A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . e given, he asked, ofthe want of energy in our government than these disorders? If there is not apower in it to check them, what security has a man for his life, liberty, or prop-erty ? The consequences of a bad or inefficient government are too obvious tobe dwelt upon. Thirteen sovereigns pulling against one another, and all tuggingat the federal head, will soon bring ruin on the whole; whereas, a libe
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . e given, he asked, ofthe want of energy in our government than these disorders? If there is not apower in it to check them, what security has a man for his life, liberty, or prop-erty ? The consequences of a bad or inefficient government are too obvious tobe dwelt upon. Thirteen sovereigns pulling against one another, and all tuggingat the federal head, will soon bring ruin on the whole; whereas, a liberal andenergetic constitution, well checked and well watched to prevent encroach- THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1787. 147 meute, might restore us to that degree of respectability aud consequence to whichwe had the fairest prospect of attaining. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1787. AVashington was placed at the head of the delegation from Virginia. Al-though he hoped that he would be permitted to spend the rest of his days in thedomestic quiet of Mount Vernon, his patriotism would not permit him to decline,even though he saw the certainty that the action would bring him forward once. SENATE CHAMBEE. more into public affairs. Only a part of the delegates met in Philadelphia,May 14, 1787, and an adjourmnent was had from day to day until the 25th,when, a majority being present, the convention organized and unanimously choseWashington as chairman. For four months it sat with closed doors, meeting inthe same room in Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independencewas signed, and where the chair is still preserved in which sat. What an assemblage of great and noble men, all of whose names have be-come historical 1 With the peerless Washington at the head, there were James 148 ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES. Madison, afterward President of the United States ; Benjamin Franklin, Alex-ander Hamilton, Benjamin West, Edmund Randolph, Robert Morris, Gouv-erneur
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