of, 56;
feebleness of, 257;
impeachment in, 30, 41;
Legislature, action on constitution of, 17;
means of taxation of, 13;
origin of opposition in, 176;
plan to aggrandize, 182;
position of, 61;
public lands of, 63;
share of the Continental debt, 77;
taxation in, 74;
tender law of, 36, 59;
warning to, 10.

Massachusetts Centinel, 3, 123, 416.

Massachusetts Gazette, 1, 12, 18, 49, 51, 416, 417.

Mercer, James Francis, 104.

Militia, 358;
powers of Congress over, 184;
power over, 342, 354;
State control of, 118.

Minority, powers of, 33.

Monarchy, small danger of, 165.

Money, receipts and expenditures of public, 36.

Monopolies, power of Congress to create, 70;
prevention of, 80.

Montesquieu, 256, 261.

Nails, manufacture of, 202.

Naturalization, 313;
powers of Congress over, 79.

Navigation act, 161;
motion against, 173;
right to make, 234.

Netherlands, condition of, 249.

New England, manufactures of, 201.

New Hampshire, 189, 259;
interest of, 190, 192;
lands in, 75.

New Haven, 216.

New Haven Gazette, 211, 229, 416.

New Jersey, 183, 355.

New Spain, dangers from, 157.

Newspapers, scribblers in, 25.

New York against constitution, 61;
Assembly, 245;
colonial parties, 306;
constitution of, 297, 299;
violation of, 301;
draft of a constitution for, 307;
impost of, 173;
opposition in, 176;
proposed property qualification in, 307;
State convention of 1776, 298;
State debt of, 60;
Executive, 310;
taxation in, 74;
tribute from Connecticut to, 180.

New York Journal, 125, 243, 269, 293, 415, 416, 417.

Nicholas, John, 416.

North Carolina, 258.

North Carolina, State Gazette of, 395, 415, 416, 417.

Northern States, character of people of, 92.

Nova Scotia, 191;
condition of, 89.

"Numa," pseudonym of, 5, 10.

Oath, 207, 369;
character of, 17, 168;
of President, 38.

"Ocrico," pseudonym of, 52.

Officers, federal, privileges of, 119.

Office holders, 145;
multiplication of, 88.

"Officer of the Continental Army," pseudonym of, 415.

"Old Fog," pseudonym of, 3.

Paper money, 127, 131, 196, 341, 348;
motion to redeem, 174, 186;
states to emit, 119.

Parties, colonial, 306.

People, dangers from, 179;
not to elect representatives, 183;
rights of, 115.

Pennsylvania, 369;
Assembly, 53, 369;
Convention of, 90, 100;
future seat of government, 98;
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