Melancton Smith Quotes
That power which had both the purse and the sword, had the government of the whole country, and might extend its powers to any and to every object.
Melancton Smith, 1744-1798, New York Delegate to the Continental Congress, Founder of the New York Manumission Society, Speech, New York Constitutional Ratifying Convention, June 21, 1788
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Melancton Smith was a New York delegate to the Continental Congress. His first name is sometimes spelled "Melancthon"; it derives from Philip Melanchthon, the leader in the Reformation.
