...states reject this excellent constitution, the probability is that opportunity will never again offer to cancel another in peace; the next will be drawn in blood." When he had signed, the other members went up, one by one, in the geographical order of the states,...

...States reject this excellent Constitution, the probability is that an opportunity will never again offer to cancel another in peace — the next will be drawn in blood." See Curtis' History of the Constitution (1858), Vol. II, 487, note. 38 These propositions became the...

...states reject this excellent constitution, the probability is that an opportunity will never again offer to cancel another in peace — the next will be drawn in blood." While the members were signing, Doctor Franklin, looking toward the chair occupied by Washington, at...

...states reject this excellent Constitution, the probability is that an opportunity will never again offer to cancel another in peace. The next will be drawn in blood." Franklin said: "I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not...