favors use of general expressions in constitution, 53; champions Military academy, West Point, 168, note. Military affairs, 164, 192. Militia, 169, 230, 287, note 2. Minority representation (in Illinois), 269, note. Monroe, James, on internal improvements, 150, note 3. Mormonism, 226, note 2. Morris, Gouverneur, favors ratification of constitution, 27. National debt, statistics of, 126, note 2. Naturalization, 149. National banks, 122. National sovereignty, 50. National lands, survey and sale of, 179, note. National conventions, 87. Navigation laws, 231. Naval academy, Annapolis, 163, note. Navy department, organization and work of, 95, note. New England league of 1643, 4. New states, admission of, 33, 76, note 2. New York and Virginia delay ratifying constitution, 24. Nobility, titles of, 225, note 4. Nomination of candidates for president, 87. Non-coercion theory, 41. Non-interference theory, 280. Normal schools, 310. Office, tenure of, 61. Organization of federal government, 66. Paper money in the United States, history of, 126, note 2. Parliamentary government in the states, 289. Pardons, 210. Patents, 151. People vs. population, 47. Petition, right of, 230. Philadelphia congress of 1774, 5. Philadelphia congress of 1775, 6. Philadelphia convention of 1787, 16, 43. Police powers of the states, 142. Polk, J. K., consults senate before making treaty, 201, note. Population vs. people, 47. Powers of federal government, 53. Postoffice department, organization and work of, 95, note. Practice and pleading in federal courts, 221. Preamble to the constitution, 37. President, has all the executive power, 82; election of, 85; his salary. Private property, taking for public use, 253; dedication to public uses, 254. Public debt, 117. Public use of private property, 254. Public works (state), 284. Railroads, 145, note 2, 255. Ratification of constitution. 24. Re-admission of states, 31, note, 47, 188, note. Real estate owned by United States, 174. Reconstruction, 47, 240. Reform, civil service, 106, note, 208, 256, 275, 290. Regulation of commerce, 136. Religious liberty, 225. Removal of causes, 216, note 2. Republican form of government, guarantee of, 236. Resulting powers, 116. Revenue, federal, statistics of, 121, note 2, 135. Senators, election of, 77; legislatures cannot instruct them, 78. Seward, W. H., his views on initiative of the house in making ap- Silver demonetized, 124, note. Slavery, 18, 19, 175, 230. Social-political legislation, 283. Sovereignty of United States, 50. Special legislation (state), 275. State department, organization and work of, 95, note. States, the, readmission of, 31, note, 47, 188, note; their police Statistics of population and area, 34; of imports, 121, note 2; of fed- Stephens, A. H., opposes secession, 157. Supreme court, packed to reverse legal tender cases, 62, note; its de- Tenure of office act, 93, note. Titles of nobility, 225, note 4. Tilden, S. J., his claims to the presidency, 90. Town officers, 328. Townships, 327. Trade, regulation of, 136. Trade-marks, 153. Treason, 154. Treasury department, organization and work of, 95, note. Treaty-power, 200. Tyler, John, 83. Universities and colleges, 312. Vacancies in presidential office, 83, note. Veto, 113. Vice-president, his functions, 82; election of, 85. Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, 40, note 2. Virginia and New York delay ratifying constitution, 24. Warrants, 258. Washington, George, on convention of 1787, 16; on ratification of the Webster, Daniel, on the territories, 183; on commercial treaties, 204. West Point military academy, 168, note. 24 |