 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...  Causes of the Civil War in America - Seite 8von John Lothrop Motley - 1861 - 30 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Lothrop Motley - 1861 - 36 Seiten
...We were a confederacy. We were sovereign states. And these were the fruits of such a confederacy and such sovereignty. It was, until the immediate present,...were distinctly prohibited from opposing its decrees, or from exercising any of the great functions of sovereignty. The Union alone was supreme, " anything... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton Stephens - 1868 - 702 Seiten
...Motley, in that part of his article which you have referred to, but did not read. Here it is : — *' But there were patriotic and sagacious men in those...States were distinctly prohibited from opposing its decree or from exercising any of the great functions of Sovereignty. The Union alone was supreme, any... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton Stephens - 1868 - 720 Seiten
...States of America. It was empowered to act directly, by its own Legislative, Judicial, and Exeoutive machinery, upon every individual in the country. It...States were distinctly prohibited from opposing its decree or from exercising any of the great functions of Sovereignty. The Union alone was supreme, any... | |
 | 1861 - 810 Seiten
...guaranteeing \ the stipulations of any commercial treaty. ¡ We were unable even to fulfil the condition ¡ of the treaty of peace and enforce the stipulated...were distinctly prohibited from opposing its decrees or from ! exercising any of the great functions of sovereignty. The Union alone was supreme, " any... | |
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