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August 30, 1788
THE INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER OR THE CHRONICLE OF FREEDOM, Philadelphia PA Pennsylvania, August 30, 1788
* United States Constitution
* Early North Carolina
This is a great issue on the creation of our Federal Constitution as most of the front page and all of page 2 are taken up with results of the "State of North Carolina" Constitutional Convention, which recommends a "Declaration of Rights" and various "Amendments" to the Constitution. Both lists are included in this issue in their entirety, and read just as can be found on the internet (photos show portions).
As expected, North Carolina’s convention voted down the Constitution. The majority insisted that the new central government’s powers were too broad, and that the Constitution must be amended to limit and clarify those powers. By that time, though, the Constitution had already taken effect — just not in North Carolina. New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution on June 21, 1788, and as of that date, the Constitution became the official government of the nine states that had ratified it. By the time North Carolina’s convention left town on August 2, only North Carolina and Rhode Island were left outside the union.
As a practical matter, there was no way that North Carolina could survive on its own, as an independent state surrounded by a separate nation. Other states that ratified the Constitution had also requested that a Bill of Rights be added, and by the fall of 1789 it became clear that the Constitution would be amended. In a second convention, North Carolina ratified the Constitution on November 21, 1789.
Several provisions of the Declaration of Rights proposed by the first North Carolina convention in 1788 made their way into the Bill of Rights. These include freedom of speech and religion, the right to a jury trial, and the right to due process of law.
This issue is a great historical record of the work of the North Carolina Constitutional Convention. Complete in 4 pages, measures 9 by 11 inches, a bit irregular at the blank spine margin not affecting any text, otherwise in great condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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