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[112] Those who would wish to have a collected view of the principles of this subject, may consult the Federalist, a collection of interesting essays on the new constitution, written in 1788, by Messrs. Hamilton, Jay, and Madison.—Flint.
[113] Some pious observers of the occurrences of Providence, have remarked that the Spanish Armada, equipped for the invasion of Britain, was destroyed in the year 1588; that the Revolution in that country happened in 1688; and, in seeking for an event to mark the commencement of another century, it has been observed by the loyal in Britain, that his Majesty, George the Third, recovered from a most deplorable visitation in 1788. If there be any American descendants of Britain, who are pleased with a system of chronology that contemplates the great events of Providence as revolving in a centenarian orbit, they may also notice a corresponding occurrence in the consummation of their liberties in the otherwise memorable year 1788.—Flint.
[114] The power of a state to tax the United States Bank was settled in the celebrated case of McCulloch versus Maryland, handed down March 6, 1819 (4 Wheaton, 316). Ohio refused to be bound by this decision, and her case was decided in 1824 (9 Wheaton, 738).—Ed.
[115] A recent contribution to the history of the Aaron Burr conspiracy, drawn largely from material in the Mexican archives, is McCaleb’s Aaron Burr Conspiracy (New York, 1903). Isaac Jenkinson’s Aaron Burr (Richmond, Indiana, 1902), throws new light on Burr’s relations to Hamilton and Jefferson.—Ed.
[116] This law was passed in March, 1816, and its effect was felt in the elections of that same year. From Ohio, Delaware, and Vermont not one congressman was re-elected; in Kentucky, but three out of ten; in South Carolina, three out of nine; in Maryland, four out of nine; and in Pennsylvania, thirteen out of twenty-three. Jefferson wrote to Gallatin: “There has never been an instance before of so unanimous an opinion of the people, and that through every state of the Union.”—Ed.