...ment from an excessive concentration of power in the several In 1819, Chief Justice Marshall said: No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down tl lines which separate the States, and of compounding the American people L one common mass (McCullough...

...Congress, and by the State Legislatures, the instrument was submitted to the people. They acted upon it in the only manner in which they can act safely,...wisely, on such a subject, by assembling in Convention . . . From these Conventions the Constitution derives its whole authority. The ratifications of the...

...respectively, not collectively, or to themselves, that is, to the peoples respectively of the several states. "No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think...of compounding the American people into one common mass."40 Not having contracted away those powers and rights, not having delegated them or any control...

...legislatures, the instrument was submitted to the people. They acted upon it in the only manner iu which they can act safely, effectively and wisely,...It is true, they assembled in their several states — aurl where else should they have assembled? No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think...

...and by the state legislatur instrument was submitted to the people. They acted upon it in the only t in which they can act safely, effectively and wisely, on such a subject, sembling in convention. It is true, they assembled in their several state where else should they have...

...Congress, and by the State Legislatures, the instrument was submitted to the people. They acted upon it in the only manner in which they can act safely,...States — and where else should they have assembled? . . . Of consequence, when they act. they act in their States. But the measures they adopt do not,...

...Congress, and by the State legislatures, the instrument was submitted to the people. They acted upon it in the only manner in which they can act safely,...on such a subject — by assembling in convention. . . . From these conventions the Constitution derives its whole authority. The government proceeds...

...provincia] courts, . . . 16. Generally all matters of a merely local or private nature in the province. i he only manner in which they can act safely, effectively...think of breaking down the lines which separate the suites, and of compounding the American people into one common mass. Of consequence, when they act,...

...roles of Stales and the people in the ratification of the Constitution, "[i]l is true, [the people] assembled in their several states - and where else should they have assembled?"*") The District is now similarly capable of undertaking that role. Because the right to vote belongs to...

...Congress, and by the State Legislatures, the instrument was submitted to the people. They acted upon it in the only manner in which they can act safely,...effectively, and wisely, on such a subject, by assembling in Convention.3 It is true, they assembled in their several States — and where else should they have...