But, of all its other difficulties, the most objectionable is that it obviously includes the engrafting a colonial establishment upon the constitution of the United States, and thereby an accession of power to the national government transcending all its other powers.
Quincy critiques the proposal to establish a colonial system under the U.S. Constitution, warning of its implications.
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