 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
 | Samuel Gordon Heiskell - Tennessee - 1921 - 852 pages
...whether the bargain made has been pursued or violated.' The Constitution, continues Mr. Madison, ' was formed by the sanction of the states, given by each in its sovereign capacity: the states then being parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows,... | |
 | John Phillip Reid - History - 2000 - 500 pages
...which the powers of the Federal Government result."99 Given the formation of the federal Constitution "by the sanction of the states, given by each in its sovereign capacity," there remained the problem of monitoring the compact.100 Madison considered it "a plain principle,... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - History - 2003 - 766 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...authority of the Constitution, that it rests on this solid foundation. The States, then, being parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - History - 2004 - 476 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...to the authority of the Constitution, that it rests upon this legitimate and solid foundation. The States, then, being the parties to the constitutional... | |
 | Clement A. Evans - History - 2004 - 784 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...the States, given by each in its sovereign capacity. The States, then, being parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it... | |
 | United States - 1912 - 1078 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, its follows, of necessity, that there... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1855 - 466 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...authority of the Constitution, that it rests on this solid foundation. The States, then, being parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign... | |
 | 471 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...the authority, of the Constitution, that it rests upon this legitimate and solid foundation. The States, then, being the parties to the constitutional... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton Stephens - Constitutional history - 1868 - 1514 pages
...United States, was framed bj the sanction of the States, given by each in its sovereign capacity. ft adds to the stability and dignity, as well as to the...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 - 340 pages
...it cannot be transferred, any more than a man may transfer his volition to another.* Madison says : "The Constitution of the United States was formed...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... | |
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