...the United States, as firmly asserted the opposite doctrine : — "I hold," he says, " that in the contemplation of universal law and of the constitution,...in the fundamental law of all national governments. If the United States be not a compact proper, but an association of states in the nature of a contract...

...disruption of the federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that in the contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution...the fundamental law of all national governments. It follows from these views that no state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union...

...difficulty. A disruption of the federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted . I hold that, in contemplation of universal law, and...provision in its organic law for its own termination. Continue to execute all the express provisions of our national Constitution, and the Union will endure...

...difficulty. A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that, in contemplation of universal law and...all national governments. It is safe to assert that Government proper never had a provision in its organic law for its own termination. Continue to execute...

...Lincoln's Inaugural Address. and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetnity is Implied, If not expressed, in the fundamental law...provision, in its organic law, for its own termination. Continne to execute all the express provisions of our National Constitution, and the Union will endure...

...constitutional term of four years, under grave and peculiar difficulties. menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that, in contemplation of universal law and...provision in its organic law for its own termination. Continue to execute all the express provisions of our national Constitution, and the Union will endure...

...disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that, in the contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution,...provision in its organic law for its own termination. Continue to execute all the express provisions of our national Constitution, and the Union will endure...

...disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that in the contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution,...provision in its organic law for its own termination. Continue to execute all the express provisions of our national Constitution, and the Union will endure...

...reservations, and with no purpose to construe the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules. . . . I hold that in contemplation of universal law and...in the fundamental law of all national governments. . . . In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issus of...

...difficulty. A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that, in contemplation of universal law, and...provision in its organic law for its own termination. Continue to execute all the express provisions of our National Constitution, and the Union will endure...