Commercial Relations, suspension of, an act of war, XVI. 299.
Committee on Foreign Relations, reports of, on San Juan boundary
question, VII. 216;
on draught of convention with Mexico, VIII. 227;
on claims on France for spoliations of commerce, XI. 70;
and on Chinese indemnity fund, XVIII. 115.
President Grant’s endeavor to change the, XVIII. 289.
Common Law, I. 270.
Its relation to enlistments by minors in United States, I. 371.
On the pardoning power, III. 224.
Favors liberty, III. 282, 358 (_see note_); VI. 225; X. 343 _et seq._
In America, III. 332.
May be employed to interpret the Constitution, III. 332; IX. 171; XIV.
7; XVI. 100.
Requires trial by jury for recovery of escaped villeins, III. 333;
X. 375,--authorities proving same, III. 333-337; X. 376.
Recognizes no distinction of color, according to Chief-Justice Holt,
XIX. 250.
Common Schools, equal rights in, III. 51; XIX. 3, 158, 165, 166, 241-244,
261; XX. 275.
Rights of colored children in, under Massachusetts laws, III. 66.
Must be open to all, III. 68, 95; XIX. 241, 261.
Establishment of, in Massachusetts, VII. 9; XII. 207; XIV. 337.
Early opposed in Virginia, VII. 11; XIV. 337.
Contributions of, for statue of Horace Mann, VII. 20.
Should be established in rebel States, XII. 328; XIV. 334-339; XV.
220-227.
A system of, irrespective of color, XX. 275.
Condorcet, his treatise on progress, II. 264.
On a slave-master, VI. 166.
On Franklin’s mission to Paris, X. 230.
On slavery, XII. 168.
On republican government, XIII. 199.
Confederation of the United States, formation and weakness of, X.
177-179; XVI. 29 _et seq._
Confiscation of property in war, IX. 35; XVII. 13-15.
Authorities respecting, IX. 36 _et seq._; XVII. 13-15.
Within national jurisdiction, IX. 38-40; XVII. 19-21, 25-27,--beyond
same, IX. 40-44.
History of, IX. 53-69;
especially in France, IX. 55-58;
and in Revolutionary War, IX. 59-69.
And emancipation, should be employed against Rebels, IX. 71, 74-77,
128.
Congregate System of prison discipline.
See _Auburn System_.
Congress, Mr. Sumner’s refusal to be a candidate for, I. 330.
Its power over armies, I. 354;
and over the militia, I. 354; IV. 21, 26-30.
Mr. Sumner accepts Free-Soil nomination for, II. 301.
Modes of preventing war discussed in, II. 406, 407.
Has no power to establish slavery, III. 276, 296, 299; VIII. 274,--or
to legislate concerning fugitives from service, III. 276, 297, 299,
318; XII. 12.
Actions of 1st, in regard to slavery, III. 293; IV. 121.
Provisions of Convention of 1787 for powers of, III. 319-324.
Cannot interfere with slavery in States, III. 326; IV. 121; VI. 376;
VII. 1; IX. 26.
Can prohibit slavery in Territories, IV. 125; VI. 233, 376; VII. 1.
Has sole power to abrogate treaties, V. 102, 112.
Can admit Kansas at once, V. 217.
Should overthrow usurpation in Kansas, V. 245.
Conduct of slave-masters in, VI. 196-211.
War-powers of, against slavery, VII. 258; IX. 45, 128; XI. 191.
Power of, over rebel States, VIII. 164-167, 245; IX. 120; X. 167; XI.
361; XII. 329; XIV. 209, 225; XV. 218; XVIII. 31,--sources of above
power, VIII. 164-167, 245; X. 208-213; XI. 367, 372; XII. 330-332;
XIII. 124-127, 325 _et seq._; XIV. 341; XVI. 344-347.
Can make Treasury notes a legal tender, VIII. 183-192.
Can abolish slavery in District of Columbia, VIII. 258, 281;
is responsible for same, VIII. 265, 280.
Can appropriate money to ransom slaves, VIII. 281.
Testimony to intervention of, for ransom of Algerine slaves, VIII.
286-291, 293-296.
Usage of, in enrolling bills, VIII. 372.
Should confiscate property and liberate slaves of Rebels, IX. 71, 146.
Achievements of 37th, IX. 144, 205.
Protests against final adjournments of, IX. 176; XI. 405; XIV. 348; XV.
172, 240.
Chancellor Kent on executive power of, X. 174; XI. 372.
Supremacy of, over States, X. 185-190.
Exclusion of colored testimony recognized by, XI. 3.
Its powers over slavery, XI. 190-195, 209; XII. 62-65.
Must determine readmission of rebel States, XI. 296, 361, 366-372.
Summer sessions of, XI. 405 _et seq._
Can ratify executive acts, XII. 71;
judicial decision proving same, XII. 71.
Judicial decisions on its power to regulate commerce between States,
XII. 113-117; XIV. 69.
Story on its power to establish post-roads, XII. 117, 120.
Power and duty of, to grant equal rights to colored persons, XIII.
124-127, 211-219, 324-337; XIV. 210, 215-218; XVI. 1, 61, 252; XVII.
34; XIX. 126-130, 232-234, 266, 272-284, 286.
Authorities respecting powers of, under the Constitution, XIII. 216,
273, 278; XVIII. 29; XIX. 277.
Power of, to counteract the cattle-plague, XIV. 49;
to provide against cholera from abroad, XIV. 59;
and to make a ship-canal at Niagara, XIV. 99.
The one-man power _vs._, XIV. 181.
Power of, to require free schools in rebel States, XIV. 340.
Powers of the two Houses of, in absence of a quorum, XV. 185.
President Johnson’s defiance of, XVI. 171.
Power of, to require conditions for admission of States, XVI. 235,
244; XVIII. 3-5,--objections to same refuted, XVI. 236-252.
Eligibility of colored citizens to, XVI. 255.
Judicial decisions on political powers of, XVI. 346.
Its treatment of claims for losses by Revolutionary War and War of
1812, XVII. 25-28.
Powers of, to prohibit inequality, caste, and oligarchy of the skin,
XVII. 34.
Admission of Virginia to representation in, XVII. 204.
Power and duty of, to protect Reconstruction, XVII. 208; XVIII. 26-32.
Not pledged by Reconstruction Acts to admit rebel States, XVII.
208-210, 224-226.
Power of, over national banks, XVII. 293-296.
Admission of Mississippi to representation in, XVIII. 1;
and of Georgia, XVIII. 23.
Congress, Continental, on object of the Revolution, III. 281; VI. 226;
XIII. 174; XVI. 31.
New governments arranged by, X. 204.
Testimony of, to rights of colored persons, XII. 148; XIII. 189.
Resolutions and addresses of, quoted, XIII. 170.
Debate in, on fisheries, XV. 162 _et seq._
Meeting of the, XVI. 26.
Congress of Nations, a substitute for war, I. 51; II. 414; III. 117.
Suggested by Henry IV. of France, II. 385; XVIII. 233.
Advocated by Grotius and others, II. 385,--by William Penn, II.
387,--by the Abbé Saint-Pierre, II. 388; XVIII. 233,--by Rousseau,
II. 391; XVIII. 233,--by German writers, especially Kant, II.
393-397; XVIII. 233-236,--by Bentham, II. 397,--by the Peace
Congress at Brussels, II. 403,--by the legislature of Massachusetts
and in Congress, II. 407,--and by M. Bouvet in France and Arnold
Ruge in Germany, II. 408.
Conkling, Roscoe, Senator from New York, letter of, indorsing Remington
and Sons, XX. 28.
Connecticut, valley of the, IX. 249.
Conscription, Mr. Monroe on, I. 355.
Exemption of clergymen from, IX. 303.
Conservatism, true, defined, II. 278, 289; III. 249.
False, II. 278.
Consols, should not be established in United States, XVII. 287.
Constitution of the United States, does not prevent abolition of slavery,
I. 310.
Amendments to, allowable, I. 311; III. 271.
Authors of, did not believe slavery would be perpetual, I. 311; II.
231; III. 16; VI. 314; XIII. 196,--their declarations against
slavery, I. 312; II. 230; III. 17, 277-280; VI. 227, 311; X. 356.
Foundation of the party of freedom, II. 228.
Opposed to Slave Power, II. 230.
Purpose and character of, as expressed by the preamble, II. 230; III.
276; VII. 38; X. 181, 345; XI. 187; XIII. 175, 304; XVI. 39.
Disarms separate States, II. 380.
Does not authorize slavery, III. 16, 276, 296; IV. 346; VI. 314; VII.
1; XI. 186-189, 196.
Rules for interpreting, III. 276-283, 332; IX. 80, 171; XIII. 219; XIV.
7; XVI. 57, 100; XIX. 233, 272 _et seq._, 308, 310.
Gives no power to Congress to establish slavery, III. 296; VIII. 274.
Original compromises of, III. 304; X. 354.
