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JOHN RANDOLPH.	1
PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION.	1
INTRODUCTORY.	3
I.	4
THE FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.	4
JAMES OTIS	7
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PATRICK HENRY	9
CONVENTION OF DELEGATES, MARCH 28, 1775	9
SAMUEL ADAMS	11
ON AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE—IN PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST I, 1776.	11
ALEXANDER HAMILTON,	17
ON THE EXPEDIENCY OF ADOPTING THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION	17
JAMES MADISON,	22
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MR. CHAIRMAN:	22
II. — CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT.	29
ALBERT GALLATIN,	32
ON THE BRITISH TREATY	32
MR. CHAIRMAN:	32
FISHER AMES,	43
ON THE BRITISH TREATY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, APRIL 28, 1796.	43
JOHN NICHOLAS	51
MR. CHAIRMAN:	51
THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY.	56
THOMAS JEFFERSON,	58
	58
FRIENDS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS:	58
JOHN RANDOLPH,	62
ON THE MILITIA BILL—HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DEC. 10, 1811.	62
ADMISSION OF LOUISIANA.	68
ON THE ADMISSION OF LOUISIANA—HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JAN. 14, 1811.	68
HENRY CLAY	78
ON THE WAR OF 1812—HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JAN. 8, 1813.	78
IV. — THE RISE OF NATIONALITY.	82
ROBERT Y. HAYNE,	87
ON MR. FOOT’S RESOLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, JAN. 21, 1830	87
DANIEL WEBSTER,	93
IN REPLY TO HAYNE, IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, JANUARY 26, 1830.	93
JOHN C. CALHOUN	115
ON NULLIFICATION AND THE FORCE BILL,	115
MR. PRESIDENT:	115
THOMAS H. BENTON, OF MISSOURI. (BORN 1782, DIED 1858.)	121
MR. PRESIDENT:	121

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