So strong is the instinct of those who administer our governments to keep within the sanction of the law, that even when the last three amendments to the Constitution were being forced upon the southern states by means which were revolutionary the outward forms of the Constitution were observed.
Wilson points out the commitment of government officials to adhere to constitutional forms, even in revolutionary times.
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