appoints delegates to Annapolis Convention, who do not attend, 59;
influenced by Virginia's ratification of Constitution, 115;
attitude toward slave trade, 130 n.;
carried by Democrats, 243.

Rives, William C., on Madison's mother's name, 3;
on Madison's father, 5, 10;
on his descent from Isaac Madison, 6-9;
other quotations from his "Life of Madison," 10, 11, 12, 18, 44,
48;
on Mrs. Madison's name, 224.

Robertson, Donald, teacher of Madison, 10;
his son applies to Madison for office, 10.

Ross, General Robert, invades Chesapeake, 317.

Rumsey, James, with Washington's aid secures monopoly for his
steamboat, 69, 70;
opinions of Jefferson upon, 70.

Russell, Jonathan, denies having seen ante-dated revocation of Milan
and Berlin decrees, 307.

Rutledge, John, on necessity of slave trade for the South, 101.

Shays's rebellion, 73;
relation of Congress to, 73.

Sherman, Roger, willing to permit slave trade for sake of union, in
Constitutional Convention, 103;
criticises proposal to tax imported slaves, 130;
on location of capital, 140.

Slavery, possible consequences upon, if Southern States had remained
outside Union, 39-41;
economic effect of, upon Virginia, 48, 49, 51;
attitude of public opinion toward, in 1787, 91;
absence of extreme views against, 92, 108;
in 1787, the paramount interest of South, 92, 93;
attacked bitterly in Constitutional Convention, 98, 100, 101, 102;
cynical attitude of Northern men toward, 102;
debate concerning, in first Congress, 152-161;
foolish policy of slaveholders in defending, 155, 157, 158;
the argument in favor of, 157, 158.

Slaves, question as to their status in computing taxes under
Confederation, 38, 39;
positions of North and South, 38;
necessity of compromise concerning, 39;
compromise adopted, 41;
debate as to their status in Constitutional Convention, 94-101;
confusion as to their position, 97, 98;
trade in, debated, 101-105;
proposal in first Congress to tax their importation, 128, 129;
debate upon, 130-133;
policy of Congress concerning trade in, 133 and note;
Madison's treatment of, 321.

Slave trade. See Slaves.

Smith, John, refers to Isaac Madison, in his "General History," 8.

Smith, Robert, his remarks on