Waring v. Clark, 5 McLean, 441 . Warren Manuf. Co. v. Etna Ins. Co., 2 Paine, 501 Watkins v. Holman, 16 Pet. 25 261 342 383 v. White, 105 Mass. 325 Whitney v. Robertson, 124 U. S. 190 Wiggins v. Burkham, 10 Wall. 129 Wilcox v. Jackson, 13 Pet. 488 Wilkerson v. Utah, 99 U. S. 130 Wilkinson v. Leland, 2 Peters, 627 Willard v. People, 5 Ill. 461 v. Presbury, 14 Wall. 676 Williams v. Bruffy, 96 U. S. 176, 193 v. Rousseau, 4 How. 646, 662 Wise v. Rogers, 24 Gratt. 169 Wolff v. New Orleans, 103 U. S. 358, 365 Wood v. Miller, 55 Iowa, 168 v. Oakley, 11 Paige, 403 Woodbury v. Freeland, 82 Mass. 105 Woodman v. Kilbourne Manuf. Co., 1 Abb. C. C. 158 Woodruff v. Parhan, 8 Wall. 123 v. Trapnall, 10 How. 190 262 486, 487, 488 159 284, 331 404 Yates v. Lansing, 5 Johnson, 291 Y. 199, 219 INDEX. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW-its organic sources, 3. need of periodical changes in, 8. method of framing, 562, 577. ALABAMA, when admitted into the Union, 164. in what way redress may be given them, 545, 546. ALLEGIANCE, due from all people to their government, 39. a filial and not an official tie, 16. its aspects under the Federal Constitution, 16. treaty stipulations relating thereto in behalf of naturalized citizens, 16. purely voluntary and political, 125. effects of passage of 13th and 14th, 306. limits of their protection, 307. addressed to State action alone, 307. effects of, upon the elective franchise, 532, 533, 534, 535. dates of adoption of original, 520. Indians not within operation of, 522. their effects upon the powers of Congress, 524. ANCIENT REPUBLICS, their mode of legislation, 352. ARMIES, power of Congress to raise and support, 498. government and regulation of, 500. ARMS, right to bear arms under the Constitution, 241, definition of, 242. ASSEMBLIES, public, right to hold, under the Constitution, 240. colonial, date of first establishment, 391. ASSEMBLY, Athenian, its character, 48. ATHENS, position of the citizen towards the State, 124. ATTAINDER, bills of, what they are, 220. ATTAINDERS, could not be collaterally impeached, 222. BAIL, excessive, not to be required, 262. BANKERS' case, 196. BANKRUPTCIES, uniform laws upon, 525. difference between them and State insolvencies, 526. powers of Congress over, 527, 528. BANKRUPTCY LAWS, why the power to pass was given to Congress, 287. number passed by Congress and date, 527. BILL OF RIGHTS, its absence in the Constitution of United States first nine articles of the Constitution constitute a Bill of Rights, 202, BILLS OF CREDIT, their nature, 275. how they differ from a loan, 276. BILLS OF PAINS AND PENALTIES, see EX POST FACTO LAWS, 224. BOROUGHS, discreditable features of, 25. BRIDGES, regulation of, belongs to States, 470. CALIFORNIA, when admitted into the Union, 163. CALVIN'S case, 196. CANALS, State not under supervision of Congress, 470. by original States to the United States, 511. of land to colonists while occupied by Indians, 511. within States to General Government, 516. what rights they convey, and how acquired, 517, 518. CHARTERS, except municipal, are a contract, not to be violated, 285. colonial, annulled by quo warranto, 389. CHURCH, the Congregational, its part in the foundation of the Govern- the nucleus of civil government, 61. CICERO, his definition of a Commonwealth, 118. CITIZEN, differs from subject, 14. its general meaning in the United States, 14. as distinguished from denizen, 15. CITIZEN-Continued. when first defined in the Constitution, 35. stands before the State in modern political society, 120. CITIZENSHIP, defined in the Constitution, 303. what its rights imply, 536. CIVIL LIBERTY, see LIBERTY. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, why it was passed, 555. CLAIMS, Court of, object of its establishment, 230. COASTING TRADE, exclusively under control of Congress, 469. originally constituted as sovereign States, 82. their status before the Declaration of Independence, 86. what circumstances favored them in establishing a republican govern. ment, 27. COLORADO, when admitted into the Union, 165. COLUMBIA, District of, 506. jurisdiction of Congress over, 507. COMMERCE, what it comprehends under the Constitution, 466. inter-state, no tax to be laid upon, 290. except to execute inspection laws of a State, 290. power over, lodged in Congress, 291. difference between, domestic and inter-state, 291. inter-state, police power of States over, 295, 296. differences in circumstances of, 463. object of bestowing power upon Congress, 464. by corporations, 466. inter-state, what it includes, 468. cannot be taxed by States, 468, 473. power to regulate, what it means, 471. inter-state, summary of relative powers of States and Congress over it, 472. with Indian tribes, power of Congress over, 475. qualifications as to its extent, 476. does not apply to small tribes, 477. nor individuals living off reservations, 477. limits of this power as to contracts, crimes, etc., 478. as a designation of the State, 397. COMPACT, first, of Pilgrims, made in the Mayflower, 65. second, compact of colonists a renunciation of authority of Parliament, 67. CONFEDERATION, first, of New England colonies, 68. of thirteen colonies, of November, 1777, 76. its chief service, 77. Articles of, objections to, 216. CONFLICTS OF JURISDICTION, between departments, 206. CONGRESS, colonial, first advocated by Franklin, 74. first continental, did not seek to revolutionize colonies, 75. omnipotent to decide upon the political status of a State, 120. its little value under the confederation, 451. what the Constitution has done for it, 452, 453, 454. original or primary, 455. to lay and collect taxes, etc., 455. what Congress may tax, 456. powers over the currency, 457. its power over police powers of a State, 469. power to make paper currency a legal tender, 480. reserve certain privileges to assignees, 489. punish piracies, 493. limits of its criminal jurisprudence, 493. support of armies, 498. maintenance of a navy, 499. government by it of land and naval forces, 500. concurrent powers with States, 521. extent of its power over bankruptcies, 527, 528. suppletory and corrective powers, 537. whence they are derived, 538. enumeration of all powers impossible, 539. its treaty-making power, 543. may grant privileges by treaty to aliens, 543. how it may punish wrongs to aliens, 544. what redress it guarantees to aliens, 544, 545, 546. |