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Preface /by Bernard Bailyn --Introduction /by Robert J. Allison --Part 1: The debate opens. Benjamin Franklin, Speech at the conclusions of the Constitutional Convention, September 17, 1787 --Alexander Hamilton, Conjectures about the new Constitution, late September 1787 --James Wilson, Speech at a public meeting, October 6, 1787 --Brutus I, October 18, 1787 --A political dialogue, October 24, 1787 --James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, October 24, 1787 --Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, December 20 1787 --Cato III, October 25, 1787 --Publius (Alexander Hamilton), The Federalist no. I, October 27, 1787 --Part 2: Opposition organizes. Elbridge Gerry to the Massachusetts General Court, November 3, 1787 --Letters from the Federal Farmer to The Republican, November 8, 1787 --Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, November 13, 1787 --George Mason, Objections to the Constitution, November 22, 1787 --Robert Yates and John Lansing, Jr., to Governor George Clinton, January 14, 1788 --Part 3. Toward a new understanding of politics. Publius (James Madison), The Federalist no. 10, November 22, 1787 --A Countryman (Roger Sherman) II, November 22, 1787 --Brutus IV, November 29, 1787 --Americanus (John Stevens, Jr.) III, November 30, 1787 --Samuel Adams to Richard Henry Lee, December 3, 1787 --A Landholder (Oliver Ellsworth) VII, December 17, 1787 --Publius (Alexander Hamilton), The Federalist No. 23, December 18, 1787 --Brutus VII, January 3, 1788 --Publius (Alexander Hamilton), The Federalist no. 30, December 28, 1787 --Part 4: Slavery and liberty. Luther Martin, The genuine information VIII, January 22, 1788 --Giles Hickory (Noah Webster) I, December 1787 --Publius (James Madison), The Federalist no. 39, January 16, 1788 --On the new Constitution, January 28, 1788 --Brutus XI, January 31, 1788 --Civis (David Ramsay) to the citizens of South Carolina, February 4, 1788 --Publius (James Madison), The Federalist no. 54, February 12, 1788 --Part 5: The future of the American republic. Publius (James Madison), The Federalist no. 51, February 6, 1788 --Brutus XII, February 7 and February 14, 1788 --Harry Innes to John Brown, February 20, 1788 --Joseph Spencer to James Madison, Enclosing John Leland's objections, February 28, 1788 --Publius (Alexander Hamilton), The Federalist no. 70, March 15, 1788 --Brutus XV, March 20, 1788 --Publius (Alexander Hamilton), The Federalist no. 78, May 28, 1788 --George Washington to John Armstrong, April 25, 1788 --Part 6: The state ratifying conventions. Pennsylvania. James Wilson, Opening address, November 24, 1787 --James Wilson and John Smilie debate the need for a bill of rights, November 28, 1787 --Benjamin Rush speaks against a bill of rights, November 30, 1787 --James Wilson on the slave-trade clause, December 3, 1787 --Robert Whitehill replies to Wilson on the slave-trade clause, December 3, 1787 --Dissent of the minority of the Pennsylvania Convention, December 18, 1787 --Massachusetts. Fisher Ames on biennial elections and the "volcano" of democracy, January 15, 1788 --An exchange on the powers of Congress and its probable corruption, January 17, 1788 --Amos Singletary and Jonathan Smith on "Leviathan" and on the danger of anarchy, January 25, 1788 --Daniel Shute and William Jones on religious tests, January 31, 1788 --John Hancock proposes ratification with recommended amendments, January 31, 1788 --Samuel Adams supports Hancock's proposition, January 31, 1788 --John Hancock's final observations, "We must all rise or fall together," February 6, 1788 --The form of the ratification of Massachusetts, February 6, 1788 --South Carolina. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney explains America's unique "structure of freedom," May 14, 1788 --Patrick Dollard fears a corrupt and despotic aristocracy, May 22, 1788 --Virginia. Patrick Henry's opening speech opposing ratification, June 4, 1788 --Patrick Henry states his main objections, and James Madison responds, June 12, 1788 --George Mason and James Madison debate the slave-trade clause, June 17, 1788 --New York. Robert R. Livingston, Melancton Smith, and John Jay debate aristocracy, representation, and corruption, June 23, 1788 --Melancton Smith fears the federal taxing power, June 27, 1788 --North Carolina. James Iredell on the presidency and the pardoning power, July 28, 1788 --James Iredell on impeachment, July 28, 1788 --Henry Abbot and James Iredell debate religious tests, July 30, 1788 --The Rev. David Caldwell and Samuel Spencer debate religious toleration, July 30, 1788 --The Constitution -- Chronology, 1774-1804 --Biographical notes --Note on the texts.