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816. BILL OF RIGHTS, The Constitution and.—[continued].

I am in hopes that the
annexation of a bill of rights to the Constitution
will alone draw over so great a proportion
of the minorities, as to leave little danger
in the opposition of the residue; and that
this annexation may be made by Congress
and the Assemblies, without calling a convention
which might endanger the most valuable
parts of the system.—
To General Washington. Washington ed. ii, 533. Ford ed., v, 56.
(P. Dec. 1788)

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