...difference among the several states as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests. In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily...every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important...

...level of decorum: "In all our deliberations on this subject [differences among the several states] we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to...every true American, the consolidation of our Union." A gentlemen's agreement over language is also a national consensus in spite of difference. The litany...

...United States in Congress assembled, that Constitution which has appeared to us the most adviseable. — In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily...every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important...

...Washington, in his letter of transmittal, had these further words: "In all our deliberations . . . we kept steadily in our view that which appears to...every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, perhaps our national existence." And he concluded with...

...the Union" were, accordingly, to be "fully and effectively vested" in that entity, consistent with "that which appears to us the greatest interest of...every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence."188 And individual...

...was to continue the then existing union. In their letter, laying it before Congress, they say, — "In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept...every true American, the consolidation of our union." "Our union," can refer to no other than the then existing union, — the old union of the confederacy,...

...object was to continue the then existing union. In their letter, laying it before Congress, they say,— "In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept...every true American, the consolidation of our union." "Our union," can refer to no other than the then existing union,— the old union of the confederacy,...

...difference among the several States as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests. In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily...every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important...

...states, "their Situation Extent Habits and particular Interests," the Convention had, Morris wrote, "kept steadily in our View that which appears to us...every true American. The Consolidation of our Union in which is involved our Prosperity Felicity Safety perhaps our national Existence." Above all, the...

...extent, habits, and particular interests. In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in view, that which appears to us the greatest interest...every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.' In L. Wolf-Phillips...