| 1877 - 510 páginas
...mean, they were one civil body politic. But a little care in investigation will dispel all doubt. "We, the people of the United States" * * * "do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Let us seek the meaning of the terms, "United States," and " United... | |
| United States. Electoral Commission (1877) - 1877 - 1100 páginas
...of the United States ou the lace of this Constitution speak with power, with sovereign power: " We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution." When they came to the subject of the Presidency they said, '• The executive power shall be vested... | |
| Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1880 - 426 páginas
...themselves, thereby became parties to it. It was therefore properly declared in the preamble, that "We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." 1 By the adoption of the Constitution the people of the States before... | |
| Russell H. Conwell - 1880 - 386 páginas
...State making a compact called a constitution. The very language of the constitution is decisive : ' We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution.' The States did not make a compact to be broken when any one pleased, but the people ordained and established... | |
| Albert Newton Raub - 1880 - 280 páginas
...parse the words in apposition: 1. I love thy kingdom, Lord, The house of thy abode. — Dwitjht. 2. We, the people of the United States, ... do ordain and establish this Constitution. — US Constitution. 3. O Music, sphere-descended maid, Friend of Pleasure, Wisdom's aid ! — Collins.... | |
| jefferson davis - 1881 - 778 páginas
...— until approved and ratified by a sufficient number of States. The meaning of the preamble, " We, the people of the United States .... do ordain and establish this Constitution," is ascertained, fixed, and defined by the final article : " The ratification of the conventions of... | |
| Russell H. Conwell - 1881 - 430 páginas
...State making a compact called a constitution. The very language of the constitution is decisive : ' We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution.' The States did not make a compact to be broken when any one pleased, but the people ordained and established... | |
| Jefferson Davis - 1881 - 786 páginas
...— until approved and ratified by a sufficient number of States. The meaning of the preamble, " We, the people of the United States .... do ordain and establish this Constitution," is ascertained, fixed, and defined by the final article : " The ratification of the conventions of... | |
| Russell H. Conwell - 1881 - 426 páginas
...State making a compact called a constitution. The very language of the constitution is decisive : ' We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution.' The States did not make a compact to be broken when any one pleased, but the people ordained and established... | |
| Bernard Janin Sage - 1881 - 656 páginas
...and their recognition throughout, as well as the fact that " united " is merely an adjective : " We, the people of the united states ... do ordain and establish this constitution. . . . The ratification of the conventions of nine [of the said] states shall be sufficient for the... | |
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