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and Judicial departments, and particulary the provision extending the jurisdiction of the latter to all cases arising under the Constitution. 4. The requisition upon the Senators and Representatives in Congress; the members of the State Legislatures; and all Executive and Judicial officers of the United States and of the several States, to be bound by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States.

5. The provision that the ratifications of the Conventions of nine States should be sufficient for the establishment of the Constitution between the States ratifying the same.

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On the Distribution of the Judicial Power among the several

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On the Powers vested in the Federal Government relative to
Security from Foreign Danger

LECTURE VIII.

On the Powers vested in the Federal Government for regulating Intercourse with Foreign Nations

LECTURE IX.

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On the Powers vested in the Federal Government for maintenance of Harmony and proper Intercourse among the States 210

LECTURE X.

On the Powers vested in the Federal Government relative to certain Miscellaneous Objects of general Utility

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LECTURES, &c.

LECTURE I.

INTRODUCTORY.

A KNOWLEDGE of the history, organization, and principles of the government under which he lives, must be beneficial to every man, wheresoever he may dwell, and under whatsoever form of government his lot may have been cast, and may be regarded as peculiarly advantageous in free states, where every citizen must possess an influence more or less powerful in the administration of public affairs. It is obviously indispensable where the political rights of all are equal, and where the obscurest individual has a voice in the election of his rulers, and is himself eligible to the highest stations in the government.

It was, therefore, with reason, considered a defect in the prevailing systems of education, that the study of our constitutional jurisprudence should have been either altogether omitted, or deferred to that period of life when our youth are called on to participate in the active duties of society, or that it should have been regarded only as necessary to lawyers and politicians. For, however essential as is a profound knowledge of the Constitution to statesmen and jurists, some acquaintance with its principles and details must, in the opinion of all who entertain liberal views of public education, and correctly estimate their privileges as citizens, be requisite for those whose ambition rises no higher than the mere exercise of those privileges at elec

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