"The Constitution was originally said to be in effect after a certain number of the original states ratified it. At least two of those states--New York and New Jersey ratified it conditionally, the condition being they would be allowed to secede at any time."
This is entirely false. No such thing as conditional ratification. The document is ratified as passed or not. No middle.
Also, the Irish could not be sold as property. If there's a lower form of life than being property, that's news to me.
