An American Citizen, To the Candid Reader
TO THE CANDID READER.
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EVERY perſon, who deſires to know the true ſituation of the United States of America, in regard to the freedom and powers of their governments, muſt carefully conſider together the conſtitution of the ſtate in which he lives and the new conſtitution of foederal or general government. The latter alone is treated of in the following pages. The former, it is preſumed, are ſufficiently underſtood by the citizens who live under them.