The number who actually consented to the Constitution of the United States, at the first, was very small. Considered as the act of the whole people, the adoption of the Constitution was the merest farce and imposture, binding upon nobody. The women, children, and blacks, of course, were not asked to give their consent. In addition to this, there
[ From No Treason No. VI: The Constitution of No Authority . ] Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article . All the voting that has ever taken place under the Constitution, has been of such a kind that it not only did not pledge the whole people to support the Constitution, but it did not even pledge any one of them to do so, as the
El número de personas que realmente consintieron la Constitución de los Estados Unidos, al principio, era muy pequeño. Considerada como un acto de todo el pueblo, la adopción de la Constitución fue una mera farsa e impostura, que no obligaba a nadie. A las mujeres, los niños y los negros, por supuesto, no se les pidió su consentimiento. Además de
Todas las votaciones que han tenido lugar bajo la Constitución han sido de tal naturaleza que no sólo no comprometieron a toda la gente a defender la Constitución, sino que ni han comprometido a ninguno de ellosa hacerlo, como lo demuestran las siguientes consideraciones. En la naturaleza misma de las cosas, el acto de votar no podría vincular a
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