The Constitutional History of the United States, 1765/1895: 1788-1861

Francis Newton Thorpe

Callaghan & Company, 1901 - Constitutional history

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 1
• Sentiment of the Country: 7
• In the Carolinas: 13
• Parties in Pennsylvania 19: 19
• Rejoicings in Philadelphia: 26
• The Harrisburg Amendments: 31
• CONTENTS: 34
• John Hancock: 40
• Policy of the AntiFederalists: 46
• Distribution of the Vote: 54
• Rejoicings Over Ratification: 60
• Paper Money: 66
• Ratification and Rejoicings: 72
• The Vote: 77
• The Delegates: 83
• Probable Expansion of the United States: 89
• James Monroes Objections 9596: 95
• The Control of the Mississippi 101: 101
• Mason Henry and Madison: 107
• The Slave Trade 113114: 113
• Judgment Against a State: 119
• CONTENTS: 125
• CHAPTER IV: 131
• Publius: 137
• CONTENTS: 138
• Hamiltons Great Speech: 143
• Conditional Ratification 149150: 149
• Iredells Defense of the Constitution: 156
• Separation of Powers: 162
• Religious Tests 165166: 165
• Iredells Appeal for Ratification: 172
• Inauguration of Washington 178179: 178
• The Second North Carolina Convention: 184
• A Bill of Rights: 190
• The Vote on the Constitution 196198: 196
• Jeffersons Opinion of Wilson: 212
• Is a Bill of Rights Necessary?: 218
• Demands of the Federalists: 222
• Character of the Amendments: 228
• Apportionment 234236: 234
• Instruction of Representatives 240241: 240
• Limitations in Appeals: 246
• Congress and Elections: 252
• The Report in Conference: 259
• The Judiciary Article: 265
• Failure of State Sovereignty: 269
• Iredells Opinion 275282: 275
• His Conclusions 283284: 283
• Sovereignty of the People: 289
• Old Method of Choosing Electors: 295
• An Adverse Report: 301
• Three Candidates or Five for President: 307
• John Quincy Adams: 313
• The Basis of Representation: 319
• The House Insists on a Vote: 324
• Sources of the Amendments: 330
• CHAPTER I: 337
• The Alien and Sedition Acts: 343
• Acquisition of Louisiana: 349
• Marshalls Opinion: 355
• Slavery Exclusion: 362
• Senator Thomas Compromise: 368
• Electoral Vote of Missouri: 374
• The Monroe Doctrine: 380
• Constitutionality of a Protective Tariff: 386
• The Nation: 392
• Calhoun on Nullification: 398
• Clays Compromise: 404
• The Bank Controversy: 410
• Tylers Policy: 416
• Extension of Slavery 417418: 417
• Slavery a Question of Property Rights: 423
• A Compromise Pending: 430
• Webster on the Compromise 437439: 437
• His Reply to Calhoun 445446: 445
• Sewards Higher Law: 452
• The Federalist: 459
• Power of the Legislature: 465
• Reservation of Powers: 471
• Vitality of the Constitution: 472
• Jackson on Marshalls Opinion: 478
• America and France Compared: 484
• Expansion of the United States: 491
• Condition of Slaves Under the Law: 497
• Paramount Authority of Congress: 504
• State Banks: 511
• The Three Great Issues: 517
• Two Bills Passed: 520
• Unsettled Condition of Kansas: 526
• The Wyandotte Convention: 532
• Opinion of the Court: 539
• Senator Douglas on Dred Scott: 545
• Nomination of Lincoln and Hamlin: 552
• The Issues 558559: 558
• The South Carolina Address 564570: 564
• Purpose of South Carolina: 571
• Discordant Elements: 577
• North and South Contrasted: 581
• Precedents for 1860: 587
• No Escape from Disunion: 593
• Interpretation of Lincolns Election: 600
• Judah P Benjamin: 606
• Benjamin F Wade: 612
• John J Crittenden: 618
• Andrew Johnsons Plan: 624
• Union Sentiments: 627
• The Peace Conference: 633
• A SlaveHolding Confederacy 580: 638
• The Committee of Thirtythree: 639
• The Approaching Struggle Depicted: 645
• The African Slave Trade: 651
• The Labors of the Committee: 657
• The Committees Report: 663
• The Resolution Before the Senate 669670: 669
• Various Opinions: 671
• The First Blow at Secession: 677
• The Illinois Ratification 683684: 683

Popular passages

Page 485 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow -to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.

Page 629 - I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in...

Page 549 - I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that because I do not want a black woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife. I need not have her for either. I can just leave her alone.

Page 484 - ... the government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action. This would seem to result necessarily from its nature. It is the government of all; its powers are delegated by all; it represents all, and acts for all. Though any one state may be willing to control its operations, no state is willing to allow others to control them. The nation, on those subjects on which it can act, must necessarily bind its component parts.

Page 477 - The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has over the judges, and on that point the President is independent of both.

Page 258 - No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

Page 485 - Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and spirit of the constitution, are constitutional.

Page 544 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...

Page 678 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it. I cannot be ignorant of the fact that many worthy and patriotic citizens are desirous of having the National Constitution amended.

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Bibliographic information

• Title: The Constitutional History of the United States, 1765/1895: 1788-1861; Volume 2 of The Constitutional History of the United States, 1765/1895, Francis Newton Thorpe
• Author: Francis Newton Thorpe
• Publisher: Callaghan & Company, 1901