...to accept the Constitution as it came from the hands of the Philadelphia Convention. On the 4th day of March, 1789 the day which had been fixed for commencing the operation of governing under the new Constitution, it had been ratified by the conventions chosen in...

..."Resolved unanimously that the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order...thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case." the day of the next general election, to consist of not more than...

...most ardent wish." Congress resolved unanimously, that the report with the letter accompanying it be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof. Neither the intrinsic merits of the constitution nor the...

...State legislatures in order to be submitted to a if i a a 1 •« s 1 1 51 convention of delegates in each State by the people thereof in conformity to the resolves of the Convention. ' ' The thirteen States ratified the Constitution in the order following: Delaware, December 6, 1787;...

...legislatures in order that it might be submitted to a convention of delegates in each state chosen by the people thereof in conformity to the resolves of the convention." Immediately there were born two parties, one supporting, the other opposing the adoption of the new...

...directed the Constitution so framed, with the resolutions and letter concerning the saint!, to "be transmitted to the several Legislatures in order to...resolves of the convention." On the 4th of March, 17811, the day which had been fixed for commencing the operations of Government under the new Constitution,...

...legislatures 'in order that it might be submitted to a convention of delegates in each State chosen by the people thereof in conformity to the resolves of the Convention." Immediately there were born two parties, one supporting, the other opposing the adoption of the new...

..."Resolved Unanimously that the said Report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures in Order to...thereof in conformity to the resolves of the Convention made and provided in that case." A copy of this resolution, the report of the Convention, and the accompanying...

...resolve unanimously "That the said report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures in order to...thereof in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case" And whereas the constitution so reported by the Convention and by Congress...

...Congress directed the Constitution so framed, with the resolutions and letter concerning the same, to "be transmitted to the several Legislatures in order to...conformity to the resolves of the convention." On Mar. 4, 1789, the day which had been fixed for commencing the operations of Government under the new...