[1196] Ib. 11.
[1197] Ib. 11-12.
[1198] 9 Wheaton, 14.
[1199] Ib. 24.
[1200] The student should carefully read these three admirable arguments, particularly that of Emmet. All of them deal with patent law as well as with the commerce clause of the Constitution. (See 9 Wheaton, 33-135.) The argument lasted from February 4 to February 9 inclusive.
[1201] 1 Brockenbrough, 430-31.
[1202] 1 Brockenbrough, 431-32.
[1203] Webster to his brother, Feb. 15, 1824, Van Tyne, 102.
[1204] 9 Wheaton, 186.
[1205] "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." (Preamble to the Constitution of the United States.)