Electoral College, 117; why adopt- ed, 120; failure of, 121; reasons for failure, 122; precedent for, 123; early action of, 123; district plan for choice of, 124; proposed changes in, 125. See Presi- dential Electors.
Electoral Commission, 132, 270 Eleventh Amendment, 154, 317 Elliot's Debates, 228, 234 Ellsworth in Convention of 1787, 206, 325 Enabling Act, 363
English Commercial Code. See Trade Laws.
Equality, doctrine of, announced
in Declaration of Indepen- dence, 11, 35 sq.; doctrine of, repudiated, 36, 37; opposes special privilege and a ruling class, 38, 39; John Morley on,
Forney, John W., 246
Foster on the Constitution, 211, 220, 223, 226, 227, 228, 229, 232, 234, 235 "Four Years' Law," 185 Fourteenth Amendment, 85, 241, 347, 352, 353, 354 Franklin, Benjamin, proposes sus- pensive veto, 148; 201, 204 Free Assembly, right of, 6 Free Silver Bill, struggle over, in House, 251 sq.; 256 sq. French Alliance, 170 Fugitive Slave Law, 316 Fuller, Chief Justice, 125 Furber, Precedents Relating to the Senate, 213, 220
Gallatin, Albert, on the House and the Treaty power, 159 sqq.; 170
Garfield, President, 224 Garrison, W. P., on election of
Senators, 214 George III.'s attempt to restore personal government, result of, 29, 97, 112, 148 Gerrymander, 125, 244. Gohier, Urbain, on evils of mili- tarism, 53-54
Gordy, Political Parties, 372 Government by the consent of the governed, 11, 17-33; Les- lie Stephen on, 20; the goal of civil order, 24; Lyman Ab- bott on, 25; Humboldt on, 26; opposed to the theory of ab- solutism, 26, 27; affirms the right to self-government of a capable body politic, 29, 30; Senator Hoar on, 30-31; principle of, pledged in Ter- ritorial Government, 31; op- poses government by force, 32; taught by Thomas Hooker, 32, 380
Government for the benefit of the governed, 11, 16 Government Bill in England, 97-98, 259; in America, 260 Grant, President, 115, 139, 156, 165, 221, 303 Greenback decisions, 329 Guarantee Clause of the Con- stitution, 172
Habeas Corpus, 84, 177 sqq., 316,
Hamilton, on concurrent supreme powers, 72; on implied powers, 75 sq., 135; 145, 148; on abro- gation of treaties, 171; on power of removal, 184 sqq.; 192, 211, 222, 298
Hamlin, Hannibal, 155 Hanoverian kings, III Harlan, Justice, dissenting opinion in Insular Cases, 383
Harrison, President, on District | Plan of Choosing Electors, 125; 129, 157 Hawaiian Islands, 358
Hayes, President, 131; on war powers, 182; 304, 305
Haynes, Popular Election of Sen- ators, 215
Hill, Senator, 224
Hinsdale, B. A., American Gov- ernment, 154, 155
Hoar, Senator, on consent of the governed, 30, 31; on sena- torial courtesy, 221; on Bel- knap Case, 228
Hollingsworth vs. Virginia, 154 House, Lolabel,on Twelfth Amend- ment, 119
House of Representatives, na- tional character of, 67; par- ticipation in treaty-making, 159 sqq.; constitution of, 240; organ- ization of, 242; vacancies in, 245; sessions of, 245; officers of, 246; clerk, 246, 262; party caucus of, 247; minority leader in, 247; exclusive rights and powers of, 250; divisions in, 251; rules and procedure, 251, 252; special order in, 252; Com- mittee on Rules, 252; legisla- tive day in, 256; filbustering in, 256 sq.; calendar of, 256; cloture in, 256; previous ques- tion in, 257; how a bill is passed in, 258; morning hour in, 258; continuous sessions of, 258; Speaker Reed on, 258; Com- mittee of the Whole, 258; quorum in, 260; struggle in, over Speaker Reed's decision as to the quorum, 261 sqq.; com- mittees, 275 sqq.; control over committees, 277; action on committee reports, 277; need of Budget system, 287, 288; lack of responsibility in, 290 sqq.; collisions with Senate, 295; power over the purse, 302; employees of, 308; references on, 310 Humboldt on self-government, 26
