NEW YORK:
HARPER AND BROTHERS,

FRANKLIN SQUARE.

1863.

THE

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by
GEORGE T. CURTIS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts

CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME SECOND.

BOOK IV.

FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

CHAPTER I.

PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS. ORGANIZATION OF THE CON-

VENTION. POSITION OF THE STATES. – RULE OF INVESTIGA-

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Explanation of the Author's Plan

Preservation of Republican Government

Nature of American Freedom

Its Dependence upon the Union

Intention of the Framers of the Constitution

Hamilton's Purposes

The Confederation officially condemned .

Purposes of the States

The declared Objects of the Convention

Nature of the previous Union

General Purpose of the People

Powers of the Convention
Opposite Views of the Members
Presence of Slavery in the States
The Slaves in some Form to be considered
How they were regarded under the Confederation
Complex Relations of the Subject :
All the States but one represented in Convention
Absence of Rhode Island

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