546 to 530 MADISON'S REPORT on the Virginia Resolutions, AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. H. R. August 13, 1789. - ..... 474 404 AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION; Election of President, Senate, son, 494. (With Extracts from the Journal of the Federal Convention on APPOINTMENT; Panama Mission. Senate, March, 1826. - Berrien,.. 480 to 483 1797. Gallatin, Nicholas,. 439 419 to 422 45 609 to 61 61 BANKS. Mr. Jefferson. Extract referred to by Mr. Madison,.. - - Hopkinson, 470. Tyler, Buchanan, 601 475 Mr. Madison to C. J. Ingersoll, February, 1831, COLUMBIA, DISTRICT of, Case of J. P. Van Ness. 17, 1803.- Van Ness, Bacon, To re-cede the District. H. R. February 9, 1803. Bayard, - DEBT, DOMESTIC. H. R. February 22, 1790. — Smith, S. C. 405. Madison, 406 DUTIES. May 15, 1789.-White, Madison, Clymer, Carroll, 345. Wadsworth, DUTIES OR LICENSES. H. R. December 31, 1800.- Bird, . EMBARGO, to suspend. H. R. April 19, 1808. —Quincy, 455. Key,.................. 626 347 442 451 456 .... Page. EMBARGOES, to regulate and revoke. H. R. May 29, 1794. — Madison, 433 .... ....... 599 - Giles, 426. 427 Williamson, Madison, ... Thacher,..... December 5, 1815. - Madison, Bonus Bill. H. R. February, 1817.- Picker- 434 435 461 468 .... IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE CHASE. H. R. February 21, 1805.- Hop- JUDICIAL SYSTEM. Senate, April 7, 1826. — Mr. Van Buren, 485. Wood- LOUISIANA TREATY. H. R. October 25, 1803. Elliot, Mitchell, Smilie, 478 487 ..... 474 LYON, MATTHEW, Petition of. Senate, March, 1821. —Smith,. PATRONAGE, Foreign Intercourse Bill. H. R. January 18, 1798. .... ........ POST OFFICE. Bill to authorize the President to choose a Mail Route. 424 -, (Amendment,) Senate, 1826. - Van Buren, 488 PUBLIC LANDS for Internal Improvements, February 13, 1807.- Bayard,... 455 REFUGEES, ST. DOMINGO, Bill for the Relief of. H. R. January 10, 1794. REMOVAL, POWER OF, by the President, on the Bill establishing the "De- 488 522 350 seven Resolutions, RESTRICTIONS, COMMERCIAL. H. R. January 31, 1794.- Madison,... 432 - ... 453 440 ........ 598 RETALIATION for Aggression. H. R. May 23, 1798.- Sitgreaves, .... 411 483 ....593 (Abolition.) Report on circulating, through the United States Webster, [closing remarks,] 516, 519. TARIFF. H. R. April 26, 1820.- Clay,.. Hayne, [in reply,] 509 to 516. Grundy, 521. (Nullification.) President Jackson's PROCLAMATION, of the 10th ... Mr. Madison to Mr. Cabell, dated September-October, 1828, 600 to 608 TREATY-MAKING POWER, (Jay's.) H. R. March 23, 1796. — Murray, 466 Gallatin, 435. Madison, 436. Lyman, VETO. Monroe's Objections to An Act for the Preservation of the Cumberland Jackson's Objections to "An Act authorizing a Subscription to the 525 a short History of the, 620 ..... VETOES by different Presidents, List of the, 624 DEBATES IN THE CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ON THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. At a Convention, begun and held at Hillsborough, the 21st day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and of the Independence of America the 13th, in pursuance of a resolution of the last General Assembly, for the purpose of deliberating and determining on the proposed Plan of Federal Government,— A MAJORITY of those who were duly elected as members of this Convention being met at the church, they proceeded to the election of a president, when his excellency, Samuel Johnston, Esq., was unanimously chosen, and conducted to the chair accordingly. The house then elected Mr. John Hunt and Mr. James Taylor clerks to the Convention, and also appointed door-keepers, &c. The house then appointed a select committee to prepare and propose certain rules and regulations for the government of the Convention in the discussion of the Constitution. The committee consisted of Messrs. Davie, Person, Iredell, I. M'Donald, Battle, Spaight, and the Hon. Samuel Spencer, Esq. The Convention then appointed a committee of three members from each district, as a committee of privileges and elections, consisting of Messrs. Spencer, Irwin, Caldwell, Person, A. Mebane, Joseph Taylor, M'Dowall, J. Brown, J. Johnston, Davie, Peebles, E. Gray, Gregory, Iredell, Cabarrus, I. G. Blount, Keais, B. Williams, T. Brown, Maclaine, Foster, Clinton, J. Willis, Grove, J. Stewart, Martin, and Tipton The Convention then adjourned till to-morrow morning. TUESDAY, July 22, 1788. The Convention met according to adjournment. The committee appointed for that purpose reported certain rules and regulations for the government of the Convention, which were twice read, and, with the exception of one article, were agreed to, and are as fol¿ows, viz: — VOL. IV. 1 1 "1. When the president assumes the chair, the members shall take their seats. "2. At the opening of the Convention, each day, the minutes of the preceding day shall be read, and be in the power of the Convention to be corrected, after which any business addressed to the chair may be proceeded upon. "3. No member shall be allowed to speak but in his place, and, after rising and addressing himself to the president, shall not proceed until permitted by the president. "4. No member speaking shall be interrupted but by a call to order by the president, or by a member through the president. "5. No person shall pass between the president and the person speaking. "6. No person shall be called upon for any words of heat, but on the day on which they were spoken. 7. No member to be referred to in debate by name. "8. The president shall be heard without interruption, and when he rises, the member up shall sit down. "9. The president himself, or by request, may call to order any member who shall transgress the rules; if a second time, the president may refer to him by name; the Convention may then examine and censure the member's conduct, he being allowed to extenuate or justify. "10. When two or more members are up together, the president shall determine who rose first. "11. A motion made and seconded shall be repeated by the president. A motion shall be reduced to writing if the president requires it. A motion may be withdrawn by the member making it, before any decision is had upon it. "12. The name of him who makes, and the name of him who seconds, the motion, shall be entered upon the minutes. "13. No member shall depart the service of the house without leave. "14. Whenever the house shall be divided upon any question, two or more tellers shall be appointed by the president, to number the members on each side. "15. No member shall come into the house, or remove from one place to another, with his hat on, except those of the Quaker profession. "16. Every member of a committee shall attend at the call of his chairman. "17. The yeas and nays may be called and entered on the minutes, when any two members require it. "18. Every member actually attending the Convention shall be in his place at the time to which the Convention stands adjourned, or within half an hour thereof." Mr. Lenoir moved, and was seconded by Mr. Person, that the return for Dobbs county should be read, which was accordingly read; whereupon. Mr. Lenoir presented the petition of sundry of the inhabitants of Dobbs county, complaining of an illegal election in the said county, and praying relief; which being also read, on motion of Mr. Lenoir, seconded by Mr. Davie, Resolved, That the said petition be referred to the committee of elections. Mr. Spaight presented the deposition of Benjamin Caswell, sheriff of Dobbs county, and a copy of the poll of an election held in the said county, for members to this Convention, and the depositions of William |