ture to reconsider amendments to the Fed- eral Constitution proposed by Congress and once rejected, § 581.
Brownson, Orestes A., Dr., opinion of, as to the mode in which sovereignty inheres in the people of the United States, § 61; distinction drawn by, between Constitu- tions as facts and Constitutions as instru- ments of evidence, § 63, note 1. Buchanan, James, President, opinion of, re- specting the Topeka and Lecompton Con- ventions, § 214.
Burke, Edmund, moral competence of gov ernments defined by, § 305; sarcasm of, respecting the French Bill of Rights of 1793, § 317.
Butler, Benj. F., quoted, as to conventional sovereignty, §§ 311, 343; speech of, on the right of Conventions to issue precepts to the electors, § 343.
Calhoun, John C., opinion of, respecting the bearing of the mode of ratifying the Federal Constitution, on the question of American nationality, § 37; speech of, on the Michigan Convention of December, 1836, § 204.
California, Convention of, of 1849, §§ 188, 189, 210; do. of 1878, § 218.
Censors, Council of, a device for effecting the amendment of Constitutions more in- genious than useful, § 544.
Citizens, can Conventions limit eligibility
to office to naturalized? §§ 355-361; clause of the Federal Constitution as to rights of, considered, §§ 358-361.
Citizenship, rights belonging to mere, in the several States, §§ 359-361.
Colorado, Convention of, of 1864, §§ 187, 210; do. of 1865 and 1875, §§ 188, 210. Commissions, Constitutional, a novel de-
vice for effecting the amendment of Con- stitutions. §§ 546 a-546 d.
Committee of the whole, use of, in Con- | ventions, $$ 290, 291: of revision, duty and importance of, § 303; of the Illinois Convention of 1862, on the powers of Con- ventions, § 308.
Committees, use of, in Conventions, §§ 285- 294; members of, in various Conventions, and reasons for and against employment of, §§ 287-295; standing, of Conventions, § 295 number and duties of, how deter- mined: precedents stated, § 296; reports of, §§ 298-301; Conventions, but mere, §§ 367, 453, 513.
Compact, are Constitutions, as facts, founded
on? §§ 65 67; are Constitutions, as instru- ments of evidence, founded on? § 68. Congress, the Continental, advice of, to Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Virginia, and South Carolina, in 1775, relative to the establishment therein of governments! independent of the crown, § 127; resolution of, of May 10, 1776, respecting the forma- tion of such governments in the colonies
generally, §§ 128, 129; as a Convention, framing the Articles of Confederation, his- tory and character of, §§ 159-161; a Pro- vincial, the first independent government of South Carolina, § 131; do. of New Jer- sey, § 139; do. of Maryland, § 145; do. of Georgia, § 147; do. of New York, § 150: power of Conventions, as legislatures, to district their States for members of, §§ 442 -446; when amendments to the Federal Constitution have been proposed by, to the States, and been passed upon by the State legislatures, can they or their suc- cessors reverse their action? §§ 576-584; can such amendments be recalled by ? §§
Congresses, Provincial, revolution of 1776 consummated by, § 10; history and pow- ers of, 126.
Connecticut, Convention of, of 1818, § 219, and note 1.
