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1633. CONSTITUTION (The Federal), Acceptance of.—

I am glad to hear that the
new Constitution is received with favor. I
sincerely wish that the nine first conventions
may receive, and the four last reject it. The
former will receive it finally, while the latter
will oblige them to offer a declaration of
rights in order to complete the Union. We


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shall thus have all its good, and cure its
principal defect.—
To James Madison. Ford ed., v, 5.
(P. Feb. 1788)