ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES HISTORICAL AND JURIDICAL WITH OBSERVATIONS UPON THE ORDINARY PROVISIONS OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS AND A COMPARISON WITH THE CONSTITUTIONS OF OTHER COUNTRIES. BY ROGER FOSTER, OF THE NEW YORK BAR, AUTHOR OF A TREATISE ON FEDERAL PRACTICE, TRIAL BY NEWSPAPER, &C. VOLUME I. BOSTON: THE BOSTON BOOK COMPANY. 1895. 65012 COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY ROGER FOSTER. The right of translation and all other rights reserved. Typography and Presswork ΤΟ THE HONORABLE MELVILLE W. FULLER CHIEF-JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE TO HIS LEARNING, PATIENCE AND COURTESY THIS BOOK IS BY HIS PERMISSION RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED § 5. Preliminaries to the Federal Convention § 6. Originality of the Work of the Federal Convention § 7. Prototypes of the Federal Constitution APPENDIX TO CHAPTER I. John Lilburne and the Agreement of the People. NATURE OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE PREAMBLE. § 11. Nature of the Constitution of the United States. § 12. Sovereignty of the States before the Federal Constitution. § 14. Form of Ratifications of the Constitution § 15. Legality of an Indissoluble Union between Sovereign States § 19. Significance of the Phrase "We the people of the United States § 20. Significance of the Phrase "to form a more perfect Union" § 22. Significance of the Phrase “to Insure domestic Tranquillity" § 23. Significance of the Phrase "to provide for the Common Defense" § 24. Significance of the Phrase "to promote the general welfare" § 25. Significance of the Phrase "to secure the Blessings of Liberty" V |