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CHAPTER I.-THE ACTORS -THEIR MOTIVES AND PURPOSES.
The order and date of her ratification; and her vote
The substance of the objections
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The sole ordaining was by Massachusetts
CHAPTER III.-CONNECTICUT FEDERALISES HERSELF.
What her statesmen said
"We the people
means Connecticut
Her ratification
CHAPTER IV. -NEW YORK FEDERALISES HERSELF.
What her statesmen thought of the system
Ratification in confidence of amendments
Decisive proof that "we the people " means New York
Her present autocratical declarations
CHAPTER V.-NEW JERSEY FEDERALISES HERSELF.
The order and date of her ratification; and her vote.
The views of her statesmen
"We the people" of New Jersey
Her ratification.
CHAPTER VI. - PENNSYLVANIA FEDERALISES HERSELF.
She associates as a sovereign
Views of her statesmen
Whom did she mean by
we the people"?
Virginia to remain a sovereign
Consolidation denounced
What Virginia meant by "we the people
Making assurance doubly sure
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The nation resuming powers delegated by Virginia
CHAPTER IX. - SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA FEDERALISE
THEMSELVES.
The order and date of South Carolina's ratification; and her vote
The explanation of the system to her
The order and date of Georgia's ratification; and her vote
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CHAPTER X.-NEW HAMPSHIRE FEDERALISES Herself.
New Hampshire's assertion of her statehood.
"We the people" of New Hampshire
The view of congress as to the system being then completed
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CHAPTER XI. NORTH CAROLINA FEDERALISES Herself.
Date of rejection of constitution; and vote
Her idea of the union expressed by Iredell and others
The sovereign rejects the league
The sovereign ratifies the league.
Washington vs. Webster.
RHODE ISLAND FEDERALISES HERSELF.
CHAPTER XII.
Her rejection of the compact by vote of her people
Washington's view of the act
Finis coronat opus.
THE REPUBLIC OF REPUBLICS
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The identity of character of the two unions-diagram to face p.
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CHAPTER XIV. - THE TESTIMONY OF THE CONSTITUTION.
PART III.
FALLACIOUS EXPOSITION.
CHAPTER I. CHARGES AND EXPOSITIONS IDENTICAL.
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Testimony of Washington, Hamilton and Madison
Comparison of charges and expoundings
1. The states made into one state.
2. The change from a federacy to a nation
3. The general government a sovereignty.
4. The government the final judge of its authority
5. A state and a county equal in rights.
Opposition of Henry, Martin, Lowndes, et alii
The federal simulacrum .
"The Massachusetts school" as the Sheik al Gebel
Judge Story's relation to these perversions
Probable reasons for Judge Story's error.
Were the motives worthy of the occasion?
CHAPTER II. - WHO MAKES แ SUPREME LAW"?
Interpretation of the "Massachusetts school"
"What is our system?" is matter of fact
How the public convictions were produced
INTERPRETATION No. 1.-The Nation ordained
Ignoring, or concealing facts, does not destroy them
Did not the people, as states, ordain?
The ordaining instruments
The compact required the states to ordain
The states retained their sovereignty
No "people," as such, were to ordain
INTERPRETATION No. 4. "The States not named".
Each state put her name in the compact
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CHAPTER IV. - SOME SAMPLES OF "SOPHISMES."
INTERPRETATION No. 5.-The Supreme Law clause
The fathers' idea of the "supreme law"
Views of Hamilton, Iredell, Davie, Parsons, et alii
Views of Madison, Hamilton, Randolph, Seward, Greeley, et alii
The expounders prove too much
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Justice Story's effort
An effort of Mr. Webster's in this line
Testimony of the Federalist; sophistry of the expounders
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