Committee of Style Appointed, p. 69 Really Committee of Revision, p. 78 Correction of language, masterly, p. 78
Compensation of Members Adequate, p. 173 Resolution of the Committee of the Whole, p. 173 Report of the committee of detail, p. 174 In the Pinckney and Wilson draughts, p. 175 Deviation from instructions explained, p. 207, 209
Compensation of the President. Committee's draught disregards the 12th Resolution, p. 209 Follows Pinckney's draught, p. 210
Compromises, The, of the Constitution. Neither Madison nor Pinckney attempted a compromise, p. 265
Conclusions. Final conclusions on the whole case, p. 273
Confederated States. Bankrupt and drifting towards war, p. 249 Helpless as against the States, p. 251 Dependent upon voluntary contributions, p. 265 Could not enforce treaties on States, p. 265
Constitution, The. Its four germinal stages, p. 66 Methods for consideration of, p. 67, 68 Birth of, p. 71 References to Committees, p. 69, 70, 78 The work of the Committee of Style, p. 78 Estimate of in 1818, p. 25, 27
Convention, The. Surviving members of, p. 24, 202 Philosophical methods of, p. 67 First days of the, p. 128, 129, 130 The first business day, p. 135 The secrecy of the convention, p. 227, 229, 232, 237 A lost paper, p. 230 Its careful preservation of papers, p. 287
Copyright and Patents. Not in the Department copy of the draught, p. 271 But Pinckney the author of those constitutional provisions, p. 271 Copyright cases, p. 206
Council of Revision. Considered, p. 46, 47, 50, 51 Pinckney's action regarding it, p. 50
Delicate. The word as used by Madison, p. 36
Draught of Committee of Detail. Reported by committee, p. 70 Description of, p. 71, 72, 234 Washington's copy of, p. 74 The notes by Major Jackson, p. 74 Agreement with Pinckney's draught, p. 79, 81, 255, 273 The "divide" in the march of the framers, p. 76 The compromises subsequent to the draught, p. 77 Sparks' analysis of it, p. 149 Sparks' test, p. 153, 156 Madison's non-reply to Sparks, p. 155, 156 The misplacing of veto power, p. 183, 220 The treason provisions, p. 185, 221 The Supreme Court jurisdiction clause, p. 191 The draught not yet written, p. 203 The preamble taken from Pinckney, p. 214 How the committee followed Pinckney, p. 215 The committee overrule Wilson, p. 222 Limit of time for preparing, p. 232, 235, 248 Engrossed on Pinckney's as copy for printer, p. 236, 241 "Delivered in" figuratively, p. 236 The most important document of the convention, p. 226 Printing of the draught, p. 233 The real authors of the draught, p. 165