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the President, 341. Opposes the eligibility of members of Congress to office, 231, 233, 421, 505. Desires that persons having unsettled accounts should be disqualified as members of Congress, 371. Desires that pensioners should be disqualified as members of Congress, 373. Objects to foreigners being members of Congress, 411. Thinks that direct taxation should be regulated by representation, before as well as after a census, 306, 307, 451, 452. Thinks the new states should be restricted as to their representation, 310. Thinks the vote in the Senate should be per capita, 410. Proposes to authorize Congress to establish post-roads, 434. Thinks Congress should be prohibited from passing laws to impair contracts, 546. Proposes certain limitations as to a quorum in Congress, 406. Desires an enumeration of the powers of Congress, 286. Desires the number of the House of Representatives to be large, 292. Objects to an equality, in the proportion of representation, between freemen and slaves, 296. Wishes a special provision for jury trial, 538, 550. Wishes a bill of rights inserted in the Constitution, 538. Wishes the provision against ex post facto laws to embrace civil cases, 515. Proposes a prohibition on Congress in regard to attainders and ex post facto laws, 462. In favor of an annual publication of the public accounts, 546. Opposes the election of the representatives by the people, 137, 160. Thinks appointments should be strictly confined to offices previously created by the Constitution, or by law, 528, 529. Views as to the mode of rectifying the Constitution, 158, 353, 532, 533. Views as to treaties, 439, 524, 526, 527. Thinks Congress should provide for the public securities and engagements of the Confederation, 440, 441, 451, 464, 476. Wishes a proper provision, in regard to standing armies, 442, 511. Opposes the power of Congress over the militia, 444, 464, 465, 466. Thinks sumptuary laws unnecessary, 447. Proposes a power relative to letters of marque and stages on post-roads, 440, 441. His views of the provision in regard to slaves, 459. Dissatisfied with the general character of the Constitution, 466, 501. Proposes the removal of the judges, on application of Congress, 481. Objects to the exclusive authority of the general government over certain places, 511. Views as to amendments of the Constitution, 157, 530. In favor of the Senate being chosen by the state legislatures, 168. Opposes an election of the Senate by the people, from large districts, 169. Opposes a negative of Congress on state laws, 171. Opposes the introduction of slaves into the ratio of representation, 181. Views in regard to the oath to support the Constitution, 183, 352. Wishes the representatives elected annually, 184. Urges origination of money bills by the House of Representatives, 188, 416. Wishes the Journal of the Senate published, except as to parts requiring secrecy, 407, 408. Disapproves of the aristocratic character of the Senate, 422. Wishes duties on exports prohibited, 433, 455. Objects to the seat of government being at any state capital, 374. Is in favor of adequate salaries, 136. Objects to the interference of the general government in state insurrections, 438. In favor of a senatorial term of four or five years, 245. Advocates ineligibility of senators to national offices, for one year after their term, 247, 422. Prefers the appointment of the judges by the Senate, 350. Fears the influence of the "Society of Cincinnati," 367. Reasons for declining to sign the Constitution, 553, 557. Course in the Convention of Massachusetts for ratifying the Constitution, 572. Criticism on his objections to Federal Constitution, 572.

GIBRALTAR, 27.

GILMAN, JOHN T., represents New Hampshire in Congress, 1. Proposes valuation of lands be made by commissioners appointed by states, 48. Proposes that half pay shall be paid by separate states, 57. Remarks on conduct of American commissioners at Paris, 74.

GILLMAN NICHOLAS, attends the Federal Convention, 351.

GOLD, a legal tender, 131, 381, 561.

GORHAM, NATHANIEL, advocates rule of appointment of taxation according to Articles of Confederation, 25. Resists resignation of Mr. R. Morris, 29. Remarks on repeal of impost by Virginia, 33, 43. Views as to modes of taxation, 40. Advocates limitation of impost, 49. Proposes military force to retake goods seized while under passport, 50. Opposes discrimination among public creditors, 51. Opposes discrimination between original and subsequent holders of certificates, 54, 57. Considers impost the only practicable tax, 55. Remarks on conduct of American commissioners at Paris, 73. Advocates including expenses incurred by states, in general provision for public debt, 78. Advocates apportionment by numbers, 78. Explains character of proposed Convention of Eastern States, 81. Contends for drawback on salt fish, 84. Proposes disbanding the army, 89. Remarks on cession of public lands, 91. Remarks on the department of finance, 91. Views as to Spain and the Mississippi, 103. Delegate to the Federal Convention from Massachusetts, 106. Attends the Federal Convention, 124. Wishes representatives to be paid out of the national treasury, 226. Views as to the ineligibility of members of Congress to office, 229, 505. Desires a compromise as to the proportion of representation between the large and small states, 238. Suggests four years for the senatorial term, 241. Points out the danger to all the states if a Constitution is not formed, 255. Thinks the states should be divided and equalized, 280. Thinks representation should be changed by a periodical census, 288. Urges that the rule of representation be fixed in the Constitution, and the proportion of three fifths for the slaves adhered to, 296, 297, 300. Suggests the appointment of the judges by the President with the advice of the Senate, 328. Approves of the establishment of inferior national courts in the states, 331. Thinks the states should be protected against domestic violence, 333. Objects to the judges forming a part of a council of revision, 344, 348. Approves of oath to support the Constitution, 352. Views as to the ratification of the Constitution, 353, 354. Thinks there should be two senators from each state, 356. Objects to a constitutional provision as to the unsettled accounts and property qualifications of members of Congress, 370, 372. Contends that elections by the legislature should be by joint ballot, 382. Wishes the time of the meetings of Congress fixed, 383. Objects to a freehold qualification for electors of representatives, 388. Doubts the duration of the government, 399. Remarks on the right of the Senate to alter money bills, 394, 428. Thinks that Congress should have the right to alter the state regulations relative to the election of members of Congress, 401. Thinks it will be inconvenient to require a majority for a quorum, 405. Thinks the compensation of senators should be greater than of representatives, 427. Opposes the power of Congress to emit bills of credit, 434, 435. Does not think a rule for adjusting the state debts necessary in the Constitution, 452. His views as to the sentiments of the Eastern States relative to the Union, 461. Objects to the provision requiring treaties to be ratified by law, 469, 470. Doubts whether controversies between the states should be left to the judiciary, 471. His views on the importation of slaves, 477, 478. Views as to the regulations of trade between the states, 479, 503. Prefers the emission of bills of credit by the states being submitted to Congress, 484. Objects to requiring two thirds to pass a navigation law, 492. Thinks the Constitution should be ratified by state conventions, 500. Views on the mode of electing a Vice-President, 507. Views on the mode of making treaties, 524, 527. Doubts the propriety of allowing states to lay inspection duties, 539. Prefers the