| United States. Department of State - Alabama claims - 1869 - 860 pages
...impossible to destroy it except by some action not provided for in the instrument itself. * * * * * * * * * It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken,' and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself... | |
| United States. Department of State - Alabama claims - 1869 - 872 pages
...to destroy it except by some action not provided for in the instrument itself. * * * * * * * *•* It follows, from these views, that no State, upon its own mere motion j. can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void;... | |
| Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1888 - 990 pages
...no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves an&ordinancesto that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence,...are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.8 I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken;... | |
| Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1874 - 558 pages
...the Union of these States is perpetual, — that no State, upon its own mere motion, can law• fully get out of the Union, — that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, — that acts of violence within any State are insurrectionary or revolutionary, — and that, to the... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1870 - 870 pages
...impossible to destroy it except by some action not provided for in the instrument itself. ********* It follows, from these views, that no State, upon its own mere motion,, ran lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinance* to that effect are legally void; and... | |
| Erastus Buck Treat - United States - 1872 - 386 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views that no State, upon its...consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself... | |
| Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views that no State, upon its...consider, that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken ; and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself... | |
| Erastus Buck Treat - 1872 - 404 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views that no State, upon its...consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 786 pages
...Union is less perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. " It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. States. Doing this I*deem to be only a simple duty on my part, and I shall perform it, as far as practicable,... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 780 pages
...Union is less perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital clement of perpetuity. " It follows, from these views, that no State, upon its own mere motion, can UwftDy get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that... | |
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