Paragraphs 9 through 16. Washington argues that the Union of the States
"ought to be considered as a main prop of your liberty: and that "there
will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in
any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands." He warns against sectionalism:
North versus South, or Atlantic versus West. He praises the Constitution, which
he declares, "improved upon your first essay [The Articles of Confederation]"
and "better calculated than your former for an intimate union." The Constitution,
he says, "till changed by an explicit and authentic at of the whole
people, is sacredly obligatory upon all."
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