Compact and government as distinguished from each other, 284.

Compromise Act, principle of, 489.

Compromise Line, in respect to slavery, 588.

Concurrent Legislation, defined and argued, 116;
  effect on monopolies, 119.

Confederation, its effect on commerce, 114;
  of 1781 a league, 276;
  state of the country under the, 281.

Confessions, how to be regarded, 220.

Congress of Delegates, at Philadelphia, 1774, 162;
  resolutions on the Declaration, 165;
  sat with closed doors, 166.

Congress of Greece, of 1821, 72.

Congress of United States, power to regulate commerce, 114, 120;
  should have power to regulate commerce, 115;
  and the States, argument on concurrent power of, 115;
  exclusive right over monopolies, 116;
  possesses exclusive admiralty jurisdiction, 118;
  law of, paramount, 120;
  laws of, in opposition to State law, 122;
  power concerning rights of authors and inventors, 122;
  its coinage powers, 185;
  to establish uniform bankrupt laws, 186;
  power over slave trade, 233;
  no power over slavery, 233, 429, 636;
  power to make laws, 293, 331;
  exclusive power to lay duties, 300;
  duty of, in case of a Presidential veto, 320;
  passes first bank charter, 1791, 327;
  to establish banks, 328, 334, 335;
  power of, continuous, 336;
  duties of both houses, 375;
  power to borrow money, 375;
  in regard to public moneys, 382;
  no precise time for expiration of session, 414;
  power over ceded territory, 445;
  no control over slavery, 571.

Congress of Verona, in regard to Greek revolution, 70, 153.

Connecticut, law of, concerning steam navigation, 112.

Constitution of United States, provision concerning ex post facto
    laws, 19;
  its origin to regulate commerce, 114, 115;
  its authority to establish bankrupt laws, 179;
  law of, in regard to contracts, 180;
  object of the, 185;
  provides a medium for payment of debts, and a uniform mode of discharging
    them, 186;
  prohibitions of, concerning contracts and payment of debts, 187;
  provisions for settling questions of Constitutional law, 265;
  to be interpreted by the judicial power, 265, 282;
  as a compact, 270;
  not a compact between Sovereign States, argued, 273;
  object of, 281;
  not a league, 282;
  what it says of itself, 283;
  its relations to individuals, 286;
  Madison’s opinion of, 313;
  provision of, in case of a Presidential veto, 320;
  President Jackson’s view of, 354;
  our duty to the, 358;
  protects labor, 361;
  division of powers conferred by, 379;
  on power of removal from office, 398;
  divides powers of government, 398;
  recognized slavery, 429, 570;
  does not speak of Sovereign States, or