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This was the Const.i.tutional theory of the Nationalists. As a matter of fact, it was not, perhaps, strictly true. There can be little doubt that a majority of the people did not favor the Const.i.tution when adopted by the Convention and ratified by the States. Had manhood suffrage existed at that time, and had the Const.i.tution been submitted directly to the people, it is highly probable that it would have been rejected. (See vol. I, chaps, IX-XII, of this work.)

[1482] _Debates_, 21st Cong. 1st Sess. 76. See chap, III, vol. III, of this work.

[1483] _Debates_, 21st Cong. 1st Sess. 78.

[1484] _Ib._ See Marshall's opinion in Cohens _vs._ Virginia, _supra_, 347-57.

[1485] _Debates_, 21st Cong. 1st Sess. 80.

[1486] Niles, x.x.xIX, 118.

[1487] _Ib._ 330.

[1488] _Debates_, 21st Cong. 1st Sess. 287.

[1489] _Ib._ 285.

[1490] Marshall to Johnston, May 22, 1830, MSS. ”Society Collection,”

Pa. Hist. Soc.

[1491] Madison to Everett, Aug. 28, 1830, _Writings_: Hunt, IX, 383-403.

[1492] _North American Review_ (1830), x.x.xI, 537-46.

[1493] Marshall to Story, Oct. 15, 1830, _Proceedings, Ma.s.s. Hist. Soc._ 2d Series, XIV, 342-43.

[1494] Jackson to the Committee, June 14, 1831, Niles, XL, 351.

[1495] _State Doc. Fed. Rel._: Ames, 167-68.

[1496] Marshall to Story, Aug. 2, 1832, _Proceedings, Ma.s.s. Hist. Soc._ 2d Series, XIV, 350.

[1497] Same to same, Sept. 22, 1832, _ib._ 351-52.

[1498] Niles, XLII, 387.

[1499] _Ib._ 388.

[1500] Under Act of Oct. 26, 1832, _Statutes at Large of South Carolina_: Cooper, I, 309-10.

[1501] _Statutes at Large of South Carolina_: Cooper, I, 329-31.

[1502] _Ib._ 434-45.

[1503] _Ib._ 444-45; also Niles, XLIII, 219-20.

[1504] Marshall to Peters, Dec. 3, 1832, Peters MSS. Pa. Hist. Soc.

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