INDEX. 



Acquisition of territory (see Territory). 

 Adams, John, efforts as Minister to 



England, 331 

 Adams, Samuel, cited, 332 

 Alaska, acquisition of, 289, 293 

 Amendments, 



First Eight considered, 305-306 



Adoption of first ten, 282 



Their interpretation, 282 



Ninth and Tenth, 282 



Tenth considered, 362-363 

 Annexation, 



of Alaska, 289 



of California, 293 



of Florida, 203, 309ff. 



of Hawaii, 299-300 



of Louisiana, 271, 274, 293 



of New Mexico, 293 



of Philippine Islands, 293 



of Porto Rico, 293 



of Texas, 274, 298-299 

 Appropriations, 



Congressional duty concerning, 

 required by Treaties, 285-287, 

 289, 292 



Considered, 292 

 Articles of Confederation, 276, 301 , 329, 



330, 374 

 Its treaties disregarded by States, 



329- 333 



Brown, Mr. Justice, Opinion in Insular 



cases discussed, 295-297 

 Bloodworth, Timothy, cited, 338 

 Blaine, James G., Letter to Chinese 

 Minister, 377-378 

 Letter to Italian Minister, 378-379 



Calhoun, John C, 375-376, 397 

 California, acquisition of, 293 



Japanese School Controversy, 271, 

 380-381 



Canada, Reciprocity Tariff Act, 291- 



292 

 Chinese Exclusion Acts, 318-319 



Diplomatic exchanges, 377-378 

 Civil War, the final establishment of 



supremacy of Federal will by, 376, 



398 

 Collom, Senator, his speech on the 



treaty-making power in 1902, 290 

 Commerce, Treaties regulating, 322- 



323 

 Regulation of, by treaty or act 



of Congress affecting State 



police power, 359-372 

 Confederation (see Articles of). 

 Congress, consent to acquisition of 



territory considered, 297-298 

 Its functions relative to treaties, 



285-293 

 Constitution: 



Art I., Section X., Clause i, 275 

 its evolution in Fed. Convention, 



276 

 Art. I., Section X., Clause 2, 275 

 its evolution in Fed. Convention, 



276 

 Art. II., Section II., Clause 2, 275 

 its evolution in Fed. Convention, 



275-279 

 Art. III., Section II., Clause i, 275 

 its evolution in Fed. Convention, 



279-280, 334-335 

 Art. VI., Clause 2, 275 

 its evolution in Fed. Convention, 



280-281, 306 

 General Plan, 281-282 

 Application to territories, 294- 



829 

 Two clauses of Art. I., Section 10, 



compared, 301-302 

 Decisions under Art. I., Section X, 



Clause 2, 302 



419 



