Carolina QuotesAfter all, my fellow-citizens, it is neither extraordinary nor unexpected, that the constitution offered to your consideration, should meet with opposition.
James Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
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Speech in the State House Yard (1787)
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- Speech in the State House Yard
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- 1787
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