Magistratibus igitur opus est; sine quorum prudentia ac diligentiâ esse civitas non potest; CICERO, DE LEG. lib.3, cap. 2. "Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants." Ion. Chari, Sumner, 7 Bain, (Vol. I., II.) Entered according to the act of Congress in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, by JOSEPH STORY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by WILLIAM W. STORY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY BOLLES AND HOUGHTON. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION. In the present edition of the Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States the text has been carefully revised; all the adjudications of the Supreme Court upon constitutional questions, since the publication of the previous edition, have been examined, digested, and cited; and reference has been made to such documents and publications as serve to illustrate the Constitution. No change has been made in the original text, and all the additions by the editor are included within brackets; so that the reader may not give the weight of the author's judgment to any passages not written by him. CAMBRIDGE, May 16, 1851. W. W. STORY. |