Republican government, United States.
Governor of territory, appointment, 229; qualifications, 229; duties, 230, 232; veto, 232.
Grant, U. S., on negro soldiers, 366; General Order, 366, 442. Grants, colonial, 159, 162. Great Seal, power of, 51.
Greeley, Horace, on Dred Scott decision, 352; American Conflict, 353, 442. Green, J. R., cited, 7, 22, 29, 59, 101, 104, 134, 197, 443.
Guaranty, of immunities of citizens, 257; of republican form of govern- ment, 258; of public debt, 214, 259, 375; of equal protection of the laws,
federation, 219; Works, 219, 269, 443; on the Constitution, 267, 268. Hare, J. I. C., cited, 319, 443. Harper's Magazine, 339, 414, 443. Hart, A. B., cited, 224, 280, 338, 386, 412, 443.
Henry I., CORONATION OATH AND CHARTER, 1-5; William of Malmes- bury on, 5; Roger of Wendover on, 6. Hinsdale, B. A., cited, 241, 443. Hitchcock, Henry, cited, 173, 443. Hoar, G. F., cited, 240, 408, 443. Holst, H. E. von, cited, 198, 223, 329, 354, 443.
Hosmer, J. K. cited, 38, 77, 109, 135, 443.
House of Representatives, apportion- ment, 245, 374; election to, 245-247; qualifications, 245, 374; number in, 246; powers of, 246, 247, 248, 253, 264. See also Congress. Howard's Reports, 340. Hurd, J. C., cited, 278, 443. Hurd, R. C., cited, 118, 443.
AMES II., arraigned, 123; abdicated, 124, 129. Jameson, J. A., cited, 174, 221, 443. Jameson, J. F., 280, 443.
Jefferson, Thomas, on Declaration of In- dependence, 192; Works, 192, 220, 273, 326, 443; on the Confederation, 219; on the Constitution, 272; on the Monroe Doctrine, 325.
Jews, regulation of debts due, 12, 13. John, MAGNA CHARTA, 9-25; prom- ises restorations, 20, 21; enforcement of Magna Charta on, 22.
Johnston, Alexander, cited, 367, 443. Journal of First Congress, 155, 444; legislative, 214, 248; Journals of Con gress, 164, 228, 444.
Judges, commission, 139, 256; salaries, 139, 256; removal, 139; independence, 171, 172, 185.
Judicial power of the United States,
how vested, 256. See also Courts. Jurors, qualifications, 51-52, 126; pen- alty for false verdict, 53; treatment, 54; return, 126.
Jury, trial by, for embezzling a record, 51; in civil cases, 51, 168, 262; ad- vantages of, 53; abuse, 124; right of colonies to, 156, 185; in criminal cases, 168, 262, 897; in territories, 233; in United States courts, 257, 262.- See also Jurors. Justiciaries, 14.
KEITH, SIR WILLIAM, on colonial
rights, 160; Taxing the British Colonists, 161, 444.
LAND, seizure for debt, 12; of felons, 16.- See also Property.
Laws, paramount, 18, 19, 68, 69, 71, 82, 168, 234; faithful execution of, 256; Constitution the supreme, 259; due process, 262, 374; not violated by Missouri Compromise, 349; equal protection guaranteed, 374. Lay tenement, 15.
Lecky, W. E. H., cited, 199, 444. Legislative power, how vested, in Com- monwealth, 85, 94; in the United States, 245. See also Congress, Northwest Territory, Parliament. Legislative punishments, forbidden, 82, 251, 252.
Lincoln, Abraham, PROCLAMATION
OF EMANCIPATION, 358-364; Com- plete Works, 358, 362, 444; on Eman- cipation Proclamation, 366, 367. Livermore, George, cited, 197, 444. Loans, forced, forbidden, 67; exacted, 68.
Lodge, H. C., cited, 202, 416, 444. London, aids, 13; ancient liberties, 13; gives up charter, 143.
Long, J. D., on duty to dependencies, 399; Address before the Home Market Club, 401, 444.
Lord Protector, chief magistrate, 85; assisted by council, 85; writs in his name, 85; powers, 86, 92, 94; succes- sion, 95; Oliver Cromwell first, 95; to take oath, 97. Lowell, J. R., cited, 380, 444. Luffman, J., cited, 132.
McCall, S. W., cited, 370, 444. MCCULLOCH vs. THE STATE OF MARY-
LAND, text, 312-316; contemporary exposition, 316-318; critical comment, 318-320.
McKinley, William, ANNUAL MES- SAGES, 388-397; on war with Spain, 388-391, 398; on relation with Cuba, 390-394; on duty to dependencies, 391, 394-399; Speech at the Home Market Club, 399, 444.
