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1457. COMPACTS, Enforcing.—

The coercive
powers supposed to be wanting in the
federal head I am of opinion they possess by
the law of nature, which authorizes one party
to an agreement to compel the other to performance.
A delinquent State makes itself
a party against the rest of the confederacy.—
To Edward Randolph. Washington ed. ii, 211.
(P. 1787)
See Coercion.