Constitution, theory of the, fundamental to this inquiry, § 17: the term defined, § 63; of the United States, bearing of the mode of ratification of, on the question of American nationality, §§ 37, 38; character of, as regarded by the Conventions called to ratify it, § 42; opinion of Patrick Henry as to its character, § 42; opinion of Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, § 42; forms part of the Constitutions of the several States, $92; is supreme, §§ 93, 94; should be kept independent of those of the States, § 95: opinion of Mr. Webster on the point, § 95; distinction between a, and an ordinary municipal law, §§ 85-87; the term, how used in this treatise. § 103; may become valid, though the Convention which framed it is illegitimate, § 124; the first New Hamp- shire, formation of, § 131; the New Hamp shire, of 1783, formation of, § 132; the first South Carolina, § 133; the South Carolina, of 1778, formation and character of, § 136; the first American, by whom framed, § 138, note 1: the Virginia, of 1776, validity of, considered, § 138, note 2; the New York, of 1777, character of, § 152; the Vermont, of 1777, character of, § 154; attempts of the General Assembly to give validity to, § 154; the, framed by the Federal Conven- tion of 1787, character of, § 166; the Ken- tucky, of 1792, formation of, §§ 173, 174; the Maine, of 1819, formation of, §§ 175- 177; the West Virginia, of 1863, formation of, §§ 181, 182; the Tennessee, of 1796, for- mation of, §§ 190-197; signing of a, by members of a Convention, § 304: Federal, power of Conventions, as legislatures, to ratify proposed amendments to, § 447; Trial of the, by Fisher, quoted as to the inadequacy of the provision of the Federal Constitution for its own amendment, § 543, note; extent to which a new repeals an old, in the absence of repealing clauses, $574; question whether principles as to amending a State apply also to the Fed- eral, 575; when an amendment to the Federal, proposed by Congress, has been passed upon by a State, can its action be
reconsidered by it and reversed? §§ 576- 584; when Congress has submitted amend- ments to, to the States, can it recall them? § 585; how long are amendments to, sub- mitted to the States, open to adoption or rejection? §§ 585, 586; Federal, can a Convention prescribe what legislature shall act upon an amendment to, proposed by Congress? § 449 a; when a State legisla- ture has passed upon an amendment pro- posed to, by Congress, can it or its succes- sor reverse its vote? §§ 576-584; can Con- gress recall such a proposed amendment? $$ 585-586.
Constitutions, enactment of in England and France, § 1; as organic growths, dis- tinguished from Constitutions as instru- ments of evidence, § 63; "as they ought to be," defined and contrasted with Con- stitutions as organic growths, § 64; nature and varieties of as organic growths, $$ 65- 67; are they founded on compact? §§ 65- 67; are, as instruments of evidence, founded on compact? § 68; where discrepancies ex- ist between, as organic growths, and as in- struments of evidence, which have the superior validity? § 69; varieties of, as in- struments of evidence, § 71; cumulative, defined, § 72; enacted, defined, § 73; writ- ten and unwritten, defined and contrasted, §§ 74-76; advantages of written, § 77; dis- advantages of, § 78; opinion of De Mais- tre, § 78, note 1; advantages of unwritten, § 79; disadvantages of, § 80; balance of excellences and defects between the two, § 81; requisites for safe operation of writ- ten, §§ 82, 83; all, save two, in the United States, have been written, § 84; varieties, mutual relations, and internal structure of the American, §§ 84, 88-103; two varieties of those framed for the United States and those framed for the States, § 88; dis- tinctions between the two, §§ 88-95; rules of construction applicable to them respec- tively, § 91; the Federal Constitution a part of the several State, § 92; of the sev- eral