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" That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other... "
The Political Text-book, Or Encyclopedia: Containing Everything Necessary ... - Page 279
edited by - 1859 - 790 pages
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Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which ...

James Handasyd Perkins - Indians of North America - 1846 - 642 pages
...was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; but, that as in all other cases of compact among parties having...judge, each party has an equal right to judge for himself, as well as of infractions as to mode and manner of redress." And this doctrine was further...
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The Life of Hon. Nathaniel Chipman, LL. D.: Formerly Member of the United ...

Daniel Chipman - Judges - 1846 - 422 pages
...discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers," and that " in all cases of compact between parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of the operation as of the mode and measure of redress." " Language," says Mr. Calhoun, " cannot be more...
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The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws ...

Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates - Alien and Sedition laws, 1798 - 1850 - 274 pages
...that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having...infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress. v 2. Resolved, That the Constitution of the United States having delegated to Congress a power to punish...
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The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws ...

Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates - Alien and Sedition laws, 1798 - 1850 - 272 pages
...that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact .among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal. fight to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress. 2. Resolved,...
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A Disquisition on government and a discourse on the Constitution and ...

John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1851 - 436 pages
...that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties, having...infractions as of the mode and measure of redress." The other is in the following words : " That the construction applied by the general government, (as...
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A Disquisition on Government, Volume 1

John Caldwell Calhoun - Political science - 1851 - 428 pages
...that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties, having...infractions as of the mode and measure of redress." The other is in the following words : " That the construction applied by the general government, (as...
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The History of the United States of America, Volume 5

Richard Hildreth - United States - 1851 - 792 pages
...to itself the residuary mass of power and right ; and " that, as in other cases of compact between parties having no common judge, each party has an...infractions as of the mode and measure of redress." This resolution involves two very questionable doctrines ; first, that the Constitution, instead of...
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The Life of John Caldwell Calhoun

John Stilwell Jenkins - 1851 - 544 pages
...discretion, and not the Comtitution, the measure of its powers ;" and that, " in all cotes of compact between parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of the infraction as of the mode and measure of redress." Language cannot be more explicit, nor can higher...
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Speeches of Messrs. Hayne and Webster in the United States Senate, on the ...

Robert Young Hayne - Foot's resolution, 1829 - 1852 - 90 pages
...that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having...infractions as of the mode and measure of redress." At the ensuing session of the legislature, the subject was reexamined, and on the 1.4th of November,...
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The History of Kentucky: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time

Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - Kentucky - 1852 - 364 pages
...that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having...infractions as of the mode and measure of redress." Enough is shown in the above resolution to prove that the doctrine of nullification is not of recent...
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