Causes of the Civil War in AmericaG. Manwaring, 1861 - 30 Seiten |
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... ratified , not by the people of the States , but by the State Governments , the legislative and executive bodies , namely , in their corporate capacity . - The continental Congress , which was the central adminis- trative Board during ...
... ratified , not by the people of the States , but by the State Governments , the legislative and executive bodies , namely , in their corporate capacity . - The continental Congress , which was the central adminis- trative Board during ...
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... ratified by the States . The States never acceded to it , and possess no power to secede from it . It was " ordained and esta- blished " over the States by a power superior to the States- by the people of the whole land in their ...
... ratified by the States . The States never acceded to it , and possess no power to secede from it . It was " ordained and esta- blished " over the States by a power superior to the States- by the people of the whole land in their ...
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... ratification in three quarters of the whole number of States , are conditions only to be com- plied with in grave emergencies . But the Constitution made no provision for its own dissolution , and if it had done so , it would have been ...
... ratification in three quarters of the whole number of States , are conditions only to be com- plied with in grave emergencies . But the Constitution made no provision for its own dissolution , and if it had done so , it would have been ...
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... ratified the Constitution of 1787 , —to seize forts , arsenals , custom - houses , post - offices , mints , and other valuable property of the Union , paid for by the treasure of the Union , was not the exercise of a legal function ...
... ratified the Constitution of 1787 , —to seize forts , arsenals , custom - houses , post - offices , mints , and other valuable property of the Union , paid for by the treasure of the Union , was not the exercise of a legal function ...
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... ratified by the people of all the land voting in each State for a ratifying Convention chosen expressly for that purpose . It was promulgated in the name of the people : — We , the people of the United States , in order to form a more ...
... ratified by the people of all the land voting in each State for a ratifying Convention chosen expressly for that purpose . It was promulgated in the name of the people : — We , the people of the United States , in order to form a more ...
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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.