Thereis，however，arestrictiononthispoint，whichmustbenoticed。Nostatecanbeformedorerectedwithinthejurisdictionofanyotherstate，norcananystatebeformedbythejunctionoftwoormorestatesorpartsofstates，withouttheconsentofthelegislaturesofthestatesconcernedaswellasofcongress。
4。ItiswithgreatdeferencethattheauthorventurestodissentfromthispartoftheopinionofthelearnedchiefjusticeoftheSupremeCourtinthe，caseofCohenv。Virginia，6Wheaton，390。itwasnotthepointincontroversy，andseemstohavebeenintroducedinthatflowofluminousdiscussionforwhichheissoremarkable，bywayofanswertopartoftheargumentsofcounsel。Everythingthatfallsfromsuchaquarterexcitestoreflection，andtheopinionhavinggoneforthtotheworld；itseemsadutyonhimwhoprofessestotakeageneralviewoftheConstitution，tonoticewhatevermayinhisapprehensionamounttotheslightesterrorinprinciple。
5。Somedoubtshavingbeenentertainedwhetherthisaddresswasnotwrittenbyanotherhand，itisduetothememoryofthisgreatmantomention，thatbytheresearchesofThePennsylvaniaHistoricalsociety，ithasbeenfullyascertainedthatitwastheentireworkofthepresident。
WilliamRawle:AViewoftheConstitution:AppendixIAPPENDIX，NO。I。PERHAPSthefollowingviewoftheelectionsofpresidentandvicepresident，sincetheretirementofPresidentWashington，maynotbeuninteresting。
In1796，thevotesweregivenunderthefirstsystem，asheretoforeexplained。Thehighestinvotesbecamethepresident，andthenexthighest，thevicepresident。