Excerpt from The Three Patriots: Or, the Cause and Cure of Present Evils, Addressed to the Voters of Maryland To trace the causes which have reduced our country to its present situation, it is necessary we should revert to the time when our constitution was submitted to the people for their adoption or rejection. The Americans of that day had fought side by side, and by their army and efforts achieved their liberty and independence. Attached alike to the same principles of government when the constitution was discussed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.