THE DEBATES IN THE SEVERAL STATE CONVENTIONS, ON THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL CONVENTION AT PHILADELPHIA, IN 1787. TOGETHER WITH THE JOURNAL OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION, LUTHER MARTIN'S LETTER, YATES'S MINUTES, CONGRESSIONAL OPINIONS, VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS OF '98-'99, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. IN FOUR VOLUMES. SECOND EDITION, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS. COLLECTED AND REVISED FROM CONTEMPORARY PUBLICATIONS, PUBLISHED UNDER THE SANCTION OF CONGRESS. WASHINGTON: PRINTED FOR THE EDITOR. 1836. 430031 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, By JONATHAN ELLIOT, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Opinions, from 1789 to 1836, involving Constitutional Princi- List of Delegates to the Congress of 1765, . ples, from Congressional Debates, &c., 343 to 524 and 599 . 341 Mr. Madison's Letter on the Tariff, and Banks, Mr. Madison to Mr. Stevenson, on Debts, &c., |