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" If any one proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this— that the Government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action. "
Cases on Constitutional Law: With Notes - Page 275
by James Bradley Thayer - 1894 - 2434 pages
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Niles' National Register, Volume 16

1819 - 660 pages
...opposition, must be settled. If any one proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this — that the government of...its nature. It is the government of all; its powers The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws,...
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Report of the Joint Committee of Both Houses of the General Assembly of Ohio ...

Ohio. General Assembly. Joint Committee on the Communication of the Auditor of State - Banks and banking - 1821 - 76 pages
...propositions stand in a perfectly natural and logical connection, though not thus arranged in the opinion : " The government of the Union, though limited, in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action." "It is of the very essence of supremacy to remove all obstacles to its action within its own sphere,...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 1; Volume 9; Volume 56

United States. Congress - Law - 1838 - 684 pages
...opposition, must be settled. " If any one proposition could command Ihe universal assent of mankind, we mighl expect it would be this: that the Government of the...supreme within its sphere of action . This would seem lo result necessarily from ils nalure. It is the Government of all; its powers are delegated by all;...
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The Congressional Globe

United States. Congress - United States - 1833 - 686 pages
...of mankind, we might expect it would be this: that the Government of the Union, though limited ¡n its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action....all, and acts for all. Though any one State may be »¡Hing to control its operations, no State is willing to allow fillers to control them. The nation,...
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Register of Debates in Congress: 22nd Congress, 2nd session, pt. 1. Dec. 3 ...

United States. Congress - United States - 1833 - 684 pages
...we might expect it would be this: that the Government of the Union, though limited in its powers, u supreme within its sphere of action . This would seem...Government of all; its powers are delegated by all; it repreients all, and acts for all. Though any one State may be willing to control its operations, no...
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An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Embracing an Abstract of ...

George Washington Frost Mellen - Constitutional history - 1841 - 452 pages
...for their benefit." ' "-If any proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this, — that the government of...its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action." " But this question is not left to mere reasoning. The people have, in expressed terms, decided it...
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Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American ...

Benson John Lossing - Constitutional history - 1848 - 414 pages
...acquiesced under for a period of years, fixes its construction.—Stuart vs. Laird, 1 Cranch, 099. The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made in pursuance of the constitution, form the supreme law of the land.—McCulloch...
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A History of the United States: For Families and Libraries

Benson John Lossing - United States - 1859 - 674 pages
...acquiesced under for a period of years, fixes its construction. — Stuart vs. Laird, 1 Cranch, 299. The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made in pursuance of -the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land. —McOulloch...
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A Full and Arranged Digest of the Decisions in Common Law, Equity ..., Volume 1

Richard Peters - Law reports, digests, etc - 1860 - 836 pages
...them; its powers are granted by them, and are to be exercised directly on them, and for their benefit. The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the constitution, form the supreme law of the land. Ibid. 24....
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Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 18

United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 726 pages
...bank? The answer is very manifest, and is stated by Chief Justice Marshall in McCidluch v. Maryland.* "The government of the Union, though limited in its...State is willing to allow others to control them." Again: "It has also been insisted that, as the power of taxation in the General and State governments...
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