COMMENTARIES, 3 JUNE 1790

discussion of the CONSTITUTION, Amendments, &c. until Saturday eve-
ning, 6 o'clock, when the question of RATIFICATION was put-and
PASSED by a MAJORITY of Two. Thus the FEDERAL DOME is ren-
dered still more complete-and an instance exhibited to the world of
the intire change of the Government of a great Nation, in the time of
Peace, without bloodshead, or civil commotion.
1. Reprinted: New Hampshire Gazette, 3 June; New Hampshire Gazetteer, 4 June.
Governor Arthur Fenner to Governor John Hancock
Providence, 3 June 17901
I have the satisfaction of informing your Excellency that the Consti-
tution of the United States of America agreed to on the 17th Day of
September AD 1787 by the General Convention then Assembled in
Philadelphia was Ratified and Adopted, by the Convention of the Peo-
ple of this State, on Saturday last, conformity to the mode recommended
by the Philadelphia Convention and the Consequent Resolution of Con-
gress, passed September 28th 1787. The form of the Ratification of this
State your Excellency will find in the United States Chronicle of this
day which I have inclosed.
It has happened that this State has been the last to adopt the New
Constitution but I hope it will in future as it has heretofore been with
the foremost in Patriotism, in Friendship and Sisterly Affection.
All the States in the Union have one Cause, the Preservation of
their common Liberties and the promotion of the Tranquility and
Happiness of the whole Empire in which all the Individuals who com-
pose it are interested-It will be with great pleasure that I shall take
charge of any Matters your Excellency may at any time wish to have
communicated to the Legislature of this State through my Hands Any
such communication shall meet with the earliest and most respectful
Attention.
That the Goodness of Almighty GOD that has so remarkably ap-
peared in our favour on many Occasions may long continue to the
People of these States the Blessings of Peace Tranquillity & Happiness
arising from a wise, a just and a prudent Administration of the Gen-
eral Government founded on the Broad and Solid Basis of the affec-
tion of the People arising from a conviction that their Good is the
Object of those in Public Employ-That Maxims tending to promote
and Establish the confidence of the People in the Government and
in those they have or shall select to Administer it, may prevail in every
part of the Empire. And that your Excellency may long Live to see
the prosperity & Happiness of our Country meeting the just reward

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