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The point Madison was making in 1787 was that states should not be compelled to accept the Constitution. If 4 had decided to not accept, so be it, the Union would go on without them. But once they accepted, they were bound to it and could not withdraw without the agreement of the others just as they could not be expelled by the others without their consent.

Thats your opinion. But that is not stated explicitly and in fact some States specifically said otherwise in their ratification documents.

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But that is not stated explicitly and in fact some States specifically said otherwise in their ratification documents.

Neo-Confederate Myth.

What they really said was that they conditionally ratified the Constitution based on the general agreement that a Bill of Rights would be amended to the constitution at the earliest possible date. A Bill of Rights of 12 amendments was passed by the first congress and 10 of those amendments were ratified by the states in 1790. The conditional ratification of New York and Virginia were indeed met making their ratification final and binding.