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Our first and best State constitution was conceived and brought forth within thy walls,—an instrument which in its clear headed simplicity far surpasses the complicated and unwieldy constitution which hampers the courts and entangles the Legislatures of later years. It was that old constitution whose first sentence declares: "All political power is inherent in the people."
It was that which published to the world that " Every person has a right to worship Almighty God, according to the dictates of his own conscience." And last, but by no means least, it was within thy venerable walls that the soil of Michigan was dedicated to freedom, in the language of Article XI, which declares that "Neither slavery or involuntary servitude shall ever be introduced into this State, except for the punishment of crimes of which the party shall have been duly convicted."
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