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SLAVERY, 391, 392, 457, 477.

SLAVES. See. Debates in regard to their exclusion in fixing quota of taxes, 46, 48, 79, 81, 82. Those taken by British, to be delivered, 88, 91. Three fifths of, included in ratio of representation, 181, 190, 192, 281, 288, 316, 375, 377, 379, 559. To be included in an apportionment of representation according to numbers, 290, 301, 316, 391. Three fifths to be included in ratio of direct taxation, 304, 305, 316, 375, 377, 391, 539. Provision in regard to their emancipation, 357, 487. Power of Congress to tax or prohibit their migration or importation, 379, 457, 471, 477, 532, 561. Compromise between the Northern and Southern States relative to, 460, 471, 532. Fugitive, to be delivered up, 487, 492, 563.

SMALL STATES contend for equal vote in Congress, 111.

SMITH, MERIWETHER, appointed a delegate to the convention at Annapolis, 113.

SMITH, THOMAS, represents Pennsylvania in Congress, 1.

SOLDIERS. See.

SOUTH CAROLINA, her delegates in Congress, November, 1782, 1. Interested in general revenue, 60. Number of inhabitants, and proportion of contribution, in 1783, 82. Votes for Mr. Bland as President, 1. Adopts exclusive commercial regulations, 119. Proceedings in regard to Federal Convention, 106. Sends delegates to the Federal Convention, 123. Opinions there on Federal Constitution, 571. Proportion of representation in the House of Representatives before a census, 129, 288, 290, 316, 559. Proportion of representation in the Senate before a census, 129. Proposal to increase its proportion of representation, 290. Proportion of electors of President, 338, 339, 562.

SOVEREIGNTY, Mr. Madison's remarks on that of states and Union, 107. Jealousies of the states about it, 127. How far it should be given up, 176, 177, 193, 194, 197, 201, 205, 212, 220, 240, 248. The people attached to that of the states, 206. How far it is retained and yielded by the states, 212, 220, 224, 248, 259, 269, 270. The effect of the separation from Great Britain upon it, 213, 217. Of the states represented in the Senate, 415. Of the states in cases of treason, 448.

SPAIGHT, RICHARD D., attends the Federal Convention, 123. Proposes rules to regulate discussions of Convention, 125. Urges the election of the Senate by the state legislatures, 137. Proposes seven years for the senatorial term, 186. In favor of reconsidering the decision, to choose the President by electors appointed by the state legislatures, 357. Objects to requiring more than a majority to pass a navigation act, 490. Suggests seven years for the executive term, 518. Signs the Constitution, 565.

SPAIN, negotiations with her, 68, 71, 74, 76, 97. Shows more favorable disposition, 1. Amount loaned by her, 82. Property of, seized, 99, 100. Her views in regard to western territory and the Mississippi, 97, 100, 101, 102, 105.

SPARTA, 197, 236, 252, 430.

SPEAKER, to be a member of the executive council, 462. To fill the vacancy in the Presidency, 131, 380. To be elected by the representatives, 377. 559.

SPEECH, freedom of, 130, 378, 560.

SPRINGFIELD, 97.

STADTHOLDER, his intrigues to increase his power, 154.

STAGES, regulation of, on post-roads, 440, 441.

STAMPS, duties to be laid by Congress, 191.

STANDARD of weights and measures may be fixed by Congress, 130, 378, 434, 560.

STATE, council of, 446. Secretary of, 446.

STATES, a revenue system can only be made by mutual accommodation, 111. Will not pay their quotas of taxes, 112. Settlement with troops temporarily raised by 6. Redeeming paper money beyond their quota, to be credited, 8, 14. Objections to addressing them through the commander-in-chief, 9. On their making the valuation which was to be the basis of taxation, 21, 24, 46, 47, 48. Their proceedings in regard to confiscations and British debts, 26. Their rights not affected by Congress raising a general revenue, 36, 55. Rule of voting, 45, 62, 88. Their mutual jealousies, 56. Plan of Mr. Madison for fixing their proportion of revenue, funding their debts, and establishing a system of public lands, 59, 77. Amount of loan-office debt of each state, 59. Their proportions of contributions according to whites and slaves, 79. Eastern and New York propose to hold it convention, 81. Their number of inhabitants, and proportion of contributions in 1783, 82. Mode of adjusting their debts, 86. Claims of certain states for abatements in their apportionment, 58, 63, 77. Operation of treaties on them, 98. Settlement of their accounts, 99. Number of, required in vote to suspend the use of the Mississippi, 104. Their infractions of British treaty, 119. Address of Congress on the necessity of harmony and yielding local considerations, 111. Keep troops and make compacts without consent of Congress, 119, 120. Violate contracts by their internal administration, 120, 126. Jealousy between each other, 127, 220, 256. Encroach on Congress, 127, 172, 200, 217, 219, 248. Difficulties in their adopting the Confederation, 111. Differ as to suffrage in the Confederation, 111. Differ in regard to public lands in the Confederation, 112. Violate treaties of the Confederation, 119, 126. Differ in regard to taxes on imports in the Confederation, 112, 119. Their conflicting commercial regulations during the Confederation, 113, 119, 126. Five, send delegates to the Convention at Annapolis, 114. All except Rhode Island send delegates to the Federal Convention, 118. Proceedings in regard to a Federal Convention, 96, 106, 124, 125, 134, 191. Their sovereignty, how far affected by the Federal Constitution, 107. Their suffrage under the Federal Constitution discussed, 107, 108. Their proceedings in regard to the new Federal Constitution, 570, 572, 573.

STATES, proposal to do them away, 182, 256. Their sovereignty, 176, 177, 193, 194, 212. Their efforts to increase their own power, 200. Must be swallowed up by the national government, 209. Not necessary for any of the main purposes of government, 202. To be thrown into one mass and divided again, 194, 211. Ought not to be swallowed up by the national government, 212, 217, 218, 290, 224. Effect of the separation from Great Britain upon their sovereignty, 213. Effect of the union on the large and small, comparatively, 214, 244, 251, 355, 208. Their situation will prevent combinations of the large against the small, 251. To be preserved by the Constitution, but rendered subordinate, 209. Alliance of the small ones with foreign powers threatened, 208, 209. Plan of compromise between the large and small ones, on the question of representation, 260, 260, 270, 273, 274, 316, 317. The people of, establish the Constitution, 376, 382, 536, 558. Not to be unnecessarily encroached upon, 139, 170, 194, 320. The powers of government ought to be left with them as much as possible, 161, 164, 168, 170, 176, 193, 194, 217, 238, 240, 248, 320, 402. Their encroachment on the general government, 168, 200, 201, 208, 221. Ought to be permanent, 109. Compromise between the Northern and Southern, relative to exports, navigation, and slaves 460, 489. Their executives to correspond with the President, 131, 380. Their legislatures to appoint electors to choose the President, 324, 338, 357, 368. Their proportion of electors of President, 338, 339, 562. To be divided into districts