Marshall, John, on the Constitution as the expression of the will of the people, 43; commissioner to France, 96; and the X Y Z affair, 98-100; appointed Chief Justice, 136; and Jefferson, 136; opinion in Marbury _v._ Madison, 136-37, 333; at the trial of Burr, 177-78; influence of, 332-33; opinion in United States _v._ Peters, 334; opinion in Cohens _v._ Virginia, 336-37; opinion in M'Culloch _v._ Maryland, 337-38; opinion in United States _v._ Fisher, 338; opinion in American Insurance Company _v._ Canter, 341-42; opinion in Fletcher _v._ Peck, 342; opinion in Dartmouth College Case, 342-43; opinion in Gibbons _v._ Ogden, 343-45. Martin, Luther, 18, 177. Martin _v._ Hunter's Lessee, 335-36. Maryland, commercial differences with Virginia, 27-28; ratifies the Constitution, 41; taxes branch bank, 337. Mason, George, 34. Massachusetts, disorders in, 19-20; Shays' Rebellion, 20-22; ratifies the Constitution, 41; refuses call for militia, 213; calls Hartford Convention, 224; dispatches commissioners to Washington, 227; suffrage in, 305. Mediterranean Fund, 144. Methodism, in New England, 247; in the West, 301-02. Metternich, Prince, and the Holy Alliance, 291-92. Migration, inter-state, after the Revolution, 13-14; after the War of 1812, 246-47. Milan Decree, issued by Napoleon, 188; withdrawn, 200. Militia question, in Massachusetts, 213, 223. Miranda, Francisco, 70. Missionary enterprises, 288. Mississippi, admitted as a State, 25; suffrage in, 303. Mississippi River, navigation of, 16, 87, 229. Missouri, admission as a State, 277, 279; electoral vote in 1820, 280. Missouri Compromise, the, 277. Missouri controversy, political aspects, 274-75; and public opinion, 275; constitutional aspects, 276-77; settlement, 277, 279. Monroe, James, Minister to France, 94-95; recalled, 95; and the purchase of Louisiana, 149-50; Minister to England, 183-84; candidate for the Presidency (1808), 194; elected President (1816), 244; on internal improvements, 258; and General Jackson, 260-63; reelected President (1820), 280; on recognition of South American republics, 290; on Canning's overtures, 294; re-drafts message, 295; message of 1823, 295-96; vetoes Cumberland Road Bill, 309; pardons Pennsylvania militiamen, 334-35. Monroe Doctrine, genesis of, 289-95; in the President's message, 295-96; Canning on, 296; implications of, 296-97, 322. Moore, Thomas, on American letters, 123. Morfontaine, Treaty of, 104, 146. Mormonism, rise of, 302. Morris, Gouverneur, in Federal Convention, 35-36; on the Constitution, 331. Morris, Robert, Superintendent of Finance, 5.