Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volumes 4–7: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Massachusetts | A | Army, Standing
“O”, American Herald, 4 February [Ratification by the States 5:855 n.]
– criticism of [5 references]
– danger of [3 references]
– danger of under Constitution [28 references]
– danger of used as argument for not adopting Impost of 1781 [1 reference]
– cannot be supported for more than two years [1 reference]
– not needed to defend capital [1 reference]
– peacetime army [4 references]
– definition of [1 reference]
– under Articles of Confederation [3 references]
– as force to make non-ratifying states join union [1 reference]
– Gerry objects to power of Congress to keep up [4 references]
– as important issue that Federalists in state Convention argue is not important [1 reference]
– in Great Britain [7 references]
– state constitutions safeguard against [3 references]
– must support government under new Constitution [1 reference]
– needed in peacetime for garrison duty and on frontier [1 reference]
– not a danger under Constitution [7 references]
– alternative to [2 references]
– proposed amendments concerning [2 references]
– restriction on in Mass. Declaration of Rights [4 references]
– to be used against Shaysism [1 reference]
– will be made up of European low life and mercenaries [1 reference]