THE

PERSONAL AND PROPERTY

RIGHTS

OF A

CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

HOW TO EXERCISE AND HOW TO PRESERVE THEM.

TOGETHER WITH

I. A TREATISE ON THE RULES OF ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE
IN DELIBERATIVE ASSEMBLIES;

II. A GLOSSARY OF LAW TERMS IN COMMON USE.

BY

THEOPHILUS PARSONS, LL. D.,

EX-PROFESSOR OF LAW IN HARVARD COLLEGE.

AUTHOR OF "THE LAWS OF BUSINESS," OF A TREATISE ON "THE LAW OF Contracts,"
AND OF OTHER LAW-BOOKS.

HARTFORD:

S. S. SCRANTON & COMPANY.

J. B. NAMES, HILLSDALE, MICH.

1878.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by

THEOPHILUS PARSONS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1875,
By THEOPHILUS PARSONS,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

OF THE POLITICAL RIGHTS OF A CITIZEN OF THE

UNITED STATES.

Articles in addition to, and amendment of, the Constitution of

the United States of America

CHAPTER II.

HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

Sect. I. Events before the War of Independence

II.

Events from the beginning of the War of Inde-

pendence to the formation of the Constitution.

III. The formation of the Constitution

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CHAPTER III.

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES .

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CHAPTER IV.

COMMENTS UPON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

Sect. I. What our Constitution is

II. The reconciliation of State rights and national

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