I bet Thomas Jefferson did NOT tell the states that they had to ratify the Constitution before they could see what was in it...
Nope. Jefferson understood the definition of "consent of the governed"..
The future inhabitants of the Atlantic & Missipi States will be our sons. We leave them in distinct but bordering establishments. We think we see their happiness in their union, & we wish it. Events may prove it otherwise; and if they see their interest in separation, why should we take side with our Atlantic rather than our Missipi descendants? It is the elder and the younger son differing. God bless them both, & keep them in union, if it be for their good, but separate them, if it be better.
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/P/tj3/writings/brf/jefl159.htm