States, part of the Federal Constitu- tion, § 92; of the States and of the Union should be kept independent; opinion of Mr. Webster, § 95; internal structure of American, §§ 96-103; generally contain, 1. Bill of Rights, §§ 96-99; 2, Frame of Gov- ernment, §§ 100, 101; 3, Schedule, §§ 102, 103; resolution of the Continental Con- gress respecting the formation of the earli- est, in the colonies, §§ 128, 129; first two of South Carolina, judicial decision as to validity of, § 136, note 2; can Conventions be bound by the Acts calling them to make submission of, to the people? §§ 410-414; submission of, to the people, duty of Con- ventions in general to make, § 479; duty, │ where neither the Convention Act nor the Constitution requires it, § 481; duty, where submission is expressly required by law, §§ 482, 483; duty, where submission is ex- pressly dispensed with. §§ 484-486; prece- dents relating to the submission of, §§ 487- 495; by whom submission of, should be
made, §§ 497-499; to whom submission of, should be made, §§ 500-509 b; nature of the act performed by the people, where submission of, is made, §§ 510-513; man- ner in which submission of, should be made, §§ 514-520; promulgation of, §§ 521-524; amendments to, general doc- trine as to stated, §§ 525–529. Convention, THE CONSTITUTIONAL, em- ployed in America to frame the funda- mental law, § 1; importance of, in gen- eral, 2; relation of, to secession, § 3; THE SPONTANEOUS, or PUBLIC MEETING, $5; THE LEGISLATIVE or GENERAL AS- SEMBLY, 6; THE REVOLUTIONARY, § 7; examples of the Revolutionary, in Eng- land, § 8; do. in America, § 9; Revolu- tionary, of Massachusetts, of 1869, § 9: French National, § 10; THE CONSTITU- TIONAL, defined and contrasted with the foregoing, § 11; exercising usurped pow- ers, how to be classed, § 12; the Revolu- tionary, exercising the powers of a Con- stitutional, how to be classed, § 12; the Constitutional, summary of history of, §§ 13, 14; an adaptation to constitutional uses, of the Revolutionary, § 15; miscon- ceptions prevalent respecting the nature of, § 15; constitutes one of the five agen- cies through which sovereignty indirectly manifests itself, § 24; relative rank of, $ 24; Federal, of 1787, action of, respect- ing the ratification of the Federal Consti- tution, $$ 36, 37, 166; proper modes of initiating or calling a, §§ 104, 114-116; by whom should a, be called? §§ 118-121; in what manner should a, be called? §§ 122, 123; opinion of the New York Council of Revision on the proper mode of calling a, § 122; although a, be illegitimate, the Con- stitution framed by, may become valid, § 124; the first independent government of Virginia, a Provincial, 138; do. of Pennsylvania, § 143; do. of North Carolina, § 145; do. of Massachusetts, § 156: history and character of the New Hampshire, of 1775, § 131; do. of 1778, § 132; do. of 1781, § 132; the South Carolina, of 1776, §§ 133, 134; do. of 1778, §§ 135-137; the Virginia, of 1776, § 138; the New Jersey, of 1776, $$ 139, 140; the Delaware, of 1776. §§ 141, 142; the Pennsylvania, of 1776, §§ 143, 144; the Maryland, of 1776, § 145; the North Carolina, of 1776, § 146; the Geor- gia, of 1776, § 147; do. of 1788, §§ 148, 149, 167; do. of January, 1789, §§ 147, 167, 217, 219; do. of May, 1789, §§ 148, 149, 167, 217, 219: the New York, of 1776, §§ 150- 152; the Vermont, of 1777, §§ 153, 154; do. of 1785 and of 1786, § 155; the Massachu- setts, of 1778, § 156; do. of 1779, §§ 157, 158; the Continental Congress acting as a, §§ 160, 161; the Annapolis, § 163; the Federal, of 1787, §§ 163, 166; the Ken- tucky, of 1792. §§ 173, 174; the Maine, of 1819, §§ 175-177; the Virginia (Recon- struction). of 1861, § 178; the Ohio, of 1802, § 187; the Louisiana, of 1811, § 187: the Indiana, of 1816, § 187; the Missis-
