NOTICES OF THIS WORK. Extract of a Letter, dated Montpelier, July 7, 1830. "Dear Sir: Being obliged, at my age, to economize my intellectual employments of every sort, I have only been able to glance over the selections illustrative of the Federal Constitution, you have appended to the last volume. They appear to be of a class which must add to the value of the work, such as that of which they make a part. With well wishes and respect, "Mr. ELLIOT. JAMES MADISON." Extract of a Letter, dated Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 28, 1830. "Dear Sir: I wish you to direct your Boston bookseller to send a copy of your work to the Law Library of Harvard College. I have not a doubt that it will find a ready sale among us. In a political view, I can scarcely imagine a more acceptable present to the public; and to statesmen it must be invaluable, as a r pository of facts, as well as of arguments, respecting the great points of constitutional law. I am, with great respect, your obliged and humble servant, "JONATHAN ELLIOT, Esq. JOSEPH STORY." From the Vice-President of the United States, dated Fort Hill, May 16, 1831. "Sir: I have looked over, with care, your compilation, and consider it a valuable collection of facts and arguments, calculated to shed much light on the nature of our political institutions. Such a work was greatly needed, and, if extensively circulated, must have a most salutary effect, by enlightening the public mind on points so important to be well understood as the powers and character of the general government. I wish you much success in so useful an undertaking. With respect, I am, &c. &c. "JONATHAN ELLIOT, Esq. J. C. CALHOUN." "A great body of valuable materials relative to the Federal Constitution is embraced in Mr. ELLIOT's work, published yesterday. The Debates and Proceedings of the General Convention, and the State Conventions, are given at large, as far as they have been reported. There is also a vast mass of matter touching the practice of the Constitution in the halls of Congress, and in the courts of the Union. Politicians must save labor by consulting it.' - National Intelligencer, May 28, 1830. P "Ample illustrations of the Federal Constitution have been produced, in a work just from the press, by Mr. ELLIOT, in which he has imbodied all the matter of the Journal of the Federal Convention, including Yates's Notes of Debates, Luther Martin's Letter, &c., at large; and a record of congressional opinions, collected from the files of forty years past, on controverted points on the Constitution. Such a work must possess a prominent interest, for the present as well as the future. To politicians or constitutional lawyers it will indeed be acceptable." — United States Telegraph of May 29, 1830. "The Federal Constitution.. Mr. JONATHAN ELLIOT has just published, in four volumes, a collection of valuable materials illustrative of the Constitution. Full indexes to the whole make it a work of convenient reference, and valuable to the private citizen as well as to the statesinan or constitutional lawyer. We trust that the work will receive a patronage commensurate with the great labor and cost of its preparation."— N. Journal, May, 1830. "The 'Debates on the Constitution,' a work which has lately been published by Mr. JONATHAN ELLIOT, of this city, in four volumes octavo, and which we briefly noticed a few days since, is one of the greatest importance that could have made its appearance at the present day. We cannot too strongly recommend it to all who desire to be enlightened upon the great questions which now occupy the public mind, as they will therein see the opinions as to the nature and powers of the Federal Government entertained at the time of its original organization, by many of the most eminent men of this country."- Bunner of the Constitution. by C. Raguet, Esq.. of June 8, 1830. Objections of certain States,. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,.............. NOTES ON POLITICAL RIGHTS AND SOVEreignty,. .... 1777. OCCURRENCES INCIDENT TO THE ACT OF CONFEDERATION, ........ .73, 75 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 1786. PROPOSITION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA. Jan. 21,............. 