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1 Letter of E. W. Peck, President of the Constitutional Convention of Alabama, Communicating a Copy of the Constitution of the State of Alabama, as Revised and Amended by the Convention Assembled at Montgomery, on the 5th Day of November, 1867 1 (1868)

handle is hein.slavery/lewpeck0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 40TH CONGRESS, } SENATE- % Mis. Doc. 2d Session. 5~No.,32. LETTER OF E W. PECK, PRESIDENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF ALABAMA, COMMUNICATING A copy of the constitution of the State of Alabama, as revised and amended by the convention assembled at Montgomery, on the 5th day of November, 1867. FEBRUARY 24, 1868.-Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. THE STATE OF ALABAMA, City and County of Montgomery: I, E. W. Peck, president of the constitutional convention of the said State of Alabama, do hereby certify, that the printed pamphlet hereto attached contains a true and correct copy of the constitution of the State of Alabama, as revised and amended by the convention assembled at Montgomery on the fifth day of November, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. In testimony whereof, I hereto set my name, at Montgomery, this eighteenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. E. W. PECK, President of said Convention. Hon. BENJAMIN F. WADE, President pro tern. of the Senate, 8y. CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, AS REVISED AND AMENDED BY THE CONVENTION ASSEMBLED AT MONTGOMERY, ON THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, A. D. 1867. PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of Alabama, by our representatives in convention assembled, in order to establish justice, insure domestic tran quillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure to ourselves and to our posterity the rights of life, liberty, and property, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following con- stitution and form of government for the State of Alabama: ARTICLE I. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. That the great, general and essential principles of liberty and free govern- ment may be recognized and established, we declare: SECTION 1. That all men axe created equal; that t1 ey are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Reproduced with permission from the University of Illinois at Chicago

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