wer over, 118;
regulation of, 97.

Commercial treaties, power to make, 234.

"Conciliator," pseudonym of, 416.

Congress, Continental, action on the Constitution, 253, 289;
retrospective view of, 298;
inadequate powers of, 34.

Congress, difference between state legislature and, 224;
length of session of, 239;
members of, 225;
character of, 227;
character from South, 258;
election of, 86;
privileges of, 33;
restriction on, 234;
interest of, 220;
journal of, 33;
nature of, 267;
powers of, 27, 32, 34, 41, 98;
to alienate territory, 80;
to coerce the states, 184;
over delinquent states, 358;
over citizens, 80;
over elections, 30, 37, 118, 276;
over inter-state commerce, 118;
over judiciary, 66;
over militia, 184;
law-making powers of, 45;
of taxation, 235;
over territories, 43;
over trade, 61;
representation in, 151.

Connecticut, 183, 355;
address to, 215;
constitution of, 148;
Courant, 135, 415;
convention, 178, 207;
legislature of, 219;
manufactures of, 202;
taxation in, 74, 148;
tribute to New York from, 180.

Constituents, instructions from, 28.

Constitution, a creation of power, 145, 147;
adequacy of, 35;
adopting clause of, 131, 184, 362;
advantages of, 21;
amendment of, 44, 100, 118, 200, 233, 251, 284, 334;
attempts to surprise the people with, 327;
character of opposers of, 11, 143;
comparison of, 339;
with constitution of N. Y., 297;
with English, 381;
consolidating tendencies of, 65, 69, 70, 158, 258, 297;
construction of, 43;
objections to, 25, 53, 132, 151;
definition of, 116;
despotic power of, 28;
effect of, 95;
excellence of language of, 156;
expense of, 60;
general clauses of, 83, 96, 119;
importance of, 248;
judicial power under, 39;
laws made under, 360;
merits of, 27;
new powers granted by, 238;
powers under, 153, 156, 163, 220;
opposition to, 39;
preamble of, 208;
reasons for not submitting to state legislature, 139;
reception of, 9;
rejection of, 100;
remarks on, 237, 395;
supreme law of the land, 184;
want of explicitness in, 155, 260, 265;
should be tried before amending, 235;
writers against, 12.

Convention, Federal, 238, 247, 284, 287;
appeals to the people, 140;
character of the members of, 20;
committees of, 348;
dissenting members of, 104;
harmony of, 191;
ignorance of the members of, 22;