 | Stephen Cullen Carpenter - History - 1815 - 514 pages
...put the question with more than ordinary earnestness, who authorized them to speak such language as " WE THE PEoPLE," instead of" WE THE STATES?" — States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation. If the states be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 524 pages
...have the highest veneration for those gentlemen; but, sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, "We, the People ?" My political curiosity,...We, the States? States are the characteristics, and the soul of a confederation. If the states be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 552 pages
...have the highest veneration for those gentlemen ; but, sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, we, the people ? My political curiosity,...we, the states ? States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation. If the states be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great... | |
 | William Wirt - Statesmen - 1833 - 486 pages
...have the highest veneration for those gentlemen : but, sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, we, the people ? My political curiosity,...ask, who authorized them to speak the language of, ice, the people, instead of, we, the states ? States are the characteristics, and the soul of a confederation.... | |
 | William Wirt - Statesmen - 1834 - 482 pages
...have the highest veneration for those gentlemen : but, sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, we, the people ? My political curiosity,...the public welfare, leads me to ask, who authorized then to speak the language of, we, the people, instead of, ice, the. states ? States are the characteristics,... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - United States - 1836 - 686 pages
...have the highest veneration for those gentlemen ; but, sir, give me leave to demand, What right had they to say, We, the people ? My political curiosity,...We, the states? States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation. If the states be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great,... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1836 - 692 pages
...the highest veneration for those gentlemen ; but, sir, give me leave to ^3Fmand,^WHaTliighT~trad ihey to say, We, the people ? My political curiosity, exclusive...solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask, Who authoriy.edjjignj tp speak thf langiiggp of, We, the people, instead of, We, the style*?- States are... | |
 | Henry St. George Tucker - Constitutional law - 1843 - 256 pages
...Henry said, " That this is a consolidated government is demonstrably clear." — "The language [is] 'We, the people,' instead of ' We, the states.' States...are the characteristics and soul of a confederation. If the states be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great consolidated national government... | |
 | William Wirt - United States - 1845 - 314 pages
...have the highest veneration for those gentlemen: but, sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, we, the people ? "My political curiosity,...language of, we, the people, instead of, we, the. statr.t ? States are the characteristics, and the soul of a confederation. If the states be not the... | |
 | William Wirt - Founding Fathers of the United States - 1850 - 314 pages
...gentlemen : but. sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, we, the people ? "My politteal curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for...language of, we, the people, instead of, we, the states 7 States are the characteristics, and the soul of a confederation. If the states be not the agents... | |
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My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them to speak the language of "We, the People," instead of "We, the States"? States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation.... 
