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GENERAL AND ANALYTICAL.

ABATEMENT proposed in the apportionment of certain states, 58, 63, 77.

ABOLITION of the state governments, 212, 217, 218, 220, 224, 244, 256. Of slavery, 457, 459.

ABSENCE of members of the Federal Convention provided against, 125, 126. Of members of Congress provided against, 406, 559. Of the Vice-President. 507, 559.

ACCEPTANCE of titles or presents forbidden, 467, 561.

ACHÆAN LEAGUE, 208, 209, 219.

ACCOUNTS relative to prisoners with the British, 4. Of the army to be settled, 30. To be rendered to states, 63. An examination of, by a committee of Congress, 80. The mode of adjusting those of the states, 86, 100. All relating to public money should be made public, 284. Unsettled, to disqualify persons from being members of Congress, 371. To be published from time to time, 546, 561.

ACTS to be originated by each branch of the legislature, 127, 139, 190, 375, 378. Each house to have a negative on them, 377, 382. Mode of passing them, 378, 428, 560. To be subject to revision, 128, 130, 151, 153, 164, 205, 344, 358, 376, 379, 428, 534, 536, 560. To be reenacted by a certain vote after revision, 128, 130, 151, 155, 328, 348, 376, 379, 428, 537, 541 560. To be passed, in certain cases, by two thirds, 166, 379, 470, 489, 560. To be suspended by the executive for a limited time, 154. To be the supreme law, 131, 192, 322, 375, 379, 467, 564. Relating to money, to originate in the House of Representatives, 129, 188, 274, 282, 310, 316, 375, 377, 394, 395, 410, 414, 423, 427, 452, 510, 529, 560. Relating to money, to be voted on in proportion to the contributions of the states, 866. Relating to money, when altered, 274, 316, 375, 377, 394, 410, 415, 428. 560. Relating to bankruptcy, 488, 503, 504, 560. Relating to naturalization, 192, 378, 398, 411, 560. Relating to the migration and importation of slaves, 379, 457, 471, 477, 561. Relating to navigation, 130, 379, 461, 470, 534, 539, 540, 548, 560. Ex post facto, 462, 485, 488, 545, 546, 561. Of the states to receive full credit, 132, 381, 488, 504, 563. Of the states to be negatived by Congress, 127, 139, 171, 193, 210, 215, 249, 251, 321, 468.

ADAMS, JOHN, negotiates a treaty of commerce with the Dutch, 27. Distrusts the French ministers in the negotiations for peace, 18. Prophetic observations relative to Gibraltar, 27. His conduct towards France, during the negotiations, discussed, 65, 68, 73, 74. Sends the preliminaries of peace, 84. Has leave to return, 567, 568.

ADAMS, SAMUEL, introduces a person from Canada, 45. Views on the Federal Constitution, 571.

ADDRESS of the Congress of the Confederation to the states, 88, 111. Of the Congress of the Confederation to Rhode Island, 88. Of the army to Congress, 20. For the formation of a new state in Pennsylvania, 31. Of the Convention at Annapolis, 115. Of the Federal Convention to accompany the Constitution, 535, 546.

ADHERENCE to enemies constitutes treason, 130, 379, 448, 563.

ADJOURNMENT of the Convention may be by less than a quorum, 124. Of the Houses of Congress, 130, 378, 380, 406, 409, 560, 563.

ADMIRALTY, courts of, to be established by Congress, 131, 159. Cases of, under the jurisdiction of judiciary, 131, 378, 563.

ADMISSION. See.

AFFAIRS, Indian, 440, 462, 560. Department of domestic, 442, 446, 462. Department of foreign, under the Confederation, 9, 82, 89, 99. Department of foreign, under the Constitution, 442, 446, 462.

AFFIRMATION. See.

AGE of Representatives, 127, 129, 184, 228, 375, 377, 559. Of Senators, 127, 129, 186, 189, 241, 375, 377, 559. Of the President, 360, 462, 507, 562. Disability on account of, 360, 413.

AGRICULTURE, promotion of, 446.

ALBANY, deputies meet there in 1754, 110.

ALIENS. See. Remarks on their admission to political rights, 398, 411.

ALLIANCE; discussions on the conduct of the American ministers at Paris in regard to alliance with Spain, 65. Danger of foreign, 258. Of small states with foreign powers, 268, 269. Treaties of, 470. Forbidden to the states by the Constitution, 131, 546, 561.

ALLEGHANY, how far a boundary of states, 87, 93.

AMAZON, 54.

AMBASSADORS to be appointed by the President and Senate, 205, 507, 523, 562. To be appointed by the Senate, 131, 379, 468, 469. To be received by the President, 131, 380, 479, 563. Cases of under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, 131, 192, 380, 563.

AMENDMENTS of the Articles of Confederation strongly desired, 114. A Convention for, proposed at various times, 117. Of the Constitution to be provided for therein, 128, 157, 182, 190, 351, 376, 381, 551, 564. To be made by a Convention to be called by Congress, 132, 381, 498, 530, 551, 564. To be made by Congress, with the assent of a certain number of the states, 132, 551, 564. A second Federal Convention for, proposed, 552, 553. Of money bills by the Senate, 274, 316, 375, 377, 394, 410, 415, 427, 510, 529, 560.

AMERICAN REVOLUTION, its effect in producing reform in Europe, 575.

AMPHICTYONIC LEAGUE, 200, 208, 209, 210, 219.

ANARCHY, danger of, in 1787, 127.

ANNAPOLIS, Convention at, 96, 113, 114, 118.

ANNUAL meetings of Congress, 129, 377, 383, 385, 559. Election of representatives 183, 234. Publication of the accounts, 545.