US Constitution: What is a preamble?
By Nancy Spannaus
May 25, 2025 – “Move the test and get a book for a free”, read the sign I put on my desk at the Gaithersburg Book Festival last week. The test preammult was to read the US Constitution. “I will not be able to do anyone,” I declared my husband to do what I wanted to attract potential readers.
Unfortunately it was right. A few people came to ask about the test of at least a few people and the most common answer “Oh, I can’t do it.” Workers, two young women were very close, helped in memory of the words from the music of the 1970s School house. These words leave an important expression between other things – and women also mixed some verbs. I gave them a discount, but not the full reward.
It was an instructive experience. Only two people had to memorize the preamble text for school. Many have been violated for failure, and it admitted that it is something that it should be known. He readily read the words that inspire me.
We create a more perfect union, to provide justice, ensure general protection, ensure the overall well-being and ensure the blessings of ourselves and offspring and to determine this Constitution to build and install this Constitution
An uncomfortable response
A disturbing response came from a middle-aged woman, probably said that the young people were pushing young people with the phrase “encouraging the general welfare.” It can’t be right, they said to him; We do not believe in the “well-being.”
Did we really come from the original concept of institutions to give the idea of ”General Welfare”? This is the only purpose that appears twice in our documents, not this statement from the confederation articles, but also once again in the congress, and once again with the powers of the congress. The concepts of our builders are considering the conceptions of our nationality and the welfare of our national liberty and the welfare of our friends and simply consider the well-being of your personal rights.
The state figure of the general welfare, the State Female Needed St. St. Minister Alexander Hamilton was emphasized in connection with the Constitution of the National Bank. (1) Indeed, this is in the center of the concept of the republican government.
I suspect that the protests of this woman told me today’s protests in our society. They are so many people’s constitution, this, compare its own more goals, and the declaration of independence and think about the declaration of independence. There can be no other than the truth. (Look for more Purpose to the citizen: What Americans need to know about their revolution. Click here. (
Let’s look at the genesis in advance.
Preamble
Today, the United States is the anniversary of the launch of the Constitutional Convention – May 25, 1787 – the quorum of special selected delegations came to repair the confederate substances in Philadelphia. During the next four months, participants took a framework for self-government with 73 different articles.
On September 7, he set up a special committee on style and regulation on September 7 to prepare this naughty text. It Ruvneur Morris (Connsylvania), Ruverneur Morris (Connsylvania), William Samuel Johnson (Connsylvania), Alexander Hamilton (Connsylvania). Took three days to do their job.
He was completely different from the committee compiled by the original preamble, and the delegation ratified the delegation. Readed:
We create the following constitution for our government and generation of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New Jersey, New Jersey, New Jersey, Southland, Nortland, South-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia.
Obviously, Morris, Hamilton, Madison and King thought that nationalists should be a more inspiring opening, which will open the government’s formation. Gouverneur Morris is considered a leading author. He was opposed to endure the most appropriate participants of the Convention, including the slavery. However, the voting record does not oppose the members of the committee (including disputed Hamilton), nor the significant dispute or the completed text.
High goals
As it is complete, preamble determines the goals of the new government that is expected to be implemented. These purposes are not expected that there are generally not the force of the law, but the subsequent laws will be in line with this foundation.
He said that special goals are worth more detail.
First, compare with confederate articles. This was “the representatives of the United States in the Congress”, “Eternal Union” (then separately).
Then the first major change, as far as Patrick Henry was angry by the opponents of the Constitution, “We” for “US people” for “We”. Change, as a leading state-owned state figure John Marshall, a leading state of judiciary, emphasizes that the Constitution is not the “Peoples” product, but the “people” product. People were named to discuss special conventions, ratification, side-step government agencies (legislatures). Extensive public discussions have occurred for about 10 months to prepare this management document.
The second big change was the addition of two more arms: to build justice and ensure the inner peace. A Congress analysis of the historical origin of the preamble (3), during the confederation of these additions, the riots between the citizens of state governments (4) and the riots and between the riots and between the riots.
The third major change in the confederation and most of the world’s constitutions were pledged to ensure their blessings to ourselves and ourselves and for us. is doing.
Unlike Thomas Jefferson, which is considering revising the Constitution every 20 years, enjoyers looked at a stable framework that will continue generations. To achieve certain goals, they carefully watched the government or any department of the government or any department of the government.
There’s more to do
Sure, so far, the essence of the Constitution continues to be angry with the arguments and demerits. Most of this, the degree of national power on the treatment and state of the national power on the states, with different opinions of the political spectrum. How can we achieve the national unity with such sections in our founding document?
The first step I recommended is to ensure the maintenance of the more citizens. I have written the book for this purpose Purpose to the citizen: What Americans need to know about their revolutionHaving trouble people calling people to understand more in a deeper way. PreamBula is not the purpose of memorizing: understanding its genesis and intention.
(1) See this article on Hamilton’s paper.
(2) Click here for the full text of articles.
(3) Click here for this analysis.
(4) Of course, most states continued to reject citizenship for decades for women and blacks. In this sense, the premambulum of the Constitution, as a declaration, was what Martin Luther was called “Vekexel” for a large number of Americans.
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