ON

HISTORICAL EVIDENCE

IN REFERENCE TO

ADVERSE THEORIES

OF THE

ORIGIN AND NATURE

OF THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

BY

JOHN B. DILLON,

AUTHOR OF A HISTORY OF INDIANA.

"Contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissima in lege."-
A contemporaneous exposition is the best and strongest in law.
Wharton's Legal Maxims.

Fred B. Rothman & Co.

LITTLETON, COLORADO

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Dillon, John B. (John Brown), 1808?-1879.

Notes on historical evidence in reference to
adverse theories of the origin and nature of the
government of the United States of America.

Reprint. Originally published: New York: Printed
by S.W. Green, 1871.

1. Federal government--United States. 2. State
rights. 3. United States--Politics and government.
I. Title.

JK321.D55 1985

ISBN 0-8377-0521-5

321.02'0973

85-8266

ON

HISTORICAL EVIDENCE

IN REFERENCE TO

ADVERSE THEORIES

OF THE

ORIGIN AND NATURE

OF THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

BY

JOHN B. DILLON,

AUTHOR OF A HISTORY OF INDIANA.

"Contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissima in lege."-
A contemporaneous exposition is the best and strongest in law.
Wharton's Legal Maxims.

NEW YORK:

PRINTED BY S. W. GREEN,

No. 16 JACOB STREET.