Commentaries on the Constitution, which are already be- fore the Public. And one of the advantages, which it possesses, is, that the reader will find every one of the topics here discussed, examined almost in the same order, far more completely in those Commentaries, if his curi- osity or his leisure shall prompt him to more thorough researches. I have endeavored, as far as practicable, to make the remarks intelligible to every class of readers, by embodying them in plain and unambitious language, so as to give the Work a just claim to the title of being "A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States." If it shall tend to awaken in the bosoms of American Youth, a more warm and devoted attachment An Appendix has been added, containing some im- With these few suggestions, I submit the Work to the "Content, if here th' unlearned their wants may view, The learned reflect on what before they knew." Cambridge, January 1, 1840. JOSEPH STORY. |