16, 18, 19. Remarks on the conduct of the
American commissioners, 66.

MARINE, department of, 442, 446, 462.
MARITIME cases under jurisdiction of judiciary,
131, 380, 563.

MARQUE, LETTER OF, not to be granted by a
state, 131, 381, 510, 561.

MARTIN, ALEXANDER, attends the Federal
Convention, 123. Desires that ineligibility of
representatives be limited to offices created or
augmented during their term, 230. Desires to
increase the number of representatives from
North Carolina, 291. Objects to seat of govern-
ment being at any state capital, 374.
MARTIN, LUTHER, attends the Federal Conven-
tion, 174. Thinks the separation from Great
Britain left each state sovereign and equal, 213,
217. His views of the extent of the federal or
national government, 217, 248. Opposes any
Confederation unless on equal grounds, 267, 270,
311. Is in favor of Mr. Patterson's plan, 191. Is
willing to adhere to the compromise giving the
small states an equal vote in the Senate, 310.
Proposes an election of the executive by electors
chosen by the state legislatures, 324. Objects
to the reëligibility of the President, 334, 338, 359.
Disapproves of the President and judges as a
council of revision, 346. Contends for an equal
vote of the states in both branches of Congress,
248. Disapproves of the senators voting per cap-
ita, 357. Thinks the senators should be paid by
their states, 427. Wishes representatives to be
elected as the state legislatures direct, 223. Op-
poses the negative of Congress on the state laws,
248, 321. The effect of the laws of Congress and
treaties more exactly defined, 322. Thinks the
suppression of insurrections should be left to the
states, 333. Objects to Congress introducing
military force into a state to subdue rebellions,
without its application, 437. Wishes the size
of an army in time of peace to be limited by the
Constitution, 443. Proposes to raise taxes by
requisitions, 453. Thinks the regulation of the
militia should be left to the states, 466. Desires
a regulation in regard to trade between the states,
478. Wishes two thirds required to pass a navi-
gation act, 489. Urges the appointment of the
judges by the Senate, 328. Thinks there should
be no inferior tribunals except those of the states,
331. Offers a provision in regard to confessions
of treason, 450. Suggests that pardons be allowed
only after conviction, 480. Wishes questions
of territorial claim left to the judiciary, 497.
Objects to oath of state officers to support the
Constitution, 183. His views as to the provisions
in regard to slaves, 457. Objects to any provis-
ion having the effect to guaranty the claims of
the large states to the western territory, 493, 494,
495. Wishes the application of state executives
for the protection of the general government to
be limited to the recess of the legislature, 497.
Prefers a ratification of the Constitution by the
state legislatures, 500. Dissatisfied with the
general character of the Constitution, 501.
MARYLAND, views on a cession of their public
lands by the states, 59, 111, 112. Views on a
system of general revenue, 59. Opposes a poll
tax, 39.

Propor-

Adopts exclusive commercial regula-
tions, 119. Violates the Articles of Confederation,
208. Sends delegates to the Federal Convention,
124, 144. Proportion of representation in the
House of Representatives before a census, 129,
288, 290, 316, 375, 377. Proportion of representa-
tion in the Senate before a census, 129.
tion of electors of President, 338, 339. Opinions
on the Federal Constitution, 567.
MASON, GEORGE, attends the Federal Conven-
tion, 123. Objects to yeas and nays, 124. Objects
to a mere Confederation, 133. Opposes unneces-
sary encroachment on the states, 170. Compares
a national with a federal government, 216.
proves of the plan of compromise between the
large and mall states, 278, 283, 394. Objects to
discriminations between the new and old states,
79

VOL. V.

Ap-

223.

