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1685. CONSTITUTION (The Federal), Interpretation of.—[continued].

The Constitution * * * was meant to be republican, and we believe it
to be republican according to every candid
interpretation. Yet we have seen it so interpreted
and administered, as to be truly
what the French have called, a monarchie
masquée.

To Robert R. Livingston. Washington ed. iv, 338. Ford ed., vii, 464.
(W. Dec. 1800)