[460] North Carolina Debates, Elliot, IV. 250, 251.
[461] The march of the country people upon Providence, on the 4th of July, 1788, and the manner in which they compelled the inhabitants of the town to abandon their purpose of celebrating the adoption of the Constitution by nine States,—dictating even their toasts and salutes,—reads more like a page in Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New York than like anything else. But it is a veracious as well as a most amusing story. (See Staples's Annals of Providence, pp. 329-335.)
[462] There were 2,708 votes thrown against it, and 232 in its favor. This occurred in March, 1788.
[463] This copy of the Constitution has been compared with the Rolls in the Department of State, and is punctuated and otherwise printed in exact conformity therewith.
[464] Altered by the 12th Amendment.
[465] Although this work does not embrace the history of the Amendments, they are printed here in connection with the Constitution, for the convenience of the reader.
Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious spelling and punctuation errors have been repaired, but period spellings and valid alternative spellings present in the original were retained; for example: maleadministration, malepractice and malpractice, Brearly and Brearley, etc.
Hyphenation variations in the original were retained.
Change in format for Article headings beginning P. 629 retained as in the original.