54764 Copyright, 1889, BY JUDSON S. LANDON All rights reserved. The Riverside Press, Cambridge: THESE lectures were delivered before the Senior classes at Union College during the four years in which the author was President ad interim of that Institution. Partly narrative and partly expository, they are an attempt to present in a sort of perspective something of the story of the Constitution, its significance and development. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., March 4, 1889. CA - ITS PROCEEDINGS, DEBATES, AND COMPROMISES. 18 46 PRACTICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. FIRST MEASURES. INFLUENCE OF HAMIL- FALL OF THE FEDERAL PARTY. JEFFERSONIAN ERA OF STRICT CONSTRUCTION. FEARS OF MONARCHY.- OF DISSO- LUTION. FRENCH AND ENGLISH OUTRAGES. EMBARGO AND NON-INTERCOurse. - WAR WITH ENGLAND. PEACE. HART- THE JACKSON ERA.- BANK. - OFFICE-HOlding. TARIFF. NULLIFICATION. WHETHER THE CONSTITUTION IS A COMPACT BETWEEN STATES, OR THE SUPREME GOVERNMENT OVER THE |