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1654. CONSTITUTION (The Federal), Amendments to.—[further continued].

Though I approve of the
mass, I would wish to see some amendments,
further than those which have been proposed,
fixing it more surely on a republican basis.
* * * To secure the ground we gain, and
gain what more we can, is the wisest course.—
To George Mason. Washington ed. iii, 147. Ford ed., v, 183.
(N.Y., 1790)