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Excerpt from Library of Universal History and Popular Science, Vol. 13 of 25: Containing a Record of the Human Race From the Earliest Historical Period to the Present Time
After the National Constitution, by receiving the approval of the people of the requisite number of States, had become the Supreme Law of the land, George Washington was chosen, by the unanimous vote of the Electors, the first President Of the United States, and John Adams, Of Massachusetts, was elected Vice President. Edmund Randolph, who was no strong adherent of Washington, afterward wrote to him thus: The Constitution would never have been adopted but from a knowledge that you had once sanctioned it and an expectation that you would execute it. Lafayette at once wrote from Paris The Constitution satisfies many of our desires; but I am much mistaken if there are not some points that would be perilous had not the United States the happiness of possessing their guardian angel, who will lead them to whatever still remains to be done before reaching perfection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
