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Constitution of the State of Tennessee. Article 4. 1835-1836 1 (1835)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0110 and id is 1 raw text is: CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. Whereas, the People of the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio, having the right of admission into the General Government as a Member State thereof, consistent with the Constitution of the United States, and the act of cession of the State of North Carolina, recognizing the ordinance for the government of the territory of the United States north-west of the river Ohio, by their delegates and representatives ii Convention assembled, did, on the sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, ordain and establish a Constitution or form of government, and mutually agreed with each other to form themselves into a free and independent State, by the name of The State of Tennessee; and whereas, the GeneralAssembly of said State of Tennessee, (pur- suant to the third section of the tenth article of the Constitution) by an act passed on the twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, entitled An act to provide for the calling of a Convention, did authorize and provide for the election, by the people, of Delegates, and Representatives, to meet at Nashville, in Davidson county, on the third Monday in May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, for the purpose of revising and amending (or changing) the Consti- tution: We, therefore, the Delegates and Representatives of the People of the State of Tennessee, elected and in Convention assembled, in pur- suance of the said Act of Assembly, have ordained and established the following amended Constitution and form of Government for this State, which we recommend to the people of Tennessee for their ratification; that is to say: ARTICLE I. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. SECTION 1. That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness; for the advancement of those ends, they have, at all times, an unalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish the government in such manner as they may think proper. 1 Digitized from Best Copy Available

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