THE

STORY OF THE CONSTITUTION

THE STORY

OF THE

CONSTITUTION

OF THE

UNITED STATES

BY

ROSSITER JOHNSON

A covenant with all the people,
to proclaim liberty unto them.

-JEREMIAH.

NEW YORK

WESSELS & BISSELL CO.

1910

Copyright, 1905, by WILLIAM RITCHIE

Publishers Printing Co., New York

VIII. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

IX. THE SOURCES

X. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS