 | Baptists - 1852 - 652 pages
...independent, have the unquestionable nght to judge of its infraction ; and a nullification by these sovereignties of all unauthorized acts, done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy." A copy of this resolution was forwarded by Mr. Jefferson to Mr. Nicholas, who introduced the... | |
 | United States - 1838 - 456 pages
...government, and not the constitution, would be the measure of their powers; That the s-:rcral Slat f 3 who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to ltctjsc of Us infraction, and thai a NULLIFICATION by those sovereignties of all unauthorised sets... | |
 | James Herring, James Barton Longacre - Portrait prints - 1835 - 362 pages
...government, and not the constitution, would be the measure of their powers ; That the several •stateswho formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction, and that a NULLIFICATION by those sovereignties of all unauthorised acts done under... | |
 | George McDuffie - 1840 - 82 pages
...(the federal compact,) being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction, and that a nullification by those sovereignties...done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy." Mr. JEFFERSON adds on another occasion, "it is the peculiar felicity of our constitution,... | |
 | Alden Bradford - History - 1840 - 498 pages
...formed the Constitution, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction, and that a nullification by those sovereignties...done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy." But the gentleman says, this right will be dangerous. Sir, I insist, that of all the checks... | |
 | Alden Bradford - Canada History War of 1812 - 1840 - 494 pages
...formed the Constitution, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction, and that a nullification by those sovereignties...done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy." But the gentleman says, this right will be dangerous. Sir, I insist, that of all the checks... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - Politics, Practical - 1843 - 102 pages
...of 1798; and that in those of 1799 is to be found the memorable passage, ' The several states which formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction; and that a nullification by these sovereignties of all unauthorized acts, done under... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1843 - 642 pages
...of 1798 ; and that in those of 1799 is to be found the memorable passage, ' The several states which formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and that a nullification by these sovereignties of all unautlwrized acts, done under... | |
 | Henry St. George Tucker - Constitutional law - 1843 - 256 pages
...resolution, declaring, that the federal states had a right to judge of any infraction of the constitution, and, that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under colour of that instrument is the rightful remedy. North American Review, Id. 503. Mr. Madison, in the... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...Virginia." Kentucky spoke, and her organ was Thomas Jefferson : "That the several States who formed the instrument, being sovereign and independent, have...done under color of that instrument, is THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY." These States, therefore, proceed to pronounce the acts in question "as no law, and altogether... | |
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Government is the exclusive judge of the extent of the powers delegated to it, stop nothing [short] of despotism — since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers: That the... 
