as to State Sovereignty, 134–138, 204.

FEDERALIST, THE, 113, 129.

FEDERATIVE PRINCIPLE, 14, 111, 112, 117, 119.

FINAL JUDGMENT, on questions of sovereignty, 16, note, 146-150.
GEORGIA, Colonial Government of, 25.

her Ordinance Ratifying the Constitution, 85 d.

GOVERNMENT, Analysis of the Different Foundations of, 11-16.

a means to a definite end, 38, 52.

founded in Common Consent, 11-14.

implied, 11, 12, 17.

expressed-written, 11, 12.

Sovereignty of, 12, 87 a, 87 b, 140.

resumable by the People, 39, 40, 181, 150.

United States, original commencement of, 86.

GOVERNMENTS, Colonial, 24-27.

HAMILTON, Alexander, his Theory, 118-129, 130, 143.

IMPERIAL THEORY (See FEDERAL Theory), 101-111, 129, 130, 133.
general statement of, 102, 129.

grounds of, 108-111.

idea of its original proponents, note to 110.

its method and object, 103.

advantages of, 106.

how it defines a State, 19, 102.

its refutation, 104-111, 133.

its establishment, 169, 171 to 180.

IMPLIED POWERS, of Government, 11, 12, 17.

INALIENABLE RIGHTS (See SELF-GOVERNMENT), note to 16, 94, 136, 150, 167, 169
INAUGURATION OF U. S. GOVERNMENT, 86.

INDEPENDENCE, Declaration of, by Continental Congress, 48-49.

by Virginia, 43.

INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, how far alienable, note to 16.

JAY, John, his Theory of the Constitution, note to 110, 129, 130, 140.
JUDGMENT, FINAL, on Political Questions, note to 16, 146-150.

JUDICIAL POWERS, of U. S. Supreme Court, 147.

JURISDICTION, of Federal Government, 146-150.

LEGISLATIVE POWER, of the People, 69-72.

of Government, encroaching nature of, 146 a.
LETTER AND RESOLUTION of the Constitutional Convention, 83.
LIMITATIONS, CONSTITUTIONAL, on Government, 173.

on Powers of Congress, 126, 145.

on Federal Government, 126, 145–150.

on Power to amend Constitution, 87 a, 87 b, 164–172.
MADISON, James, his Theory of the Constitution, 118-118, 129, 130.
MAJORITIES, Power of, limited, note to 16, 87 b, 136, 150.

MARYLAND, Colonial Government of, 26.

her Ordinance Ratifying the Constitution, 85 g.

MARSHALL, Chief Justice, his Theory of Constitution, 60, 131–182, 142, 204.
MASSACHUSETTS, Colonial Government of, 25.

action of, in 1768 and 1774, 41.

her Ordinance Ratifying the Constitution, 85 f.

MONTESQUIEU, Spirit of Laws, 9, 111, 118, 119, 120.
NATION, definitions or descriptions of a, 18 a, 20.
distinguished from State, 20.

the word formerly unknown to our Constitutions, 20.

NATIONAL REPUBLICANS, THE, 154.

NATIONAL THEORY (See IMPERIAL Theory), 102, note to 110.
NATIONALS, THE, 80, 151–152.

NATURALIZATION LAWS, power to enact, 157-161.

NECESSITY, in Politics, 21.

of Political Parties, 153–154.

NEW ENGLAND COLONIES, Governments of, 25.

NEW HAMPSHIRE, her Ordinance Ratifying the Constitution, 85 i.
NEW JERSEY, Colonial Government of, 25, 26.

her action in 1774-1776, 42.

her Ordinance Ratifying the Constitution, 85 c.

NEW YORK, Colonial Government of, 25.

her Ordinance Ratifying the Constitution, 85 l.

NORTH CAROLINA, her Ordinance Ratifying the Constitution, 85 m.
OATH to support Constitution, 144.

OFFICERS, governmental, note to 132.

ORDINANCES of the States, Ratifying the Constitution, 85–86.

ORIGINAL COMPACT OF SOCIETY, 73–75.

PARTIES, POLITICAL, 80, 151–154.

origin of, 152.

necessity of, 153–154.

amendments by to Constitution, 88, 89 a.

PARTIES, SOVEREIGN, to the Constitution, 104, 105, 114, 117, 120, 128.
PEOPLE, THE, (See ELECTORS), who are, 84, 91-93.

sovereignty of, inalienable, note to 16, 87 a, 87 b, 94, 169.
determine their own STATUS, 94–95.

PENNSYLVANIA, Colonial Government of, 26.

her Ordinance Ratifying the Constitution, 85 b.

POLITICAL EXISTENCE, Right of, 7-69.

POLITICAL DOMAIN, 300.

POLITICAL PARTIES, (See PARTIES), 80, 151–154.
POLITICAL REVOLUTION, Right of, 38, 52, 57, 58.
POLITICAL SELF-PRESERVATION, 21.

