James Madison: A Life Reconsidered (76 page)

Carrington, Edward,
154
,
184
,
232

Carroll, Charles,
409

Carroll, Daniel,
170

Catholicism,
247
,
253

Catilina, Lucius Sergius,
292

Charleston, British threat to,
68
,
77

Chase, Samuel,
287
–88,
297
,
325
–27,
339

Chesapeake, British forces in,
82
,
85
,
91
,
389
,
392
,
399
–400,
401

Cheves, Langdon,
372
,
375

Chew, Joseph,
16

Chew, Thomas,
12
–14,
65

Chigi, Cardinal Fabio,
33

Chittenden, Martin,
396

Church of England,
40
,
41

Cicero,
21

Cincinnatus,
269

Cincinnatus, Emperor,
179

Civil War, U.S.,
458

Clark, George Rogers,
66
–67

Clark, William,
308

Clarke, Samuel,
32
,
433

Clarkson, William,
102
–3

Clay, Henry,
388
,
433
,
447

as Speaker of the House,
371
–72,
373
,
374
–76

and war,
371
–72,
377
,
378
,
395

Clinton, Bill,
146

Clinton, DeWitt,
384

Clinton, George,
185
,
223

death of,
377

and elections,
236
–37,
317
,
344
,
348
–49,
350
,
355

as vice president,
355
,
368

Cliosophic Society,
25

Cockburn, George,
390
,
403

Coke, Edward,
104

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor,
32

Coles, Catharine,
249

Coles, Edward,
175
,
363
,
391
,
440
–41,
449
–50

Coles, Isaac,
363
,
364

College of New Jersey (Princeton),
22
–23

Concord and Lexington, battles of,
47
,
48
,
49
,
63
,
342

Congress, U.S.:

and Alien and Sedition Acts,
275
,
279

and bill of rights,
8
,
185
,
188
,
194
–98,
199

and British provocations,
333
,
340
,
342
–43,
363

and capital city location,
201
–2,
203
,
217
–19

constitutional debates in,
190
–91,
196
–99

Eleventh Congress,
366
–67

enumerated powers of,
143
,
155
,
163
,
183
,
220
–21,
230
,
242
,
298
,
310
,
332
,
426
,
444

Federalists in,
see
Federalists

First Congress under the Constitution,
176
,
186
,
188
–90,
192
–93,
202
,
220
–22,
224
,
250
,
264
,
366

and Force Bill,
351
–52

Fourteenth Congress,
423
,
425
–26

Fourth Congress,
254
,
265
,
279

and immigration,
253
,
274

and impeachment,
325
–26

and international trade,
191
–92,
243
,
356
,
364
,
394
,
396

and Jay Treaty,
255
,
258
–62

and Judiciary Acts,
192
,
303

and land speculation,
211
,
324

legislative authority of,
258
–59,
312
,
434
,
443

and Library of Congress,
303
,
411
,
422
,
455

and Louisiana Purchase,
305
,
310
,
311

Madison as member of First Congress,
189
–90

Madison’s candidacy for,
184
–86

Madison’s retirement from,
252
–53,
265
–66,
267

members censured in,
368

and military expansion,
246
–47,
278
,
279
,
363
–64,
372
–73,
374
–75,
377
,
399
,
414
,
417

and military preparedness,
386
–87

and Mississippi navigation,
259
–61

and national bank,
220
–22,
227
,
423

and national debt,
208
–11,
214
,
215
–19

and Non-importation Act,
334
,
335

and Non-intercourse Act,
352
,
356
,
366

in Philadelphia,
220
,
222
,
244

and presidential elections,
182
–83,
186
–87,
265
,
287
,
290
–91,
344
,
384

and
Report of 1800,
283

Republicans in,
see
Republican Party

and right of assembly,
251
–52

roads and canals,
426
,
443
–44

and secession threats,
216
–17

Second Congress,
227
,
231
,
238
,
242
–43

Seventh Congress,
302
–3

and slavery,
212
–15

and taxes,
189
,
216
,
375
,
389
,
444
–45

Third Congress,
243
,
253
,
261

Thirteenth Congress,
388
–94,
395
–96

and Treaty of Ghent,
419
,
421

Twelfth Congress,
371
–74,
384
,
388

and War of 1812,
372
–78,
385
,
388
–90,
392
,
394
–96,
414
,
416
–18

and XYZ Affair,
273
,
279

Connecticut, and Constitutional Convention,
139
,
141

Constitution, U.S.:

amendments to,
8
,
155
–56,
168
,
169
,
174
,
176
,
177
,
183
,
185
,
188
,
193
,
194
–201,
234
,
283
,
310
,
458

and bill of rights,
8
,
150
,
155
–56,
159
–60,
177
,
180
,
182
,
183
–84,
185
,
188
,
191
,
195
–96,
197
–200,
458

checks and balances in,
221
,
228
,
312

commerce clause,
444

and congressional powers,
230
,
426

development of,
see
Constitutional Convention

final form of,
8
,
164

First Amendment,
197
–98

Fourteenth Amendment,
200
,
458

general welfare clause,
163
,
220
,
230
,
283
,
434

interpretation of,
310
–11

and national stability,
228
,
425

necessary and proper clause,
163
,
220
–21,
434

opposition to,
149
–51,
154
–56,
166
,
167
–72,
174
–77,
195
,
212
,
234
–35

preamble to,
150

ratification of,
8
,
150
,
153
–80,
181
–82,
185
,
190
,
212
,
230
,
434

signers of,
150
–51,
451

and slavery,
212
–14,
458

and state powers,
153
–54,
196
,
199
,
200
,
228
,
324
,
443
–44,
445
,
446
,
458

supporters of,
156
–58,
167
,
169
,
172

as supreme law of the land,
142

Twelfth Amendment,
318

and war,
145
,
163
,
378

writing of,
61
–62,
149
,
150
,
434

Constitutional Convention,
125
–51

agenda of,
7

and bill of rights,
150

Committee of Style,
149
,
150

Committee on Postponed Parts,
145
–46,
148

and compromise,
133
–34,
137
,
138
,
139
–40,
142

on congressional veto,
131
,
132
,
142
,
143
,
151

Council of Revision,
145
,
312

creating a nation,
4
–5,
126
,
129
,
164

delegates to,
127
,
140
,
141
–42,
150
–51

dissenters in,
149
–51,
171

on elections,
130
–31,
143
–48

on enumeration of powers,
143
,
163
,
183

on executive branch,
129
,
134
–35,
142
–48,
149
,
150
,
166
,
188

filibuster in,
136

Grand Committee of,
139
–40,
141

on judicial branch,
129
,
142
,
143

on legislative branch,
129
–32,
140
,
141
,
142
,
143
,
145
–46,
147
,
434

Madison’s notes on,
8
,
127
,
128
,
134
,
139
,
140
,
141
,
150
,
151
,
154
,
166
,
449
–50

Madison’s roles in,
7
–8,
126
,
142
,
144
,
145
,
146
–47,
149
,
157

and New Jersey Plan,
133
,
134
,
135

on proportional representation,
128
,
129
–30,
132
–33,
137
,
139
,
140
,
141

proposals for,
118
–20,
121
–22,
126
,
128
–31

rules of,
127
–28

secrecy of,
128

and slavery,
137
,
148
–49

and small vs. large states,
129
–30,
131
–39,
141
,
144
–45

and supremacy clause,
142

and vice presidency,
147
–48,
150

and Virginia Plan,
128
–31,
134
,
135
,
136
,
142
,
143
,
149

on war powers,
145
,
163

Washington as presiding officer of,
127
,
128
,
136
–37

Continental army:

inadequate provisioning of,
66
,
75
–81,
86
–87,
90

mutinies of,
86
–87,
95
,
100
–101

at Newburgh winter quarters,
95

pay owed to,
86
–87,
92
,
93
,
95
,
96
,
100
–101,
209
,
210
,
387

at Valley Forge,
66
,
79

and Washington,
48
,
56
,
58
,
63
,
66
,
75
,
95
,
209

Continental Association,
46
,
48

Continental Congress:

and Constitutional Convention,
129

and Continental army,
75
–81,
93
,
95

delegates to,
27
,
44
,
46
,
58
,
60
,
64
,
73
,
77
,
95

and events leading to Revolution,
44
–46

inadequate information of,
77
–78

and independence,
57
,
62

Madison as member of,
2
,
6
,
73
,
75
,
76
–77,
84
,
85
–86,
97
,
101
,
120
–22