 A compact is an agreement or binding obligation. It may by its terms have a sanction or penalty for its breach, or it may not. If it contains no sanction, it may be broken with no other consequence than moral guilt; if it have a sanction, then the breach...  Documents of the Senate of the State of New York - Page 13by New York (State). Legislature. Senate - 1833Full view - About this book
 | Eulogies - 1845 - 288 pages
...obligation. It may by its terms have a sanction or penalty for its breach, or it may not. If it contains no sanction, it may be broken with no other consequence...one ; or if it should contain a penalty, as there is i;o common superior, it cannot be enforced. A government, on the contrary, always has a sanction express... | |
 | Presidents - 1847 - 976 pages
...right, but would pause before they made a revolution, or incur the penalties consequent on a failure. broken with no other consequence than moral guilt...contain a penalty, as there is no common superior, it can not be enforced. A government, on the contrary, always has a sanction, express or implied, and,... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1853 - 544 pages
...have a sanction or penalty for its breach, or it may not. If it contains no sanction, it may be 51 broken with no other consequence than moral guilt...contain a penalty, as there is no common superior, it can not be enforced. A government, on the contrary, always has a sanction, express or implied, and,... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - Political Science - 1857 - 672 pages
...its ! breach, or it may not. If it contains no sanction, it may be broken with no other con; sequence than moral guilt : if it have a sanction, then the...sanction other than a moral one ; or, if it should eontain a penalty, as there is no common superior, I it cannot be enforced. A government, on the contrary,... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1858 - 440 pages
...obligation. It may, by its terms, have a sanction or penalty for its breach, or it may not. If it contains no sanction, it may be broken with no other consequence than moral 511 ill : if it have a sanction, then the breach incurs the designated or implied penalty. A league... | |
 | Thomas C. Faulkner - Secession - 1861 - 126 pages
...obligation. It may by its terms have a sanction or penalty for its breach, or it may not. If it contains no sanction, it may be broken with no other consequence...generally, has no sanction other than a moral one; or4f it should contain a penalty, as there is no common superior, it cannot be enforced. A government,... | |
 | George Washington - 1862 - 40 pages
...obligation. It may by its terms have a sanction or penalty for its breach, or it may not. If it contains no sanction, it may be broken with no other consequence...moral guilt ; if it have a sanction, then the breach insures the designated or implied penalty. A league between independent nations generally has no sanction... | |
 | George Washington - 1862 - 40 pages
...sanction or penalty for its breach, or it may not. If it contains no sanction, it may be broken with 110 other consequence than moral guilt ; if it have a sanction, then the breach insures the designated or implied penalty. A league between independent nations generally has no sanction... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - United States - 1865 - 558 pages
...obligation. It may by its terms have a sanction or penalty for its breach, or it may not. If it contains no sanction, it may be broken, with no other consequence...moral guilt; if it have a sanction, then the breach insures the designated or implied penalty. A league between independent nations, generally, has no... | |
 | James M. Hiatt - United States - 1868 - 438 pages
...its breach, or it may not. If it contains no sanction, it may be broken, with no other consequences than moral guilt; if it have a sanction, then the...contain a penalty, as there is no common superior, it can not be enforced. A government, on the contrary, always has a sanction, express or implied; and,... | |
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