...the purposes for which it was expressly ordained. These purposes as announced in the preamble, are, " to form a more perfect union, to establish justice,...insure domestic tranquillity, to provide for the common defence—to promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our...

...powers would have been used to provide for the common defence to protect the State against invasion, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to them and their posterity. At a moment, then, when a war, commenced by our national rulers, is prosecuted...

...expressed only as to the great and general objects of its institution; among which the most prominent are, to provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to adopt such means as Congress may deem best calculated to secure to ourselves and to our posterity the...

...expressed only as to the great and general objects of its institution; among which the most prominent are, to provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to adopt such means as Congress may deem best calculated to secure to ourselves and to our posterity the...

...more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, to provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and posterity. Can it be said that the anticipations of our forefathers, who looked to effect...

...so delegated would be used to provide for the common defence, to protect the state against invasion, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to them and their posterity. At the time, then, when a war, commenced by our national rulers, is * The...

...more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and posterity. Can it be said that the anticipations of our forefathers, who looked to effect...

...be for their common advantage to ordain and establish a common government or constitution, in order to " provide for the common defence, to promote the...general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty for themselves and their posterity." With these objects and intentions these thirteen sovereignties...

...that instrument, the great objects for which it was framed are-tleclared to-be 'to establish justice, to promote the general 'welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to us and to our posterity..' The slave laws are flagrant violations of these fundamental principles....

...to the constitution, that it was adopted "to establish justice," "to ensure domestic tranquility," "to promote the general welfare," "and to secure the blessings of liberty." But every law which has been enacted against the slave has done directly contrary to this. The laws...