The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-05
THE AuERIcAN CONSTITUTION.
Elements or which tho People Were
Made Up at It's Formation.

To THE Enron or THE SuN-Sir: In your
Interesting review Of Prof Thomas Francis
Morans book on The Formation and Devel-
opment OF tho Constitution you speak OF
three far reaching compromises lAttle
does the average reader think Of the power
ful influences which were az work during the
formative period OF the union OF the thirteen
original States. We think OF the finished in
strument. and forget who we're THE people
OF the United States who then formed this
more perfect union whence they came,
and their relative influence In the colonies.
When we remember the New England
Puritans and Pilgrims. the Dutch settlers
in New Amsterdam, the Quakers OF Pennsyl-
yania, the Swedes Of Delaware. the Catholics
of Maryland. the EnSlsh OF Virginia. OF the
Carolinas and Georgia. we. the people oil
the United states. must congratulate our
selves that the fathers Of the republic could
and did agree as they did.
Who were some of tho people whose inter-
est had to be consulted. and whose powerful
influence aided Ia the formation OF this great
Many honest immigrants settled in the
various colonies but We may set n glimpse
bemnd certain compromi-es Nhen we hnoW
tnat the thirteen original states were pr1c-
tically penal colonies. The colony Of Nir,
gnia was largely settled by prisoners ana
Migrants, sent over from the old country
As early as 1911 Governor Dale oegged the
English King 10 send to virginia all Offenders
condemned to die out OF the common gaols.
and IN the year 1919 the transportation OF
fe,ons warrants and unrelormeI women
became REGULAR Missac huse'ts. New y ork,
Pennsylvania. Maryland, Ni:fiuia md Georgia
received latge con Cnmeuf- Of criminals
sent over b. the DurcN and English Govern
meuts W TO lV7i one authority estimator
the total number n- more than l0ptn Or.
Samuel John son. writing In the Gc1lrnIn'S
Mlg1glrc in l7tl. called the Americans
race Of conylcts.
Another influential class Of persons whose
interests and ideas were considered ~ form
ing the Federal Constitution we're tho n
dentured" and "redempuoucr. These
people formed a powerful element IN ~ OF
the colonies. especially IN New 1ork, Penn
sylvlna and Mrryl nj. The "i1r reaching
CONFRONT sos" alluded 20 hy Prof Moran were
forced through b. represent tiyes IN the
Colonial Congress Of these various compro-
misses The yerv Zoe tiou OF the pita
OF the United states on the ewGwp binds Of
the Potomac iusfe4d Of on the belu'fpl md
hcllfhfu site on tho vest bunk 81 the SusQue-
hanna River At Wrghtsviilc, was com
promise.
In view Of the conflicting interests. and
al vcrsinei character of the people and the
low state Of morals and RELIGION. the Fed
Constitution. In spite Of the compromises
which entered into its formotion. is splendid
instrument tho date md inception OF which
mny betrlced 10 tho old Dutch town OF Albany,
Y T.. where IN 1854 there was n CONGRESS Of
Colonies and Benirmin FRANKLIN drew up
the first nlhn Of union for the colonies
50 TINT NJ Albany, II may ba said. the first
definite steps toward union werc token
Troy. Jan O. JANIS NJ. BoDDT.