279, 294, 492. Opposed to the aristocratic notions
that had been thrown out, 283. For seven years
as the executive term, 142. Against the reëligi-
bility of the President, 143. Views on the elec-
tion of the President, 143, 324, 365, 368, 5u8, 512,
514, 515, 519. Objects to a dependence of the
President on Congress, 147, 165. Advocates a
power to remove the President, 147, 340. Thinks
judiciary should be united with executive in a
council of revision, 165, 345, 347. Is unwilling
to intrust the President with the power to make
war, 439. Opposes an executive during good
behavior, 326. Views on the impeachment of
the President, 340, 528. Is in favor of an execu-
tive council, 522. Thinks the power of the
Senate in regard to treaties very dangerous, 427,
428. Wishes the Senate appointed by the state
legislatures, 240. Suggests property qualifica-
tion for senators, 247. Thinks three senators
from each state too many, 357. Urges the elec-
tion of the representatives by the people, 136, 161,
In favor of fixing the compensation of
representatives, 185. Prefers biennial elections
of the representatives, 225. Proposes that the
representatives be twenty-five years of age, 228.
Urges the ineligibility of representatives to office,
229, 230, 232, 233, 420, 506. Opposes a freehold
qualification for electors of representatives, 386.
Thinks previous residence of the representative
in his district should be required, but not for too
long a term, 390. Views as to the exclusive
right of the representatives over money bills, 396,
397, 415, 427, 452. Wishes the term of citizen-
ship for members of Congress extended, 398, 413.
Contends that a quorum in Congress shall not be
less than a majority, 405. Approves of the yeas
and nays in Congress being required by one fifth,
407. Objects to members of Congress being paid
by the states, 426. Thinks the Journal of Con-
gress should be published, 408. Does not wish
the number of the House of Representatives to be
very small, 293. Desires the proportion of
representation to be fixed from time to time
according to a census, 294. Thinks the number
of inhabitants the best rule of representation, 295.
Thinks that blacks should, in justice, be counted
equally in proportioning representation, but will
not insist on it, 302. Doubts whether the rule of
taxation should be fixed before a census, 307.
Proposes a property qualification for members of
Congress, 370. Thinks that persons having un-
settled accounts should be disqualified as mem-
His remarks on the
bers of Congress, 370.
negative of each House on the other, 382. Objects
to fixing the exact time for the meeting of Con-
gress, 383.
Urges a prohibition of a tax on
exports, 432, 456. Does not wish absolutely to
prohibit Congress from emitting bills of credit,
434, 435. Thinks Congress should appoint a
treasurer, 436. Views as to a power in Congress
to regulate the militia, 440, 443, 444, 545.
sires a provision against a perpetual revenue, 440.
Proposes a power in Congress to enact sumptuary
laws, 447. Doubts the practicability of a negative
in Congress on state laws, 468. His views as to
the payment of the debts of the Confederation,
475. Approves of a provision for the general
government to suppress insurrection, 332.
jects to the prohibition on the states in regard to
laws affecting contracts, 485. Thinks the states
should not be prohibited from laying embargoes,
486. Views as to navigation and trade between
the states, 490, 538, 540, 552. Wishes the regu-
lation relative to the effect of public acts of the
states in each other, to be confined to judicial
proceedings, 504. Dislikes the appointment of
the judges by the President, 328, 351, 522. Ap
proves of the right of Congress to establish infe-
rior national courts, 331. Opposes an increase
or diminution of the compensation of the judges
during their term, 482. Prefers the definition of
treason in the British statute, 447. His views
relative to slaves, 458, 477, 478. Advocates
amendment of the Constitution without the
assent of Congress, 18, 551. Objects to the seat
of government being at any state capital, 374.

