Kentucky resolutions, 90; not much noticed as coming from a new State, 89; merely the opinion of the legislature that passed them, 89; their doctrine considered, 90-93; they deny that the United States Government could punish any crime except when the power is specifically given, 93, 94; they protest against laws of Congress, do not treat them as invalid, 94, 95; not sanctioned by other State legislatures, their purport escaped notice, 101; State let them drop, 101, 102; no assertion of their doctrine until 1830, 133 L Lansing, John, with Yates a delegate from New York, left the convention July 3d when a National Government was agreed on, 66; his motion for conditional acceptance of the Constitution rejected by New York convention, 72, 73 Lee, Robert E., opinion that secession was revolution, that the United States Government was national and perpetual, 4, 156 Lieber, Francis, on Webster’s oratory, 13 Lincoln, Abraham, acts in Merriam’s case, declaration of freedom to slaves, 46, 159 Livingston, Edward, Jackson’s proclamation, 142, 143 Lodge, Henry Cabot, on secession and Webster’s argument, 5, 6; on Josiah Quincy and Hartford convention, 132 M Madison, James, protective duties, 26; as to compact, 29; suggestions as to convention to form government, 51; letter to Hamilton on adoption of Constitution, 72; wrongly accused of support of nullification, 96; author of Virginia resolutions of 1798 and explanation of 1799, 102; a strict constructionist, 82; signed re-charter of the United States Bank, 133; _see_ Virginia resolutions Marshall, John, Chief-Justice, declaration concerning supremacy of United States, 142; that State courts had invariably yielded, 150 Martin, Luther, definition of extent of judicial power of United States, 20; objection to punishing treason, 43 Mason, George, insisted on National Government, 57; refused to sign Constitution, reasons, 69 Massachusetts, acceptance of Constitution and use of word compact, 75; submission to embargo, 30 Military academies in Southern States, 158 Missouri Compromise, 135, 136 Morley, John, on British opinion, 2, 3 Morris, Gouverneur, report of draft of Constitution, 64; on the importance of the Mississippi, 123 N New England, discontent with embargo and submission, 130 New York, consideration of the acceptance of the Constitution, 72, 73; unanimous assertion of its convention that the adoption was for perpetuity, 77, 78 Nullification, claim that validity of laws of general government are at the caprice of each State, 25, 26; no suggestion of such right in conventions, 75; no claim of such right save in Kentucky resolutions until 1830, 133; so stated by Jackson, Marshall, and the nullifiers of South Carolina, 141, 142 P