The Fathers of the Constitution: A Chronicle of the Establishment of the Union (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Fathers of the Constitution: A Chronicle of the Establishment of the UnionThe United States of America! It was in the Declaration of Independence that this name was first and formally proclaimed to the world, and to maintain its verity the war of the Revolution was fought. Americans like to think that they were then assuming among the Powers Of the Earth the equal and independent Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them; and, in View of their subsequent marvelous develop ment, they are inclined to add that it must have been before an expectant world.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.