Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volume 14: Commentaries on the Constitution (2), 8 November – 17 December 1787 | C | Civil Liberties
242. Federal Farmer, Letters to the Republican, 8 November [Commentaries on the Constitution 14:24]
304–A. James McHenry's Speech, 29 November [Commentaries on the Constitution 14:280]
304–A. James McHenry's Speech, 29 November [Commentaries on the Constitution 14:281]
326. A True Friend, Richmond, 6 December [Commentaries on the Constitution 14:373]
344. Cato VI, New York Journal, 13 December [Commentaries on the Constitution 14:432]+
Uriah Forrest to Thomas Jefferson, London, 11 December [Commentaries on the Constitution 14:475]+
– Constitution endangers [59 references]
– are well guarded under Confederation and state constitutions [5 references]
– denial that Constitution endangers [24 references]
– endangered by standing armies [7 references]
– virtue or education is needed to preserve [4 references]
– endangered by lack of separation of powers [2 references]
– Confederation Congress cannot secure [1 reference]
– occasional rebellion preserves [4 references]