Aargau, 32, 36, 37, 41, 45, 52.
Act of Mediation, 34, 36, 39, 43, 46,
47, 48, 95, 168, 189, 190, 203, 221
Alliances, early, 20; not permitted to
cantons without consent of Diet, 25;
with France, 33, 42, 189; of cantons,
168, 171; for const. guarantees, 52.
Allies, 43; invade Swiss territory, 43;
determine integrity of S., 44; ac-
cord neutrality, 45, 46.
Ambassadors, received by Diet, 24;
by cantons, 25; in the Diet, 48.
Amendment, of Swiss Const., 57; of
U. S. Const., 58; of Mexican, 59.
Appenzell 5, 19, 20, 32, 45, 54, 63.
Arbitration, court of, in S., 154, 156.
Argentine Republic, 56; const. pre-
amble, 57, const. amended, 60; dis-
tribution of power in, 93; ratio of
rep., 98; suffrage, 99.
Aristocracy, in England, 64, 78; ori-
gin of, 80; in Greece, Italy, Nether-
lands, Switzerland, 81.
Articles of union, 1291, 15, 16.
Association, right of, 217.
Austria 17, 21, 22, 37, 45.
Basel, 19, 40, 45; division of 52.
Belief, freedom of, 213.
Bern, joins the union, 1353, 17; her
policy, 17; quota, 28; divided, 32;
territory taken from, 36; lands to
Vaud., 37, 40, 41; seeks pre-revolu-
tionary conditions, 43, 45, 49, 52, 157.
Bishoprics, 214.
British N. Am. Act, 89, 100, 147.
Burgermeister of Vorort, 49.
Cantons, primitive purposes of, 11;
increased, 13-19, 36; sovereignty of,
29; new, 1798, 32; in military af-
fairs, 193; comp. with States, 181.
Cantonal consts. revised, 50; 178.
Capital punishment, 220.
Capitulations, military, 176.
Catholic cantons, 6; defeated, 54.
Catholics and Protestants, union, 7.
Censorship, 216.
Centralization demanded in military
affairs, 27; need of, in S., 28, 35; of
1798, effect of, 38; 69, 241.
Centralists, 33-35.
Citizens, representation of, 98.
Citizenship, 207-212; loss of, 210.
Civil rights, 210.
Children, 215; employment, 52.
Class distinctions in S., 8.
Coinage, 240.
Congress of Vienna, Swiss ambassa-
dors at, 45; neutrality, 46, 86.
Conscience, rights of, 6, 213.
Constitution, violation of, 223; of 1798,
a step towards centralization, 32;
29-32; of 1815, 44-54, 46; of 1848,
opposing cantons, 5; 54-55; of U.
S., makers of, 6; revision of, 167.
Consts. guranteed, 38, 47, 166, 223.
Courts, 1798, 31; of the U. S., 140;
jurisdiction of, 150-152; of the Ar-
gentine Republic, 141; Canadian,
relation to English and U. S., 146-
151; in S.,153-163.
Convents, 214.
Customs duties, 194, 195, 227, 228.
Defensional, 28.
Democracy, in conflict with feudalism,
11; French, 29; return to 63.
Diet, 23; meetings of, 23; summoning
the, 24; powers of, 24; subordinate
States represented in, 24; only or-
gan of the Conf, 23, 26; under Act
of Mediation, 41; powers of, 41; at
Zurich sets aside the Act of Medi-
ation, 43; of 19 cantons at Zurich,
1814, 44; cantonal rep. in, 48.
Directorial canton, 40, 42.
Directory, 1798, 31-33.
Distribution of power, 56-96.
Divorce, 215.
Duties, by cantons, 227, 229, 230.
Education, 242.
Emigration, 251.
Empire, Swiss lands in relation to, 10.
Equality, 3, 4; of States, 108, 203,
Executive, 121-139; in Canada, 122;
in Germany, 123; in Am., federal
republics, 125; in U. S., 125; Mex-
ico, 127; Col. 128; S, 133.
Exemptions from military tax, 198.
Extradition, 172-186.
Federal Assembly, elects Federal Tri-
bunal, 156; determines seat of Fed.
Trib., 157; decides questions of ju-
risdiction, 159, 169, 179; convoked,
180.