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De-

Ob-

on the subject of the executive, 334, 361, 430,
473, 517. Approves of the appointment of a Vice-
President, 522. Opposes an equality of suffrage
for the states, 135, 277. Desires that the Senate
should be an aristocratic body, 271. Wishes
the Senate to be appointed for life, 271. Wishes
the Senate to be appointed by the President, 272.
Disapproves of appointments by the Senate, 350,
467. Prefers three senators from each state rather
than two, 356. Objects to the dissent of senators
being entered on the Journal, 407. Views in re-
gard to the Senate, 516, 526. Contends for a
representation according to property as well as
numbers, 278, 297. Reports a plan for the ratio
of representation in the House, both before and
after a census, 287. Urges periodical adjustment
of representation, 288. Is opposed to restraining
Congress too much in regard to future adjust-
ments of representation, 293, 298. Proposes that
representation and direct taxation should be esti-
mated by the same rule, 301, 302. Wishes the
powers of the government settled before the
question of representation is finally decided, 319.
Thinks that representation should be apportioned
to freemen, 392. Objects to a property qualifica-
tion for members of Congress, 370. His remarks
on the negative of each House on the other, 382.
Objects to fixing the time for the meeting of Con-
gress, 383, 384. Urges a freehold qualification for
electors of representatives, 386. Objects to resi-
dence being a necessary qualification for a repre-
sentative, 389. Wishes the legislature to be left
at large to fix the qualifications of its members,
404. Thinks a quorum in Congress should be
less than a majority, 405. Thinks a majority
should be allowed to expel a member of Con-
gress, 407 Thinks the yeas and nays in Con-
gress might be required by one member, 407.
Objects to the exclusion of foreigners from Con-
gress being retrospective, 412, 413. Objects to
making officers of the army and navy ineligible
to Congress, 422, 425. Suggests the propriety of
requiring three fourths of each House to repeal
laws when the President does not concur, 429,
536, 537. Objects to making members of Con-
gress ineligible to office, 505. Disapproves of
exclusive origination of money bills by the rep-
resentatives, 282, 283, 394, 397, 416. Opposes too
great a restraint on Congress as regards state
laws, 320. Opposes a negative by Congress on
state laws as unnecessary, 321, 468. Opposes
the prohibition to tax exports, 433, 454. Opposes
the power of Congress to emit bills of credit, 434.
Advocates the power in Congress to subdue re-
bellions, 438. Opposes a power in Congress to
enact sumptuary laws, 447. Remarks on attain-
ders and ex post facto laws, 462. Desires a pro-
vision for the debts and engagements of the
Confederation, 464, 476. Desires the introduc-
tion of the term "slaves," in the provisions
respecting them, 477, 478. Proposes a provision
in regard to suspending the writ of habeas corpus,
484. Objects to a prohibition on the states in re-
gard to laws affecting contracts, 485. Thinks the
states should be prohibited from taxing exports or
imports, 487. Proposes a provision relative to
the judicial and legislative acts of the states, 488,
504. Objects to any provision tending to injure
navigation, 489. Approves of a provision pro-
hibiting a religious test, 498. Approves of a uni-
form bankrupt law, 504. Prefers an appointment
of judges by the President with the advice of the
Senate, 330. Objects to the limitation on Con-
gress to increase the compensation of the judges,
331, 482. Approves of inferior national courts,
331. Opposes the removal of the judges on ap-
plication of Congress, 481. Views as to the pro-
visions respecting treason, 448, 449, 450. Objects
to a guaranty in regard to the existing laws of the
states, 332. Views on the treaty power, 524, 526.
Proposes that treaties be ratified by law, 459.
Views as to annexing conditions with new states
on their admission, 288, 298, 492. Views as to pro-
visions in regard to the territory and public lands
of the United States and the states, 493, 495, 497.
Thinks assent of the states should be required for

purchases therein, 512. Opposes rotation in office,
366. Thinks Congress should be at liberty to call
a convention to amend the Constitution, 498.
Proposes to submit the Constitution to a second
general convention, 356. Views as to the mode
of ratifying the Constitution, 498, 499, 500, 501,
502. Views on the Constitution as adopted, 556.
Suggests the form of signing the Constitution,
555. Signs the Constitution, 565. Examines
Mr. Madison's report of his speech of May 2,
1787, 122.

MORRIS, ROBERT. See FINANCE. Dr. Lee in-
imical to him, 62, 80. His character and services
vindicated, 62. Proposes a credit to the states
redeeming more than their quotas, 7. Represents
his difficulties and the impossibility of relieving
the army, 21. Lays the state of the finances
before a committee of Congress, 21, 26. Con-
ference with him on the arrears of the army, 24.
Communicates to Congress his intention to re-
sign, 29, 62. Makes a provision privately for
paying a portion of the arrears to the army, 30.
Proposes a general system of revenue, 64. Rep-
resents the low state of public credit, 67. Call
by Dr. Lee for a specific report from, 88.
gress examines the department of finance, 88, 91.
Attends the Federal Convention, 123. Proposes
Gen. Washington as President, 123. Objects to
equal vote of large and small states in the Con-
vention, 125. Proposes that the term of the
Senate be during good behavior, 241. Signs the
Constitution, 565. Not a native of the United
States, 412.

N.

Con-

NANTUCKET applies for licenses for whalers, 73.
NASH, ABNER, represents North Carolina, in
Congress, 1. Sent to Rhode Island to urge im-
post, 14. Voted for as president of Congress, 1.
NATIONS. See LAW OF NATIONS.

NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, Mr. Madison's
views as to what its powers should be, 107.
NATIONAL SYSTEM, objected to, in the desig-
nation of the government, 132, 214. Compared
with a federal one, 133, 191, 193, 198, 199, 206, 214,
220, 256. Not to encroach unnecessarily on the
states, 139. Requires to be strengthened against
the states, 201, 256. Will destroy the states, 202.
Only one fitted for an extensive country, 202.
Adopted, in preference to a federal one, 212
Ought not to destroy the states, 212.
NATIVE, members of Congress should be, 398,
411. President to be, 507, 521, 562.
NATURALIZATION, law of, to be uniform, 143,
378, 560. Provision to be made for, 120, 398, 411.
NAVIGATION, licenses to protect whalers, 73.
Fostered by treaty with Russia, 89. Of the Mis-
sissippi, 97, 100, 101, 102, 105, 107. Protection of,
119. Of the Potomac, 570. Internal, 446. How
to be passed in Congress, 130, 379, 461, 471, 489,
Compromise between the Northern and
Southern States relative to, 460, 461, 471, 489.
NAVY, reorganization of department of, 82. Stip-
ulation against one on the lakes, 89. Power of
Congress in regard to, 130, 379, 443, 561. Com-
mand of, by the President, 131, 205, 380, 562.
Not to be kept by states during peace, 131, 381,
548, 561. Eligibility of its officers to Congress,
422, 425. Superintendence of, 446.
NEGATIVE, of state laws by Congress, 108, 121,
127, 132, 140, 170, 190, 193, 205, 210, 215, 248, 321,
468, 548. Of legislative acts by a council of re-
vision, 128, 151, 164, 344, 428. Of legislative
acts by the President, 130, 151, 190, 205, 328, 348,
349, 358, 376, 378, 385, 534, 560. Of the Senate
on state laws, 173. Of the Senate on appoint-
ments by the President, 349, 507, 523, 562.
one House on the other, 377, 382, 415. Of the
British king, 151, 152, 17 346. Of Parliament
on colonial laws, 173.

534.

Of

NEGLECT by executive, ground of impeachment,

149, 190, 340, 369, 376.
NEGOTIATIONS, with the British for peace, at
Paris, 65. With the British, relative to a com-
mercial treaty, 88. With Spain, 97, 100, 102, 107.
With Sweden, 12. Conduct of France during
those for peace, 16, 65, 68, 73, 74. Propriety of
disclosing their situation, 42. With Gardoqui,
97, 100, 102.

NEGROES. See SLAVES. Proposal to exclude
them, in fixing quota of taxation, 48, 79. To be
reported, by states, to Congress, 46. Their pro-
portion to whites, in fixing the proportion of con-
tribution, 79, 81, 82. British required to deliver
those taken, 88, 90.
NEUTRALITY, 91.

NEWBURG LETTERS, 32.

NEW HAMPSHIRE, her delegates in Congress,
November, 1782, 1. Redeems paper money be-
yond her quota, 7. Opposes a commutation of
half pay, 44. Interested in a general revenue,
59. Refuses to join the proposed convention of
the Eastern States, 81. Number of inhabitants,
and proportion of contribution in 1783, 82. Votes
for Mr. Boudinot as president, 1. Appoints dele-
gates to the convention at Annapolis, 115.
Delegates to the Federal Convention, 261, 351.
Proportion of representation in the House of
Representatives before a census, 129, 288, 290,
316, 375, 377, 559. Proportion of representation in
the Senate before a census, 129. Proposal to
change its proportion of representation, 290, 306.
Proportion of electors of President, 338, 339.
Proceedings of its legislature on the Federal
Constitution, 567. Opinions there on the Fed-
eral Constitution, 570, 573.

NEW JERSEY, her delegates in Congress, No-
vember, 1782, 1. Objects to military measures
against Vermont, 9. Opposes a commutation of
half pay, 44. Instructions relative to the valua-
tion of land, 46. Interested in a general revenue
and system of public lands, 59. Number of in-
habitants and proportion of contribution in 1784,
82. Instructions relative to cessions of public
land, 91, 92. Desires to confine Virginia within
the Alleghany, 93. Averse to Cyrus Griffin as
president of Congress, 572. Her situation during
the Confederation in regard to foreign commerce,
112. Sends delegates to the convention at An-
napolis, 115. Sends delegates to the Federal
Convention, 123, 220. Proportion of representa-
tion in the House of Representatives before a
census, 129, 288, 290, 316, 375, 377. Proportion
of representation in the Senate before a census,
129. Will resist a representation in which the
states are not equal, 177. Opposes a departure
from the principles of the Confederation, 191.
Her resistance to the requisitions of Congress,
207. Proportion of electors of President, 338,
339. Opinions on the Federal Constitution, 567,
568, 570.

