...States they passed under the Constitution into a Union, not of the States, but of the people:—"We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution, which, with the laws and treaties formed under it, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in...

...agreement, (see page 339,) than as the agreement itself. The agreement of the states is in the preamble, " We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America."] or of the people thereof, whereby each of the several states, and the...

...that 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.'(o) And this exposition has been sustained by opinions of some...

...to promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, we, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution." The authority of the people, and the legitimate object of all government, are here both clearly and...

...to " the people " generally. Who, then, established the constitution ? est possible terms, to wit, that " We, the people of the United States " " do ordain and establish this constitution," &c. By " the people of the United States," here mentioned, the constitution intends all " the people...

...Confederation, and by the inherent rights of political society. The words of the Constitution are, " We the people of the United States do ordain and establish this Constitution." The States, as States, are not parties to the contract- The people created the State Constitutions,...

...Confederation, and by the inherent rights of political society. The words of the Constitution are, " We the people of the United States do ordain and establish this Constitution." The States, as States, are not parties to the contract. The people created the State Constitutions,...

...own proper sovereignty, and conscious of the plenitude of it, they declared with becoming dignity, ' We the people of the United States do ordain and establish this cjnsiitution.' Here we see the people acting as sovereigns of the whole country ; and, in the language...

...made them declare the Constitution to be their own work — speaking in the first person and saying We, the People of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America — and then the allegation of motives — to form a more perfect union,...

...made them declare the Constitution to be their own work — speaking in the first person and saying We, the People of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America — and then the allegation of motives — to form a more perfect union,...