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, 123. Thinks the powers of the national government should not be too much limited, 161, 251. Wishes to protect the minority from oppression by the majority, 162. His general views of a national as compared with a federal government, 206, 256. His objections to Mr. Patterson's plan, 206. Effect of a breach of compact by a member of the Confederacy, 206, 356. Remarks on the violations of the Articles of Confederation by the states, 207. His views of the defects of the Confederation, 207. Remarks on the effect of a mere confederacy on the small states, 210. Remarks on the scheme for equalizing the states, 211. Remarks on the danger of encroachments by the states and national government on each other, 221, 250, 257. His general views as to the ends to be sought in forming a Constitution, 242, 250. Fears more from the power of the states than of the general government, 257. Opposes a committee to prepare plan of compromise between the large and small states, relative to representation, 273, 275. His course towards the small states complained of, 278. Objects to distinctions between the new and old states, 299, 492. Urges the importance of preserving the mutual independence of the great departments of the government, 345, 347. Thinks the preponderance of the legislature is chiefly to be guarded against, 345, 347. His views on the general power of the President, 141, 164. Opposes removal of the President by Congress, on application of the states, 148. Opposes an absolute negative in the executive, 152, 164. Wishes judiciary united with the executive to revise the laws, 164, 344, 346, 428, 431, 537. Urges the necessity of making the executive and legislature independent of each other, 326. Views on the impeachment of the President, 341, 528, 529, 542. Views on the election of President, 337, 363, 364, 365, 508, 513, 514, 515, 519, 521. Thinks the ballot in Congress for a President should be joint, 472. Desires a provision to prevent the President from appointing to offices not previously created by law, 474. Suggests the exercise by a council of the executive powers during a vacancy, 480. Objects to an equal suffrage being allowed to all the states, 135, 250, 265. Thinks Senate and judiciary should not be chosen immediately by the people, 137. Opposes a division of the Union into senatorial districts, 138. Thinks judiciary should be appointed by the Senate, 156, 188. Advocates a small Senate, 167. Advocates a proportional representation in the Senate, 167, 265, 267, 275, 313. Objects to an election of senators by the state legislatures, 169. Suggests a negative on state laws being given to the Senate, 173. Advocates seven years as the senatorial term, 186. Does not object to nine years for the senatorial term, 243. Desires to give firmness and stability to the Senate, 187. Objects to the payment of the senators by the states, 246. Advocates ineligibility of senators to national offices for one year after their term, 247. Objects to an equality of suffrage in the Senate, 265, 275. Approves of voting in the Senate per capita, 312. Wishes the provision for supplying vacancies in the Senate made more distinct, 395. Urges some other rule of representation than contribution alone, 134. Urges an equitable ratio of representation, but different from that of the Confederation, 134, 270. Urges that slaves should be considered in apportioning representation, 289. Considers the number of inhabitants the best rule of representation, and, in general, the best criterion of property, 299. Thinks the opposing interests of the Convention are those of the northern and southern, rather than the large and small states, 306. Thinks the rule fixing a representative for every forty thousand inhabitants should not be made perpetual, 392. Urges a reduction of the ratio of representation in the House, 530. Urges the election of the representatives by the people, 137. Advocates triennial election of representatives, 183, 225. In favor of fixing the compensation of the representatives, 184, 227, 426. Objects to the payment of the representatives by the states, 227. Desires to limit the ineligibility of representatives to offices established or augmented during their term, 230, 231. Objects to a landed qualification for members of Congress, 371. Objects to fixing the time for the meeting of Congress, 383, 384. Opposes a freehold qualification for electors of representatives, 387. Prefers the term "inhabitant," instead of "resident," as a qualification for representatives, 389, 390. Objects to a very long term of citizenship being required for members of Congress, 398, 411, 413. Objects to the legislature being allowed to fix the qualifications, pay, or privileges, of its members, 404, 510. Proposes a provision to compel the attendance of members of Congress, 406. Objects to the expulsion of a member of Congress by less than two thirds, 407. Doubts whether there can be a specific enumeration of the powers of Congress, 139. Doubts the propriety of using force against a state, 141, 171. Advocates a negative of Congress on the state laws, 171, 173, 251, 321, 539. Opposes exclusive right of House in regard to money bills, 188. Does not consider the origination of money bills by the House as important, 274. Objects to the exclusive power of the representatives over money bills, 394, 396, 417. His remarks on the negative of each House on the other, 382. Views on the prohibition of a tax on exports, 432, 455, 456. Thinks it better to prohibit bills of credit as a legal tender, than their emission by Congress, 434. Wishes to cut off all pretext of a paper currency, 435. Thinks that Congress should define the offences which it is authorized to punish, 437. Proposes to vest Congress with power in regard to the public lands, territories, Indians, a seat of government, incorporations, copyrights, patents, a university, and arsenals, 439, 440, 543, 544. Thinks Congress should have the regulation of the militia, 444, 464, 465, 466. His views on the definition and punishment of treason, 447, 448, 549. Desires a provision for the debts and engagements of the Confederation, 463. Views on the provisions in regard to slaves, 477, 478. Views on a prohibition of the states in regard to laws affecting contracts, 485. Urges a prohibition on the states to lay embargoes or taxes on imports or exports, 485, 486. Desires a provision to give effect to the judgments of one state in another, 488, 504. Views as to a navigation act, 490. Thinks that no provision should be made to affect the claims of the United States and the individual states in regard to territory and the public lands, 496. Views on the regulation of commerce between the states, 502, 548. Advocates inferior national tribunals, 159. Opposes either diminution or increase in the compensation of the judges during their term, 330, 482. Prefers the appointment of the judges by the President, with the assent of the Senate, 349. Thinks the jurisdiction of the judiciary should be limited to cases of a judicial nature, and not extend to all arising under the Constitution, 483. His views on the mode of making and ratifying treaties, 469, 470, 524, 527. Wishes a permanent seat of government, 409. Views as to the mode of amending the Constitution, 531, 551. Views on the mode of ratifying the Constitution, 498, 499, 500. Prefers a ratification of the Constitution by conventions, instead of the legislatures of the states, 355. Urges ratification of the Constitution by conventions of the people, 157. Signs the Constitution, 565.

MAJORITY, a quorum of each House, 130, 378, 405, 432, 559. Tendencies of, to oppress the minority, 162. Of the people should prevail under the general government, 262.

MALPRACTICE, by the President, 149, 190, 339, 370, 376, 528. By the heads of departments, 446.

MANUFACTURES, superintendence of, 446 Encouragement of, 486.

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