CONTENTS. Ante-Revolutionary History, Approaches towards Independence, Declaration of Independence, Political Rights and Sovereignty, Occurrences incident to Act of Confederation, Official Action accompanying Act of Confederation, Confederation, Debates, Articles, 507 to 508 1782. REPLY TO RHODE ISLAND OBJECTIONS TOUCHING IMPORT DUTIES. Dec. 16, 100 1784. POWERS OF CONGRESS TO REGULATE COMMERCE. April 30,... 1786. REPORT OF THE STATES ON THE REGULATION OF COMMERCE. Mar. 3, 108 1785. MADISON'S RESOLUTION FOR EMPOWERING CONGRESS TO REGULATE 106 1786. PROPOSITION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA. Jan. 21,..... 115 (ANNAPOLIS CONVENTION.) PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO REMEDY DEFECTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Sept. 11,...... 116 List of the Members who signed, (39.) Who never attended, (10.) Those Mr. EDMUND RANDOLPH'S FIFTEEN PROPOSITIONS, .. 139 .......141, 143 141 Mr. CHARLES PINCKNEY'S DRAFT OF A FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, 145 150 31. Right of Suffrage further considered; Legislative Rights,.......... 151 June 1. Executive Powers; Duties,... 154 2. Term of Service, Choice, Salary, limited Period, Ineligibility, Impeach- 14, 15. Mr. PATTERSON'S ELEVEN PROPOSITIONS, 16, 18. Mr. P.'s Propositions considered; Revisal of Confederation,. 175 177 Col. HAMILTON'S PLAN OF GOVERNMENT, in Eleven Propositions, 179 19. Mr. Patterson's Propositions postponed, 180 Mr. RANDOLPH'S NINETEEN RESOLUTIONS submitted, as altered, amend- 25. Second Branch chosen by the Legislatures; Service; Age, 30 Years,. 187 26. Biennial Term; Pay; Eligibility, 189 Office holding; holding; Ineligibility; Originating Acts, 190 28. Right of Suffrage in First or Second Branch,. 27. Right of Suffrage in the First Branch, according to the Confederation,. 191 19 29. Right of Suffrage; equal Vote in the Senate, 191- 30. New Hampshire Delegates requested to attend; equal Vote,.......... 192 July 2. Equal Vote in the Second Branch; Suffrage, 193 5. Report on Ratio of Representation; Money Bills to originate in the Money Bills not to be altered in the Second Branch; Appropriations; First Branch, 195 7. Use of the Philadelphia Library offered to the Convention; Equal Vote, 196 196 Census for the Population and Wealth, 197 10. Apportionment for, (65.) 197 Propositions to alter the Number of Representatives in New Hampshire, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, 198 11. Census; the "Three fifths of the Inhabitants of other Descriptions," &c. 199 203 Division of States hereafter, 204 14. Representatives hereafter not to exceed the Number of the original 787. Page July 17. Rights of the States to be protected; Negative on Laws,.... 206 Acts and Treaties the supreme Law, 207 Electors, their Appointment by the Legislature; Term,...... 208 20. Supreme Executive; Elections; Qualifications; Removable; Im- peachment, 212 21. Pay; Negative on Acts; Nomination and Appointment of Judges, .... 214 23. Amendments; Oath to support the Constitution, 215 Representation; Vote per Capita,.. 215 Reference of Proceedings; one from each State,.. 216 24 Supreme Executive appointed by State Electors,. 25. Supreme Executive, six Years in any twelve; Copies of Proceedings to be furnished each Member,. 218 26. National Executive; Seven Years proposed; to be ineligible a second Time; Qualification of landed Property,. 219 Pensioners disqualified, or Defaulters; Seat of Government not to be at REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL ON THE TWENTY-THREE RES- Aug. 6. Report delivered, and Copies furnished, September 12.). .. 223 224 6. DRAFT OF A CONSTITUTION BY THE COMMITTEE OF FIVE, (debated till ✔& Residence; Taxation; Representation,. ... 232 9. Vacancies; Resignations to be supplied by the Legislature; Qualifica- tions,. 234 10. Quorum; Attendance: Concurrence; Dissent, 236 11. Each House to keep a Journal and publish; publish; Adjournment, not more than three Days,... 238 13. Citizenship; Limitation; Money Bills, 240 14. Office prohibited; Pay, per Diem, $5; Mileage, same,. 241 18. Additional Powers to be vested, defined; Debts to be assumed,...... 247 249 21. Livingston's Report on "the Debts;" Requisitions,. 253 22. Rutledge's Report on sundry Amendments, 256 23. Report of Committee of Eleven; Militia; Offices; Treaties, 24. Slaves, limiting their Importation; Choice of President, ..... 261 .. 25. Debts; Slaves; Laws; Duties; Ports; Taxes, 264 27. Reprieves; Removal; Oath; Slavery; Controversies; Judiciary,..... 267 29. Bankruptcies; Fugitive Slaves; New States, 272 30. New States; Western Claims; needful Rules and Regulations; Re- ligious Test, 274 31. Representation; Constitution to be submitted to State Conventions; 12. PLAN OF THE CONSTITUTION, by the Committee of Revision of Five &c.,. 12. Letter to Congress on submitting the Constitution,. Operation, SUPPLEMENT. - Reception of the Report of the Convention by Congress, 318 ... RATIFICATIONS, showing the Order in which the Thirteen States of the old Page. Confederation adopted the Federal Constitution,. 8. South Carolina, May 23, 1788, ... .. June 21, 1788, 10. Virginia, June 26, 1788,. July 26, 1788, June 16, 1790, 319 .... ... Νου. 21, 1789, ..... 334 14. Vermont,......... Oct. 27, 1790, 337 1789. March 4. AMENDMENTS proposed at the First Congress, Returns of the Decisions of the States thereon,... AMENDMENTS - Third Congress, Second Session,. LUTHER MARTIN'S LETTER, disclosing the Proceedings of the Federal Convention, addressed to the Legislature of Maryland,............344 to 389 ROBERT YATES'S MINUTES of the Secret Debates of the Federal Con vention, from May 25 to June 5,...... ....389 to 479 YATES AND LANSING'S LETTER to the Governor of New York, furnishing their Reasons for not subscribing to the Constitution, 480 EDMUND RANDOLPH'S LETTER to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, Virginia, containing his Reasons for not subscribing to the Federal Con stitution, ..482 to 491 SHERMAN AND ELLSWORTH to the Governor of Connecticut,. 491 492 New York, 496 RICHARD HENRY LEE'S LETTER to the Governor of Virginia, 503 GOUVERNEUR MORRIS to General Washington, and also to Timothy Pickering, JAMES MADISON to Mr. Sparks, on G. Morris's Course in the Federal Convention, 507 Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each state, entitled to faith and Amendments to the Constitution, how made,.. Attainder of treason shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, |