Liberty Is To Faction What Air Is

The Convention Thought It Wrong To Admit In The Constitution The Idea That There Could Be Property In Men.

The Constitution Proposed By The Convention May Be Considered Under Two General Points Of View. The First Relates To The Sum Or Quantity Of Power Which It Vests In The Government, Including The Restraints Imposed On The States. The Second, To The Particular Structure Of The Government, And The Distribution Of This Power Among Its Branches.

For What Purpose Could The Enumeration Of Particular Powers Be Inserted, If These And All Others Were Meant To Be Included In The Preceding General Power?

Another Advantage Accruing From This Ingredient In The Constitution Of A Senate, Is The Additional Impediment It Must Prove Against Improper Acts Of Legislation. No Law Or Resolution Can Now Be Passed Without The Concurrence First Of A Majority Of The People, And Then Of A Majority Of The States.

It Is Of Great Importance In A Republic, Not Only To Guard The Society Against The Oppression Of Its Rulers; But To Guard One Part Of The Society Against The Injustice Of The Other Part.