The Convention Of 1846 - 1919 Author:Milo M. Quaife Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APPENDIX II THE CONSTITUTION OF 1846 PREAMBLE The Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, adopted in Convention at Madison, on the sixteenth day of Dece... more »mber, in the year of our Lord one thousand lght hundred and forty-six, and of the independence of the United States, the seventy-first. We, the people of Wisconsin, acknowledging with gratitude the grace and beneficence of God in permitting us to make choice of our form of government, having the right of admission into the Union as a member of the Confederacy, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the ordinance of Congress of one thousand seven hundred and eighty- seven, believing that the time has arrived when our present political condition ought to cease, and the right of self-government to be asserted; and, in order to establish justice, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do mutually agree with each other to form ourselves into a free and independent state, by the name of the State of Wisconsin, and do ordain and establish this constitution for the government thereof. ARTICLE I ON ISO! MIAHIKS Section 1. It is hereby ordained and declared that the state of Wisconsin "doth consent to and accept of the boundaries" prescribed in the act of Congress entitled "An Act to enable the people of Wisconsin Territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union," approved August sixth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six: Provided, however, That the following alteration of the aforesaid boundary be and hereby is proposed to the Congress of the United States as the preference of the state of Wisconsin, and if the same shall be assented and agreed to by the Congress of the United State...« less