Ratifications of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut, without Objection.—Close of the Year 1787.—Beginning of the Year 1788.—Ratification of Massachusetts, the Sixth State, with Propositions of Amendment.—Ratification of Maryland without Objection.—South Carolina, the Eighth State, adopts, and proposes Amendments.
| Delaware ratifies unanimously | [518] |
| Prestige of Philadelphia | [519] |
| James Wilson in the Convention of Pennsylvania | [520] |
| His Defence of the Constitution | [521-524] |
| Ratification of Pennsylvania | [524] |
| Position of New Jersey | [524], [525] |
| Ratifies the Constitution | [526] |
| Position of Georgia | [526] |
| Ratifies the Constitution | [527] |
| Convention of Connecticut | [527], [528] |
| Her Adoption | [529] |
| New Aspect of the Subject | [529], [530] |
| Convention of Massachusetts assembles | [530] |
| Nature of her Opposition | [531] |
| Value of her State Constitution | [532] |
| Parties in her Convention | [532], [533] |
| Samuel Adams and the Opposition | [533], [534] |
| The Federal Leaders | [534] |
| They recognize the Necessity for Amendments | [535] |
| Dangers of this Admission | [535], [536] |
| Hancock proposes the Amendments | [537] |
| Ratification procured by them | [538] |
| Conduct of the Minority | [539] |
| Nature of the Amendments | [539], [540] |
| The People of Boston rejoice | [540] |
| Influence of Massachusetts on New Hampshire | [541] |
| Critical Position of Maryland | [542] |
| Her Ratification | [543] |
| Rejoicings in Baltimore | [543] |
| Good News from South Carolina | [544] |
| Liberal Conduct of her People | [544], [545] |
| Defence of the Constitution by her Delegates | [546] |
| The Convention admits the Justice of the Commercial Power | [547] |
| Efforts of the Opposition | [548] |
| Charleston celebrates the Constitution | [548] |
CHAPTER III.
Ratifications of New Hampshire, Virginia, and New York, with Proposed Amendments.
| New Hampshire, Virginia, and New York are to act in the same Month | [549] |
| Hamilton's Expresses arranged | [550] |
| Virginia Convention meets | [551] |
| Patrick Henry leads the Opposition | [552] |
| His peculiar Tendencies | [553] |
| Character of his Politics | [554] |
| Edmund Randolph's Position | [555] |
| Unexpectedly supports the Constitution | [556] |
| George Mason on the Power of Direct Taxation | [557] |
| Henry denounces the Constitution | [558] |
| Madison defends it | [559] |
| He denies the Dangers imputed to it | [560] |
| Henry vouches the Advice of Jefferson | [561] |
| Jefferson's Advice misconstrued | [562] |
| Henry persists in pressing his View of it | [563] |
| It strengthens the Opposition | [564] |
| They employ the Mississippi Question | [565] |
| True Aspect of that Question | [566] |
| Madison's Answer to the Opposition | [567] |
| Negotiations opened with the Anti-Federalists of New York and Pennsylvania | [568] |
| The Convention of New York assembles | [568] |
| Hamilton at the Intersection of his Expresses | [569] |
| His Critical and Responsible Position | [569], [570] |
| Nature of his Ambition | [570], [571] |
| His Opinion of the Purposes of the Opposition | [571] |
| His Answer to their Plans | [572] |
| He receives News of the Ratification by New Hampshire | [573] |
| Chancellor Livingston announces the Ratification of the Ninth State | [574] |
| The Opposition not subdued | [574] |
| Hamilton's Conduct at this Crisis | [575-578] |
| He despatches a Courier to Richmond | [578] |
| But the Constitution is ratified before the Courier arrives | [578] |
| How its Ratification was obtained | [579-581] |
| Henry's magnanimous Submission | [581] |
| The News from Virginia received at Philadelphia | [582] |
| Elaborate Procession in Honor of the Constitution | [583] |
| Hamilton receives the News from Virginia | [584] |
| He consults his Friends | [585] |
| They force the Opposition to an Issue | [586] |
| Hamilton advises with Madison | [587] |
| An Unconditional Ratification carried | [588] |
| The Federalists unite in a Call for a Second General Convention | [588] |
| Their Justification for so doing | [589-592] |
| The City of New York celebrates the Adoption of the Constitution | [592] |
| Honors paid to Hamilton by the People | [592-595] |
CHAPTER IV.
Action of North Carolina and Rhode Island.— Conclusion.
| Convention of North Carolina assembles | [596] |
| Refuses to ratify the Constitution | [597] |
| Elements of the Opposition in Rhode Island | [598] |
| Local Parties in the State | [599] |
| Town and Country divided | [600] |
| Spirit of a Majority of the People | [600], [601] |
| They reject the Constitution | [602] |
| Embarrassing Position of the Union | [603] |
| Conclusion | [604] |
APPENDIX.
| Constitution of the United States of America | [607] |
| Articles in Addition to, and Amendment of, the Constitution of the United States of America | [619] |
| Index | [633] |