 | Thomas Lanier Clingman - United States - 1877 - 650 pages
...possession of by those men whom he pronounces insurgents and revolutionists. This is his language. " It follows from these views that no State, upon its...any State or States, against the authority of the Uniled States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to the circumstances.'' Mr. Lincoln,... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Antislavery movements - 1877 - 814 pages
...contract, he contended that it could not be peaceably unmade except by all the parties that made it ; that " no State, upon its own mere motion," can lawfully...authority of the United States are insurrectionary or revo- . lutionary. Considering that the Union is unbroken, he pledged himself that he should take care... | |
 | Thomas Lanier Clingman - United States - 1877 - 644 pages
...possession of by those men whom he pronounces insurgents and revolutionist*. This is his language. " It follows from these views that no State, upon its...void ; and that acts of violence, within any State <.<r States, against the authority of the United States, are insurrectionary сиrе volution ary,... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - United States - 1879 - 264 pages
...wished it. One party to a contract may violate or break it, but it requires all to lawfully rescind it. "I therefore 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... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - United States - 1879 - 260 pages
...wished it. One party to a contract may violate or break it, but it requires all to lawfully rescind it. "I therefore 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... | |
 | Orators - 1880 - 698 pages
...the Union is less perfect 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... | |
 | John Denison Champlin - United States - 1881 - 626 pages
...nomination and election to the Presidency in 1860. In his inaugural address, Mr. Lincoln took the ground that "no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully...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... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - Constitutional law - 1881 - 596 pages
...itself." In this connection occurs a passage which has often been cited, judicially and otherwise : " It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void." State-Lapse; or, State-Suicide. ereignty continues until it may be interrupted by conquest, or by revolution,... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - Constitutional law - 1881 - 654 pages
...itself." In this connection occurs a passage which has often been cited, judicially and otherwise : " It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union ; that raolcc* and ordinances to that effect are legally void." See language very similar to this in Chase's... | |
 | John George Nicolay - United States - 1881 - 258 pages
...also asserted that the Union is perpetual; that secession resolves or ordinances are legally void; that acts of violence, within any State or States,...United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary ; and that to the extent of his ability he should cause the laws to be faithfully executed in all the... | |
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It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the \... 
