Clay, Henry, his early career, 202-03; in the Senate, 203; Speaker of the House, 207; commissioner at Ghent, 227, 229; his nationalism, 241-42; on the National Bank Bill, 242; opposes the Florida Treaty, 264-65; on the extension of slavery, 270; on the admission of Missouri, 279; on the counting of the electoral vote (1820), 280; advocates an American system, 289; candidate for the Presidency (1824), 307-08; on internal improvements, 309-10; urges a protective tariff, 310; favors the Tariff of 1824, 312; his electoral vote (1824), 312; and Jackson, 313, 314, 315; and Crawford, 313; and Adams, 313-14; accepts Secretaryship of State, 314; denies corrupt-bargain charge, 313-15; favors Panama Congress, 320; on the status of Cuba, 321. Clinton, De Witt, nominated for the Presidency (1812), 216; promotes the Erie Canal, 255-56. Clinton, George, candidate for Vice-Presidency (1792), 67; elected Vice-President (1804), 167; candidate for the Presidency (1808), 194. Cohens _v._ Virginia, 336-37. Colonization Society, 272. Commerce, _foreign_, during the Revolution, 2; restrictions upon, 3, 7; power to regulate, 34; revival of, 46-47; aggressions on, 76-77, 86-87; and Jay's Treaty, 85-87; Mississippi opened to, 87; during European wars, 124, 179-80; during the War of 1812, 233; after the Treaty of Ghent, 233-34. _internal_, between South and Northwest, 252-53; along the Mississippi, 253-54; between East and other sections, 254-56. Commonwealth _v._ Caton, 19. Compromises of the Constitution, 33-35. Congress, _of the Confederation_, and finance, 5-6; peregrinations of, 6; and foreign commerce, 7-8; and the public domain, 8; organizes the Northwest Territory, 10-12; and the State of Franklin, 15; and Shays' Rebellion, 21-22; and the Annapolis Convention, 28-29; and the new Constitution, 38, 44. _of the new Union_, elections to, 44; assembles, 47; organizes, 48; attends the counting of the electoral vote, 48; hears the inaugural address, 48, 49; enters upon its duties, 50. Connecticut, favors the open door, 8; ratifies the Constitution, 41; refuses call for militia, 213; and the Hartford Convention, 224; adopts a new Constitution, 304; suffrage in, 304; authorizes first law reports, 332. Connecticut Wits, the, 123. Constitution of the United States, drafting of, 30-35; publication of, 35-38; ratification of, 39-43; voting on, 43-44; first amendments to, 55; Twelfth Amendment to, 166-67; judicial interpretation of, 331-45. Constitution, United States frigate, captures L'Insurgente, 101; captures the Guerriere, 215; captures the Java, 216. Constitutions, of new States, 303-04; of the old States, 304-05. Convention of 1787, origin, 28-29; choice of delegates to, 29; proceedings of, 30-38; journal of, 30; its work, 35-36.