 In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.  The Constitution of the State, Adopted 1780 - Seite 45von Massachusetts - 1826Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Adolph Caso - 1984 - 156 Seiten
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 | Garry Wills - 1981 - 320 Seiten
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 | Theodore Dreiser - 1987 - 1168 Seiten
...our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our union, in which is involved our prosperity,...rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might otherwise have been expected; and thus the Constitution which we now present, is the result of a spirit... | |
 | Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - 1997 - 846 Seiten
...framers as gentlemen is also the larger decorum of the true American perspective. In Washington's words, "the Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity. " Those who disagree must remember that the document grows out of "mutual deference and concession"... | |
 | 1995 - 634 Seiten
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 | Riker, William Harrison Riker, William H. Riker, William H.. Riker, John Paul Mueller - 1996 - 308 Seiten
...strongest remarks were probably that "the greatest interest of every true American" was "the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity,...felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence." The 423 words of this letter, appended to the Constitution, were printed at least 76 times (table 6.1,... | |
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