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VACANCY, in the House of Representatives, 129, 377, 559. In the Senate, 129, 377, 395, 559. In the executive, 131, 380, 480, 507, 508, 520, 522, 562.
VALUATION. See Land. Mode of making valuation discussed, 24, 34, 43, 45, 46, 63, 77. Committee appointed to report mode of, 5, 24. Discussion whether it should he made by the states, 21, 24, 46, 48. Period during which valuation of land should continue, 46, 47, 77.
VARNUM, MR., views of operation of treaties on the states, 98. Remarks on admission of British consul, 101. Remarks on negotiations about the Mississippi, 102, 104. Letter relative to Rhode Island. (Appendix, p. 577.)
VERGENNES, COUNT, intercedes for Captain Asgill, 2. Remarks on course of American commissioners in negotiations at Paris, 17, 66, 68, 74, 76. Urges establishment of revenue to pay debt to France, 76. Writes to Luzerne relative to loans and negotiations, 76, 77.
VERMONT, disregards recommendation of Congress, 4. Alleged intrigues of Knowlton and others there with British, 7, 8, 10, 31. Proceedings in Congress in regard to them, 8, 10, 12, 14, 25, 44. Remonstrance from, against proceedings of Congress, 44.
VETO. See Negative. See Revision.
VICE-PRESIDENT, his election, 507, 520, 562. His powers and duties, 507, 508, 520, 559. Impeachment and removal, 529.
VIRGINIA, repeals her laws authorizing impost duties, 17. Denies right of Congress to grant passports for tobacco, 43, 47. Her delegates in Congress, November, 1787, 1. Votes for Mr. Bland as President, 1. Repeals the impost, and declares her inability to pay her quota, 33, 37, 40, 43. Opposes abatement in apportionment of certain states, 58. Interested in general revenue, 60. Number of inhabitants, and proportion of contribution, in 1783, 82. The completion of her cession of western lands urged, 87. Discussion of her cession resumed in Congress, 91, 92. Desires to confine her within Alleghany, 93. Enlists troops, on account of insurrection in Massachusetts, 94. Instructions relative to the Mississippi, 97, 103. Sends papers relative to Spanish seizures, 99, 100, 101. Prohibits importation of various articles, 119. Averse to extending power of Congress of the Confederation, 113. Appoints delegates to the convention at Annapolis, 113, 115. Passes law appointing delegates to the Federal Convention, 116. Prefers a revision of the Confederation by a convention instead of Congress, 116. Proceedings relative to Federal Convention, 116. Sends delegates to the Federal Convention, 123. Advocates equal vote of large and small states in the convention, 125. Looked to for a plan for the new government, 126. Proportion of representation in the House of Representatives before a census, 129, 288, 290, 316, 375, 377, 559. Proportion of representation in the Senate before a census, 129. Desires a proportional representation in both branches of Congress, 240. Proportion of electors of President, 338, 339, 562. Opinions there about the Federal Constitution, 567, 568, 569, 571, 574, 576.
VOTE, rule in committee of whole discussed, 45. When that of nine states required, 61, 62, 88, 92, 102, 103. Difficulties in regard to, in Confederation, 111. Equality of, insisted on by Delaware for each state, 124. Equality of, In the convention, objected to, 125. Of two thirds in Congress required in certain cases, 166, 379, 407, 508. Required to reënact laws returned by the President, 128, 130, 151, 155, 376, 378, 560. Equality of, in Congress, 135, 173, 194, 248, 250, 317. On money bills to be in proportion to contribution, 266. Mode of, when Congress elects by ballot, 389. In the Senate per capita, 356, 377, 397, 559. By yeas and nays, 378, 407. Of the Senate on impeachments, 507, 559. Of the Senate in electing a President, 507, 512, 514. Of the Senate on treaties, 508, 524, 526, 562. Of the representatives in electing a President, 519, 562.
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WAR, reorganization of department of, 82, 99. Not provided for sufficiently by the Articles of Confederation, 127. Levying in cases of treason, 130, 379, 563. To be declared by the Senate, 131. Not to be engaged in by the states, 131, 381, 561. Ought not to depend on the executive, 140. To be made by Congress, 379, 439, 561. Department of, 442, 446, 462.
WASHINGTON, GENERAL, informs Congress of discontents of army, 66. Directed to arrest Luke Knowlton, in Vermont, 8. Communicates certificate of Mr. Chittenden, 25. Said to be unpopular from opposition to proceedings of the army about their pay, 55. Addresses officers of the army about their pay, 73. Announces satisfaction of army, 82. Recommends soldiers retaining their arms, 87. Statue of, proposed, 88. To carry into effect arrangements for delivery of posts, negroes, &c., by British, 88. Delegate to Federal Convention from Virginia, 116. Receives from Mr. Madison his plan of a national government, 121. Attends Federal Convention, 123. Elected President, 123. Addresses the Convention on taking the chair, 124. Remarks of Dr. Franklin in regard to, 147. Wishes the ratio of representation reduced, 555. Disapproves the exclusive provision as to money bills, but yields it for the sake of compromise, 420. Signs the Constitution, 564. Written to by Mr. Madison, on public affairs, 566, 568, 569, 572.
WAYNE, GENERAL, 19.
WEBSTER, MR., deputy of Massachusetts line to Congress, 26.
WEBSTER, NOAH, proposes a national government, 118.
WEBSTER, PELATIAH, proposes a Federal Convention, 117.
WEIGHTS, standard of, may be fixed by Congress, 130, 378, 434, 488, 560.
WESTERN TERRITORY. See Lands, Public Territory.
WEST INDIES, trade with, 19, 119.
WHARTON, SAMUEL, represents Delaware in Congress, 1.
WHITE, PHILLIPS, represents New Hampshire in Congress, 1.
WHITES, as to distinguishing them in enumerations under the Confederation, 46, 48, 79.
WIDGERY, MR., course In Convention of Massachusetts on Federal Constitution, 572.
WILLIAMSON, HUGH, represents North Carolina in Congress, 1. Opposes exchange of Cornwallis for Colonel H. Laurens, 7. Moves for committee relative to Mr. Howell's letter, 13. Proposes pledge of secrecy In certain cases, 22. Advocates purchase of books by Congress, 27. Discusses plan of permanent revenue, 35, 41. Opposes military force to retake goods seized while under passport, 50. Opposes discriminations among public creditors, 53. Opposes limiting duration of impost, 54. Remarks on the conduct of commissioners at Paris, 69. Advocates apportionment by numbers, 79. Remarks on proportion of freemen and slaves in apportioning the contributions of states, 72. Opposes hasty ratification of provisional articles, 86. Remarks on disbanding the army, 89. Proposes that there be no foreign ministers, except in extraordinary occasions, 90. Remarks on rule of voting if new states are admitted, 92. Attends the Federal Convention, 123. Proposes impeachment of the President for malpractice or neglect, 149. Prefers the consent of an executive council to appoint-
