Thinks the Constitution should be ratified by the people in conventions, 352. Dissatisfied with the general character of the Constitution, 502, 552. Criticism on his objections to the Constitution, 572. Opinions on the ratification of the Constitution by Virginia, 508, 569, 570.
MASSACHUSETTS, redeems paper money beyond her quota, 7. Keeps troops without the consent of Congress, 120. Insurrection there in 1787, 94, 99, 119, 126. Appoints delegates to the convention at Annapolis, 115. Sends delegates to the Federal Convention, 123, 124, 126. Proportion of electors of President, 338, 339, 562. Proportion of representation in the Senate before a census, 129. Proportion of representation in the House of Representatives before a census, 129, 288, 290, 316, 375, 377, 559. Opinions on the Federal Constitution, 568, 572. Proceedings in regard to the Constitution, 568.
MASSACHUSETTS LINE sends deputation to Countries, 20.
MEASURES, standard of, may be fixed by Congress, 130, 378, 434, 560.
MEETING, of Congress to be annual, 129, 377, 383, 559. Of Congress to be fixed, 377, 383, 409, 559.
MEMBERS, (see Branch; Congress; Representatives; Senate,) of the Federal Convention, 123, 126, 132. Of Congress, their age, qualifications, and compensation, 127, 129, 130, 184, 185, 186, 189, 190, 205, 210, 226, 228, 230, 241, 246, 271, 370, 375, 377, 378, 379, 389, 397, 402, 411, 559. Their disabilities, 127, 128, 130, 185, 189, 190, 230, 247, 343, 370, 375, 377, 378, 379, 420, 452, 453. Their election and qualification to be judged by each House, 129, 379, 401, 559.
MERCER, JOHN F., objects to states making valuation of lands, 47. Discusses retrospective effect of valuation, 47. Remarks on export of tobacco under authority of Congress, 47. Objects to general system of revenue, 49, 54, 57, 61. Urges calling on Pennsylvania to restore goods seized while under passport, 50, 54. Proposes to appropriate impost to pay army first, 51, 53. Advocates new scale of depreciation, 54, 57. Opposes commutation of half pay and funding the public debt, 59. Remarks on the conduct of American commissioners at Paris, 68, 69, 74, 75. Disapproves proposed convention of Eastern Slates, 80. Objects to proclamation relative to peace, 84. Moves to erase application to France for loan of three millions, 88. Remarks on disbanding army, 89, 90. Remarks on conduct of executive of Pennsylvania on the mutiny of the troops, 92. Remarks on cession by Virginia of public lands, 92. Attends the Federal Convention, 376. Advocates a freehold qualification for electors of representatives, 389. Objects to residence as a necessary qualification of representatives, 390. His views on the exclusive power of the representatives on money bills, 394. Thinks a quorum in Congress should be less than a majority, 405, 406. Objects to the Senate having any but legislative powers, 408, 438. Objects to the exclusion of foreigners from Congress being retrospective, 412, 414. Thinks the appointment to office necessary to sustain a due executive influence, 421, 424. Objects to the judiciary declaring laws void, 429. Wishes the judiciary to have a revisionary power over the laws, 429. Is strenuous for prohibiting a tax on exports, 433. Approves of Congress establishing post-roads, 434. Opposes an exclusion of the power of Congress to emit bills of credit, 435. Thinks a treasurer should be appointed like other officers, 433. Objects to military force being introduced into a state by Congress, to subdue rebellion, without its previous application, 437.
MIFFLIN, THOMAS, sent to Rhode Island to urge impost, 14. Proposes publication of Carleton's letters refusing to suspend hostilities, 81. Attends the Federal Convention, 124. Desires to confine the ineligibility of members of Congress to offices created or increased in value duping their term, 420. Signs the Constitution, 565.
MIGRATION of slaves, 379, 457, 471, 477, 501.
MILITARY, force, when to be used, 128, 343, 379, 437. Force may be raised by Congress, 130, 379, 442, 510, 553, 561. Roads may be established by Congress, 130. Operations not to be published in the Journal of Congress, 408. Its subordination, 445. Regulations in regard to it, 445.
MILITIA, inefficient under the Confederation, 127. Power of Congress in regard to its regulation, 130, 440, 443, 451, 464, 561. May be called out by Congress on certain occasions, 130, 379, 407, 501. Command of, by the President, 131, 205, 343, 380, 480, 502. Ought to be regulated by the states, 172.
MINISTERS. See Ambassadors.
MISDEMEANOR, 381, 487, 528.
MISSISSIPPI, navigation of, 98, 100, 101, 102, 105, 107, 487, 526.
MITCHELL, NATHANIEL, views of the operation of treaties on the states, 98. Views as to salaries, 99 Views as to Spain and the Mississippi, 103.
MONARCHY, too much power in the executive will make one, 140, 148, 150. The best model for an executive, 203. British, 141, 150, 152, 237, 340. Inclination towards it, 147, 148, 149, 153, 154, 184, 202, 326, 514. Hopes of those friendly to, 120.
MONEY, only to be drawn from the treasury in pursuance of appropriations, 316, 375, 377, 415, 420, 427, 510, 529, 501. Paper not to be made a tender, 435. Bills about, must originate in the House of Representatives, 129, 188, 274, 282, 284, 310, 316, 375, 377, 394, 396, 410, 415, 427, 452, 510, 529, 560. Bills about, to be voted upon in proportion to contribution, 266. Bills, when and how altered, 274, 316, 375, 377, 394, 410, 415, 420, 428, 510, 529, 560. May be borrowed by Congress, 130, 378, 560. Mav be coined by Congress 130, 378, 434, 560. Affairs to be made known to the people, 284.
MONROE, JAMES, speaks of a plan for a Federal Convention, 118.
MONTGOMERY, JOHN, proceedings as to goods seized when under passport, 28.
MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR, attends Federal Convention, 123. Objects to equal vote of large and small states in the Convention, 125. Presents letter from Rhode Island to the Convention, 125. Shows the difference between federal and national system, 133. His general views of a national as compared with a federal government, 270. Depicts the absolute necessity of a constitutional union, 276. His course towards the small states complained of, 278. Contends that an aristocracy will always exist, 283, 386. His view of the effect of the declaration of independence on the sovereignty of the states, 286. Thinks too much should not be yielded to the Southern States, 291, 297, 303, 308. His remarks on the conflict of northern and southern, eastern and western, interests, 308. His remarks on slavery, 392. Desires a compromise between the Northern and Southern States relative to slaves, navigation, and exports, 400. Views on the mode of electing the President, 322, 323, 335, 473, 508, 509, 510, 513, 510, 519. In favor of an executive during good behavior, 325. Views as to the executive term and reëligibility, 335, 302, 474. Opposes the trial of impeachment of the President by the judges, 329. Thinks the President should be liable to impeachment, 343. Approves of the President and judges as a council of revision, 348. Views as to the President's negative on laws, 385, 430, 536, 538. Wishes an executive council, 442. Proposes a council of state to assist the President, 446. Prefers the chief justice to the President of the Senate as provisional successor of the President, 480. His general views