POLITICAL SOVEREIGNTY (See SOVEREIGNTY), 11–16.

internal and external, 14, 15, 16, 136.

as internal, inalienable, 87 a, 94, 186, 150, 169.
as external Common Consent, 11, 97, 126, 136.
source and nature of, 11, 70, 71, 91, 92, 101.

POLITICAL STATE, what is a, 18-20, 91-92.

various foundations of, 11-16.

POMEROY, John Norton, his Theory of the Constitution, 101-111, 133.
PREAMBLE to Constitution, 84, 108-110, 149.

how it originally stood and why changed, 109-110.

PRESS, Freedom of, 149.

RATIFICATIONS of the Constitution, 84-86.

RELIGION, free exercise of, 149.

REPUBLICANS, THE, 152-154.

RESERVED RIGHTS of the States, 134, 140, 149, 150, 164–172.

RESOLUTION AND LETTER of the Constitutional Convention, 83.

RESUMPTION Of Political Sovereignty by the People, 39, 40, 52, 70.
REVOLUTION, AMERICAN, of 1776, History of, 38-51.
REVOLUTION, POLITICAL, Right of, 38, 52, 57-61.
RHODE ISLAND, her Colonial Government, 27.

her First Constitution, 27, 43.

her Ordinance of Ratification, 85 n.

SECESSION, Right of, 13.

refuted, 137, 150.

SELF-GOVERNMENT, Right of, defined, 11, 14, note to 16.

ceded by the People to their Rulers, 12, 171 to 180.
reserved by each Individual, 13.

by each State, 13.

partly ceded and partly reserved, 14.

as internal, inalienable, note to 16.

as external, determined by Common Consent, 16, 97.

SOUTH CAROLINA, Colonial Government of, 25, 26.

her Ordinance of Ratification, 85 h.

SOVEREIGN PARTIES to Constitution, 104, 105, 117, 120, 128.
SOVEREIGNTY (See SELF-GOVERNMENT,) natural, 69, 70, 91, 101.

political, source and nature of, 11, 70, 91, 101.

of Government, 12, 87 a, 87 b, 92, 140.

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resumable by the People,' 39, 40, 52, 70, 150.

of the People,' 11, 93-96, 140, 164, 172.

of the States, 54-61, 91, 93-96, 133, 135, 150.

as internal, inalienable, 94, 135, 136, 164–172.

as external Common Consent, 126, 127, 135, 137, 150.

STAMP ACT, of British Parliament, 33-34.

STATE, Civil, distinguished from Political, 91, 156, 165.
Political, definitions of, 18, 19.

distinguished from Nation, 20.

a means to a definite end, 38, 52.

the original warrant for its institution, 18.

STATE CONSTITUTIONS, establishment of, 43.

General Form of, 75-76.

nature of, 73-75.

STATE-RIGHTS DEMOCRATS, 153–154.

STATES, American, three kinds of, 156-165.
STATES, The, Revolutionary action of, 40-45.

necessary to our System, 121, 136, 172.
reserved Rights of, 184-140, 168-172.

STATE SOVEREIGNTY, 15, 54-61, 91, 93–96, 133, 134–135.
how far alienable, 16, 135.

ceded to U. S. in three cases only, 126, 127.

how affected by XIVth xvth Amendments, 164–172.
Theory of, Federal, 134-138.

Imperial, 102, 129.

STATES UNITED, THE, Principle of, 14-16, 119, 141, 153.

changed into One State, 168.

STORY, Justice, his Theory of the Constitution, 133.

SUFFRAGE, control of, the test of Sovereignty, 94, 95, 97, 168.
universal or limited, 98.

universal, the Ruin of Republics, 99.

importance of regulations of, 95-99, 164–172.

under XIVth and xvth Amendments, 164–172.

SUPREMACY CLAUSE of the Constitution, 143–144.
TREASON, note to 65.

TREATY OF PEACE with Great Britain, 51.

UNITED STATES, THE, what, 19, 91.

origin of the name, 50, note to 92.

changed into One State, 168.

UNION, of the States, Principle of, 14-16, 111, 112, 119, 141, 153.

articles of, original, 50–51.

nature of, under the Art. of Confederation, 62-64.

under Constitution, 101-155.

may it be dissolved, 137.

USURPATION, a new and easy method of, 107.

danger of Legislative, 146 a.

danger of Federal, 87 a, 87 b, 149.

VIRGINIA, Colonial Government of, 25.

Declaration of Independence by, 43, 57, 58.

her First Constitution, 57.

her Ordinance Ratifying the Constitution, 85 k.

VON HOLST, Const. and Polit. Hist. U. S. note to 44, note to 102.
VOTERS, 91-98, 165-166, 171-180.

WEBSTER, Daniel, his Theory of our Governments, 133, 140.