Some Of Them, In Accepting The Proposed Plan Of Government, Coupled Their Acceptance With A Recommendation Of Various Additions To The Constitution, Which They Deemed Essential To The Preservation Of The Rights Of The States, Or Of The People. - SearchQuotes

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Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommendation of various additions to the Constitution, which they deemed essential to the preservation of the rights of the States, or of the People.

Caleb Cushing

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