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HENRY, PATRICK, views relative to Spain and the Mississippi, 107. Course in regard to the Federal Convention, 107. Opinions on the Federal Constitution, 568, 571.

HIGGINSON, STEPHEN, remarks on a system of general revenue, 72, 78. Remarks on the conduct of the American ministers at Paris, 73. Advocates including the expenses incurred by the states in a general provision for the public debt, 78. Remarks on the proportion of freemen to slaves in fixing the contributions of states, 72. Remarks on a proposed convention of the Eastern States, 81.

HILL, MR., 11.

HOLLAND. See.

HOLTEN, SAMUEL, opposes the system of permanent revenue, 57. Declares his conviction of the necessity of a permanent revenue, 61. Remarks on the conduct of the American commissioners at Paris, 74. Remarks on the proportion of freemen to slaves in fixing the contributions of states, 72.

HOSTILITIES, suspension of, proposed by Congress, 80. Refusal of Carleton to suspend, 80.

HOUSE. See. Congress to be composed of two, 127, 129, 189, 205, 375, 377, 558.

HOUSE OF DELEGATES of Virginia, 113.

HOUSTON, WILLIAM C, attends the Federal Convention, 123. Moves a reconsideration of the resolution for choosing the President by electors appointed by the state legislatures, 357.

HOUSTOUN, WILLIAM, attends the Federal Convention, 141. Doubts the propriety of a guaranty as to the state constitutions, 333.

HOWE, LORD, 27.

HOWELL, DAVID, represents Rhode Island in Congress, 1. Advocates the report on the differences between New York and Vermont, 4. Reports against the proposal of Pennsylvania to provide fur the public creditors within the state, 5. Proposes a settlement with the troops temporarily raised by the states, 5. Opposes military proceedings against Vermont, 9, 10. His letter relative to the proceedings of Congress published, and the discussions thereon, 13, 15, 16, 22, 80. Pens the objections of Rhode Island to the impost, 15.

HUDDEY, CAPTAIN, retaliation for the murder of, 2.

HUNTINGDON, BENJAMIN, represents Connecticut in Congress, 1.

ILLINOIS, grievances there, 100.

IMMUNITIES, of citizens of each state to be extended to them in the others, 132, 381, 563. Of trade between the states, 479, 484, 545, 561.

IMPAIRING of private contracts by the states, 485, 546, 562.

IMPEACHMENT, power of, to belong to House of Representatives, 129, 377, 559. Trial of by national judiciary, 128, 188, 205, 329, 332, 380. Under jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, 131, 380. Not to be tried by jury, 381, 484. Trial of by the Senate, 506, 528, 529, 534, 561. Of the President, 131, 149, 190, 195, 326, 335, 339, 340, 361, 366, 376, 380, 480, 507, 528. Of the supreme judges, 447, 462. Of the heads of departments, 446. Judgment on it, 381, 529. Extent of the judgment under it, 381, 559. Pardon not to extend to, 480, 562. No pardon in, by the President, 131, 380, 562. Conviction under it, 381, 507, 528, 529, 559. Its inefficacy against the President, 143, 329.

IMPORTATION of slaves, 379, 391, 471, 477, 532, 561.

IMPOST. See. Virginia repeals her law, granting it, 17, 33. Necessity of granting it by the states, 37. Refused by Rhode Island, 11, 13. Congress urges its necessity, 5, 11. Advantage as a mode of taxation, 40, 49, 55. How collections under it should be credited, 41. Mode of ascertaining and collecting, 49. Proposal to appropriate it to the army first, 51. Proposal for specific duties, 51, 63, 66. Proposals as to its duration, 49, 52, 53, 54, 65. Massachusetts accedes to it reluctantly, 72. Proposal to submit it separately to the states, 73. Not attainable under the Confederation, 127. To be laid and collected by Congress, 130, 191, 378, 432, 506, 560. Not to be laid by the states, without the assent of Congress, 131, 381, 486, 547, 561.

INCORPORATION, power of Congress in regard to, 440, 543.

INCREASE, of the pay of the President not to be made during his term, 128, 131, 380, 562. Of pay of the judges not to be made during their term, 128, 131, 156, 190, 380, 481, 563.

INDEPENDENCE. See. Commission to Oswald, recognizing it, 16. Effect of it on the separate sovereignty of the states, 213, 286. Of the executive, 141, 142, 143, 148, 153, 165, 320, 334, 342, 361, 473, 508, 509, 516. Of the departments as regards each other, 138, 153, 164, 165, 327, 342, 344, 359, 429, 473, 516, 519, 522. Of the Senate, 170. Of the judiciary, 344, 429.

INDIANS, interference with, by Georgia, 119. States will treat with them, 207. Affairs with, to be regulated by Congress, 439, 462, 506, 560. Not to be included in apportioning representation, 181, 190, 192, 379, 559.

INDICTMENT, persons impeached liable to, 381, 559.

INDIES, WEST, trade with, 19.

INELIGIBILITY, of representatives to office, 127, 185, 189, 229, 375, 378, 420, 503, 505, 560. Of senators to office, 127, 187, 190, 247, 271, 375, 378, 420, 503, 505, 560. Of executive a second time, 128, 131, 140, 142, 149, 190, 324, 325, 327, 334, 358, 363, 365, 367, 369, 376, 380, 472, 473, 509, 512, 517. Of electors of President, 343, 515. Of executive officers to other places, 445.

INFERIOR COURTS, term, salary, and qualifications of their judges, 128, 380, 563. Their jurisdiction in the first instance, 128, 131, 188, 190, 376, 380, 481, 563. Maybe constituted by Congress, 128, 130, 131, 155, 159, 190, 205, 331, 376, 378, 380, 436, 561. Objected to, 155, 158.

INFORMATION of the President to Congress, 131, 380.

INGERSOLL, JARED, attends the Federal Convention, 124. Remarks on the mode of signing the Constitution, 558. Signs the Constitution, 565.

INHABITANTS, discussed as a rule of contribution under the Confederation, 24, 48, 79, 81, 85. To be reported by states to Congress, to form basis of taxation, 46, 64, 79. Number of, should form rule of representation in the legislature, 127, 129, 130, 134, 149, 178, 190, 278, 290, 216, 376, 379. To be ascertained by Congress from time to time, 130, 279, 288, 294, 301, 302, 306, 316, 375, 377, 379, 559. Number of free and three fifths of slaves to form ratio of representation, 181, 288, 316, 375, 377, 379, 559. Number required for a representative, 274, 278, 288, 377, 555, 559. Slaves to be included in the apportionment of representation, 288, 290, 295, 316, 375, 377, 379, 559. President to be, of the United States, 462, 507, 521, 562. Member of Congress to he, of his state, 210, 377, 389, 401, 559.

INSTALMENTS, laws of states relative to, during the Confederation, 120.

INSTITUTIONS, power of Congress in regard to scientific, 440.

INSURRECTION, in Massachusetts, 94 99, 119, 127. National government should guaranty