oath, 131; ACT OF SETTLEMENT,
138-140; foreigners excluded from,
139; and colonies, 144-146, 158-163,
185; colonial representation in, 156,
160-161; colonial opinion of, 158; col-
onies petition, 164; arraigned, 185.
See also General Council.
Patents, laws for, 250.

-

Paterson, James, cited, 119, 445.
Peace and war, power, 86, 92, 208, 209,
213, 250, 252.

People, rights of, 4, 128;

source of
power, 167, 183; responsibility to,
167; force independence, 191; re-
served power, 263, 294.

Personal liberty, security of, 17, 18, 70,
125, 168, 261-262, 374, 397; violated,
68-69, 123, 185.- See also Bail, Civil
Rights, Fines, Habeas Corpus, Jury,
Punishments, Petition.

Petition, right of, 125, 261; colonists
claim, 157.

PETITION OF RIGHT, text, 67-71; con-
temporary exposition, 72; critical
comment, 72-77.

Petty serjeanty, tenure, 17.
Philippines, ceded, 392; Congress re-
sponsible for government, 394, 395;
duty of United States, 394, 398-401;
future development, 395; education,
397; civil rights, 397; effect on for-
eign policy of United States, 401.
Pierce, E. L., cited, 369, 445.
Piracy, laws against, 209, 250.
Pitt, William, on reconciling the col-
onies, 163; Speech in the House of
Lords, 163.

Pleas of the crown, minor officials not
to hold, 15.

Political partisanship, dangers, 296.
Political Science Quarterly, 411, 445.
Pollock and Maitland, cited, 7, 32, 445.
Porto Rico, military government, 392;
civil government, 396; local self-gov-
ernment, 396; education, 397; civil
rights, 397.

Post-office, control, 212, 250.
Pownall, Thomas, on colonial rights,
147; Administration of the Colonies,
148, 445.

Præcipe, writ, forbidden, 17.
Præmunire, penalty incurred, 117.
Precedent, fear of illegal, 71, 126.
Prerogative, royal, 72, 125, 144.
President, veto, 249; term, 253; elec-
tion, 253, 263; qualifications, 254; re-
muneration, 254; succession, 254; oath,
254; duties and powers, 255-256; im-
peachment, 247, 256; war powers,
363.

Preston, H. W., Documents, 166.
Privy Council, illegal use, 68; duties,
139; restriction on membership, 139.
Prize courts, control of, 209, 250.
PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION,
text, 358-364; contemporary exposi-
tion, 364-367; critical comment, 367-
372; constitutional basis, 363, 364;
results, 364; call for, 365; Lincoln on,
366, 367.

Property, disposition of personal, 4, 16;
seizure for debt, 12; protection of, 16,
83, 166, 234, 261-262, 374; in North-
west territory, 228; in slaves, 345;
rights and Missouri Compromise, 345,

Reliefs, to be just, 2, 3; ancient, re-
stored and specified, 11; of an escheat,

18.
Religion, state, 83. 96; freedom, 83, 96,
169, 233, 259, 261; restrictions, 83, 84,
86; morality, government, and, 298.
Report on the Dignity of a Peer, 34.
Representation, right of, 79, 168, 184,
185, 233. See also Taxation.
Representative, Parliament, 80.
Republican government, guaranteed,
236, 258; military establishments hos-
tile to, 292; separation of powers, 297;
foreign influence on, 302. See also
Government, United States.
Requisition, of criminals, 206, 257; on
states, 209, 212.

Revenue, control of, under Common-
wealth, 93, 94; raised by prerogative,
125; control of bills in Congress, 248.
See also Benevolences, Taxation.
Rhodes, J. F., cited, 356, 446.
Richardson, J. D., Compilation of Mes-
sages, 321, 388, 446.

Roger of Wendover, on Henry I., 6;
Flowers of History, 6, 26, 447; on
Magna Charta, 25.

Roman Catholics, not to bear arms, 125;
excluded from the crown, 130.— See
also Church, Religion.
Ropes, J. C., 446.

Slave trade, regulation, 251.
Smith, E. P., cited, 279.
Socage, tenure, 17.

Sovereignty, state and national, 205,
215, 259, 315, 317.

Spain, war with United States, 388-
391; peace, 392, 398.
Sparks, Jared, cited, 309.
Speaker, House to choose, 246.
Spence, George, cited, 56, 446.

Stamp Act, subverts rights of colonies,
156; burdensome, 157; Franklin on,
158. See also Colonies.
Stamp-Act Congress, DECLARATION

OF RIGHTS AND GRIEVANCES OF
THE COLONISTS IN AMERICA, 155-
157.
Standing army, of Commonwealth, 93;
illegal, 125; dangers, 169, 292; and
civil power, 84, 169, 185; kept in col-
onies, 185; forbidden, 208, 252.
States, advised to form governments,
171-173; residual powers in, 205, 263;
equal vote in Confederation, 207; in
Senate, 246, 259; limitation of powers,
207-208,252, 314–315,374-375; militia,
208, 250; requisitions on, 209, 212;
disputes between, settlement under
Confederation, 210; new, 235-236, 258;
national protection of, 258; suits
against, 263; no control over federal
powers, 315; sovereignty, 205, 259,
315, 317; citizenship, 343, 373.
STATUTE, 8 HENRY VI., CAP. 12,
text, 49-51; contemporary exposition,
51-54; critical comment, 54-65.
Statutes at Large, 49, 446.
Statutes of the Realm, 2, 9, 43, 67, 115,
122, 138, 446.

