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A preamble should contain a purpose and philoso-
phy. We studied the preambles of all of the Constitutions
of the States of the United States, and we found
out that all of them either had a purpose or a philosophy.
The last phrase denominates the preamble as a
Constitution, and to contradict our good Delegate Hardwicke
he says that we took his form, "do ordain and establish
this Constitution." We had 11 Constitutions that we
finally selected as ones that we would give consideration
to, and out of the 11, 11 of them end with that expression,
"and ordains it with a Constitution," or "denominates it
as a Constitution," with the expression, "does establish
and ordain this Constitution." So then in the Constitution
that is presented to you, we have not the thoughts of just
one person, but the thoughts of the entire committee taken
from the numerous preambles that were presented to us.
I suggest that you accept this preamble. It is
based on historical precedent. It contains ideas from
people all over the State, retains some of the language in
our previous preamble, and reflects the serious attitude
of the delegates on the preamble committee who prepared it.