sippi, of 1817, § 187; the Illinois, of 1818, § 187; the Alabama, of, 1819, § 187; the the Missouri, of 1820, § 187; the Texas, of 1845, § 187; the Wisconsin, of 1846, $187; the Minnesota, of 1857, § 187; the Kansas, of 1859, § 187; the Nevada, of 1864, § 187; the Nebraska, of 1864, § 187; the Colorado, of 1864, § 187; the Iowa, of 1844, §§ 188, 197, 210; do. of 1846, §§ 188, 197, 210; the Wisconsin, of 1847, §§ 188, 197, 210; the California, of 1849, §§ 188, 197, 210; the Kansas, of 1855, §§ 188, 189, 211, 212; do. of 1857, §§ 188, 197, 213-216; do. of 1858, §§ 188, 211-216; do. of, 1859, §§ 211-216; the Oregon, of 1857, §§ 188, 189, 210; the Nevada, of 1863, §§ 188, 189, 210; the Tennessee, of 1796, §§ 190- 197; the Michigan, of 1835, §§ 188-198, 201, 208; do. of September, 1836, §§ 188- 199, 202; do. of December, 1836, §§ 188, 189, 199-201, 203-209; the Arkansas, of 1836, §§ 188, 189, 210; the Florida, of 1838, $S 188, 189, 210; the Alabama, of 1875, S$ 217, 218; the California, of 1878, §§ 217 -218; the Delaware, of 1831 and 1852, §§ 217, 218; the Florida, of 1885, §§ 217, 218; the Georgia, of January, 1789, May, 1789, 1795, 1798, and 1877, §§ 217, 218: the Illinois, of 1848, 1862, and 1869, §§ 217, 218; the Iowa, of 1857, §§ 217, 218; the Kentucky, of 1799 and 1849, §§ 217-218; the Louisiana, of 1844, §§ 217, 218; the Maryland, of 1864 and 1867, §§ 217, 218; the Massachusetts, of 1821, §§ 217, 218; the Michigan, of 1850 and 1867, §§ 217, 218; the Mississippi, of 1832, §§ 217, 218; the Missouri, of 1875, §§ 217, 218; the Ne- braska, of 1875, §§ 217, 218; the New Hampshire, of 1791, 1850, and 1876, §§ 217, 218; the New York, of 1867, §§ 217, 218; the North Carolina, of 1875, §§ 217, 218; the Ohio, of 1850 and 1873, §§ 217. 218; the Tennessee, of 1834, §§ 217, 218; the Arkansas, of 1874, §§ 217, 219; the Con- necticut, of 1818, §§ 217, 219; the Georgia, of 1833 and 1839, §§ 217, 219; the Indi- ana, of 1850, §§ 217, 219; the Louisiana, of 1852 and 1879, §§ 217, 219; the Massa- chusetts, of 1853, §§ 217, 219; the Mis- souri, of 1845, 1861, and 1865, §§ 217, 219; the New Hampshire, of 1876, §§ 217, 219: the New Jersey, of 1844, §§ 217, 219; the York of 1801, 1821, and 1846, §§ 217, 219; the North Carolina, of 1835, §§ 217, 219; the Pennsylvania, of 1837 and 1872, §§ 217, 219; the Rhode Island, of 1824, 1834, 1841, and 1842, §§ 217, 219; the South Carolina, of 1790, §§ 217, 219; the Tennessee, of 1870, §§ 217, 219: the Texas, of 1876, SS 217, 219; the Virginia, of 1829 and 1850, §§ 217, 219; the Vermont, of 1785, &c., § 220; the Pennsylvania, of 1789, §§ 221-225; the Delaware, of 1792, §§ 221- 225; the Maryland, of 1850, §§ 221-225; the Rhode Island, of 1841 ("People's Convention"), §§ 226-246; the Montgom- ery, to frame a Constitution for the South- ern Confederacy, § 259: by whom a, should be elected, §§ 260, 261; prece- |
dents and exceptional cases considered, §§ 262-266; delegates elected to the first series of Reconstruction Conventions, § 263; to the New York Convention of 1821, $264; to the Rhode Island Conventions of 1841 and 1842, §§ 265, 266; to the New Jersey Convention of 1844, §§ 265 a, 266; to the Tennessee Convention of 1870, § 265 a; to the second series of Reconstruc- tion Conventions of 1867 and 1868, § 266; to the Georgia Convention of 1788, §§ 264, 266: to the Maryland Convention of 1867, §§ 265 a, 266; the Minnesota, of 1857, di- vided into two Conventions, § 270; the New Jersey, of 1844. delegates elected to, from all parties, § 271; questions as to the powers of a, in relation to the sovereign, or to sovereign rights, §§ 315-318; in re- lation to the State as a whole, §§ 320-330; in relation to the electors, §§ 331-361; in relation to the several departments of the government of the State, §§ 366-449; can a, appoint officers to fill vacancies in the government? § 325; can a, eject from office persons appointed thereto by the govern- ment, §§ 326-330; can a, direct govern- ment officers in the discharge of their duties? §§ 325, 326; Missouri, of 1865, or- dinance of, to vacate offices under the State government, §§ 