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OCR Page 1 of 13HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBERTY, MISSOURI -- OCTOBER 11, 1937.
IT IS A VERY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE
CLAY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE
WHILE ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION. WE CAN NOT KNOW TOO MUCH
ABOUT IT, OR TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT, YET IT IS A VERY
SIMPLE VERY FLEXIBLE DOCUMENT. IT WAS WRITTEN BY A VERY
REMARKABLE GATHERING OF MEN , AT PHILADELPHIA IN 1787.
THE COUNTRY THEN CONSISTED OF THIRTEEN INDEPENDENT
STATES, WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 4,000,000 people.
THE
LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY WAS PHILADELPHIA WITH 42,000
PEOPLE, NEW YORK HAD 33,000, BOSTON 18,000, CHARLESTON
SOUTH CAROLINA 16,000 AND RICHMOND 3,700.
THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE
FORSEEN A NATION OF 130,000,000 OF PEOPLE, EXTENDING FROM THE
ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC AND FROM CANADA TO THE GULF, YET THE
INSTRUMENT OF GOVERNMENT WHICH THEY DREW, IS AS GOOD TODAY
AS WHEN IT WAS DRAWN. THE REASON-SIMPLICITY AND FLEXIBILITY.
THE PREAMBLE IS A MASTER PIECE. (READ THE PREAMBLE)
*WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO FORM A
MORE PERFECT UNION, ESTABLISH JUSTICE, INSURE DOMESTIC
TRANQUILITY, PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE, PROMOTE THE
GENERAL WELFARE, AND SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO
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