...preamble of the Constitution of the United States. Do wo see any such surplusage as that ? Not at all. "We, the people of the United States," * * "do ordain and establish this Constitution for the I'nited States of America;" not "for the future." Now, why insert words entirely uncalled for...

...separate and equal station to which they were entitled. The Constitution speaks the same language : ci We, the People of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." But the Articles of Confederation do not purport to come from the...

...proper sovereignty, and conscious of the plentitude of it, they declared, with becoming dignity, " We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution." Here we see the people acting as sovereigns of the whole country : and in the language of sovereignty,...

...authority is derived from the people. It opens with a solemn and practical recognition of that principle: We the people of the United States do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America. The citizens of the United States appear dispensing a part of their...

...people 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...

...to 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...

...States 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...

...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....

...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...

...consolidation or national sovereignty. For instance, they attacked the phrase in the preamble — " We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution "— as reducing states to subordination, and creating a national supremacy over them; the clause making...