NEW ORLEANS, 97.

NEW STATES. See STATES, VERMONT, Ken-
TUCKY. Rule of voting in the Confederation
when new states are received, 92. One in
Western Pennsylvania proposed, 10, 32. One in
Western North Carolina proposed, 92. Maine
looks for admission, 572. Provision to be made
in the Constitution for their admission, 128, 157,
190, 211, 376, 381. May be admitted by Congress,
132, 157, 192, 381, 492, 493, 550, 564. Proposed
to restrain them as to right of representation,
279, 288, 297, 298, 299, 310. Conditions on
their admission, 381, 492.

NEW YORK CITY proposed as seat of Congress,
102, 409, 574.

NEW YORK STATE, her delegates in Congress,
November, 1782, 1. Charged with interfering
with Vermont, 4. Interested in a general rev-
enue, 59. Number of inhabitants and proportion
of contribution in 1783, 82. Votes for Mr. Nash
as president, 1. Sends delegates to the conven-

tion at Annapolis, 115. Proposes a general con
vention to revise the Confederation, 75, 117
Delegates to the Federal Convention, 96, 106
123, 144. Proportion of representation in the
House of Representatives before a census, 129,
288, 290, 316, 375, 377. Proportion of representa
tion in the Senate before a census, 129. Opposes

a departure from the principles of the Confedera-
tion, 191. Proportion of electors of President,
338, 339.

NOMINATION, of senators, by the state legisla
tures, 128, 137, 138. Of judges by the Senate,
subject to the assent of the President, 350.
NOBILITY, no title of, to be conferred by Con-
gress, 130, 379. No title to be conferred by the
states, 131, 381, 561. Cannot exist in the United
States, 148, 235, 237, 379.

NORTH CAROLINA, her delegates in Congress,
November, 1782, 1. Advocates valuation of land

being made by the states, 47. Interested in a
general revenue, 60. Number of inhabitants,
and proportion of contribution, in 1781, 82. New
state in, proposed, 92. Communicates to Con-
gress discontents in the west in regard to Spain,
101. Opinions there on Federal Constitution,
571. Her situation during the Confederation in
regard to foreign commerce, 112. Appoints dele-
gates to the convention at Annapolis, 115.
Sends delegates to the Federal Convention, 123
Proportion of representation in the House of
Representatives before a census, 129, 288, 290,
316, 375, 377, 559. Proportion of representation
in the Senate before a census, 129. Proposal to
increase the proportion of representation, 292.
Proportion of electors of President, 338, 339.
NUMBER, of inhabitants to form rule of represen-
tation in the legislature, 127, 129, 130, 149, 278,
290, 294, 316, 375, 377, 392. Of people to be
ascertained by census, 129, 130, 279, 28, 294,
301, 302, 307, 316, 375, 377, 379, 559. Of which
the House of Representatives is to consist before
a census, 129, 274, 288, 290, 316, 375, 377, 559.
Of which the House of Representatives is to
consist, 129, 279, 288, 294, 375, 377, 394, 452, 512,
530, 534, 557. Of which the Senate is to consist
before a census, 129. Of which the Senate is to
consist, 129, 137, 139, 166, 266, 311, 356, 377, 559.
Of which the executive is to consist, 140, 149,
192, 195, 197, 205, 322, 358, 375, 380, 471, 561.
Of states required to ratify the Constitution, 158,
354, 381, 498, 533. Of inhabitants authorizing a
representative, 274, 278, 288, 377, 392. Of slaves
to be included in apportioning representation,
192, 281, 288, 290, 300, 302, 316, 375, 377, 379, 391,
559. Of inhabitants to form the rule of direct
taxation, 302, 316, 375, 379. Of electors of
President, 338, 339, 362, 507, 520, 562. Of sen-
ators from each state, 356, 377, 559. Necessary
for a quorum in Congress, 130, 378, 405, 539,
Of representatives of the large states to be
limited, 452. Necessary to convict on impeach-
ment, 529.

0.

