...(with the characteristic words in italics) : "We, the people of the Confederate [instead of United] States, each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government [instead of a more perfect union], establish justice, insure domestic...

...(with the characteristic words in italics) : " We, the people of the Confederate [instead of United] States, each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government [instead of a more perfect union], establish justice, insure domestic...

...more explicit clauses were interpolated. Instead of " We, the People of the United States," etc., " We, the People of the Confederate States, each State...sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent Federal Government," was substituted. The old Constitution provided that " the Congress...

...ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this CONSTITUTION for the United. States of America. WE, the People of the Confederate States, each State...sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent Federal Government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings...

...important changes may be seen in the following extracts: CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. We, the people of the Confederate States, each state...sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, . . . invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God — do ordain...

...the people," in the original Preamble, to make the words imply their original meaning, reading : " We, the People of the Confederate States, each State...sovereign and Independent character, in order to form a Permanent Federal Government." The phrase, "general welfare," found in the original, was wholly omitted....

...the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. We, the People of the Confederate States, each State...sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent Federal Government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings...

...article after article followed the Constitution they rejected, prefacing it with the declaration, " We, the people of the Confederate States, each State...sovereign and independent character, in order to form a more permanent Federal Government," instead of " We, the people of the United States, in order to...

...States, with some important changes. State sovereignty was recognized in the preamble, which read, "We, the people of the Confederate States, each State...acting in its sovereign and independent character," etc. Slavery was called by name, and elaborate safeguards fixed for it in the States and territories....

...the style of the new government tliroughout was " The Confederate States." The Preamble read : — " "We the people of the Confederate States, each State...sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent Federal Government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity and a Ibid., p. 38....