327-330; is the Act calling a, a government measure? § 398; opinion of the Supreme Court of New York as to the power of a legislature to modify the Act calling a, Appendix D, p. 663. Conventions, Varieties of, in the United States, §§ 4-16; Spontaneous, described, $84, 5; Legislative, or General Assemblies, $6; Revolutionary, §§ 7-10; Constitu- tional, §§ 11-16; Provincial or Congresses, §§ 10, 126; to ratify the Federal Constitu- tion, opinions expressed in, as to its char- acter, § 42; of the Revolutionary period, from 1776 to 1789, §§ 126-169; called to ratify Federal or State Constitutions, § 167; of the post-revolutionary period, from 1789 to the present, §§ 170-259; called to frame Constitutions for States to be formed within the jurisdiction of States members of the Union, §§ 171-185; called to frame Con- stitutions for States to be formed out of Federal Territory, under enabling Acts of Congress, $186, 187: without enabling Acts, §§ 188-216; called to revise the Con- stitutions of States members of the Union, §§ 217-258 d; called by legislative author- ity in pursuance of constitutional provi- sions, $218; called by legislative authority without constitutional provisions, § 219: called by Councils of Censors, § 220; called by legislative authority, in disregard of constitutional provisions, §§ 221-225; called in defiance of the existing government, §§ 226-246; Secession, §§ 247-250; Recon- struction, first series of, §§ 250, 258; do., second series of, §§ 258 a-258 d; by whom, should be and have been elected, §§ 260- 266; who may be members of, §§ 267-269; constitution of, in one chamber or in two,
$$ 270, 271; internal organization of, 272-284; officers of, § 274; should mem- bers of be sworn? form of oath, §§ 277- 283; rules for the government of, § 284: mode of proceeding of, $$ 285-304: em- ployment of committees in, §§ 285-294; standing committees of, § 295; powers of, $$ 305-478; two theories as to powers of, $$ 307-310; theory of the sovereignty of, a novelty, §§ 311, 312; question of the sovereignty of, considered, §§ 315-319; powers of, with reference to the govern- ment of the state, as a whole, §§ 320-330; can they fill vacancies in the various gov- ernmental departments? §§ 325, 327-330; can they eject from office appointees of the government? §§ 325-330; can they direct governmental officers in the discharge of their duties? §§ 325, 326; powers of, with reference to the electors, §§ 331-364; can they disfranchise electors? §§ 335-337; can they fill their own vacancies? § 338; can they authorize the colleagues of de- ceased or resigning members to name their successors?$339; can they issue precepts to the electors directing them to fill vacan- cies? §§ 340-347; can the electors hold elections to fill vacancies in, at such time or manner as they may think fit? §§ 348, 349; can they receive as delegates, per- sons elected at a time or in a manner not provided by law? $ 350; can they limit the discretion of the electors, or of the sovereign, in the discharge of their duties? §§ 351-362; can the electors instruct their delegates to? §§ 362-364; relations of, to the executive and judiciary, § 366; rela- tions of, to the legislature, and powers therefrom resulting, §§ 366-449; are but mere committees, § 367; structure and functions of, contrasted with those of legislatures, §§ 367-375; power of, to an- nul perfect rights, § 370, note 1; can legis- latures bind? §§ 376-418; conceding the power to bind, in what particulars may they do so? $$379, 380; precedents stated and considered, § 381; can they impose limitations as to the recommendations conventions shall or shall not make? pre- cedents stated, §§ 381 a, 382, 382 c; cases in which legislatures have given positive directions to frame certain specific amend- ments, §§ 382 a, 382 c; cases stated in which legislatures have prohibited, from recommending certain amendments, or to do certain acts, §§ 382 b, 382 c; cases in which power to bind, has been discussed in legislatures or conventions, §§ 383-387; question of power of legislatures to bind, passed upon by Supreme Court of Penn- sylvania, §§ 409 a-409 e; can legislatures bind, to submit the fruit of their labors to the people? $$ 410-418; do Conventions possess legislative powers? §§ 419-441; power of, to repeal ordinary laws, §§ 430- 434; power of, to appropriate money, §§ 435-441 b; power of, to act as a legis lature in matters required by the Federal Constitution to be transacted by the legis-
