Constitution of the State of North Carolina and Copy of the Act of the General Assembly Entitled An Act to Amend the Constitution of the State of North Carolina

We the people of the State of North Carolina grateful to Almighty God the Sovereign Ruler of Nations for the preservation of the American Union and the existence of our civil political and religious liberties and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those blessings to us and our posterity do for the more certain security thereof and for the better government of this State ordain and establish this Constitution.