...powers would have been used to provide for the common defence to protect the State against invasion, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to them and their posterity. At a moment, then, when a war, commenced by our national rulers, is prosecuted...

...considerable diversities of municipal legislation, they adopted a government of com' common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and to their posterity. Is there one of these objects but includes, in its very conception,...

...so delegated would be used to provide for the common defence, to protect the state against invasion, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to them and their posterity. At the time, then, when a war, commenced by our national rulers, is *...

...that instrument, the great objects for which it was framed are-tleclared to-be 'to establish justice, to promote the general 'welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to us and to our posterity..' The slave laws are flagrant violations of these fundamental principles....

...to the constitution, that it was adopted "to establish justice," "to ensure domestic tranquility," "to promote the general welfare," "and to secure the blessings of liberty." But every law which has been enacted against the slave has done directly contrary to this. The laws...

...perfect union, to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquilily, provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty." They were not unmindful of the large appropriations which were annually made for the continuation of...

...perfect union, to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty." They were not unmindful of the large appropriations which were annually made for the continuation of...

...establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, to pay the debts, to provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and posterity." pendent existence equally with that of the State governments, and with...

...the preamble to the Constitution of Ihe United States, in declaring the objects of the Union to be " to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity," bears a construction unfavorable to the annexation of Texas. It has...

...manifested in the Constitution. The object of the establishment of the Constitution was declared to be " to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity ;" — and this was based upon, and was a practical application of,...