A FAMILIAR EXPOSITION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES: CONTAINING A BRIEF COMMENTARY ON EVERY CLAUSE, EXPLAINING THE TRUE NATURE, REASONS, AND OBJECTS THEREOF; DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND GENERAL READERS. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING IMPORTANT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CONSTITUTION. BY JOSEPH STORY, LL. D. DANE PROFESSOR OF LAW IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY: "This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers uniting security with energy, and containing, within itself, a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and respect." - President Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARR. |