Humphreys, Judge, impeach- ment of, 233
Hunter, R. M. T., Speaker, 243
Impeachment, provisions of the Constitution on, 225; the Su-
Jackson, President, on Execu- tive independence, 101; Bank veto, 101; on Worcester vs. Georgia, 105; 115, 129, 130, 138; use of veto, 149, 152; removals, 185
James, E. J., Legal Tender Cases, 329
Jay, John, on Law of Treaties, 169; 325 Jay's Treaty, 159 sqq. Jefferson, on strict construction, 74, 75; on the power of the Judiciary, 99; on independ- ence of the Executive, 100, 101; 115; on the Treaty power, 161 sq.; on abrogation of treaties, 171; on suspending Habeas Corpus, 180; 190, 192, 297, 307, 321, 322; opinion of Marshall, 323;372 Jefferson's Summary View of the Rights of the Colonies, 2
Jenks, Edward, History of Poli- tics quoted, 61
Jenks, G. A., on Belknap Case, 228
Johnson, Dr., in Convention of 1787, 207 Johnson, President Andrew, 106,
107; use of veto, 150; and Tenure of Office Act, 187; 189; impeachment of, 197, 233, 303 Joint Resolution, 154, 155 Judiciary of the States, 350 sqq.; tenure of, 350; salaries of, 350; popular election of, 351; scope of decisions, 351
Judiciary of United States, where vested, 312; tenure of judges, 312; under the Confederation, 312; increase of power to, 325: may not subordinate the Legis- lature, 331. See Supreme Court; Judiciary; Justices; Courts. Judiciary Act of 1789, 313 Jury, right of trial by, 5; denied by Admiralty Courts in enforce- ment of Stamp Act, 5; guar- anteed in Constitution, 84, 380 Justices of United States Courts, creation of, 313; number of, 313; how removable, 313
Kasson, reciprocity treaties of,
Kentucky Resolutions, 75, 322
Labor, Department of, created,
190 Landon, Constitutional History, 181
League. See Confederation. Lecky, W. E. H., cites causes of American Revolution, I Legal Tender Act, 333 Legal Tender Cases, 88 Legislative Day, 256 Lieber, Civil Liberty, 213 Limitations on power of State and Nation. See Constitu- tional limitations.
Lincoln, on Executive Independ- ence, 103; on Reconstruc- tion, 146, 154; 176, 216, 223, 328; construction of war powers, 336
Lindsay, Senator, on instruc- tions to Senators, 235 Livingston, Edward, 159, 161 Lobbying, 309, 310
Local Self-Government, right of Colonies to, asserted, 3, 5 Locke and Right of Revolution, 15
Lockwood, H. C., Abolition of the Presidency, 152, 303 Lodge, Henry Cabot, on "The Treaty-Making Power," 167,
"Log-rolling," 285
Lords, English House of, 196 Louisiana, admission of, 371; territorial government of, 372 Louisiana Purchase, 88; Treaty of, 162; 370 sqq.
Luther vs. Borden, 172, 174, 175
McConachie, committee system, 275 sqq.
McCulloch vs. Maryland, 101 Maccunn, Ethics of Citizenship, 61
McKee, congressional practice, 155
McKinley, President, and Span- ish Treaty, 157; 176 Maclay's Journal, 211 McPherson, History of the Rebel- lion, 180
Madison, definition of Republic, 54, 56; on democracy, 59; on character of the Federal Gov- ernment, 66; in case of Mar- bury, 100; on power of removal, 184 sqq.; 212, 213, 222, 371 Magna Charta, 8, 27, 50, 323 Mantle, Lee, case of, 198 Marbury vs. Madison, 99, 107, 325, 326
Marshal, Federal, 319 Marshall, Chief Justice, on pow- ers of National Government, 77; on restrictions of the Con- stitution, 78-79; in Barron
vs. Baltimore, 78-79; in Mar- bury vs. Madison, 100; in Worcester vs. Georgia, 105; on suspending Habeas Corpus, 180; secures power to Judi- ciary, 325; nationalizing de- cisions of, 328; principles of con- struction, 335; definition of term "United States," 382 Mason's Veto Power, 147, 153, 154, 156
Merryman Case, 179 Mexican War, 158
Michigan plan of choosing elec- tors. See District plan. "Midnight Judges," i00, 328 Militarism, 52, 53 Military Republic, 55
Milton, defense of the English people, 27 sq.
Ministerial and executive duties compared, 100, 107, 108 Ministerial government. See Cab- inet and Parliamentary Govern- ment. Mississippi vs. Johnson, 106, 107 Mobocracy, 51
Monarchy, as a form of govern- ment, 47; absolute, 48, 49 Money bills, origin of, in House, 207; English and American practice on, 282
Monroe-Pinkney Treaty, 190 Montesquieu, 113
Morton, Senator, on Disputed Elections Act, 135 Mutiny Act of 1765, 5
Nation in convention, 90 National aspects of the United States Government, 67 sq., 73 National Government, extent of its powers, 86, 87, 88; character of, defined, 93; right to inter- fere in States, 174. See Con- stitutional limitations; National Powers
National Powers, 81; delegated, 82; prohibitions on, 84, 85, 86; judge of limits, 323 Nationalists in Federal Conven- tion of 1787, 65 Neagle Case, 143, 320
Negative on State laws, 321. See Veto.
Nelson, Henry Loomis, A Mis- take of the Fathers, 166, 167 Nevada, 244
New Jersey election contest (1839), 242
New York Assembly dissolved, 5 Niles's Register, 153, 235
Ochlocracy. See Mobocracy. Oligarchic Republic, 55 Oligarchy, 49, 50 Olney-Pauncefote Treaty, 166 Ord, Gen. A. O. C., 106 Ordinance of 1787, 358, 381 Oregon plan for choosing Senators, 217
Parliament, powers sovereign and constituent, 89; 303 Parliamentary Government, 95 Parliamentary Taxation of Amer- ica, I, 3
Passive Obedience and Divine Right, 14
Paterson of New Jersey, on basis of Senate, 203
Patronage, Executive, 299; abuses of, 308. See President; Con- gress.
Peck, Judge, impeachment of, 233
Peel, Sir Robert, 264
Pepke Case, 368 Petition of Right, 8 Petition, right of, 6
Philippines, 365, 369, 372
Pickering, Judge, impeachment of, 232
Pinkney, 363
Platt, Senator, 139, 224 Plutocracy, 49.
"Pocket Veto," 146
Polk, President, and the Treaty
power, 156-158 Porto Rico, 366
Presidency, federal and national
President, unwritten law on, 92;
lack of, under the Confedera- tion, 94; created by the Con- stitution of 1787, 94-95; in- dependent of Congress, 95, and of the Judiciary, 99 sq.; independence of, sustained by Jefferson, 99, 100, by Jackson, 101, by Buchanan, 102, by Sumner and Lincoln, 103; depen- dent on judicial construction of the law, in view of Webster, 103, 104; Cooley on independence of, 104, 108; bound by the law 105; may not be restrained by injunction, 106; ministerial and executive duty of, compared, 107, 108; compared with Eng- lish Premier, 109; dangers from his independence, 109; length of term, 115, 116; ineligible to third term by unwritten law, 115; mode of election, 115 sq.; patronage of, 116; time of election, 117; eventual election of, 118; defects in electing, 127; election of, by minority vote, 129-130; by House of Repre- sentatives, 130; contested elec- tion of, 131; qualifications of, 135; salary of, 136; exempt from legal process, 136; vacancy in office of, 140; powers and duties classified, 142 sq.; execu- tive functions of, 142; diplo- matic functions of, 143; advis- ory functions of, 143; legislative functions of, 143; war power of, 143; 176 sqq.; judicial power of 144; veto of, 144 sqq.; pocket veto, 146; in foreign relations 156 sqq.; independence in treaty making, 165; the guarantee of republican government and, 172 sq.; rights to interfere in State disorders, 175; power to suspend writ of habeas corpus, 179 sq.; appointing power of, 182; power of removal, 183; growing powers of, 187; Cabinet, 189; sq.; refer- ences on, 194, 195; relations to Congress, 296; how he may influence Congress, 297 sqq.; message of, 297; Executive pa- tronage, 299; and Legislative "Rider," 302
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