At the Constitutional Convention, the Delegates vote to re-write the Preamble to the Constitution for the united States, deleting the names of individual States changing it from,
That the people of the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island [and Providence Plantations], Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia do ordain, declare and establish the following constitution for the government of ourselves and our posterity.
to,
WE THE PEOPLE of the [u]nited 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, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the [u]nited States of America.
NOTE: This had to be done for it could not be determined in advance, which States would or would not vote to ratify. It had nothing to do with Abraham Lincoln’s false notion that WE THE PEOPLE acting independently of the States created the Constitution for the united States.
[added 11/29/2024]
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Authority:
Articles of Confederation, Article XIII
ccc-2point0.com/Articles-of-Confederation
References:
James Ostrowski, “Was the Union Army’s Invasion of the Confederate States a Lawful Act? An Analysis of President Lincoln’s Legal Arguments Against Secession,” Secession, State and Liberty, David Gordon, ed., (New Brunswick, New Jersey and London: Transaction, 1998), 176-77.
Avalon Project – Madison Debates – September 12
avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_912.asp
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