Coxe, Tench. An Examination of the Constitution of the United States of America. By an American Citizen

TO THE

CANDID READER.

EVERY person, who desires to know the true situation of the United States of America, in regard to the freedom and powers of their governments, must carefully consider together the constitution of the state in which he lives and the new constitution of fœderal or general government. The latter alone is treated of in the following pages. The former, it is presumed, are sufficiently understood by the citizens who live under them.


NUMBER I.

On the Federal Government, and first on the safety of the people, from the restraints imposed on the President.