Mackintosh, Sir James, cited, 28, 444. McLaughlin, A. C., cited, 284, 384, 444.
McMaster, J. B., cited, 337, 444.
Madison, James, on Monroe Doctrine, 326; Works, 327, 444. MAGNA CHARTA, text, 9-25; contem- porary exposition, 25-26; critical comment, 27-33; enforcement, 22; confirmed, 43; pleadable, 43: para- mount law, 43; read in churches, 43; penalty for breaking, 43; in Petition of Right, 68, 69; claimed by colonists, 144, 147, 159.
Maletote of wools, released, 44. Malmesbury, William of, 5, 444. Manors, in king's demesne, rent of, 15. Marque and reprisal, control of letters, 207, 209, 213, 250, 252. Marriage, freedom, 2, 3.
Marshall, John, cited, 152, 444; deliv- ers McCulloch vs. Maryland decision,
Medley, D. J., cited, 113, 445. Merchants, security and freedom of transit, 18.
Merriman, R. B., Life of Thomas Crom- well, 36, 445.
Message, the president's, 255.
Military service, abroad, 45, 81; im- pressment of colonists, 186.
Militia, of Commonwealth, 82; a safe-
guard, 168, 208, 261; control of, 250. Minot, G. R., on Washington's Farewell Address, 308.
Missouri Compromise, unconstitutional,
345; and rights of property, 345, 349. Money, regulation and coinage, 211,
213, 250, 252; power to borrow, 212, 213, 250; counterfeiting, 250. Monroe, James, MONROE DOCTRINE, 321-323.
MONROE DOCTRINE, text, 321-323; contemporary exposition, 323-328; critical comment, 329-339. Morality and government, 298-299. Morse, J. T., cited, 330, 370, 445. Morte d'Ancestor, trial upon writ of, 14. Mulford, Elisha, cited, 221, 445.
Nicolay, J. G., and Hay, J., cited, 368, 445.
Niles, Hezekiah, on McCulloch
Maryland, 316; Niles' Weekly Reg- ister, 317, 318, 445. Nobility, titles forbidden, 207, 252. NORTHWEST ORDINANCE, text, 228- 236; contemporary exposition 237- 238; critical comment, 238-243. Northwest Territory, property in, 228; government, 229-233; future state- hood, 233, 235, 236; compact with, 233; bill of rights, 233; part of the Confederation, 234; control of public domain, 235; free waterways, 235; slavery, 236.
Novel disseisin, trial upon writ of, 14. Nugent, Lord, cited, 72.
OATH, of Lord Protector, 97; pre-
scribed by Parliament, 127; coro- nation, 1, 130; of territorial officers, 232; of president, 254; to support the Constitution, 259.
Officers, obedience to the laws, 19, 71; responsible to the people, 167; posi- tions not hereditary, 167; rotation, 167; legislators not eligible, 248, 253; foreign favors, 252; appointment, 255; commission, 256; impeachable, 256; oath, 259; religious test, 259; disa- bilities from Civil War, 374. Olney, Richard, cited, 310, 334; on the Philippines, 401; Growth of our For- eign Policy, 402.
Otis, James, on colonial rights, 159; Rights of the British Colonies, 160,
PAINE, THOMAS, on Washington's
Farewell Address, 307.
Palgrave, Sir James, cited, 27, 445. Pardon, to murderers, 4; power of Lord Protector, 86, 93; not pleadable to impeachment, 140, 255; presidential power, 255.
Parliament of England, germ of, 13; summons to, 34, 87-92; qualification of members, 35, 90, 91, 139; powers of, 35, 36, 81-84, 86, 92, 94-96, 125- 126; limitations, 81-84, 92; elections to, 36, 80, 84, 87-92, 124-125; STAT- UTE, 8 HENRY VI. CAP. 12, 49-51; PETITION OF RIGHT, 67-71; Rump, to dissolve, 79, 84; number of mem- bers of, 80, 87; apportionment, 80, 87; quorum, 80, 91; term, 81, 84, 86; ex-
tra, 81, 91-92; sessions, 79, 81, 86, 92, 126; adjournment, 86, 92; resistance in arms to, 84; HABEAS CORPUS ACT, 115-117, 431-439; BILL OF RIGHTS, 122-132; arraigns James II, 123–124; the Convention, 124; freedom of speech in, 126; claims certain rights, 126; confers the crown, 126, 129; fixes the succession, 127, 129-130; prescribes oath of allegiance and su- premacy, 127; anti-Papist accession oath, 131; ACT OF SETTLEMENT, 138-140; foreigners excluded from, 139; and colonies, 144-146, 158-163, 185; colonial representation in, 156, 160-161; colonial opinion of, 158; col- onies petition, 164; arraigned, 185. See also General Council. Patents, laws for, 250.