Clause in, on surrender of fugitives from service, III. 303, 356;
X. 341.
Must be obeyed by each public officer as he understands it, IV. 179,
269;
authorities declaring above rule, IV. 179-181, 269.
Power of the Supreme Court to interpret, IV. 270-272.
Interpretation of its clause on privileges of citizens, IV. 338-341;
XIX. 234, 279.
Its clause on revenue bills a compromise between large and small
States, V. 84;
interpretation of same, V. 87, 91.
On treaties, V. 101; XIX. 79.
Does not authorize slavery in Territories, V. 156; VI. 230, 338; X.
214; XI. 195.
Nowhere recognizes property in man, VI. 125, 223, 359; XI. 187.
Secures right of petition to the people, VI. 294.
The guide of United States citizens, VII. 7.
Proposed amendment to, in favor of slavery, VII. 174, 330.
Requires loyalty as a qualification for a Senator, VIII. 213; XVI.
74-76.
Sacredness of oath to support, VIII. 221.
Does not sanction slavery in District of Columbia, VIII. 265, 275.
Limitations of rights of sovereignty against criminals in, IX. 25-30.
Does not limit war-powers of Congress, IX. 45, 71, 131-138, 183-185,
216.
Opposition to its adoption, X. 182; XIII. 305; XVI. 41.
Sources of power over slavery in, XI. 190-196.
Its provisions for supremacy of national government, XVI. 39.
Does not recognize any distinction of color, XVI. 249; XVII. 42; XVIII.
159; XIX. 249.
Its allotment of the war-power, XIX. 76.
All statutes and legislation must conform to, XIX. 254.
Story on its prohibition of interference with religion, XIX. 292.
Does not forbid requirement of equal rights in churches, XIX. 293-299.
Contrasted with the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 305, 308.
Constitutional Amendment defending liberty, protects all, III. 298; VIII.
277; XI. 193-195.
Abolishing slavery, XI. 211 _et seq._;
form of same considered, XI. 216-227; XIV. 235-238.
Rebel States not needed to ratify a, XII. 101, 181, 341, 359; XIII. 31,
62; XVI. 71.
Quorum of States necessary in adoption of a, XII. 357;
Bishop on meaning of above rule, XII. 359; XVI. 71.
Abolishing slavery, adoption of, XIII. 30;
enforcement of same, XIII. 113, 215-218, 273-276, 310, 333-335;
XVII. 46; XIX. 232, 275-278.
Not proper to secure colored suffrage, XV. 177; XVII. 49-51.
Withdrawal of assent to a, by a State, XVI. 69.
See _Blaine Amendment_, _Fifteenth Amendment_, and _Fourteenth
Amendment_.
Consular Pupils, XI. 49.
Consuls, VIII. 325; XI. 52.
Authorities respecting, VIII. 326, 330.
Contraband of War, despatches included in, by English authorities, VIII.
64, 67,--but not by American or all Continental authorities,
VIII. 64-66.
American rules in regard to, VIII. 68-71.
Should be abolished, VIII. 78.
Convention, National, of 1787, declarations on slavery in, III. 17,
277-279; VI. 227, 313; X. 356.
Meeting and early labors of, III. 306; XVI. 35.
Provides for surrender of fugitives from service, III. 308; X. 354.
Its provisions for the powers of Congress, III. 319-324.
Did not empower Congress to legislate for surrender of fugitives from
service, III. 323.
Debates in, on origination of money bills, V. 84-87, 88 _et seq._;
on paper money, VIII. 185;
on taxing slaves, IX. 94.
Object of, X. 179, 180; XVI. 41.
Discussion of State rights in, X. 183 _et seq._; XII. 125; XIII. 305;
XVI. 37 _et seq._
Debates in, on guaranty of republican government, XIII. 140;
on establishment of national government, XVI. 36-38;
on suspension of the President, XVI. 91,--and on equality of States,
XVI. 238-240.
Story on same, XVI. 241.
Conventions, political, obligations imposed by, XX. 170.
Conveyances, public, open to all by law, XIX. 238.
Authorities proving same, XIX. 238-240.
Conway, Martin F., letter to, VI. 40.
Coolie Trade, denunciation of the, XIV. 262.
Cooper, J. Fenimore, the novelist, III. 213.
Copyright, international, XVI. 86.
Coquerel, Athanase, XIX. 159.
Coquerel, Athanase, _fils_, XIX. 159.
Cotton, cultivation of, favorable to slavery, VI. 314; VII. 322.
Tax on, IX. 84.