Clay, Henry, tariff compromise, 23 Clinton, George, his opinion as stated by Mr. Lodge, 5; his written declaration that the United States Government is perpetual, 77, 78 Compact, may be for national, indissoluble government, 28, 29; a voluntary union of independent nations must be by compact, 28; Southern views of, 30 Confederacy of the Southern States, constitution and compact as to slavery, 158 Confederacy of the United States, its failure, 31, 32; dependent upon the States, 48 Constitution of United States, adoption by Continental Congress, States, and _people_, 32; perpetuity declared in preamble, 33, 34; supremacy, 35, 36, 49; oath of every State officer and judge to support, 36; supremacy in all sovereign powers, 37, 38; prohibitions to States, 38, 39, 47; power to coerce States in articles punishing treason, 41, 42, 43; can take all powers from States by amendments, 45, 46; made States suable, 44; powers given by Constitution to States, 46; naturalization, 47; takes from States powers of resistance, 47, 48; its excellence proved by few amendments, 159, 160; its adoption opposed on account of its nationality and of excessive powers given, 69-73; no claim of right of secession or nullification suggested in the conventions adopting the Constitution, 73 Convention that made the Constitution, its members and mode of voting, 51-53; proposition of the delegation of Virginia for a National Government debated and passed, 51-53; New Jersey plan amending confederacy, 54, 56; resolves for a National Government again taken up and passed, 56-62; representation in Senate, 58-60; a compromise of representation not a compromise of powers granted, 60, 61; resolutions calling the proposed government national referred to Committee to Report a Constitution, 61, 62; report of committee and articles again considered separately, 62-64; change in preamble by Committee of Style and Arrangement, 64; opinions of members, 65, 66; its nationality and great powers, 70-72 Cooper, Thomas, pronounced in 1833, in South Carolina, author of nullification, 141, 142 D Davis, Jefferson, indicted for treason and not tried, 157; asserted advantage of Southern soldiers, 157 E Embargo, 129, 130 F Federal, the party, meaning of the term, 37 Franklin, Benjamin, services as member of the convention, 68 G Georgia, suit of Chisholm against, 82-84; claim of sovereignty, 83; decision of Supreme Court, 83, 84; controversy as to Cherokee Indians, 151; vigorous resolutions in 1833 against South Carolina’s nullification doctrines, 147 Gerry, Elbridge, objection to conferring power of amending Constitution as fatal to the States, 45, 46; refused to sign the Constitution, 68 H