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Excerpt from Political History of the State of New York, Vol. 3: From Jam; 1, 1841, to Jan; 1, 1847; Including the Life of Silas Wright
The chapter which contains the account of the proceedings of the convention to revise the constitution, is a mere digest of the reports of the doings of that body. It has been made principally from the reports as published by Messrs. Croswell and Sutton.
It is believed that it will be found to present a pretty clear view of the material points decided by the convention, and of the course of reasoning which led to the results to which that assembly arrived, so abbreviated, simplified, and arranged as will enable the student of constitutional law, by a few hours' reading, to acquaint himself with the great and leading princi ples which controlled the action of the framers of our present constitution.
Many important suggestions and interesting facts have been kindly communicated to me by gentlemen attached to differ ent political parties and sections of parties. In compiling this work, I have made a free and liberal use of those facts and suggestions. It would give me great pleasure were I permit ted to mention the names of these gentlemen; but I do not feel authorized to do so without their express consent, and I therefore avail myself of the present occasion to return them my cordial thanks.
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