WEBSTER, DANIEL-Continued. on a protective tariff, II, 386. position on nullification, II, 406. on the nature of the Union, II, 406, 407. on the compromise of 1850 (seventh of March speech), II, 437- Seward's reply to, II, 448. WEBSTER, EBENEZER, II, 74. WEBSTER, PELATIAH, his pamphlet on National Union, II, 20; III, 465. WEST, BENJAMIN, II, 73. WESTERN LANDS, proposed cession of, I, 239-241, 253. cession of completed, I, 259, 260. location of, I, 230. (See map.) WEST VIRGINIA, formed, III, 28-30. constitutionality of formation, III, 31-33. emancipation in, III, 34. ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, III, 157. ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment, III, 303, 304. on the Thirteenth Amendment, III, 140, 141. origin of in America, I, 20, 34. strength of (1776), I, 34-36. the English Whigs, I, 105, 106. WHITE, EDWARD D., opinion in income tax cases, III, 541. WHITE, SAMUEL, II, 396. WHITE, WILLIAM BISHOP, I, 105. WHITEHILL, ROBERT, opposes the Constitution in Pennsylvania, II, 19, 25, 27, 31. WIDGERY, WILLIAM, anti-Federal member from Maine, in the Massachusetts Rati- WIGFALL, LEWIS T., on assassination, II, 602. on secession, 674. effect of accession of, on the colonies, and on Europe, I, 10, WILLIAMS, GEORGE F., discussion of the Fifteenth Amendment: "natural born" citizens, III, 420. urges language asserting the rights of Congress to regu- effect of his motion, III, 424. supported by Sumner, III, 426. objections to the Warner amendment, III, 433. comment of the Howard amendment, III, 441. Jefferson's resolutions before, I, 156, 157, 158. A member of the Federal Convention, I, 302: on the Senate, I, 346. on State internal police, I, 348. on compensation of Congress, I, 397. on the senatorial term, I, 407. a member of the Committee of Eleven, I, 431. on the Vice-Presidency, I, 573. on ratification, I, 579. on trial by jury, I, 583. on a capitation tax, I, 586. on a census, I, 433. on slave representation, I, 433, 436. on the New Hampshire delegates, I, 439. on the oath, I, 456. on a plural executive, I, 460. on the suffrage, I, 488. on taxation and representation, I, 491. on vacancies, I, 493. on money bills, I, 494. on qualifications for office, I, 499. on immigration, I, 502. on overruling of the veto, I, 513, 582. WILLIAMSON, HUGH-Continued. on an export tax, I, 514, 534. on incompatible offices, I, 562. on disputed elections, I, 566, 569, 572. Member of the North Carolina Ratifying Convention, II, 174, As an author of portions of the Constitution: a six year Senatorial term, III, 476. incompatible offices, III, 484. the President impeachable, III, 500. WILMOT, DAVID, II, 430. WILSON, HENRY, II, 675. and the Thirteenth Amendment, III, 130, 155. votes for the Fourteenth Amendment, III, 275. pronounces the reconstruction constitution of North Carolina (1868) "the most republican in the land," III, 363. on the Arkansas bill, III, 389. on the Fifteenth Amendment, III, 434, 435, 436. WILSON, JAMES, a leader in the American Revolution, I, 109. member of Congress, I, 161. of foreign birth, I, 502. (Scotland.) discussion of the Articles of Confederation in Congress: urges equality of men in the basis of the government, urges the national basis, I, 228. A member of the Federal Convention, I, 299: on confidence in the people, I, 316. on popular election of both Houses, I, 318, 336. on the veto, I, 328, 329. on the judiciary, I, 331, 335, 449. on ratification, I, 333. on the national idea, I, 340, 341. character of, I, 341, 342. distrust of the assemblies, I, 347, 348. on a national government, I, 352. on the ratio of representation, I, 354, 355. on the Virginia Plan, I, 372, 373. on the New Jersey Plan, I, 373, 374. WILSON, JAMES-Continued. on State sovereignty, I, 389. on the Confederation, I, 394. on the Senate, I, 405. on the basis of representation, I, 422. on taxing exports, I, 437. on the citizen, I, 490, 502. on money bills, I, 504. on an executive check, I, 511. on tax on exports, I, 514. on treason, I, 527, 528. on bills of credit, I, 552. on judgments in different States, I, 561. on disputed elections, I, 571. on the powers of President, I, 574. on a council, I, 575. on amending the Constitution, I, 577. on a national university, I, 586. Member of the Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, II, 21: a Bill of Rights unnecessary, II, 23. on the size of the House, II, 23. on State vs. National Sovereignty, II, 24. his general analysis of the constitution, II, 24, 25, 28-30. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court: decision in Chisholm vs. Georgia, II, 271, 273. As author of portions of the Constitution: member of the Committee of Five, III, 466. the "three-fifths" clause, III, 473. a six year senatorial term, III, 476. that the executive be one person, III, 493. national guarantee of a Republican form of government WILSON, JAMES F., and the Thirteenth Amendment, III, 126. WINDOM, WILLIAM, II, 641. WISCONSIN, a part of Massachusetts and Connecticut, I, 230. in the Peace Conference of 1861, II, 633. ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, III, 160. on the basis of representation, I, 224, 225. WOOD, FERNANDO, on the Thirteenth Amendment, III, 139. on Arkansas bill, III, 388. on the Fifteenth Amendment, III, 444. WRITS OF ASSISTANCE, I, 29. WYTHE, GEORGE, a member of the Federal Convention, I, 294. member of the Virginia Ratifying Convention, II, 83. urges amendments, II, 124, 125. legal preceptor of Jefferson, Madison, and Marshall, I, 294. YANCEY, WILLIAM L., forwards secession, II, 554, 555, 584. YATES, RICHARD, III, 68. YATES, ROBERT, a member of the Federal Convention, I, 296. a member of the Committee of Eleven, 431. leaves the convention, 594. a member of the New York Ratifying Convention, II, 135. YULEE, DAVID L., forwards secession, II, 619, 632. |