Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volumes 8–10: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Virginia | H | Happiness
The State Soldier I, Virginia Independent Chronicle, 16 January [Ratification by the States 8:307]
The State Soldier IV, Virginia Independent Chronicle, 19 March [Ratification by the States 8:514]
Providence United States Chronicle, 24 April [Ratification by the States 9:757]+
George Washington to John Armstrong, Sr. Mount Vernon, 25 April [Ratification by the States 9:759]
John Brown to James Madison, New York, 12 May [Ratification by the States 9:795]+
Debates [Ratification by the States 9:956]
Debates [Ratification by the States 9:986]
Debates [Ratification by the States 9:1064]
Debates [Ratification by the States 9:1067]
Debates [Ratification by the States 10:1478]
Debates [Ratification by the States 10:1551]
Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 8 July [Ratification by the States 10:1727]+
– Constitution endangers [13 references]
– Constitution will promote [55 references]
– Articles of Confederation have not provided for [4 references]
– dependent on a free discussion of Constitution [1 reference]
– Antifederalists said to oppose political happiness [3 references]
– as purpose of government [9 references]
– depends on government [6 references]
– as an unalienable right [3 references]
– Articles of Confederation conducive to [1 reference]
– depends on Union [11 references]
– liberty as source of [5 references]
– depends on ratification of Constitution [4 references]
– amendments to Constitution needed to secure [8 references]
– U.S. has means of private happiness [1 reference]
– republican governments secure [3 references]
– compromise on slave trade in Constitutional Convention more important than happiness of people [1 reference]
– formation of state constitutions to promote [1 reference]
– protection of is purpose of state Convention delegates [2 references]
– representation in House of Representatives is sufficient to secure [1 reference]
– not possible in Va. because of slavery and oppressive state debt [1 reference]
– people can change government if it does not promote their happiness [1 reference]
– under Confederation [4 references]
– confederacies fail to promote [1 reference]
– people are happier in confederacies than in monarchies [2 references]
– of Swiss in confederacy [1 reference]
– motivates Randolph [1 reference]
– Albany Plan of Union would have destroyed [1 reference]
– executive branch important for security of [1 reference]
– strong government will promote [1 reference]
– dependent on economy and industry [1 reference]
– more important than Union [1 reference]
– not possible politically unless property is secure [1 reference]
– knowledge necessary for [1 reference]
– large navy will endanger in America [1 reference]
– depends on virtue of people [1 reference]
– Constitution may or may not promote [1 reference]
– based on interaction of reason and conscience [1 reference]
– based on principles of morality, religion, jurisprudence, and art of war [1 reference]
– both sides wanted a free and happy government [1 reference]