New  States,  practice  of  the  Government
relative  to  the  admission  of,  38 ;  the
usual  process  of  transition,  39 ;  ques-
tion of  sovereignty,  39;  Territorial
Legislatures  the  agents  of  Congress,
40.
New  York,  instructions  to  her  delegates
to  the  Constitutional  Convention,  92 ;
how  the  ratification  was  secured,  109  ;
a  declaration  of  principles,  110;  her
declaration  on  the  reserved  powers  of
the  States,  14V ;  conditions  upon  which
the  land  for  Brooklyn  Navy  Yard  was
ceded  to  the  United  States,  209  ;  nine
States  to  ratify,  reason  for  the  adoption
of  this  number,  98  ;  why  referred  to
State  Conventions,  99 ;  a  dissolution  of
the  Union,  100 ;  the  right  of,  to  form
a  government  for  themselves  under  the
seventh  article  of  the  Constitution,
101 ;  a  refutation  of  the  assertion  that
the  Constitution  was  formed  by  the
people  in  the  aggregate,  101.
Niter  and  Mining  Bureau,  organized,477 ;
its  operation,  477.
North,  The,  the  cause  of  undue  caution,
314.
North  Carolina,  instructions  to  her  com-
missioners to  the  Constitutional  Con-
vention, 90  ;  her  declaration  on  the  re-
served powers  of  the  States,  147.
Northern  States,  at  the  last  moment,  re-
fuse to  make  any  concessions,  or  to
offer  any  guarantees  to  check  the  cur-
rent toward  secession  of  the  complaining
States,  438 ;  responsible  for  whatever
of  bloodshed,  of  devastation,  or  shock
to  republican  government- has  resulted
from  the  war,  439.
Northrop,  Colonel  L.  B.,  placed  at  the
head  of  the  subsistence  department,
303  ;  his  experience  and  capacity,  303 ;
rank,  310;  his  efforts  to  provide  for
present  and  future  supplies,  315 ;  lack
of  transportation,  315.
Nullification  and  secession,  distinction  be-
tween, 184.
