South Carolinians and the adoption of the United States Constitution

From: South Carolina Historical Magazine | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

DURING 1987 AND '88, AMERICANS HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING the bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States. At 200, that document may not compare in age with some of the customs and usages embodied in the British constitution, which date from "time immemorial," but the United States Constitution is now the oldest written constitution in the world. As such, it deserves not only veneration but also study. For as one of the Founding Fathers, Charles Pinckney of South Carolina, succinctly observed in 1788, "of all sciences, that of government, or politics, is the most difficult. "I Any ...

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