At that time the interpretation of the Constitution seemed to extend, rather than to repress, the federal sovereignty; and the Union offered, in several respects, the appearance of a single and undivided people, directed in its foreign and internal policy by a single Government.
Garai hartan, konstituzioaren interpretazioak subiranotasun federala murriztu baino gehiago zabaldu egiten zuela ematen zuen, eta Batasunak alderdi askotatik herri bakar eta bat beraren ikuskizuna eskaini zuen, gobernu bakar batek gidatua barnean nahiz kanpoan.