A Native of Virginia, Plan of the Constitution
PLAN OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.
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WE, the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, eſtabliſh Juſtice, inſure domeſtic Tranquillity, provide for the Common Defence, promote the General Welfare, and ſecure the Bleſſings of Liberty to Ourſelves and our Poſterity, do Ordain and Eſtabliſh this CONSTITUTION for the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
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THE introduction, like a preamble to a law, is the key of the Conſtitution. Whenever federal power is exerciſed, ••ntrary to the ſpirit breathed by this introduction, it will be inconſtitutionally exerciſed, and ought to be reſiſted by the people.
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