Federal Council, in Germany, 106;
members of, 109; officers of, 134; salary
of, 135; powers of, 135; relation to
legislature, 135; distribution of func-
tions, 137; compared with English
Cabinet, 138; 169; in foreign affairs,
172; on foreign service, 175; 179;
informed of internal conflicts, 180.
Federal tribunal, after 1874, 157; sala-
ries, 157; place of meeting deter-
mined, 157, 169, 179.
Foreigners, 251.
France, 21, 22; alliance with, 25;
crisis in, 33; enlists Swiss, 42, 45, 85.
Free trade between cantons, 221.
Freemen, assembly of, 18.
Freiburg, 18, 19, 37, 40.
Graubünden, 1, 7, 37, 41, 228.
Gurantee of constitutions, 51 52, 165.
Gunpowder, 195, 197.
Helvetic Republic, 20, 29, 30, 33, 189.
Independence, 19, 20, 21,
Initiative, 116.
Instruction, primary, 243.
Intolerance, religious, 212.
Jesuits, 53, 214, 243.
Judgments, civil, 179, 187.
Judiciary, the, 140-163.
Jurisdiction of federal courts, 150-153;
of Swiss Federal Tribunal, 158-162.
Landamman, 40, 42, 49, 232.
Liquors, revenue from, 195.
Luzern, 14, 16, 17, 28, 40, 49, 52, 157.
Majority rule, 26.
Marshall, Chief Justice, 164.
Marriage, 214, 215.
Mercenany service, 172-175.
Monopolies in transportation, 230.
Napoleon, points out need of S., 34;
withdrawal of the army, 35; deals
with the new cantons, 37-42.
Neufchâtel, 45, 54, 167.
Nobility, title of, 177.
Pardon, 162.
Parties, city and country, 17, 18.
Pensions, foreign, 176.
Post and telegraph, 194.
Power, distribution of, 56-96; re-distri-
bution in England, 74; source of,
80; drift of in Germany, 86; ex-
pressly delegated, 93-96.
President, of legislative bodies, 111;
election by minority, 129; election
in Argentine Republic, 129; in Co-
lombia, 129; qualifications, 130; elec-
tion in Mexico, 130; term 131; case
of vacancy, 132; conditions of re-
election, 133; in S., 134.
Press, freedom of, 215, 217.
Privileges in transportation, 230.
Public works, 41, 246, 249.
Railroads, 247-249; tax on, 201.
Referendum, 117-120.
Relations, foreign, 164; internal, 178.
Representatives, 65, 81, 83, 104.
Revenue, 194.
Rights, political, 48, 223, 203–205.
St. Gallen, 24, 28, 32, 36, 37, 41, 45.
St. Gothard, 2, 228.
Salaries of legislators, 112, 113.
Sanitary regulations, 252.
Sarnen, league of, 52.
Schaffhausen, 1, 2, 19.
Schwyz, 5, 13, 45, 52.
Secession, 43; of 1846, 53.
Secretary, 42; general, 50.
Senate, 1798, 30; in federations, 105.
Senators, 106, 108, 112.
Settlement, right of, 207.
Shipping, 231.
Solothurn, 18, 19, 40, 52.
Sonderbund, 52.
Speaker, 111-112.
Spirit Monopoly Bill, 196.
Sovereign, 57, 60, 61.
Sovereignty, 29, 30, 46, 47, 253.
Stantz, agreement at, 18.
Suffrage, conditions of, 99, 208.
Supreme Court, 74, 140, 141, 145, 149.
Switzerland, critical period, 19; terri-
tory, 1; as ally, 21; as independent
State, 21; aristocracies in, 81.
Tariff system, 226; tax, military, 197.
Telegraph, 238-240.
Territorial changes, 20, 164, 165.
Territory guaranteed, 165.
Thurgau, 5, 37, 52.
Ticino, 1, 2, 7, 37, 45, 228.
Titles, foreign, 176, 177.
Tolls for public works, 227.
Treaty power, 171.
Troops, 26, 40, 42.
Unterwalden, 5, 13, 45, 52.
Uri, 5, 13, 45, 52, 63, 228, 230.
Vaud, 36, 37, 41, 45.
Vorort, 24, 49.
Wallis, 5, 45, 52, 228.
Weights and measures, 241.
Worship, right of, 212, 213.
Zug, 5, 17, 32, 45.
Zurich, 14, 17, 28, 40, 41, 43, 49, 52.
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