Author’s Note
Quotations from the Constitution of the United States are from the “Literal Print,” Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1920.
The abbreviation “Ell. Deb.” refers to Elliot’s Debates, 2nd Edition, 5 vols., J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1866.
The “Federalist” is quoted from the Lodge Edition, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1894.
Wherever italics or capitals are used in a quotation and not directly stated to be those of the original author, they are the italics and capitals of the present writer.
Where the present writer interpolates his own words in a quotation, they are included in square brackets.