The 43rd Federalist deals definitively with this question. There was no question but that the Constitutional Convention, simply as a convention, had no authority of any kind. It did not form a government. But it said that the ratification of nine states shall then bring this new government into existence. The Congress of the Confederation transmitted the results to the country, the ratifications took place, and the government came into existence.


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The 43rd Federalist deals definitively with this question. There was no question but that the Constitutional Convention, simply as a convention, had...

The 43rd Federalist deals definitively with this question. There was no question but that the Constitutional Convention, simply as a convention, had...

The 43rd Federalist deals definitively with this question. There was no question but that the Constitutional Convention, simply as a convention, had...

The 43rd Federalist deals definitively with this question. There was no question but that the Constitutional Convention, simply as a convention, had...