Constitution, that it rests on this legitimate and solid foundation. The States, then, being the parties to the Constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity... The Congressional Globe - Page 449by United States. Congress - 1833Full view - About this book
| Charles Chauncey Burr - Constitutional history - 1863 - 120 pages
...themselves must be the judges, in the last resort, whether the bargain made has been pursued or violated. The constitution of the United States was formed by...given by each in its sovereign capacity. It adds to its stability and dignity, as well as to the authority of the constitution, that it rests on this legitimate... | |
| Lucius Eugene Chittenden - Conference Convention - 1864 - 644 pages
...must be the rightful judges in the last resort, whether the bargain made has been pursued or violated. The Constitution of the United States was formed by...solid foundation. The States, then, being the parties to the Constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity, that there... | |
| Lucius Eugene Chittenden - Conference Convention - 1864 - 774 pages
...must be the rightful judges in the last resort, whether the bargain made has been pursued or violated. The Constitution of the United States was formed by...solid foundation. The States, then, being the parties to the Constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity, that there... | |
| United States - 1864 - 350 pages
...Government is not even a party to the compact. Madison, the father of the Constitution, declared that : " The Constitution of the United States was formed by the sanction of the States, given by Mich in its sovereign capacity. It adds to the stability und dignity, as well as to tlie authority... | |
| Lucius Eugene Chittenden - Conference Convention - - 1864 - 644 pages
...judges in the last nc sort, whether the bargain made has been pursued or violated. The ConstitntoJ of the United States was formed by the sanction of the States, given by«» in its sovereign capacity. It adds to the stability and dignity, as well as 'ee the authority of the... | |
| Andrew Johnson - United States - 1865 - 558 pages
...be the rightful judges, in the last resort, whether the bargain made has been pursued or violated. The Constitution of the United States was formed by...solid foundation. The States, then, being the parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity, that there... | |
| James Madison - United States - 1865 - 768 pages
...be the rightful judges, in the last resort, whether the bargain made has been pursued or violated. The Constitution of the United States was formed by...solid foundation. The States, then, being the parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity that there... | |
| William Gilmore Simms - South Carolina - 1866 - 460 pages
...former state, as reported by Madison, one of the best authorities upon the constitution, it is said: "The constitution of the United States was formed...states, given by each in its sovereign capacity." And we may add, they took their own time about it, consenting or adopting severally, at distinct periods,... | |
| 1868 - 412 pages
...the powers of the Federal Government result. . . . The Constiiution of the United States was framed by the sanction of the States, given by each in its...solid foundation. The States, then, being the parties to the Constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows, of necessity, that there... | |
| Alexander Hamilton Stephens - History - 1868 - 702 pages
...the bargain made has been pursued or violated. The Constitution of the United States, was framed bj the sanction of the States, given by each in its sovereign...rests on this legitimate and solid foundation. The Suites, then, being the parties to the constitutional compact, and in tWir sovereign capacity, it follows... | |
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