[609]. See below, p. 270.
[610]. See a forthcoming dissertation on this subject by Wm. Feigenbaum. There was a threat of secession on the part of some New York City interests in case the Constitution was defeated. Weight was given to this threat by the news of the ratification from New Hampshire and Virginia. The possibility of retaining New York as the seat of the new Government was used by Jay, Hamilton, and Duane as an argument in favor of ratification. James Madison, Writings, Vol. I, p. 405.
[611]. McMaster and Stone, op. cit., p. 460.
[612]. Scharf and Wescott, History of Philadelphia, Vol. I, p. 447.
[613]. Hartford Courant, April 28, 1788.
[614]. American Historical Review, Vol. V, p. 221.
[615]. “Appius,” To the Citizens of South Carolina (1794). Library of Congress, Duane Pamphlets, Vol. 83.
[616]. By a careful study of local geography and the distribution of representation this could be accurately figured out.
[617]. “The First Elections under the Constitution,” Iowa Journal of History and Politics, Vol. II, pp. 3 ff.
[618]. It will be recalled that the Constitution was put into effect without either North Carolina or Rhode Island.