Neither war nor peace could be made, nor troops nor money raised, without a unanimous vote of the whole seven Provinces by their envoys in the States-General. The title of this Supreme Council of Parliament of the Republic, was " The High and Mighty Lords the States -General." It received ambassadors, appointed its own to other nations, and conducted, wholly, the foreign relations of the republic. Each Province, by one of its deputies or envoys presided in turn for a week. Its Greffier, or Clerk read all papers, put all questions to vote, and announced the result. Its sessions were held at the Hague, in a very handsome oblong apartment in the

THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MANORS.

Binneiihof, the old palace which formed a part of the ancient chateau of the Counts of Holland, which remains to this day.'

In these Independent " States Provincial," their representative envoys, and theStates-Creneral in which they sat, we see the origin of the Independent Sovereign states of the Federal Constitution of 1787, the Senators who represent those Sovereign States, and that great body, the Senate of the United States of America, in which they sit. So ancient and honorable is that system and doctrine of State right;', upon the continued preservation of which in their integrity depends the existence of the American Union.

The source of power in the " States Provincial " of Holland was in the constituencies of the deputies to them who were the Municipal Councils of the towns and cities, and the College of Nobles, by which the deputies were elected. To them was each deputy responsible, and under their instructions alone he acted.