Habeas corpus, necessity for preserving right of, debated, ii., 261.
Hall, Levi, signs address from Rhode Island, i., 11, n.
Halsey, Thomas Lloyd, signs address from Rhode Island, i., 11, n.
Hamilton, Alexander, N. Y., attends convention, i., 1;
nominates William Jackson for secretary of the convention, 4;
Pierce's sketch of, 4, n.;
on committee on rules, 4;
moves representation by free inhabitants, 37;
favors absolute negative of executive on legislation, 70;
moves proportional voting in Senate, 121;
presents his plan of government, 152;
explains views on powers of the states, 185, 189;
opposes election of Representatives by state legislatures, 205;
favors three years' term for Representatives, 209;
opposes fixing compensation for Representatives, 211;
opposes ineligibility of Representatives to other offices, 215, 223;
favors centralized government, 241;
opposes prayers in convention, 260;
writes to Washington about public sentiment, 293, n.;
thinks citizenship and inhabitancy alone necessary for Representatives, iv., 144;
thinks President may be elected by a plurality of electors, 315;
appointed on committee on style and arrangement, 338;
favors increase in representation, 339;
favors easily made amendments, 340, 341;
thinks old Congress should sanction constitution, 342;
thinks constitution will be effective if ratified by nine states, 343;
moves a plan for ratification, 344;
withdraws it, 346;
favors two-thirds vote to override President's negative, 361;
urges members to sign constitution, 394.
Hamilton plan, presented, i., 152;
provisions of, 162;
text of, 164, n.
Houston, William, Ga., attends convention, i., 49;
moves increase in representation of Georgia, 325;
opposes continuance of existing state constitutions, 391;
favors additional representation of electors for New Hampshire and Georgia, ii., 10;
moves consideration of appointment of executive by electors, 39;
Pierce's sketch of, 39, n.;
moves election of executive by national legislature, 40.
Houstoun, William Churchill, N.J., attends convention, i., 1.
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Impeachment, of executive.
See
Executive, national, impeachability of;
Legislature, national, Senate.
Of judiciary.
See Judiciary, national, impeachment of.
Of national officers, provision for, struck out, i., 389;
to be suspended during trial, ii., 270.
Trials of, debated, i., 384, 385, ii., 259, 260, 297, 338.
Imports, power of states to tax, debated, ii., 264, 330;
duties on, uniformity of, agreed to, 291, 372.
Indians, power to legislate for, proposed, ii., 226.
Ingersoll, Jared, Pa., attends convention, i., 5;
considers signing to be recommending constitution, ii., 396;
Piezrce's sketch of, 396, n.
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Jackson, William, nominated for secretary of convention, i., 3;
elected, 4.
Jay, John, writes Washington against foreigners, ii., 48, n.
Jefferson, Thomas, Monroe to, ii., 56, n.;
Madison to, 126, n., 320, n.
Jenckes, John, signs address from Rhode Island, i., 2, n.
Jenifer, Daniel, of St. Thomas, Md., attends convention, i., 55;
favors three years' term for Representatives, 124;
Pierce's sketch of, 124, n.;
favors ineligibility of Representatives to other offices, 223;
moves postponement of question of voting in Senate, 225;
favors requirement that vessels must enter and clear in their own states, 295.
Jersey plan, the, submitted, i., 138;
text of, 139;
vote on, 185.
Jews, letter of, i., 323, n.
Johnson, William Samuel, Conn., attends convention, i., 55;
suggests compromise between Virginia and Jersey plans, 200;
Pierce's sketch of, 200, n.;
favors elections to Senate by state legislatures, 234;
favors representation by states in Senate, 261;
favors inclusion of blacks in basis of representation, 342;
thinks treason should be defined, ii., 204;
thinks there can be no treason against a state, 205;
on committee on navigation acts, 225;
thinks prohibition of ex post facto laws unnecessary, 228;
thinks double control of treaties difficult, 239;
thinks judiciary will decide controversies between states, 241;
thinks obligations of old government binding on new, 249;
suggests judiciary have power over equity cases, 256;
moves extension of judicial power to cases arising under the constitution, 259;
thinks acts of one state valid in courts of another state, 267;
on committee on interstate acts, 268;
thinks states cannot be dismembered, 276;
moves admission of states hereafter formed, 278;
thinks legislature may declare effect of state acts in states, 293;
appointed on committee on style and arrangement, 338;
submits report, 347;
favors provision for sumptuary legislation, 366;
on committee on sumptuary legislation, 366;
offers further report of committee on style and arrangement, 368.
Jones, Joseph, writes to Madison, ii., 366, n.
Journals of convention, disposition of, ii., 396, 397.
Judiciary, national,
supreme, agreed to, i., 75;
consideration of, postponed, 130;
debated, 384.
Appointment to, debated, i., 76, 130, 136, 384, ii., 25;
by legislature, vote on, i., 78;
by Senate, agreed to, 132;
by executive, vote on, 386, ii., 29;
by executive with consent of Senate, debate on, i., 385;
exclusion from, of those indebted to government, ii., 61, 235.
