 WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,...  The War with Mexico Reviewed - Page 164by Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1850 - 298 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American literature - 1880 - 208 pages
...common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America. CXXVI. WHAT constitutes a state? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated... | |
 | Chicago (Ill.) - Chicago (Ill.) - 1881 - 876 pages
...common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution of the United States of America: ARTICLE I. SEC. 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the United... | |
 | Judith Ellen Foster - Prohibition - 1882 - 114 pages
...common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America." The traffic in alcoholic beverages breeds disunion, overthrows justice, creates domestic strife, weakens... | |
 | Gaylord Watson - United States - 1882 - 210 pages
...common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America : ARTICLE I.— Congress. SECTION I. — legislative Powers. 1. All legislative powers herein granted... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - Fourth of July celebrations - 1882 - 1040 pages
...common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America." One of the most notable provisions is found in the first words of the first article of the amendments,... | |
 | Peter Cooper - Currency question - 1883 - 430 pages
...common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America." PETEB COOPER. HON. PETER COOPER. MY VENERATED FRIEND : Many thanks for proof sheets of your able pamphlet.... | |
 | United States - 1883 - 204 pages
...common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America : AETICLE I.— Congress. SECTION L — Legislative Powers. L All legislative powers herein granted... | |
 | New England - 1904 - 850 pages
...common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution of the United States of America." Justice, unity and organic relations are all asserted in these words. So we find on the part of the... | |
 | Sir Fortunatus Dwarris - Constitutional law - 1885 - 698 pages
...common defence, promote the common welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, Do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America." The national government thus created by the voice of the people, became a national body politic and... | |
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