Causes of the Civil War in AmericaG. Manwaring, 1861 - 30 Seiten |
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... posterity , do ordain and establish this Con- stitution . " Sic volo , sic jubeo . It is the language of a Sovereign solemnly speaking to the world . It is the promulgation of a great law , the norma agendi of a new com- monwealth . It ...
... posterity , do ordain and establish this Con- stitution . " Sic volo , sic jubeo . It is the language of a Sovereign solemnly speaking to the world . It is the promulgation of a great law , the norma agendi of a new com- monwealth . It ...
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... posterity . " It is absolute within its sphere . " This Constitution shall be the supreme law of the land , anything in the Constitution or laws of a State to the contrary notwithstanding . " Of what value , then , is a law of a State ...
... posterity . " It is absolute within its sphere . " This Constitution shall be the supreme law of the land , anything in the Constitution or laws of a State to the contrary notwithstanding . " Of what value , then , is a law of a State ...
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... posterity , do ordain and establish this Constitution . " It was ratified by the people - not by the States acting through their Governments , legislative and executive , but by the people electing especial delegates within 22.
... posterity , do ordain and establish this Constitution . " It was ratified by the people - not by the States acting through their Governments , legislative and executive , but by the people electing especial delegates within 22.
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... posterity . " But as the innumerable woes of Disunion , out of which we had been rescued by the Constitution , began to fade into the past , the allegiance to the Union , in certain regions of the coun- try , seemed rapidly to diminish ...
... posterity . " But as the innumerable woes of Disunion , out of which we had been rescued by the Constitution , began to fade into the past , the allegiance to the Union , in certain regions of the coun- try , seemed rapidly to diminish ...
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... posterity according to the eternal laws of reason and justice . Time and history will decide whether it was a good and sagacious deed to destroy a fabric of so long duration , because of the election of Mr. Lincoln ; whether it was wise ...
... posterity according to the eternal laws of reason and justice . Time and history will decide whether it was a good and sagacious deed to destroy a fabric of so long duration , because of the election of Mr. Lincoln ; whether it was wise ...
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American anarchy armed armies and navies BERKELEY blessings of liberty body politic British Empire chaos civil war commerce and amity Commonwealth compact Congress Consti Constitution and laws Constitution of 1787 corner-stone COX AND WYMAN Cuba Daniel Webster debts declare dismemberment DUTCH REPUBLIC enact England Englishmen established authority executive expressly flag Free grievances Gulf Gulf of Mexico Hamilton independent individuals injury Kent KOFOID language league Legislature letters of marque liberty for ourselves Lincoln Montgomery Constitution mother country National Convention national Government nullification organic partnership peaceably secede perpetual petty sovereignties plunged posterity President progress never surpassed question rebellion and revolution rebels redress reignty Republican party resume right of revolution sagacious statesmen says Justice Story Scotland Secession ordinances secure the blessings SENT ON ILL Slave slavery South sove stitution supreme law surpassed in history tariff of 1857 territory tion treaty of peace tution Union United violated voted Washington whole land word sovereign
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Seite 15 - The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land, ' ' anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Seite 26 - ... some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It is to be looked on with other reverence ; because it is not a partnership in things subservient only to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable nature. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection.
Seite 23 - Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
Seite 10 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Seite 26 - Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure — but the state ought not to be considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, callico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties.
Seite 26 - It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are dead and those who are to be born.
Seite 14 - But, as a practical right, existing under the constitution, and in conformity with its provisions, it seems to me to be nothing but a plain absurdity : for it supposes resistance to Government, under the authority of Government itself; it supposes dismemberment, without violating the principles of union ; it supposes opposition to law, without crime ; it supposes the violation of oaths, without responsibility; it supposes the total overthrow of Government, without revolution.
Seite 7 - To begin with nullification, with the avowed intent, nevertheless, not to proceed to secession, dismemberment, and general revolution, is as if one were to take the plunge of Niagara, and cry out that he would stop half-way down.
Seite 8 - But there were patriotic and sagacious men in those days, and their efforts at last rescued us from the condition of a confederacy. The " Constitution of the United States " was an organic law, enacted by the sovereign people of that whole territory which is commonly called in geographies and histories the United States of America. It was empowered to act directly, by its own legislative, judicial, and executive machinery, upon every individual in the country. It could seize his property, it could...
Seite 14 - It is also called a rule, to distinguish it from a compact or agreement; for a compact is a promise proceeding from us, law is a command directed to us. The language of a compact is, " I will, or will not, do this;" that of a law is, " thou shalt, or shalt not, do it.