...States, and the Electors in each State shall have the 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...

...end by Howell C President of Congress, under date of March II, 1861. The preamble is as follows : " We, the people of the Confederate States, each state acting in its sovereign and independent ch tor, in order to form a permanent Federal Government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity,...

...Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. 294 Constitution of the Confederate States of America 1861 We, the...sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings...

...1861, when tne permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted as follows: 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 secure the blessings...

...given here. In the preamble, instead of the ambiguous "we the people of the United States," is found "we the people of the Confederate States, each State...sovereign and independent character in order to form a permanent Federal government." As an additional qualification of electors, it is declared that "no...

...hopefully look forward to success, to peace, and to prosperity. Constitution of the Confederate States. 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 secure the blessings...

...1861, when the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted as follows: 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 secure the blessings...

...and inserting in lieu thereof the word "invoking." The preamble a,s amended reads as follows, viz: 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 secure the blessings...

...important particulars. Its preamble declared that the Constitution was ordained and established by the people of the Confederate states, " each state...acting in its sovereign and independent character." The importation of negroes was forbidden except from the United States." The term of the President...

...VI.) "provisional government" for "Confederation." The other changes are as follows : (Preamble): " 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 secure the blessings...