[Answers to Mr. Mason’s objections to the new Constitution, recommended
by the late Convention. By Marcus. Newbern: Printed by Hodge and Wills.
1788.]
By James Iredell, member of the first North Carolina Convention.
This argument was originally published in the _State Gazette of
North Carolina_, and was republished in pamphlet form, together with
pieces by Archibald Maclaine and William R. Davie. The most careful
search has not enabled me to find the pamphlet, so I am forced to
reprint the “answers” from McRee’s _Life of James Iredell_, a work of
considerable rarity; and in consequence the above title is certainly
not that of the pamphlet.
“I have read with great pleasure your answer to Mr. Mason’s
objections; and surely every man who read them, and on whom Mr.
Mason’s observations, or indeed the arguments of those in opposition
in general have had any effect, must be convinced that the objections
to the constitution are without foundation.” _Witherspoon to Iredell,
April 3, 1788._