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The Union Next To Our Liberties The Most Dear. May We All Remember That It Can Only Be Preserved By Respecting The Rights Of The States, And Distributing Equally The Benefits And Burdens Of The Union.

To Maintain The Ascendancy Of The Constitution Over The Lawmaking Majority Is The Great And Essential Point On Which The Success Of The [american] System Must Depend; Unless That Ascendancy Can Be Preserved, The Necessary Consequence Must Be That The Laws Will Supersede The Constitution; And, Finally, The Will Of The Executive, By Influence Of Its Patronage, Will Supersede The Laws . . .

It Is Federal, Because It Is The Government Of States United In A Political Union, In Contradistinction To A Government Of Individuals, That Is, By What Is Usually Called, A Social Compact. To Express It More Concisely, It Is Federal And Not National Because It Is The Government Of A Community Of States, And Not The Government Of A Single State Or Nation.

The Object Of A Constitution Is To Restrain The Government, As That Of Laws Is To Restrain Individuals.