Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-06

them and the State OF Great Britain -
and>ought to be totally dissolved"
It was passed BY Congress on July 8
and the Declaration adopted July 4th,
1776.
11th. The adoption Of the New State
Constitution BY several Of the states
from 1776 to 1880. All the States except
Rhode Island and Connections adopted
new constitutions. The government
corresponded to that Of the colonial days.
It provided for governor, legislature
OF two houses, judges and other officers.
Vermont in 1777 adopted . Constitu-
ton prohibiting slavery and applied to
Congress for admission but was refused,
and was the first to be admitted after
the adoption Of the new Constitution.
18th. The Articles Of Confederation
in 1881. The necessity was felt for ma
tional constitution fixing the powers Of
the general government. In November
OF 1777 Congress submitted to the states
for their ratification the "Articles Of
Confederation and Perpetual Union"
the same to become binding only by the
unanimous vote of the thirteen States.
The vote Of Maryland made the adop-
ton unanimous. The Articles went in.
to operation as the FIRST Constitution of
the new republic.
18th. The Annapolis Trade Conven-
ton met in I7S6. But five states sent
delegates, New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Delaware and Virginia. They
met on September II, 1886. A majority
OF the states not being represented these
delegates deferred action and proposed
another convention. This convention
met for the ''sole purpose of considering
the state Of American trade and all ques-
tions relating thereto"
Congress in the following February
proposed that a convention meet in
Philadelphia in May 1887 for the "sole
purpose Of revising the Articles of Con-
federation"
18th. The Constitutional or Phila.
delphia Convention met in 1857. All the
states quickly responded to Congress,
except Rhode Island. The latter part
OF May saw the delegates of twelve
states in session at Philadelphia, with
George Washington as President. Will
lam jackson as Secretary. Edmund
Randolph gave the opening address in
which he suggested that National
Government be established consisting of
Legislative, Executive and Judicial de-
partments. Under the Articles it con-
sisted only of Legislative department.
the Congress. The Convention had not
proceeded far when it saw that an at
tempt to revise the Articles was useless.
They were therefore thrown aside and
the Convention proceeded to adopt an
entirely new formation of Constitution.
The Convention was in session nearly
four months behind closed doors. In
certain parts and on certain questions
it seemed almost impossible for the Con-
vention to agree. Compromise is written
in every line. The three great compro-
misses were:
~ It conceded to- the smaller states
that the Senate should be composed of
two senators from each state and to the
larger that the number of members IN
the House of Representatives should be
based upon the population.
~ The Compromise provided that
three ffths of the slaves should be
counted in both apportioning represent
alton and in levying direct taxes.
81 The Compromise provided that
Congress should have control of COM
MERGE and that the importation of
slaves should not be prohibited prior to
the year 1908.
18th. The Constitution before the
people for adoption. When the conven-
ton adjourned in 1857, September II, it
submitted the new Constitution to Con-
gress, and Congress submitted it to the
state legislatures, and they submitted it
to the people of the states for their rati-
fcation. Should the Constitution not
receive the vote of nine of the states, all
their work would be for naught.
Some of the delegates went home dis
satisfied with the result and threw their
influence against it. The counsel of
such men as Washington, Madison,
Franklin and Hamilton prevailed.
Delaware was the first to ratify Dec.
9, 1881, and on June 21st 1888 New
Hampshire gave its vote as the ninth
state. Virginia soon followed and then
New York. Rhode Island and North
Carolina did not ratify until after the
Inauguration Of Washington.
10th. Within two years after the in
auguration of Washington the first ten
amendments were adopted in the year
1871.
The eleventh in 1913.
The twelfth in 1904.
The thirteenth in 1865.
The fourteenth in 1868.
The fifteenth in 1870.
The Constitution is model of terse-
ness, unity and clearness, the final draft
having been made nv a man of elegant