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1825–1860

Excerpts from Ratification Documents of Virginia and New York

Documentary History of the Constitution, Vol. II (1894), pp. 145, 190. Virginia Ratification Statement, June 26, 1788 We, the delegates of the people of Virginia, duly elected in pursuance of

George Mason Speech

Mr. Chairman—Whether the Constitution be good or bad, the present clause clearly discovers, that it is a National Government, and no longer a confederation. I mean that clause which gives