Chapter XVI

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL, CONTINUED.--GUARANTY OF
REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT AND INTERNAL TRANQUILLITY.--OATH TO
SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION.--MODE OF AMENDMENT.--RATIFICATION
AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION.--SIGNING BY THE MEMBERS
OF THE CONVENTION.

Purpose of the Guaranty of Republican Government 468

Meaning of the Guaranty 469

American Sense of a "Republican" Government 471

Amendment a Conservative Element 473

Distinction between Amendment and Revolution 473-474

Settlement of the Mode of Amending the Constitution 474-477

Restrictions on the Power of Amendment 477, 478

Oath to support the Constitution 478

Establishment of the Constitution provided for 479-485

Signatures of the Delegates 485-487

The Issue presented 487

BOOK V.

ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION.