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CONTENTS TO VOLUME II.
BOOK III.
THE CONSTITUTION BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
CHAPTER I.
THE CONSTITUTION BEFORE CONGRESS AND THE COUN-
TRY-RATIFICATION BY DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA,
NEW JERSEY, GEORGIA AND CONNECTICUT.
The Ohio Company and the Northwest.....
Anti-Slavery Clause in the Ordinance of 1787.
Slavery in the Northwest.....
The Clause as a Precedent.
Richard Henry Lee......
The Anti-Federalists
Sentiment of the Country.
Federalists and Anti-Federalists..
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RATIFICATION BY MASSACHUSETTS, MARYLAND, SOUTH
CAROLINA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Vote....
The Ship "Union".
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER III.
RATIFICATION BY VIRGINIA.
Activity of Washington for the New Plan.
The Situation in Virginia..
Patrick Henry....
Ratification Doubtful.
The Delegates......
Thomas Jefferson..
Defense of the Plan.....
A National Government Proposed.
James Madison...
Probable Expansion of the United States.
Randolph's Views..
Henry's Rejoinder.....
Ratification Conditional...
James Monroe's Objections..
John Marshall's Answer.
Mason's Objections....
Grayson's Objections...
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THE NEW GOVERNMENT INAUGURATED; RATIFICATION
BY NORTH CAROLINA, RHODE ISLAND AND VERMONT.