Congress, cannot lay taxes upon State Contract, a tenure of office when a, 270. Can be impaired only by legislative action, 270. Grant by a State when a, 269. Contracts, between the public and indi- of, by State legislation, 261. the Constitution, 262. Effect of insolvency laws upon, 207. Limitation of power to levy taxes a Made in Confederate States, how Mutuality of, in consideration are Not impaired by the abolition of im- States in rebellion not competent to Void, may be made valid by States, What constitutes impairment of obli- Without consideration not protected Coolie trade prohibited, 387. Growth of opinion in favor of, from Corporations, contracts of, how treated, Court, Supreme, jurisdiction of, as to criminals, 368. D. Jurisdiction of, over courts-martial, Dartmouth College, case, its authority, 239. Territorial, their character, 341. To take judicial notice of ... es, 264. Case of, 255, 256. Decision in case of, 256. Debt, imprisonment for, if abolished, Public, inviolate, 388. Sequestration of, effect of, 352. Proceedings relative to, note, 2. Summary of colonial policy leading By Massachusetts in 1661, 142. Discoveries and inventions, 219. 398. Discriminations, certain, forbidden by Domain, eminent, right of, 366. courts as to, 238. Credit, bills of, 249. Crime, jurisdiction of Supreme Court in No jurisdiction of, except by statute, 307. Persons charged with, how exempt from testifying, 366. Taney in case of, 386. Drummers, when not liable to taxation Duty, tonnage, definition of, 275. E. Elections, authority of Congress over, Elevators, grain, as instruments of com- Eminent domain, right of, 366. Criminals, aliens, extradition of, by Enemies, public, rights of in war, 223. State courts, 239. How exempt from self-crimination, Currency, power of Congress over the, 233. England, controversy with, carried on by young men, 155. Privilege of writ of habeas corpus in, Progress of liberty in, 135. Power of Congress to lay a tax on Exports, clause of Constitution in regard State bank, 245. When bills of credit, 249. to, interpreted, 218. Exports, stamp tax on tobacco, not a Goods, foreign, when not taxable by tax on, 248. Tax on, 247. Expost facto laws, definition of, 241–243, 251. Limitation of powers of State Legis- Estate, real, confiscation of, 324. Extradition, by State courts, of aliens, Extradition by States, 336. F. States, 178. Government, decision of, as to its repub- Departments of, co-ordinate, 284. form of, 343. Rights of, in civil war, 222. Greenbacks not taxable by State author- Action of Supreme Court in regard to Felonies may be prosecuted upon infor- Grievances, redress of, 356. mation, 392. Guarantee to States of republican form H. His opinion of the future of America, Habeas corpus, case of Milligan, 316. Georgia, State of, controversy with House of Commons, changes in the, Cherokee Nation, 286. State of, Chisholm against, 304, 305. Opinions of the court in the case of, Girard College, 356. 147. House of Representatives, members of, may be punished, 176. 173. Hunter, of New York, Governor, charge of, against the colonies, 146. I. Immigration, the United States may Impeachment, 301. Imports, meaning of word, 202. Its basis in law, 133. Its rank as an event, 134. Index, analytical, of Constitution, 73–132. Indian territories, rights of States in Indian tribes, power of Congress to reg- Injunction, writ of, considered, 286. Capacity of States to enact, 210. Inventions, 219. J. Jefferson, Mr., views of, 153. Johnson, opinion of, dissenting, in the case of Palmer, 221. Kansas, legislation of, in regard to Sale of intoxicating liquors in, 204. Kent, Chancellor, proceedings by, in the case of Gibbons and Ogden, 191. tempt of order of the House, 175. Of England, Declaration of Inde- L. Lands, cession of, by States, 164. Powers of general government to Lateran, Council of, 136. Judgment of State courts, value of, in Law, common, jurisdiction does not other jurisdictions, 328. Judicial power, its extent, 304. Jurisdiction, admiralty and maritime, 311, 312. Admiralty and maritime, does not include territorial, 307. No common law, 307. Of courts of United States cannot be exist, 307. Constitutional, as to treaties, 293. Due process of, considered, 391. Due process of, when, in certain cases, Of nations not a code, 224. the United States, 332. Right to practise, not guaranteed by Of crimes, none, except by statute, Laws, equal protection of, considered, 307. Of States over navigable waters, 308. 392. Expost facto, 241, 251. Laws of England injurious to the colo- | Marshall, Chief Justice, opinion of, in nies, 150. Of the United States supreme over State laws, 354. Organic, of United States, 1. Liberties and rights of the colonies as Liberty, Sons of, in New York forecast "License Cases," 203. License, when a contract, 270. Lincoln, President, action in regard to Proclamation of, suspending privi- Liquors, imported, sale of, at retail may regard to changes wrought by Maryland, cession of land by, 164. Provisions of charter of, 137. Re-enacts laws of Parliament, 141. Imported, not liable to taxation by In the hands of a carrier is not Right of transportation of, among Mexican peonage prohibited, 387. Commissions, when illegal, 317. Intoxicating, prohibition of sale of, Militia, exigency for calling out, who 396. Power of States to regulate the traf- fic in, 268. London, Board of Trade of, 146. may decide, 228. Power of Congress over the, 226. Louisiana, treaty of, cession of, how Milligan, case of, 316. interpreted, 291. M. Magna Charta, basis of independence, 136. The foundation of British liberties, Mail contractor, tax on business of, Mandamus, power of Supreme Court Scope of, writ of, 299. Writ of, considered, 297, 298. Manufactures of the colonies, 148. Ministers, foreign, jurisdiction of courts over, 308. Money, power to borrow, 179, 187, 231. Power to coin, 215. Mortgage, covenant of, treated as a Municipality, an agreement by, to lay N. National banks, right of States to levy Nation, supremacy of, as to means and |