ments instead of cither branch of the legislature, 522. Suggests the appointment by Congress of a provisional successor of the President, 480. Views as to the election of the President, 145, 324, 338, 358, 366, 509, 514, 515, 516, 517, 519. Prefers six years for the presidential term, 339. Wishes the proportion of electors among the states to be the same as that of representatives, 340. Prefers an executive of three persons, 358. Views as to the negative of the President on laws, 536. Disapproves of the seat of government being at a state capital, 374. Wishes the Senate to be small, 166. Proposes six years as the senatorial term, 241. Prefers the senators voting per capita. 357. Advocates a proportional representation of the states in Congress, 178, 250. Prefers a payment of the representatives by the state legislatures, 226. Thinks the ratio of representation too great, 512, 530. Urges a compromise between the large and small states relative to representation, 273. Desires representation to be fixed by a periodical census, 295. Approves of three fifths of the slaves as the proper apportionment of representation, 296. Urges the protection of the southern interest in apportioning representation, 291. Objects to the plan of compromise reported, 278, 282. Objects to giving Congress too much latitude in fixing the qualifications of its members, 404. Opposes a short term of citizenship for members of Congress, 411. Views as to the eligibility of members of Congress to office, 428, 505. Proposes that a vote of two thirds be required on legislative acts, 166. Opposes the negative of Congress on state laws, 171. Desires to preserve the efficiency of the states, 240. Prefers a vote of two thirds to pass a navigation act, 490. Approves of exclusive right of representatives over money bills, 395, 423, 428. Approves of the prohibition of a tax on exports, 433, 454. Views on the provisions relative to the importation of slaves, 460, 477. Approves of the prohibition on Congress to pass attainders and ex post facto laws, 463. Doubts whether controversies between the states should be decided in all cases by the judiciary, 471. Objects to a Vice-President, 522. Views on the treaty power, 525, 526, 527. Thinks the territorial claims of the states should be left unaltered, 494. Views as to the rule of representation as applied to the new as well as to the old states, 289, 492. Thinks the oath should be reciprocal in regard to the national and state constitutions, 352. Wishes a provision for the trial by jury, 538. Prefers the ratification of the Constitution by conventions in the states, 355. Signs the Constitution, 565.
WILSON, JAMES, proposes to refer resolutions, relative to Vermont, to the secretary of war, 15. Proposes to fix contributions of states by the number of inhabitants, 25. Advocates purchase of books by Congress, 27. Discusses plan for permanent revenue, 32, 35, 37, 39, 48, 78. Urges collection of revenue by officers of Congress, 34, 65. Representations in favor of creditors in Pennsylvania, 42, 43. Complains of obscurity of ordinance against piracy, 44. Advocates commutation of half pay, 44. Advocates same rule of voting in committee as in Congress, 45. Opposes military force to retake goods seized while under passport, 50. Opposes discrimination among public creditors, 51, 53. Advocates publicity of debates, 52. Vindicates Robert Morris, 62. Opposes limitation on impost, 65. Advocates general land tax, 67. Remarks on conduct of American commissioners at Paris, 70, 73, 74, 75. Advocates apportionment by numbers, 79. Remarks on proportion of freemen to slaves in fixing contributions of states, 79. Proposes a system relative to public lands, 83. Objects to proclamation about peace, 84. Remarks on obscurity of provisional articles, 86. Remarks on western limits of states, 87. Remarks on executive of Pennsylvania in regard to mutinous conduct of troops, 92. Attends the Federal Convention, 123. Reads Dr. Franklin's speeches in the Convention, 122. Nominates Temple Franklin as secretary, 124. Desires the departments to be independent of each other, 143. Wishes to guard the general government against encroachments of the states, 172. Desires the preservation of the state governments, 212, 221. Contrasts the plans of Mr. Randolph and Mr. Patterson, 195, 219. Thinks the separation from Great Britain did not make the colonies independent of each other, 213. Contrasts a national with a merely federative government, 219. Does not think the individuality and sovereignty of the states incompatible with a general government, 221. Opposes a committee to prepare a plan of compromise between the large and small states on the question of representation, 273. Wishes the executive to consist of one person, 140, 141, 150, 197. Views on the election of President, 142, 143, 322, 324, 337, 360, 362, 382, 472, 513, 516. Proposes that the President be chosen by electors chosen by the people, 144. Opposes removal of President by Congress on application of the states, 148. Objects to an executive council, 151. Wishes the President to have an absolute negative on the legislature, 151, 152. Wishes a provision for the impeachment of the President, 340. Urges a council of revision of the President and judges, 344, 348, 429, 430. Prefers a long term for the executive, 350. Thinks the power of the President to pardon should exist before conviction, 480. Urges election of senators by the people, 138, 167, 239. Proposes to divide the Union into senatorial districts, 138. Advocates six years as the senatorial term, 241, 245. Opposes an equal vote of the states in the Senate, 261, 315, 416. Proposes one senator for every one hundred thousand persons, 266. Not satisfied with the plan, giving an equal vote to the states in the Senate, 274, 285. Objects to state executives filling vacancies in tile Senate, 395. Objects to the dissent of senators being entered on the Journal, 407. Objects to the Senate being united in the power of appointment, 523. Objects to the Senate being separately convened, 530. Urges election of the representatives by the people, 136, 160, 223. Advocates a proportional representation of the states in Congress, 177, 196, 239, 261, 311, 315. Suggests the number of freemen and three fifths of the slaves as a ratio of representation, 181. Advocates the same proportion of representation in both Houses, 182, 261, 315. Prefers annual elections of the representatives, 225. Opposes the payment of the representatives by the state legislatures, 227. Objects to the compensation of the representatives being fixed, 227. Opposes qualification of representatives as to age, 228. Opposes disqualifying representatives for office, 229, 231, 423, 506. Does not approve of exclusive origination of money bills by the representatives, 282, 284, 416. Considers the admission of slaves into the ratio of representation a matter of compromise, 301. Proposes that slaves should be introduced into the ratio of taxation, rather than representation, 304, Thinks the rule for proportioning taxation to representation should exist before as well as after a census, 307. Thinks that population is the best rule, both for estimating wealth and representation, 308. Objects to disqualifying persons having unsettled accounts as members of Congress, 372. Thinks the vote by ballot, in Congress, should be a joint one, 382. Prefers making the qualification of the electors of representatives the same with those of electors of state legislatures, 385. Objects to residence as a necessary qualification of a representative, 390. Remarks on a term of citizenship required for members of Congress, 399, 411, 412. Thinks a quorum in Congress should not be less than a majority, 406. Thinks Journal of Congress should be published, 408. Views as to the privileges of members of Congress, 510. Desires a provision, to show that the contracts of the Confederation will be fulfilled, 332. Advocates a guaranty to the states of republican institutions, and protection from violence, 332, 333. Doubts the advantage of requiring an oath to support the Constitution,
