[ [52] 2 Elliot, 412. The acceptance was passed in full confidence that the bill of rights proposed by New York would be passed.

[ [53] 4 Elliot, 256.

[ [54] 4 Elliot, 301.

[ [55] 4 Elliot, 313. The objections to the Constitution came very generally from the interior western parts of the State. They were so in Massachusetts, Virginia, and New York.

[ [56] Circular-letter from the convention of New York to the governors of the several States of the Union. Elliot’s Debates, vol. ii., pages 413, 414.

[ [57] See 2 Dallas Reports, p. 471, for opinion in full.

[ [58] Madison’s letter to Jos. C. Cabell: Consideration No. 8. 4 Elliot, 602.

[ [59] 2 Dallas Reports, 419.

[ [60] Providence Bank vs. Billings, 4 Peters, 514.

[ [61] Chief-Justice Marshall’s remarks in Cohens vs. Virginia, 6 Wallace, 264.