A

HISTORY AND ANALYSIS

OF THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES,

WITH

A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE CONFEDERATIONS WHICH PRECEDED IT;
OF THE DEBATES AND ACTS OF THE CONVENTION WHICH FORMED IT;

OF THE JUDICIAL DECISIONS WHICH HAVE CONSTRUED IT ;
WITH PAPERS AND TABLES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE ACTION OF THE GOVERN-
MENT AND THE PEOPLE UNDER IT.

BY

NATHANIEL C. TOWLE,

COUNSELLOR at law, waSHINGTON, D. C.

SECOND EDITION.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by

N. C. TOWLE,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Columbia.

CAMBRIDGE:

Allen and Farnham, Stereotypers and Printers.