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INDEX.

General Explanations of Government,

Declaration of Rights and Preamble to the Columbian

Constitution,

Columbian Constitution being amendment,

A-Proof that the Majority should govern,

Particular explanations of Government,

B-On the necessity of changing the name of our coun-
try for Columbia,

That Canada should be independent, extracts from
Washington's letters, concerning Canada,"
Washington's Address to the French in 1796,

25

27

115

26-ib.

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27-116

122

127'

Of British Canada withholding our independence and
worth of country

129

North America is the country of Franklin and Wash-
ington, and proof that Britain has no right,

132

On British pretended retaliation and abuse,

136

France first settled Canada,

138

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-E-Districts instead of the several States, Sect. 2.
Court and town houses called Capitols and Temples,
Sect. 3,

F-Annual meetings of State, Article II.
G-Sovereign Officers constituting a legislative body
in every town, county and district, similar to Con-
gress, Article III.

H-Sect. 2.

I-Proportioned number of officers, every fifth voter
elected actor, &c. Sect. 4.

J-The right of suffrage restored to the poor, Sect. 4.
K-Of qualifications required for Sovereign Officers,
L-Foreigners ineligible to office, Sect. 6.
M-Of incorporated companies,

Form of commissions and terms of the service of
Sovereign Officers,

33-ib.

34-141

35-ib.
36-143
37-ib.
ib.-144

38-ib.

ib.

N-All meetings to elect a chairman, superintendants,
regulations, &c. Article IV.

39-145

O-Voters to prepare their own votes,

41-146

P-The use of recording all men's names, Sect. 7.
Q-Importance of the press,

43-ib.

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ib.-ib.

R-Clerks to manage in meeting,

44-147

S-Union effected by casting lots out of only four cer-
tain ranks of sovereign officers not having two-
thirds of the votes,

ib.-ib.

A

T-Actors elected from five classes without nomina-
tions, and every fifth voter elected actor, Art. V.
U-Directors elected and actors being their candi

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dates, Sect. 2.
Commissioners elected and directors their candi-
dates, Sect. 3.

45-149

47-ib.

itib.

Representers elected from commissioners, &c. Sect. 4. 48
Legislators elected from representers in the same
manner, Sect. 5.

Mediators elected from legislators, Sect. 6.
V-Minor presidents elected, also of president's gen-

eral, Article VI.

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Major presidents, elected from minor presidents,

Sect. 2.

Special presidents elected from major presidents,

Sect. 3.

The general president elected from special presi-
dents, nominations avoided, Sect. 4.

W-Talent, Article VII.

X-Annual expense of government, $2,207,563 16,

Sect. 2.

Officers now in office may continue but change their
titles,

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49

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51-151

52

53

54

57-ib.

ib.ib.

59

ib.--153

Y-The ruin of our several states by clashing opposi-
tion, Sect. 2.5
Z-The misery of hereditary power in a part of the
legislative branches while elective in the others, 60-154
AA-The adoption of the Columbian Constitution in
perfect peace and harmony, and without much
perceivable alterations of state affairs, laws, &c.
Sect. 3
BB-Concerning slaves not to be held north and west
of a certain line, and concerning their represen-
tation, &c. Sect. 4.

ib.-156

61-ib.

63-160

CC-Concerning turnpike roads, Sect. 2,
DD-Map of Columbia, by which a geography of the
country is comprehended at one view, Article XII. ib—ib.
EE-Concerning intersected counties by district lines,

Sect. 2.

FF-A people ought to understand the situation of
their country's minor authority as well as general,
-Article XIII.

GG-Concerning the judiciary, Article XIV.
HH-Military and observations thereon, Art. XV.

The general president's executive council, Sect. 3.
II-General currency, its advantages, and the ruinous
tendency of banks,

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64-161

ib.-ib.

65-ib.

ib.-162

69

72-165

84

JJ-Exemption from taxation and the ruin of foreign

commerce by taxing the industrious, Art. XVIII. 16.-173
Extracts from Doctor Franklin's letter,

KK-Asserted titles of individual lands, and estimation

of common lands, necessary for independence,
Article XXIV.

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LL-Weights and Measures to be arranged to decimal
fractions, Article XX.

MM-Encourage our Manufactures, Article XX.

Colleges and other schools to be free for the poor
as well as the rich

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General benevolent establishment
NN-Concerning pardoning and protecting British
enemies, Article XXIV.

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89-186

91-ib.
92-187

93

ib.

94-16..

00-A bare majority in Congress being of the great-
est importance to constitute the national will in
laying embargoes, declaring war, &c. and
one or the other of two articles as an amend-
ment to the Columbian Constitution,
Original Constitution of the United States,
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, 111
Address,

97-189

98

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