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The article explores U.S. landscape architect, farmer, and journalist Frederick Law Olmsted's journey through the American South in the 1850s while writing about slavery there for the "New York Daily Times" newspaper, later called "The New York Times." The article describes Olmsted's impressions of the South, particularly the conditions of slaves and his view that slavery produced flawed economics and culture. The article states that Olmsted's dispatches were made into three books.

The article discusses the process of formulating the U.S. Constitution. It examines the 1787 Constitutional convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the national debate concerning the contents and ratification of the U.S. Constitution, and the role of the media in arguments for and against the U.S. Constitution. The article also discusses conventions of the various states concerning the Constitution. The author states that the European Union (EU) could benefit from the example of the U.S. constitutional convention process.