ON THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES;

WITH

A PRELIMINARY REVIEW

OF

THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE colonies and states,

BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

BY JOSEPH STORY, LL. D.,

DANE PROFESSOR OF LAW IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

"Magistratibus igitur opus est; sine quorum prudentiâ ac diligentiâ esse civitas non potest ;
quorumque descriptione omnis Reipublicæ moderatio continetur."

CICERO DE LEG. lib. 3. сар. 2.

"Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants."