THE

CONSTITUTIONAL

AND

POLITICAL HISTORY

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

BY

DR. H. VON HOLST,

PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY
JOHN J. LALOR AND ALFRED B. MASON.

1750-1833.

STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND SLAVERY.

CHICAGO:

CALLAGHAN AND COMPANY.
1877.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876,
BY CALLAGHAN & Co.

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, in Washington.

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Chicago.

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TO THE

HON. THOMAS M. COOLEY,

ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF MICHIGAN,

AND ONE OF THE

MOST EMINENT EXPOUNDERS OF OUR CONSTITUTION,

THIS TRANSLATION IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.

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