 | United States - 1836 - 494 pages
...;mark you— "dp, in the name and in the behalf of the people of Virginia, declare and make known, that the powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the people of the United States, be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression." — MMot?s... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1839 - 944 pages
...constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people ; that, therefore, no right of any denomination can be cancelled, abridged, restrained, or modified by (lie Congress, by the Senate or House of Representatives acting in any capacity, by the President,... | |
 | William Wetmore Story - Music - 1842 - 196 pages
...and meaning of that instrument. Virginia herself, in her ratification, adopts a similar language : " the powers granted under the constitution being derived from the people of the United States," not from the States. This, then, is the constitution ; and how, upon these facts, any argument can... | |
 | Henry St. George Tucker - Constitutional law - 1843 - 254 pages
...itself. On the contrary, that of Virginia, which speaks most pointedly to the topic, merely declares, ' that the powers granted under the constitution, being...people of the United States, may be resumed by them [not by any one of the states] whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression.... | |
 | Criticism - 1861 - 1148 pages
...secession from the Union was reserved to Virginia in this clause, else why is it said that the powers derived from the people of the United States may be resumed by the same people. They are conceived of as acting not in separate portions but unitedly. As for the... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - Finance - 1850 - 510 pages
...make known, in the name and behalf of the people aforesaid, that the powers granted in and by the said Constitution being derived from the people of the United States, may be resumed by them whenever they shall judge it necessary to their happiness; that every power not granted thereby remains... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - Finance - 1850 - 514 pages
...make known, in the name and behalf of the people aforesaid, that the powers granted in and by the said Constitution being derived from the people of the United States, may be resumed by them whenever they shall judge it necessary to their happiness ; that every power not granted thereby remains... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - Political science - 1851 - 428 pages
...the constitution, are derived from the people of the United States ; and may be rammed by them when perverted to their injury or oppression ; and, that every power not granted, remains with them, and at their will ; and that no right of any description can be cancelled, abridged,... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1851 - 436 pages
...the constitution, are derived from the people of the United States ; and may be resumed by them when perverted to their injury or oppression; and, that every power not granted, remains with them, and at their will; and that no right of any description can be cancelled, abridged,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1853 - 574 pages
...ratify the Constitution, "in the name and behalf of the people of Virginia, declare and make known, that the powers granted under the Constitution, being"...people of the United States, may be resumed by them whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression." Is this language which describes... | |
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Virginia, declare and make known, that the powers granted under the constitution, being derived from the people of the United States, may be resumed by them, whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression... 