115 (ANNAPOLIS CONVENTION.) PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO List of the Members who signed, (39.) Who never attended, (10.) Those May 14. JOURNAL OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION: - 28-9. RULES,. ..... Mr. EDMUND RANDOLPH'S FIFTEEN PROPOSITIONS, Mr. CHARLES PINCKNEY'S DRAFT OF A FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, June 1. Executive Powers; Duties, Money Bills, 8. Representative Classes,. 9, 11. Executive Suffrage, Suffrage; Ratio; Vote,. Republican Constitution; Amendments,. 12. Term of Service; Salary,. 13. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Tribunal,. 14, 15. Mr. PATTERSON'S ELEVEN PROPOSITIONS, 4. Negative or Veto,.. 6. Inferior Tribunals; Negative on State Laws, 7. Elections by Districts,. 31. Right of Suffrage further considered; Legislative Rights,. 2. Term of Service, Choice, Salary, limited Period, Ineligibility, Impeach- 5. National Judiciary; New States, 16, 13. Mr. P.'s Propositions considered; Revisal of Confederation,. 177 Col. HAMILTON'S PLAN OF GOVERNMENT, in Eleven Propositions,. 179 19. Mr. Patterson's Propositions postponed, 180 20. Legislative, Judiciary, and Executive,. Mr. RANDOLPH'S NINETEEN RESOLUTIONS Submitted, as altered, amend- 181 183 21. Legislature; two Branches,. 184 22. Congressional Compensation; Age,. 185 23. Congressional Compensation, 186 25. Second Branch chosen by the Legislatures; Service; Age, 30 Years, 187 189 .... Office holding; Ineligibility; Originating Acts, 190 27. Right of Suffrage in the First Branch, according to the Confederation,. 191 191 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 193 Note. Census and Quotas in 1785, 194 6. Reference and Votes,.. 195 Money Bills not to be altered in the Second Branch; Appropriations; 195 7. Use of the Philadelphia Library offered to the Convention; Equal Vote, 196 .... 196 197 10. Apportionment for, (65.).. 197 Propositions to alter the Number of Representatives in New Hampshire, 198 11. Census; the "Three fifths of the Inhabitants of other Descriptions," &c. 199 14. Representatives hereafter not to exceed the Number of the original 787. Page. 18. National Judiciary; Nomination,. July 17. Rights of the States to be protected; Negative on Laws,. Electors, their Appointment by the Legislature; Term,. Inferior Tribunals; New States,. 19. National Executive; Electors' Term, 20. Supreme Executive; Elections; Qualifications; Removable; Im- .... 21. Pay; Negative on Acts; Nomination and Appointment of Judges, Reference of Proceedings; one from each State,..... 216 .... 24 Supreme Executive appointed by State Electors,. 217 218 26. National Executive; Seven Years proposed; to be ineligible a second 219 Pensioners disqualified, or Defaulters; Seat of Government not to be at 220 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL ON THE TWENTY-THREE RES- 221 Aug. 6. Report delivered, and Copies furnished, 7. Preamble, &c., considered in detail; Negative; Time of Meeting,. 9. Vacancies; Resignations to be supplied by the Legislature; Qualifica- 10. Quorum; Attendance: Concurrence; Dissent, 11. Each House to keep a Journal and publish; Adjournment, not more 223 6. DRAFT OF A CONSTITUTION BY THE COMMITTEE OF FIVE, (debated till 14. Office prohibited; Pay, per Diem, $5; Mileage, same, 18. Additional Powers to be vested, defined; Debts to be assumed,. 247 20. Propositions; Privileges, &c., referred to a Committee of Five; Council 249 21. Livingston's Report on "the Debts;" Requisitions,. 22. Rutledge's Report on sundry Amendments, 253 256 23. Report of Committee of Eleven; Militia; Offices; Treaties, 258 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 28. Commerce; Crimes; Bills; ex post facto Laws; Misdemeanors,. 270 272 30. New States; Western Claims; needful Rules and Regulations; Re- 274 31. Representation; Constitution to be submitted to State Conventions; 12. PLAN OF THE CONSTITUTION, by the Committee of Revision of Five 12. Letter to Congress on submitting the Constitution,. .285 to 297 .297 to 305 305 13. Johnson's Resolutions for Ratification, and putting the Constitution into 306 Madison's Minutes, completing the Journal; Votes, &c.,.... 307 317 SUPPLEMENT. - Reception of the Report of the Convention by Congress, 318 ... |