latures of the States, §§ 442-447; as, to prescribe the times, places, and manner of electing senators and representatives in Congress, §§ 442-446; or to ratify pro- posed amendments to the Federal Consti- tution, § 447; power of, to fetter a discre- tion confided by the Federal Constitution to a State legislature, §§ 448, 449; power of, to prescribe what legislature shall pass upon an amendment to the Federal Con- stitution, proposed by Congress, § 449 a; or require state officers to take an oath to support the Federal Constitution? § 449, note; powers of, with reference to their internal relations, express and implied, §§ 450-470 a; powers of, with reference to their organization, to the maintenance of order, and to the conduct of their business, §§ 454-458; power of, to arrest or punish their own members or strangers, §§ 459- 470 a; privileges of members of, §§ 471, 472 a; power of, to prolong or perpetuate their existence, §§ 473-478; duty of, to submit their work to the people, in gen- eral, § 479; duty of, where neither the Convention Act nor the Constitution re- quires submission, §§ 480, 481; duty of, where submission is expressly required by law, §§ 482, 483; duty of, where submis- sion is by law expressly dispensed with, §§ 484-486; cases in which submission has been made by, stated, and observa- tions upon them, §§ 487-495, and notes; list of all that have been held in the United States, Appendix B, p. 643.
Corollaries, practical, relating to the exer- cise of sovereignty, § 25.
Council of Censors, a device for effecting the amendment of Constitutions more in- genious than useful, § 544.
Council of Revision, New York, opinion of, relating to the proper manner of calling a Convention, §§ 122, 484, 534, and Appen- dix F, p. 669. Counter- Revolutions, § 111. Court, Supreme, of the United States, opin- ion of, bearing on the question of Ameri- can nationality, § 46; opinion of, bearing on the question whether the States were sovereign under the confederation, § 50; of South Carolina, as to the validity of the first two South Carolina Constitutions, § 136, note 2; of Michigan, and of Ohio, on the validity of the first Convention of Michigan, and of the government estab- lished thereby, §§ 207, and note 1, on p. 198; of the United States, on the same question, §§ 207, 208; do. on the validity of the " People's Constitution" and gov- ernment of Rhode Island, §§ 229-231; of New York, opinion of, on the question of the validity of the Act of Assembly modify- ing the Convention Act of 1845, Appendix D), p. 663; of Pennsylvania, on power of legislatures to bind Conventions, §§ 409 a- 409 c of Illinois, opinion of, as to repeal- ability of an Act submitted to and adopted by the people, §§ 407, 408; of Delaware,
opinion of, relative to legislation by the people, § 418; of Illinois, decision of, re- specting the "Chicago Ordinance," § 432; of Arkansas, opinion of, respecting the extent of the power of a legislature to recommend amendments to a Constitu- tion, §§ 551-555; of Rhode Island, on the question of amending the Constitution, §§ 573, 574.
Dallas, George M., opinion of, as to the powers of Conventions, § 308. Davis, Henry Winter, speech of, on the Le- compton Convention, $215. Debates, of Conventions, character of, § 457 provisions for preserving, § 275. Delaware, Convention of, 1776, §§ 141, 142 do. of 1831 and 1852, § 217, 218; do. of 1792, §§ 217, 219-225.
