History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States ..., volume 2
History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States ..., volume 2
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
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Taken from the letters of Sichard Henry Lee, the remon^ strance of the minority in Pennsylvania^ and the ob- jections made in the Massachusetts debates, "they were the production of the federalists after mature deliberation," and were clad in terse and fittest words, which revealed the workmanship of Parsons. "All powers not expressly delegated to congress," so ran the most important of them, "are reserved to the several states." "I feel myself happy," thus Samuel Adams ad- dressed the chair, "...in contemplating the idea that many benefits will result from your Excellency's con- ciliatory proposition to this commonwealth and to the whole United States. The objections made to this constitution as far as Virginia are similar. I have had my doubts ; other gentlemen have had theirs; the proposition submitted will tend to re- » EUiot, ii 120. • EUiot, ii. 132. Digitized by VjOOQIC 270 THE PEOPLE IN JUDGMENT ON THE CONSTITUTION. CHAP, move sucli doubts, and conciliate the minds of the convention and of the people ont-of-doors.
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