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They had seen, in a variety of instances, assumptions by Congress, not only of recommendatory, but of operative, powers, warranted, in the public estimation, by occasions and objects infinitely less urgent than those by which their conduct was to be governed. THEY HAD SEEN IN A VARIETY OF INSTANCES ASSUMPTIONS BY CONGRESS NOT ONLY OF THE RECOMMENDATORY BUT OF OPERATIVE POWERS WARRANTED IN THE PUBLIC ESTIMATION BY OCCASIONS AND OBJECTS INFINITELY LESS URGENT THAN THOSE BY WHICH
ch a reform as they have proposed was absolutely necessary to effect the purposes of their appointment. It could not be unknown to them that the hopes and expectations of the great body of citizens, throughout this great empire, were turned with the keenest anxiety to the event of their deliberations. They had every reason to believe that the contrary sentiments agitated the minds and bosoms of every external and internal foe to the liberty and prosperity of the United States. They had seen in the origin and progress of the experiment, the alacrity with which the PROPOSITION, made by a single State (Virginia), towards a partial amendment of the Confederation, had been attended to and promoted. They had seen the LIBERTY ASSUMED by a VERY FEW deputies from a VERY FEW States, convened at Annapolis, of recommending a great and critical object, wholly foreign to their commission, not only justified by the public opinion, but actually carried into effect by twelve out of the thirteen States.  CONVINCED THAT SUCH A REFORM AS THEY HAVE PROPOSED WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO EFFECT THE PURPOSES OF THEIR APPOINTMENT IT COULD NOT BE UNKNOWN TO THEM THAT THE HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE GREAT BODY OF CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THIS GREAT EMPIRE WERE TURNED WITH THE KEENEST ANXIETY TO THE EVENT OF THEIR DELIBERATIONS THEY HAD EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE CONTRARY SENTIMENTS AGITATED THE MINDS AND BOSOMS OF EVERY EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FOE TO THE LIBERTY AND PROSPERITY OF THE UNITED STATES THEY HAD SEEN IN THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE EXPERIMENT THE ALACRITY WITH WHICH THE PROPOSITION MADE BY A SINGLE STATE VIRGINIA TOWARDS A PARTIAL AMENDMENT OF THE CONFEDERATION HAD BEEN ATTENDED TO AND PROMOTED THEY HAD SEEN THE LIBERTY ASSUMED BY A VERY FEW DEPUTIES FROM A VERY FEW STATES CONVENED AT ANNAPOLIS OF RECOMMENDING A GREAT AND CRITICAL OBJECT WHOLLY FOREIGN TO THEIR COMMISSION NOT ONLY JUSTIFIED BY THE PUBLIC OPINION BUT ACTUALLY CARRIED INTO EFFECT BY TWELVE OUT OF THE THIRTEEN STATES
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