The name ‘United States of America,’ “says the younger Story, “is an unfortunate one, and has, doubtless, led many minds into error. For it may be said, if the States do not form a confederacy, why are they called ‘United States?’ (The American Question, by William H. Story and Elliot's Debates, vol. 1., p. 42.) This name is, indeed, a most unfortunate one for the purpose of his argument, and for that of the whole school of politicians to which he belongs.