Delegates, to Conventions, who may be, §§ 267-269; can Conventions receive as, persons elected at a time or in a manner not provided by law? § 350.
De Maistre, opinion of, respecting written Constitutions, § 78, note 1.
Democracies, Constitutions of, § 70. Dorr, Thomas W., elected Governor of Rhode Island by the people's party," § 228.
Elections to fill vacancies in Conventions, when and how to be made, §§ 348, 349. Electors, the, one of the agencies through which sovereignty indirectly manifests it- self, § 24; relative rank of, § 24; impro- priety of leaving the duty of calling Con- ventions to, § 118; commonly the only constituents of Conventions, §§ 260-266; functions and relations to Conventions of the, §§ 314, 331-334, 364; powers of Con- ventions with reference to the, §§ 335-365; can Conventions disfranchise? $$ 335-337; can Conventions exercise the functions of, to elect delegates to fill vacancies in their own ranks, or authorize the colleagues of deceased or resigning members to fill them? §§ 338, 339; can Conventions issue precepts to the, directing elections to fill vacancies? §§ 340-347; can elections be held by the, at any time or manner they may think fit? § 348; can Conventions limit the discretion of the, in regard to the persons whom they shall or shall not elect to office? §§ 351-361; can the, instruct their delegates to Conventions? §§ 362-
England, enactment of Constitutions in, § 1.
Ewing, Thomas, speech of, on the Michi- gan Convention of December, 1836, § 205.
Executive, the, one of the agencies through
which sovereignty indirectly manifests
itself, §24; relative rank of, § 24: impro- priety of leaving the duty of calling Con- ventions to, § 120; relations of, to Conven- tions, § 366.
Executive act, the act of the people in passing upon a fundamental law, not an, $$ 510-513.
Expressio unius, &c., applicability of the maxim to the construction of Constitu- tions, $$ 572-574 c.
Federal, Convention of 1787, §§ 163-166; discussion in, as to binding force upon it- self of the acts under which it assembled, §§ 383-386.
Fisher, Trial of the Constitution, quoted, as to the inadequacy of the mode provided in the Federal Constitution for its own amend- ment, § 543, note.
Florida Convention, of 1838, §§ 188, 189, 210; do. of 1885, §§ 217, 218; do. of 1861, §§ 247-250; do. of 1865, §§ 250-258; do. of 1868, §§ 258 a-258 d.
Frame of Government, as a part of the American Constitutions, definition and contents of, §§ 100, 101.
France, enactment of Constitutions in, § 1. Frankland, State of, § 190.
Franklin, Benjamin, sketch of Articles of Confederation prepared by, § 159.
Gaston, the Hon. Mr., opinion of, as to the powers of the North Carolina Convention of 1835, § 387.
Georgia Convention, of 1776, § 147; do. of 1788, §§ 148, 149; do. of January, 1789, and of May, 1789, §§ 148, 149, 218; do. of 1795, 1798, and 1877. §§ 217, 218; do. of 1833 and 1839, §§ 217, 219; do. of 1861, §§ 247-250; do. of 1865, §§ 250-258; do. of 1867, §§ 258 a-258 d.
Government, leading principles of the American system of, §1; branches or departments of, by which sovereignty is indirectly manifested, § 24; relative rank of the various departments of, § 25; was that established by the Federal Constitu- tion a consolidated? §§ 42-45; opinion of Patrick Henry as to the character of the Federal, § 42; opinion of Mr. Taylor, of North Carolina, § 42; opinion of James Wilson, of Pennsylvania, § 42; defini- tion of a consolidated, § 43; of the United States, partly Federal, partly national, § 43; form of, in the colonies, in the early period of the Revolution, §§ 126, 127, 133, 137, 139, 143, 145, 146, 147, 150, 156; is the Convention a part of the system of? § 320; are members of Conventions officers of? §§ 323-324; can a Convention appoint officers to fill vacancies in? §§ 325-330; can a Convention eject from office persons holding office under? §§ 325, 326; can a
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