Gordon S. Wood Quote

Consequently, as Samuel Chase pointed out in the Maryland ratifying convention, the states would end up without power, or respect and despised—they will sink into nothing, and be absorbed in the general government. Some Federalists actually hoped for this to happen—for the states eventually to be reduced to mere administrative units of the national government.

Gordon S. Wood

Consequently, as Samuel Chase pointed out in the Maryland ratifying convention, the states would end up without power, or respect and despised—they will sink into nothing, and be absorbed in the general government. Some Federalists actually hoped for this to happen—for the states eventually to be reduced to mere administrative units of the national government.

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