 The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States...  Annual Register - Page 212edited by - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Abraham Lincoln - Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 - 1899 - 122 pages
...objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was, " to form a more perfect Union." But if destruction of the Union by one, or by a part only,...the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1900 - 186 pages
...the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should...the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect than before the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. 92 94 (June 20, 1848,... | |
 | Kenneth M. Stampp - History - 1981 - 342 pages
...Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation of 1778. And finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution,... | |
 | Bernard L. Brock, Robert Lee Scott, James W. Chesebro - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1989 - 524 pages
...Declaration of Independence in 1776"; it was "further matured and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should...perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778"; finally "in 1787, one of ""For changes in the Inaugural, see MS of early printed version with secretarial... | |
 | Garry Wills - Death - 1992 - 324 pages
...Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should...Constitution, was "to form a more perfect union." [SW 2.217-18] Of course, the "states' rights" school of constitutional interpretation did not — and... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Paul McClelland Angle, Earl Schenck Miers - United States - 1992 - 692 pages
...Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured and the faith of all the then thirteen states expressly plighted and engaged that it should...perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. 383 And finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution,... | |
 | Thomas W. Benson - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 272 pages
...Declaration of Independence in 1776"; it was "further matured and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should...perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778"; finally "in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution, was... | |
 | Thomas H. Naylor, William H. Willimon - Business & Economics - 1997 - 300 pages
...Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should...be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1777. And, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution... | |
 | Mark E. Brandon - History - 1998 - 278 pages
...to the Constitution, whose Preamble stated its object to be "to form a more perfect Union." "But if destruction of the Union, by one, or by a part only,...the States, be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity." 2" Third, he insisted... | |
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