OATH, to support the Constitution, 128, 157, 182,
190, 351, 381, 564. To be taken by the President,
131, 380, 481, 562. Not to be accompanied with
a religious test, 446, 498, 564. To be taken by
senators, in trying impeachments, 529, 559.
OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS, 485, 561.
OFFENCES, against law of nations to be legis-
lated on by Congress, 130, 378, 487, 561. To be
tried in the state where committed, 131, 381, 563.
Against the Constitution to be adjudged in the
state courts, 192. To be defined by Congress,

437.

OFFICE, no other to be held by judges, 192.
Senators to be eligible to those of the states, 247
Electors of President not to hold, 343, 515, 520,
562. Persons convicted on impeachment to be
removed from, 381, 446, 559. Appointment to

national ones by the state authorities, 475. No
appointment to be made to any not previously
created by law, 474, 528, 529. Not to be held by
members of the legislature, 127, 130, 185, 189,
190, 229, 230, 247, 375, 378, 420, 503, 505, 560.
Term of that of President, 128, 190, 192, 203, 205,
325, 335, 338, 342, 375, 380, 562. Term of that
of judiciary, 128, 131, 156, 190, 330, 376, 380, 563.
Appointment to, by the President and Senate,
131, 329, 349, 507, 516, 524, 562. Appointment
to, by the Senate, 131, 156, 379. Appointment
to, by the President, 141, 155, 190, 325, 329, 334,
369, 376, 380, 421, 474. Rotation in, 142. Avid-
ity in seeking it, 146. Appointment to, by Con-
gress, 128, 155.

OFFICERS, (see ARMY, HALF PAY,) of the army
ought not to be promoted by districts, 10. Civil,
appointed by Congress, 35. Of the army to be
indemnified, 80. Of the states to take an oath
to support the Constitution, 128, 157, 183, 191,
564. Of the House of Representatives to be
chosen by it, 129, 377, 559. Of the Senate to be
chosen by it, 129, 377, 401, 559. Of the govern-
ment cannot be members of the legislature, 127,
130, 189, 190, 373, 375, 378, 420, 560. To be
commissioned by the President, 131, 380, 562.
Liable to impeachment, 188, 380, 446, 559. Their
compensation to be fixed by the representatives,
274. To possess property qualification, 371. Of
the army and navy ineligible in Congress, 422,
424. Appointment of those of the militia, 443,
445, 451, 464, 561. Ineligible to other offices,
446. Not to accept presents or titles, 467, 561.
None to be appointed to offices not previously
created by law, 474. Not to be appointed electors
of President, 343, 515, 520, 562. To be removed
on conviction, under an impeachment, 529, 559.
OPINIONS, of the judges to be given to the Pres-
ident and Congress, 445. Of the members of the
council to be given to the President, 446. Of the
heads of departments to be given to the Pres-
ident, 507, 525, 562.

ORDINANCE, relative to Court of Appeals, 2.
Relative to franking, 12. Relative to captures,
16, 18. Relative to piracy, 44.

ORIGINATION, of acts to belong to each branch of
the legislature, 127, 139, 375, 378. Of money
bills must be in the House of Representatives,
129, 188, 274, 282, 316, 375, 377, 394, 397, 410,
414, 423, 427, 452, 510, 529, 560.

OSGOOD, SAMUEL, represents Massachusetts
in Congress, 1. Opposes partial exchanges of
prisoners, 1. Proposes to fill vacancy in Court
of Appeals, 2. Sent to Rhode Island to urge im-
post, 14.
Opposes disclosure of negotiations
relative to confiscations and British debts, 26.
Remarks on proportion of freemen to slaves in
fixing contributions of states, 79. Explains char-
acter of the proposed convention of Eastern
States, 80.

P.

PAMPHLET of Lord Sheffield, 99.
PAPER MONEY, redeemed by states beyond their
quotas, to be credited, 7, 14. Plan for redeem-
ing it, 8, 14. Its depreciation in 1782, 14, 18.
New emissions by states feared, 120. Difficulties
under the Confederation, 112, 119, 126. Emission
of, by Congress, 130, 378, 434, 435. Prohibited to
the states, 131, 172, 208, 381, 484, 561.
PARDON, granted by the President, 131, 380, 480,
549, 562. Not to extend to impeachments, 131,
380, 480, 562. In cases of treason, 435.
PARLIAMENT, speech to, December 5, 1782, 50.
PASSPORTS, extent to which trade under them
should be allowed, 43, 47. Colonel Laurens ap-
plies to British for one, 1. Goods seized when
under passport to prisoners, 28, 50, 54.
PATENTS, power of Congress in regard to, 440,
511, 560.

