[450] Debates in Virginia Convention, Elliot, III. 652.
[451] Madison's letters to Hamilton, Works of Hamilton, I. 462, 463.
[452] Letter to Madison, Works of Hamilton, I. 464.
[453] Ibid. 465.
[454] It was reported in the newspapers of that period that the Constitution was adopted in this convention by 30 yeas against 25 nays. But the official record gives the several votes as they are stated in the text; from which it appears that, on the critical question of a conditional or unconditional ratification, the majority was only 2. In truth, the ratification of New York barely escapes the objection of being a qualified one, if it does in fact escape it.
[455] Works of Washington, IX. 408.
[456] Madison's letter to Washington, August 24, 1788, Works of Washington, IX. 549.
[457] See his letter to Governor Livingston of New Jersey, August 29, 1788, Works, I. 471.
[458] Some of the most elaborate of these devices were borne by the "Block and Pump Makers" and the "Tallow-Chandlers."
[459] This resolution was adopted August 2, 1788, by 184 yeas to 84 nays. North Carolina Debates, Elliot, IV. 250, 251.