ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES: WITH A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION. BY JOSEPH STORY, LL.D. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. FIFTH EDITION, BY MELVILLE M. BIGELOW, PH.D. "Magistratibus igitur opus est; sine quorum prudentiâ ac diligentià esse civitas non potest; CICERO, DE LEG., lib. 3, cap. 2. "Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants." BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. 1891. BURKE Entered according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, by JOSEPH STORY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by WILLIAM W. STORY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by WILLIAM W. STORY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by WILLIAM W. STORY, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Copyright, 1891, BY WILLIAM W. STORY. THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U. S. A. |