Yup.
There he is, the supreme nationalist.
“We the People of the United States...”
The people form state governments and create state laws;
the states form a national government;
the national government can negate the state laws...
Doesn’t make sense, does it?
State conventions composed of delegates elected by the people ratified the Constitution.
In like fashion, the Southern States held similar conventions of the people to secede.
Regarding your recent comments about 1:700,000 v. 1:30,000, I think it would be a great idea to increase the membership of the House to 1:30,000 and go to one year terms. It would preclude most if not all of the silly reapportionment court battles and give us reps who better represent their small constituencies.
Technically, the states didn’t create this national government; the people did. They did it as separate communities (states), but it was a national act all the same.