Paterson, James, cited, 119, 445. Peace and war, power, 86, 92, 208, 209, 213, 250, 252.
People, rights of, 4, 128; source of power, 167, 183; responsibility to, 167; force independence, 191; re- served power, 263, 294. Personal liberty, security of, 17, 18, 70, 125, 168, 261-262, 374, 397; violated, 68-69, 123, 185.- See also Bail, Civil Rights, Fines, Habeas Corpus, Jury, Punishments, Petition.
Petition, right of, 125, 261; colonists claim, 157.
PETITION OF RIGHT, text, 67-71; con- temporary exposition, 72; critical comment, 72-77.
Petty serjeanty, tenure, 17. Philippines, ceded, 392; Congress re- sponsible for government, 394, 395; duty of United States, 394, 398-401; future development, 395; education, 397; civil rights, 397; effect on for- eign policy of United States, 401. Pierce, E. L., cited, 369, 445. Piracy, laws against, 209, 250. Pitt, William, on reconciling the col- onies, 163; Speech in the House of Lords, 163.
Pleas of the crown, minor officials not to hold, 15.
Political partisanship, dangers, 296. Political Science Quarterly, 411, 445. Pollock and Maitland, cited, 7, 32, 445. Porto Rico, military government, 392; civil government, 396; local self-gov- ernment, 396; education, 397; civil rights, 397.
Post-office, control, 212, 250. Pownall, Thomas, on colonial rights, 147; Administration of the Colonies, 148, 445.
Præcipe, writ, forbidden, 17. Præmunire, penalty incurred, 117. Precedent, fear of illegal, 71, 126. Prerogative, royal, 72, 125, 144. President, veto, 249; term, 253; elec- tion, 253, 263; qualifications, 254; re- muneration, 254; succession, 254; oath, 254; duties and powers, 255-256; im- peachment, 247, 256; war powers,
Preston, H. W., Documents, 166. Privy Council, illegal use, 68; duties,
139; restriction on membership, 139. Prize courts, control of, 209, 250. PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION, text, 358-364; contemporary exposi- tion, 364-367; critical comment, 367- 372; constitutional basis, 363, 364; results, 364; call for, 365; Lincoln on, 366, 367.
Property, disposition of personal, 4, 16; seizure for debt, 12; protection of, 16, 83, 166, 234, 261-262, 374; in North- west territory, 228; in slaves, 345; rights and Missouri Compromise, 345, 349.
on Declaration of Independence, 191; American Revolution, 191, 445. Randolph, C. F., cited, 403, 445. Ransome, Cyril, cited, 8, 32, 39, 112, 136, 141, 445.
RAMSAY, DAVID,
Reconstruction amendments, 373-375; contemporary exposition, 375-380; critical comment, 380-387. Records, legal, amendment, 49-50; felony to embezzle, 51; power of Great Seal, 51; of states, faith and credit to, 206, 257.
Reddaway, W. F., cited, 337, 445.
Religion, state, 83. 96; freedom, 83, 96, 169, 233, 259, 261; restrictions, 83, 84, 86; morality, government, and, 298. Report on the Dignity of a Peer, 34. Representation, right of, 79, 168, 184, 185, 233. See also Taxation. Representative. Parliament, 80. Republican government, guaranteed, 236, 258; military establishments hos- tile to, 292; separation of powers, 297; foreign influence on, 302. See also Government, United States. Requisition, of criminals, 206, 257; on states, 209, 212.
Revenue, control of, under Common- wealth, 93, 94; raised by prerogative, 125; control of bills in Congress, 248. See also Benevolences, Taxation. Rhodes, J. F., cited, 356, 446. Richardson, J. D., Compilation of Mes- sages, 321, 388, 446.
Roger of Wendover, on Henry I., 6; Flowers of History, 6, 26, 447; on Magna Charta, 25.
Roman Catholics, not to bear arms, 125; excluded from the crown, 130.- also Church, Religion.
Sectionalism, dangers to the Union, 293. Senate, elections, 246, 247; equal state representation, 246; term, 246; organ- ization, 246, 247; qualifications, 246, 374; presiding officer, 247; powers, 247, 248, 254, 255, 264. See also Congress.
Separation of powers, 81, 167, 171, 172, 207, 248, 297.
Services, lawful, 14; military, abroad, 45; public, regulation, 167. Sewall, J. M., on Washington's Farewell Address, 306.
