The Constitutional Convention: Its History, Powers, and Modes of ProceedingReprint of the original, first published in 1867. |
Contents
Leading principles of the American system of government The function | 1 |
Fundamental conceptions to be first developed sovereignty or | 17 |
Modes in which sovereignty manifests itself 23 | 23 |
6 The question considered from the point of view of historical | 30 |
Observations on the foregoing authorities and conclu | 51 |
The capacity in which the States under the existing Federal Constitution | 60 |
compact 6567 | 65 |
Constitutions as instruments of evidence discriminated | 71 |
The first theory that of conventional sovereignty a novelty Its history SS 311 | 311 |
6 Powers of Conventions growing out of their relations to the state | 320 |
Can it eject from office or direct in the discharge of their duties | 326 |
True theory of the suffrage S 336 | 336 |
Can a Convention limit the discretion of the electors in | 351 |
Have the electors power to instruct their delegates to Cod | 362 |
Opinion of the Supreme Court of New York | 390 |
Observations | 417 |
In the United States all Constitutions considered as instruments of evidence | 84 |
Rules of construction applicable to each | 91 |
New Hampshire Convention of 1775 History and character | 118 |
Advice of the Continental Congress to Massachusetts | 127 |
South Carolina Convention of 1776 History and character | 133 |
Delaware Convention of 1776 History and character of 141 | 141 |
Georgia Convention of 1776 History and character of | 147 |
Vermont Convention of 1777 History and character of 153 | 153 |
First Federal Convention the Continental Congress Char | 159 |
Action of Congress on these recommendations Call of the sec | 165 |
gress 195 | 183 |
Character of this Convention 166 | 188 |
time when Michigan became a State | 207 |
By whom Conventions should be elected 260266 | 255 |
CHAPTER V | 261 |
Of the internal organization of Conventions 272274 | 272 |
Grounds of opposition to administration of an oath | 278 |
Rules of Order | 284 |
Meaning of the term power | 305 |
6 Questions as to the power of Conventions to legislate | 419 |
SS 426441 | 426 |
CHAPTER VII | 439 |
c Secession and Reconstruction Conventions | 451 |
Precedents as to submission 487 and notes | 488 |
Peculiar mode of submission in Verinont | 494 |
To whom Constitutions ought to be submitted 500609 | 500 |
In what manner Constitutions should be submitted 514520 | 514 |
Necessity of some provision for amending Constitutions | 525 |
CHAPTER III | 529 |
APPENDIX | 533 |
Second check or safeguard by submission of the question | 534 |
The term Constitution defined Constitutions discriminated into two kinds | 535 |
Opinion of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New York respecting | 542 |
Practical questions relating to the subject of this chapter SS 547574 | 547 |
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