...had entered into. Finally, sir, how can any man get over the words of the constitution itself? "We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution." These words must cease to be part of the constitution, they must be obliterated from the parchment on which they are written, before...

...and was not meant to be ; and the Constitution opens with a formal refutation of the error : • We, the People of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.' It is v with this express annunciation of the Constitution, not...

...it is, as the people have named and called it, truly a constitution ; and they properly said " we, the people of the United States" " do ordain and establish this constitution," and not we, the people of each state. If a contract, when and how did the Union become a party to it...

...but, on the contrary, it is declared to be the act of the American people. The language is, «• We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United Stiles of America " The principle here established is, that the government created by...

...This consent of the people has been called by European writers the social compact; and, in comformity to this common mode of expression, these conventions...ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION." These WOrds HlUSt cease to be a part of the Constitution—they must be obliterated from the parchment on which...

...had entered into. Finally, sir, how can any man get over the words of the constitution itself? "We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution." These words must cease to be part of the constitution, they must be obliterated from the parchment on which they are written, before...

...had entered into. Finally, sir, how can any man get over the words of the constitution itself? " We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution." These words must cease to be part of the constitution, they must be obliterated from the parchment on which they are written, before...

...emphatically speaks of it, as a solemn ordinance and establishment of govern* ment. The language is, " We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America." The people do ordain and establish, not contract and stipulate with...

...State. It is, as the people have named, and called it, truly a Constitution, and they properly said, We, the People of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution, and not We, the People of each State.'* This passage is quoted and adopted by Story, who also says...

...States; but on the contrary, it is declared to be the act of the American people. The language is, " We the people of the United States do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of 'America." The principle here established is, that the Government created...