...McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316 (1819) ; and Worcester v. Georgia, 6 Pet. 515 at S9I-S92 (1832). states, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty...and yet provide for the interest and safety of all." 12 The new Constitution was asserted to leave the states in possession of " certain exclusive and very...

...one body of men is evident: hence results the necessity of a different organization. It is obviously impracticable, in the Federal Government of these...all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and jet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share...

...impossible. It is instructive therefore to consider what Washington actually said: It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these states...society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.80 We have italicized the words cited by Calhoun to highlight the fact that the sentence in which...

...transmitting the Constitution to the Confederation Congress noted expressly that "[i]t is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these States;...society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest."187 The powers of "the general 182Id. at 336. See also id. at 337 (quoting Virginia resolutions...

...hand, was an analogy between the familiar Lockean social contract and the union of the states. Just as "all Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest," so, too, each state had to give up some share of its sovereignty to enter the Union. Deciding what...

...body of men is evident — Hence results the necessity of a different organization. It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these States,...the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstances as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision...

...one body of men is evident. Thence results the necessity of a different organization. It is obviously impracticable, in the federal government of these...the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstances, as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision...

...state.28 The Washington letter invokes the language of social compact rather than treaty: "It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these states,...give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest." The implications of this analogy to the social compact would later be discussed in the Federalist Papers....

...his letter transmitting the proposed Constitution to the Confederation Congress, Washington wrote, "Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. ... It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be...

...some states would lose power — but this was inevitable because states as well as individuals, upon entering into society, "must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest." Yet he would not agree that the citizens of the small states would be less free than the citizens of...