Compensation of, fixed, agreed to, i., 375;
power to increase, vote on, 387;
debated, ii., 258.
Impeachment of, trial by Senate proposed, ii., 227.
Impeachment, power of, struck out, i., 388;
debated, ii., 260.
Inferior tribunals, debate on instituting, i., 81, 83, 84, 387, 388, ii., 184;
power of legislature to refer cases to, struck out, 260.
Jurisdiction of, debated, i., 129, 130, 136, 388, ii., 227;
over controversies between states, debated, 241;
to cases in equity proposed, 256;
over controversies in which United States is a party, debated, 259;
to cases arising under the constitution, debated, 259;
appellate, debated, 259, 260;
to be directed by legislature, proposed, 260;
extension of, to land grants proposed, 261;
to land claims, 281, 282;
to impeachment trials proposed, 335, 336.
Negative of, inclusion with executive proposed, i., 69, 75, 91, 93;
over state laws, debated, 374;
debated, ii., 174, 256.
Revisionary power of, debated, i., 69, ii., 17, 175.
State, power of, over national laws, debate on, 372;
will be bound by national laws, 374.
Tenure of, i., 76, 385, ii., 256.
Jury trial, right of, provided for, ii., 261;
in civil cases debated, 363;
motion to preserve, 367.
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King, Rufus, Mass., attends convention, i., 1;
objects to report of committee on rules, 5;
Pierce's sketch of, 5, n.;
opposes representation by quotas of contributions, 36, 115;
notes of proceedings of convention, 39, n.;
opposes election of Senators by state legislatures, 44;
opposes inclusion of judiciary in council of revision, 69;
favors ratification of constitution by conventions, 81;
moves question of proportional representation, 115;
thinks Senate should have power to originate money bills, 133;
opposes sovereignty of the states, 186, 285;
insists upon election of Representatives by the people, 206;
favors national compensation for Representatives, 211;
opposes ineligibility of Representatives to other offices, 214, 219;
thinks New Hampshire deputies will attend, 272;
favors proportional representation in Senate, 281, 357;
thinks representation cannot be permanently fixed, 360;
on committee on question of representation, 307;
thinks slaves should count in representation, 322;
brings in report of committee on representation, 323;
thinks representation of the south too large, 323;
defends report on representation, 323;
opposes inclusion of three-fifths of blacks in representation, 338;
opposes representation by population, 345;
opposes ineligibility of executive to re-election, ii., 5, 42;
opposes short term for executive, 9;
opposes impeachability of executive, 13, 15;
favors ratification of constitution by legislatures, 35;
moves voting in Senate per capita, 37;
favors election of executive by state legislatures, 42;
proposes term of twenty years for executive, 43;
opposes election of executive by electors chosen by lot from legislature, 47;
opposes freehold qualification for electors, 61;
thinks legislature need not meet annually, 93;
thinks representation should exclude slaves, 110;
opposes leaving time and mode of election of Representatives to state legislatures, 128;
thinks less than a majority should be a quorum of legislature, 133;
thinks lowest number for a quorum may be fixed, 134, 135;
thinks legislature should not have power to change place of meeting, 139;
thinks state debts should be assumed by nation, 192, 193;
thinks state lands ought to be given up, 193;
appointed on grand committee, 193;
thinks states may punish treason under a different name, 205;
thinks national government should punish for treason, 206;
thinks treason against a state same as against nation, 207;
thinks slaves should be taxed, 223;
on committee on navigation acts, 225;
explains provisions as to militia, 230;
admits duty on slaves part of compromise agreement, 251;
moves to prohibit states from violating private contracts, 263;
moves to prohibit states from taxing exports, 266;
thinks states should regulate their own manufactures, 265;
thinks all the states must ratify constitution, 285;
moves that only states ratifying be operated on by constitution, 285;
thinks constitution must be ratified by conventions, 286;
thinks state constitution no bar to ratification, 287;
on committee of August 31, 292;
moves ineligibility of members of legislature to offices created during their term, 295, 296;
moves to obtain consent of state legislatures to purchases of lands for national purposes, 306;
thinks eventual election of President will be with Senate, 311;
moves that electors be not office-holders, 312;
favors change of clause relative to re-election of President, 313;
moves increase of number necessary to elect President, 319;
thinks Senate may share in appointments, 328;
objects to participation of two-thirds of Senate in treaties, 329;
opposes special provision for treaties of peace, 332;
moves special provision for treaties affecting national rights, 332;
thinks old Congress should consider constitution, 336;
on committee of style and arrangement, 338;
thinks old Congress need not sanction constitution, 345;
thinks President ought not to be suspended if impeached, 370;
thinks legislature should choose treasurer, 371;
thinks power to grant charters unnecessary, 373;
thinks publication of public expenditures impossible, 376;
opposes change in representation, 378;
thinks executive may pardon for treason, 382;
thinks guaranty of jury trials not necessary, 384;
urges additional representation, 392;
proposes journals of convention be disposed of, 396.
Knox, General Henry, writes to Washington on prospects of convention, ii., 158, n.
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