ers to, 153;
destruction of, 342;
powers of, 98;
negative on laws, 360;
legislatures, action of, on constitution, 25;
Congress a check on, 31;
differences between Congress and, 224;
powers of, 152;
power over elections, 31;
representation in, 152;
officers, dangers from, 289;
restrictions on, 36;
rights, 68, 113, 118, 147, 184;
admission of new, 42;
advantages of, 66;
bills of right valid in federal courts, 119;
consolidation of, 97, 255;
destruction of, 375;
disputes between, 64, 100;
equality of, in Senate, 29;
interest of, 215;
large vs. small, 216, 355;
number to organize government, 184;
rights to enforce laws of, 118.

State Gazette of North Carolina, 395.

State Gazette of South Carolina, 416.

State house, 355.

"State Soldier," pseudonym of, 417.

"Steady and Open Republican," pseudonym of, 416.

"Steady," pseudonym of, 326.

Strong, Caleb, 105.

Sullivan, James, 1, 416.

"Sydney," pseudonym of, 269, 293, 417.

Tax, poll, 273.

Taxation, 156, 193;
dangers of, 81;
direct, 235, 270;
importance of, 271;
in Connecticut, 148, 226;
method of, 77, 358;
powers of Congress over, 97.

Tender acts, 36, 59, 196.

Territory, right to alienate, 80, 118, 234.

Test law, 169, 171, 207, 235.

Town meetings, 226.

Trade, 61;
condition of, 140;
congressional control over, 161;
foreign, 95;
limitations of, 54;
Massachusetts' advantage for, 73;
powers of Congress over, 79;
regulation of, 70.

Trading companies, 70, 109;
forbidden, 118.

Treason, punishment of, 41.

Treaty power, dangers from, 165.

Treaties, law of the land, 24;
with Europe, 89.

Tucker, St. George, 417.

United States, an agricultural country, 200;
condition of, 81, 121, 158;
dangers to, 178;
differences between the inhabitants of, 91;
too large for government, 257;
tranquillity of, 59.

Vermont, 258.

Vice-president, 240, 263;
duties of, 158.

Virginia, 162, 390;
house of delegates of, 166;
plan to aggrandize, 182;
qualifications of, 306;
method of, 305;
opposition in, 176.

Virginia Gazette, 387.

Virginia Independent Chronicle, 385, 416, 417.

"Vox Populi," pseudonym of, 12, 16, 18.

Washington, George, 23, 26, 161, 177, 218, 251, 254, 285, 321, 347, 370.

West Indies, condition of, 89.

Western territory, 239.

Willetts, Marinus, 173.

Williams, William, 137, 168, 195, 202, 417.

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