The State or the People: Who�Is�Sovereign? by John Tyner ~ 'to form a more perfect Union.'"

The State or the People: Who�Is�Sovereign? by John Tyner:

"The Union is much older than the Constitution.

It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774.

It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

It was further matured and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778.

And finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution, was 'to form a more perfect Union.'"