"[W]here and when did freedom exist when the power of the sword and purse were given up from the people?"

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WeaponsAmendments to the United States Constitution
Original Language: English

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Virginia's U.S. Constitution ratification convention (June 9, 1788), Elliot, Debates of the Several State Conventions, 3:169.