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North Carolina Ratifies
Continental Chrome PM 1989 Aug-22
Description:
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."
| Details |  | | Publisher: | The Maximum Card Collection | | Type: | Continental Chrome | | Stamp: | 25c | | Postmark/Cancel: | 1989 Aug-22
Fayetteville, NC | | Size: | 4" x 5.75" (10.25 x 15 cm) |
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