CONTENTS OF THE SIXTH VOLUME. THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITU- TION. Progress of the world by mastery over the forces of nature By a better knowledge of the nature of justice The laws of morals may be proved by inductions from experience. First American union. Concert of the colonies in action, 1684 Effect of the revolution of 1688. Plan of union of William Penn Of Lord Stairs. Of Franklin in 1754. Of Lord Halifax Cession of western lands by New York and Virginia Washington appeals to the statesmen of Virginia . Reports of Luzerne. Pamphlet by William Barton The committee of three on the confederation and their report Schuyler proposes the union of New England and New York Congress establishes departments. The minister of war. of finance New Jersey demands for congress the power to regulate commerce Congress asks power to levy an impost. Protection of American industries. 27 New York sanctions a federal convention Hamilton elected to congress. Morris entreats a loan from France Rhode Island refuses the impost The king of England invites a cordial understanding with France. Commercial relations between America and England Fox refuses an invitation to join the ministry Coalition of Lord North and Fox. Debate in the peers. Shelburne's defence The ministry tottering. Pitt retires with dignity Ministry of Fox and the duke of Portland. The king against the ministry The unfair offers of Fox to America. Jay and the slave-trade England excludes American shipping from the British West Indies The king sure that America could establish no stable government. Regret that the treaty of peace had been made with the collective states The fur-traders induce Lord North to retain the interior American posts. Pitt 52 Fox and reform. The new colonial system of Great Britain. Financial scheme of Morris and the grand committee of congress The army to force the grant of new powers to the government Hamilton to Washington. Gouverneur Morris to Greene Mercer and Arthur Lee combat Madison Washington's meditations. His appeal to the governor of Virginia Meeting of officers of the army. Washington's address to them Result of the meeting. What congress did for the army. News of peace Madison proposes a plan for revenue Debt and resources of the United States. Slaves rated as five to three The financial report adopted. The appeal of congress to the states Timothy Pickering advises the exclusion of slavery The opportunity of the citizens of America The necessity of a supreme power The choice between union or anarchy followed by arbitrary power HOW THE LAND RECEIVED THE LEGACY OF WASHINGTON. June-December 1783. The officers of the army bid farewell to Washington He returns to Mount Vernon Jefferson's plan for international commerce. Accepted by congress Honors decreed to Washington by Virginia. |