 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - African Americans - 1857 - 266 pages
...entitled to all the rights and privileges which would belong to an emigrant from any other foreign people. The words "people of the United States" and "citizens"...representatives. They are what we familiarly call the "sovereign people," and every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent member of this sovereignty.... | |
 | Ezra B. Chase - Slavery - 1860 - 558 pages
...are the descendants of Africans who were imported into this country and sold as slaves. * * * * * * The words “people of the United States” and “citizens”...representatives. They are what we familiarly call the “sovereign people,” and every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent member of this sovereignty.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - African Americans - 1860 - 104 pages
...persons who are the descendants of Africans who were imported into this country, and sold as slaves. "The words 'people of the United States' and 'citizens'...representatives. They are what we familiarly call the 'sovereign people,' and every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent member of this sovereignty.... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1860 - 794 pages
...the united States. Judge Taney, in my judgment, fully confirms everything I have said. He says : " The words ' people of the United States/ and * citizens/...government through their representatives. They are what are familiarly called the sovereign people ; and every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent... | |
 | Ezra B. Chase - Slavery - 1860 - 530 pages
...who are the descendants of Africans who were imported into thig country and sold as slaves. ****** The words " people of the United States" and " citizens"...and who hold the power and conduct the government throngh their representatives. They are what we familiarly call the " sovereign people," and every... | |
 | Ezra B. Chase - Slavery - 1861 - 526 pages
...who are the descendants of Africans who were imported into this country and sold as slaves. ****** The words " people of the United States" and " citizens"...representatives. They are what we familiarly call the " sovereign people," and every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent member of this sovereignty.... | |
 | Samuel Seabury - History - 1861 - 322 pages
...the citizen?" the Chief Justice remarks : "The words 'people of the United States,' and 'citizens, 7 are synonymous terms, and mean the same thing. They...government, through their representatives. They are what are familiarly called l the sovereign people,' and every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent... | |
 | Henry Cleveland - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 850 pages
...of the United States. Judge Taney, in my judgment, fully confirms every thing I have said. He says : "The words 'people of the United States' and 'citizens/...government through their representatives. They are what are familiarly called the sovereign people ; arid every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent... | |
 | Henry Cleveland - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 888 pages
...judgment, fully confirms every thing I have said. He says : " The words 'people of the United Stales'and 'citizens,' are synonymous terms, and mean the same...the government through their representatives. They arc what are familiarly called the sovereign people ; and every citizen is one of this people, and... | |
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The words ' people of the United States' and ' citizens' are synonymous terms, and mean the same thing. They both describe the political body who, according to our republican institutions, form the sovereignty, and who hold the power and conduct the Government... 
