INDEX.
BY SPEAKERS' NAMES.
VIRGINIA
Page.
JOHN BECKLEY appointed Secretary, |
1 |
EDMUND PENDLETON, President, |
1 |
ORGANIZATION, |
2 |
116 |
Power over the Militia by the States, |
417 |
Treaty-making not exceptionable in the Constitution, 509. Legislative Interference secured, |
511 |
Mr. CLAY—Insurrection; Opposition to the Laws, |
407 |
Mr. DAWSON—Defects of the Confederation; fears a Consolidated Government; most exceptionable; leading parts, 605. Treaties; their Operation may hurt the Southern States; the Press; War; antique Governments not suited to the present Day, |
610 |
278 |
282 |
Coördinate Authorities a political Absurdity, 284. Taxes should be uniform, 285. Requisitions; Loans, 286. Necessity of a full Representation in Congress; America not in a Situation to have a Fleet, from its limited Population, 287. Parties in Holland, 290. Paper Emissions; Danger of mercantile Privileges within the Ten Miles Square, 284. Mississippi; new States, &c., |
290 |
350 |
Importance of the Mississippi Question, |
365 |
British Parliament receive no Pay; most of the great Officers have been taken out of Congress, |
371 |
Thirst for public Office, 374. Objects that the Senate propose or concur on Money Bills, |
375 |
State Governments at the Mercy of the Generality; Militia, |
417 |
Navy, its Maintenance at present dangerous; European maritime Powers; Cost of a Navy in America and Europe compared, |
428 |
Northern States most interested in a Fleet; Privateers issue chiefly thence, |
430 |
Anticipated Privileges of the Ten Miles Square, |
430 |
The Capital; Fear of Aggrandizement there; Delivery of Fugitives, |
433 |
"Ten Miles" not subject to the States, |
435 |