PATTERSON, WILLIAM, attends Federal Con-

vention, 123. Urges the settlement of the pro-
portion of representation, 157. Thinks the proper
object of the Convention a mere revision and
extension of the Articles of Confederation, 176.
Wishes to preserve efficiency of the state govern-
ments, 176. Offers a plan in a series of resolu-
tions, 191. His plan compared with that of Mr.
Randolph, 193, 207. Thinks plan of Mr. Ran-
dolph beyond the authority of the Convention,
194. Contends for the states having an equal
vote, 194, 195. Wishes the laws of the Confed-
eration to be acted upon through the state ju-
diciaries, 195. His plan rejected, 211. Wishes
New Hampshire delegates sent for, 261. Com-
plains of the course pursued towards the small
states, 278, 318. Insists on the equal vote of the
states in the Senate, 286, 318. Objects to a pro-
portional representation in either House, 289.
Proposes the election of the President by elect-
ors appointed by the states, 336. Signs the Con-
stitution, 565.

PAY, provision for, asked by army, 24, 55. Re-
port on providing for, 44. Discussion on pay
of army, 55, 57, 61, 64, 72, 73. Amount of, 83.
Of the President, 128, 131, 145, 190, 343, 369,
376, 380, 562. That of President not to be in-
creased or diminished during his term, 128, 131,
153, 369, 376, 380, 562. Of President to be paid
out of the national treasury, 343, 369. Of electors
of President, 344. Of the senators, 127, 130, 187,
190, 246, 271, 375, 378, 404, 425, 560. Of sena-
tors to be paid by the states, 187, 246, 378, 381.
Of the representatives, 127, 130, 185, 190, 225,
230, 375, 376, 404, 425, 560. Of members of Con-
gress to be paid out of the national treasury, 185,
189, 225, 230, 426. Of members of Congress to
be paid by the states, 210, 226, 378. How that
of members of Congress should be fixed, 404, 426.
That of judges, 128, 156, 190, 330, 376, 380, 481,
563. No increase or diminution of that of judges
during their term, 128, 156, 190, 330, 376, 380,
482, 563. It ought to be adequate, 136, 228, 482.
Struggles to obtain it, 147. It ought to be fixed,
184, 227, 426, 427.

PAYMENT, no tender to be authorized by the
states but gold or silver, 131, 381, 561.
PEACE, negotiations by British at Paris, 65. Ex-
tent to which France is to control its terms, 18.
Prospects of peace, 50. Conduct of the American
commissioners toward France in negotiating, 31,
68, 73, 74. News of signing preliminaries, 74,
84. Proclamation of, 84. Peace establishment,
Members of Congress may be arrested for
breach of, 130, 378, 560. When troops may be
kept during, 131, 381, 445. Ought not to depend
on the executive, 140. Cases affecting national,
to be tried by national judiciary, 188, 332, 376.
To be made by Congress, 439.

82.

PENNSYLVANIA, her contest with Connecticut,
19. Her delegates in Congress, November, 1782,
1. Proposes to provide for public creditors with-
in her own state, 5, 11, 34, 36, 42. New state
within her limits proposed, 10. Proceedings

relative to goods sent to prisoners under pass-
port, 27, 50, 54. Petition of some inhabitants for
new state, 31. Controversy with Virginia about
territory, 32. Large amount of public debt held
by her citizens, 42. Complains of obscurity of
ordinance about piracy, 44. Desires to confine
Virginia within the Alleghany, 93. Arbitrary
conduct of its colonial governors, 152. Violates
the Articles of Confederation, 208. Sends dele-
gates to the Federal Convention, 123, 124. Pro-
poses Gen. Washington as President of the Con-
vention, 123. Objects to equal vote of large and
small states in the Convention, 125. Desires a
proportional representation in both branches of
Congress, 240. Proportion of electors of President,
338, 339. Proportion of representation in the
Senate before a census, 129. Proportion of rep-
resentation in the House of Representatives be
fore a census, 129, 288, 290, 316, 375, 37′′ Pro-
ceedings of legislature on the Federal Consti-
tution, 567, 572. Opinions there on the Federal