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NORTH CAROLINA RATIFIES
First Day of Issue: August 22, 1989
First Issue Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
North Carolina was very active in its support for the
American Revolution. When it came to ratifying the
Constitution, however, the state took a more cautious
tack. North Carolina contributed little to the movement
for a strong federal government, and in a state convention
of 1788 adamantly declined to ratify the Constitution until
a Bill of Rights was introduced. A second state convention
in November 1789 ratified the Constitution and before
the Bill of Rights was formally approved. But North
Carolina's position as twelfth of the thirteen original states
indicated its inner debate, and the state soon found itself
fighting the nationalistic course of the young country. A
speech to the 1788 state convention by delegate William
Lenoir forms a particularly impassioned warning against
an unbridled government's crushing force. “We ought to
consider the depravity of human nature, the predominant
thirst of power which is in the breast of everyone, the
temptations our rulers may have,” Lenoir cautioned.
“These are the foundation of my fears."
No. 89-22
CONSTIT
*UNITED STATES
the the
People
* 1987-1991
1787-1791 * BICE
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A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Chris Calle
An Official Maximum Card of
the Commission on the Bicentennial
of the United States Constitution
