Excerpt from Important Correspondence: Friendly Discussion of Party Politics in 1860-1 That the confederation fell to pieces and was about to expire in its own imbecility, having no coercive authority, read Mr. Madison's introduction to the debates in the convention which framed and submit ted to the people of the United States the present Constitution. That Constitution when framed. Was submitted, not to the State authorities, but to the people in their primary capacity in convention as sembled, for approval or rejection. It was approved and adopted by the people of the United States in every quarter. What had the States to do with it 1 Their machinery was used as a convenient mode of assem blin g the people by their representatives for that special purpose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.