The conclusion of her ordinance of ratification
is in these words:
"Now be it known that we, the delegates of _the State of New
Jersey_, chosen by the people thereof for the purpose aforesaid,
having maturely deliberated on and considered the aforesaid
proposed Constitution, do hereby, for and on behalf of the
_people of the said State of New Jersey_, agree to, ratify, and
confirm the same, and every part thereof.
"Done in convention, by the unanimous consent of the members
present, this 18th day of December, A. D. 1787."
Georgia next, and also unanimously, on January 2, 1788, declared,
through "_the delegates of the State of Georgia_, in convention met,
pursuant to the provisions of the [act of the] Legislature aforesaid ...
in virtue of the powers and authority given us [them] by _the people of
the said State_, for that purpose," that they did "fully and entirely
assent to, ratify, and adopt the said Constitution."
Connecticut (on the 9th of January) declares her assent with equal
distinctness of assertion as to the source of the authority: "In the
name of _the people of the State of Connecticut_, we, the delegates of
_the people of the said State_, in General Convention assembled,
pursuant to an act of the Legislature in October last ... do assent to,
ratify, and adopt the Constitution reported by the Convention of
delegates in Philadelphia.
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