Statutum de Tallagio non concedendo,
claimed, 67.

343-344; DRED SCOTT DECISION,
340-349.

Sureties, when liable, 12.

ALLAGE, and representation, 67.
Taner, R. B., delivers Dred Scott
decision, 340; criticised, 350-352.
Tarbell, Ida M., cited, 371, 446.
Taswell-Langmead, J. P., cited, 31, 38,
46, 60, 103, 119, 134, 446.

Taxation, and representation, 44, 67, 86,
156, 159, 160, 162, 168, 185, 245; di-
rect, apportioned, 245, 251; control of,
249; necessary, 299. See also Aids.
Taylor, Hannis, cited, 47, 63, 75, 103,
121, 135, 446.

Territory, control of, 258; slavery in,
345, 349; why acquired, 348; as prop-
erty, 349. See also Northwest Terri-
tory.
THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT, text, 373;
contemporary exposition, 375-380;
critical comment, 380-387.

Thomas, B. F., call for emancipation,
365.

Thorpe, F. N., cited, 179, 283, 446.
Thwaites, R. G., cited, 153, 446.
Tonnage duties, control, 252.
Transportation of prisoners, forbidden,
117; a grievance of colonies, 185.
Treason, no pardon for, 86; high, to fail
to summon Parliament, 90; rights
of those accused of felony or, 116;
against the United States, 257.
Treaties, control, 207, 209, 252, 255; su-
preme law, 259. See also Foreign

relations.

NITED STATES, style, 183, 186,

446.
Story, Joseph, cited, 197, 220, 274, 318,

446.

Stubbs, William, Select Charters, 1,
67; cited, 7, 29, 38, 46, 446.
Suffrage, qualifications, 89-90, 167; in
the United States, 375. See also
Elections.

SUMMONS TO PARLIAMENT, text, 34-35;
contemporary exposition, 35-37; criti-
cal comment, 37-41.

Sumner, W. G., cited, 319, 404, 446.
Supreme Court, jurisdiction, 256;
MCCULLOCH vs. MARYLAND, 312-316;
to interpret Constitution, 313-316,

186-187; government by delegated
powers, 205, 263, 313; sovereignty,
215, 259, 315, 317; admission of new
states, 258; guaranty to states, 258;
value of the Union, 290-292; preser-
vation, 293-304; foreign policy, 300-
305, 322-328, 401; preservation of,
object of Civil War, 358; citizen-
ship, 373; disqualification for office,
374; suffrage, 375; war with Spain,
388-391, 392, 398; attitude and duty
to Cuba, 389-394; and the colonies,
394-401; problems, 399.-See also
Confederation, Congress, Constitution.

WAINAGE, of villeins, 5.

Walsh, Robert, cited, 150, 447.
War, control of, 86, 92, 208, 209, 213,
250, 252; powers in Emancipation
Proclamation, 363.

Wardship, regulated, 2, 3, 11, 17.
Warrens. See Forest.
Washington, George, on Virginia
Bill of Rights, 169; Works, 169, 219,
270, 271, 286, 447; on the Confedera-
tion, 218; on the Constitution, 269-
271, 294; FAREWELL ADDRESS TO
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES,
286-306; declines a third term, 287;
on his own administration, 288, 304–
306; on value of the Union, 290; on
its preservation, 291-305; on its for-
eign policy, 300–304.
WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS
TO THE PEOPLE OF
STATES, text, 286-306; contemporary
exposition, 306–309; critical comment,
309-311.

THE

Wears, regulated, 17.
Webster, Daniel, cited, 192, 238, 273;
on the Monroe Doctrine, 327; Works,
328, 447.

Webster, Pelatiah, on the Confedera-
tion, 216; Remarks on a Pamphlet,
217, 447.

Weights and measures, uniform, 17;
control, 211, 250.

Welsh, restorations to the, 21.
Wendover. See Roger.
Wheaton's Reports, 312.

Widow, rights of, 3, 12, 13, 228.
William of Malmesbury, extols Henry I.,
5; Chronicles of the Kings of Eng
land, 5, 444.

William and Mary, declared king and
queen, 126; accept, 127.

Willoughby, W. W., cited, 319, 447.
Wilson, Henry, on Dred Scott decision,
353; Rise and Fall of the Slave Power,
353, 447.

Winsor, Justin, 165, 202, 447.
Witnesses, necessary, 18, 168, 257,
262. See also Jury.

Woman, limited right of accusation,

21.

Woolsey, T. S., cited, 336, 447.

EAS AND NAYS, under the Com-
monwealth, 83; in Congress, 248.