Slavery, reference struck from Declara- tion of Independence, 192; in terri- tories, 236, 345; representation, 245; fugitive slaves, 258, 360-361; under the Constitution, 350; compensated
emancipation, 359, 361; slaves in rebel states emancipated, 359-364; abol- ished, 373. - See also Negroes, Slave trade.
Slave trade, regulation, 251. Smith, E. P., cited, 279.
Socage, tenure, 17.
Sovereignty, state and national, 205, 215, 259, 315, 317.
Spain, war with United States, 388- 391; peace, 392, 398. Sparks, Jared, cited, 309. Speaker, House to choose, 246. Spence, George, cited, 56, 446.
Stamp Act, subverts rights of colonies, 156; burdensome, 157; Franklin on, 158. See also Colonies. Stamp-Act Congress, DECLARATION OF RIGHTS AND GRIEVANCES OF THE COLONISTS IN AMERICA, 155- 157.
Standing army, of Commonwealth, 93; illegal, 125; dangers, 169, 292; and civil power, 84, 169, 185; kept in col- onies, 185; forbidden, 208, 252. States, advised to form governments, 171-173; residual powers in, 205, 263; equal vote in Confederation, 207; in Senate, 246, 259; limitation of powers, 207-208, 252, 314-315,374-375; militia, 208, 250; requisitions on, 209, 212; disputes between, settlement under Confederation, 210; new, 235-236, 258; national protection of, 258; suits against, 263; no control over federal powers, 315; sovereignty, 205, 259, 315, 317; citizenship, 343, 373. STATUTE, 8 HENRY VI., CAP. 12, text, 49-51; contemporary exposition, 51-54; critical comment, 54-65. Statutes at Large, 49, 446. Statutes of the Realm, 2, 9, 43, 67, 115, 122, 138, 446.
Statutum de Tallagio non concedendo, claimed, 67.
343-344; DRED SCOTT DECISION, 340-349.
Sureties, when liable, 12.
TALLAGE, and representation, 67. Taney, R. B., delivers Dred Scott decision, 340; criticised, 350-352. Tarbell, Ida M., cited, 371, 446. Taswell-Langmead, J. P., cited, 31, 38, 46, 60, 103, 119, 134, 446.
Taxation, and representation, 44, 67, 86, 156, 159, 160, 162, 168, 185, 245; di- rect, apportioned, 245, 251; control of, 249; necessary, 239.- -See also Aids. Taylor, Hannis, cited, 47, 63, 75, 103, 121, 135, 446.
Territory, control of, 258; slavery in, 345, 349; why acquired, 348; as prop- erty, 349. See also Northwest Terri-
tory. THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT, text, 373; contemporary exposition, 375-380; critical comment, 380-387.
Thomas, B. F., call for emancipation, 365.
Thorpe, F. N., cited, 179, 283, 446. Thwaites, R. G., cited, 153, 446. Tonnage duties, control, 252. Transportation of prisoners, forbidden, 117; a grievance of colonies, 185. Treason, no pardon for, 86; high, to fail to summon Parliament, 90; rights of those accused of felony or, 116; against the United States, 257. Treaties, control, 207, 209, 252, 255; su- preme law, 259. See also Foreign
Trial, by peers, 15, 18, 68, 168, 234;
rights of accused, 262. - See also Jury. Tucker, G. F., cited, 333, 447. Tucker, Dr. Josiah, on taxing colonies, 161; Letter from a Merchant, 161, 447.
NITED STATES, style, 183, 186,
Stevens, C. E., cited, 65, 136, 225, 281, UN 205, 245; declared independent,
Story, Joseph, cited, 197, 220, 274, 318,
Stubbs, William, Select Charters, 1, 67; cited, 7, 29, 38, 46, 446. Suffrage, qualifications, 89-90, 167; in the United States, 375. See also Elections.
SUMMONS TO PARLIAMENT, text, 34-35; contemporary exposition, 35-37; criti- cal comment, 37-41.
Sumner, W. G., cited, 319, 404, 446. Supreme Court, jurisdiction, 256; MCCULLOCH vs. MARYLAND, 312-316; to interpret Constitution, 313-316,
186-187; government by delegated powers, 205, 263, 313: sovereignty, 215, 259, 315, 317; admission of new states, 258; guaranty to states, 258; value of the Union, 290-292; preser- vation, 293-304; foreign policy, 300- 305, 322-328, 401; preservation of, object of Civil War, 358; citizen- ship, 373; disqualification for office, 374 suffrage, 375; war with Spain, 388-391, 392, 398; attitude and duty to Cuba, 389-394; and the colonies, 394-401; problems, 399.-See also Confederation, Congress, Constitution.
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