Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by
GEORGE T. CURTIS,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
CONTENTS
OF
VOLUME SECOND.
BOOK IV.
FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
CHAPTER I.
Preliminary Considerations.—Organization of the Convention.—Position of the States.—Rule of Investigation.
| Page | |
| Explanation of the Author's Plan | [3], [4] |
| Preservation of Republican Government | [5-7] |
| Nature of American Freedom | [7-9] |
| Its Dependence upon the Union | [9], [10] |
| Intention of the Framers of the Constitution | [11] |
| Hamilton's Purposes | [11] |
| The Confederation officially condemned | [11], [12] |
| Purposes of the States | [12] |
| The declared Objects of the Convention | [13] |
| Nature of the previous Union | [14], [15] |
| General Purpose of the People | [16] |
| Powers of the Convention | [17] |
| Opposite Views of the Members | [18] |
| Presence of Slavery in the States | [19], [20] |
| The Slaves in some Form to be considered | [20-22] |
| How they were regarded under the Confederation | [21] |
| Complex Relations of the Subject | [22] |
| All the States but one represented in Convention | [23] |
| Absence of Rhode Island | [24], [25] |
| Application of the Minority of Rhode Island | [25], [26] |
| Position of the States in Convention | [27], [28] |
| Reserved Authority of the People | [28], [29] |
| Present Importance of the Process of forming the Constitution | [29] |
| Cautions to be used in Interpretation | [30] |
CHAPTER II.