| Intimacy of the Relations between the People of the States | [447] |
| Difference between the Confederation and the Constitution | [447], [448] |
| Privileges of Citizenship in all the States | [448] |
| Effect of Records | [449] |
| Fugitives from Justice | [449], [450] |
| Fugitives from Service | [450-467] |
CHAPTER XVI.
Report of the Committee of Detail, continued.—Guaranty of Republican Government and Internal Tranquillity.—Oath to support the Constitution.—Mode of Amendment.—Ratification and Establishment of the Constitution.—Signing by the Members of the Convention.
| Purpose of the Guaranty of Republican Government | [468] |
| Meaning of the Guaranty | [469] |
| American Sense of a "Republican" Government | [471] |
| Amendment a Conservative Element | [473] |
| Distinction between Amendment and Revolution | [473-474] |
| Settlement of the Mode of Amending the Constitution | [474-477] |
| Restrictions on the Power of Amendment | [477], [478] |
| Oath to support the Constitution | [478] |
| Establishment of the Constitution provided for | [479-485] |
| Signatures of the Delegates | [485-487] |
| The Issue presented | [487] |
BOOK V.
ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
CHAPTER I.
General Reception of the Constitution.—Hopes of a Reunion with Great Britain.—Action of the Congress.—State of Feeling in Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, South Carolina, Maryland, and New Hampshire.—Appointment of their Conventions.
| Public Anxiety | [491] |
| Rumors about the Bishop of Osnaburg | [492] |
| Scheme of the Tories | [493], [494] |
| Publication of the Constitution | [495] |
| Its Friends and Opponents | [495], [496] |
| Position of the People | [497], [498] |
| Reception of the Instrument in Congress | [499] |
| Action upon it | [500] |
| Reception in Massachusetts | [501] |
| Reception in New York | [502-504] |
| Reception in Virginia | [505], [506] |
| Jefferson's Opinion | [506], [507] |
| Course recommended by Jefferson | [508] |
| Washington's Exertions | [509] |
| Patrick Henry's Course in the Legislature | [510] |
| Debate in the Legislature of South Carolina | [511] |
| Action of the Legislature of Maryland | [512] |
| Luther Martin's Address | [512-514] |
| State of Opinion in New Hampshire | [514] |
| The real Crisis anticipated | [515] |
| Chances for the Constitution | [516] |
| Uncertainty of the Result | [517] |
CHAPTER II.