It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the United... Abraham Lincoln: A History - Page 347by John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890Full view - About this book
| Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...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...that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and, to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1861 - 580 pages
...the Union is less perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 586 pages
...possible, the Union is lea than before — the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetnity. . "It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is uubroken, and, to the extent of my ahility, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself... | |
| Charles Lempriere - United States - 1861 - 336 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. " It follows from these views that no State, upon its...that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly... | |
| Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 pages
...Union is less perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. 1J It follows from these views that no State, upon its...consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, (he Union is unbroken; and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself... | |
| History, Modern - 1861 - 456 pages
...Union is less perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. ^f It follows from these views that no State. upon its...mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union; that résolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence, within any State... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1862 - 910 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. " It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself... | |
| Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. "It follows from these views that no State, upon its...that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union 114 115 is unbroken, and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution... | |
| United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views that no State, upon its...motion, can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves or ordinances to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence, within any State or States,... | |
| Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...contract may violate it, break it, so to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it? . . . no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get...that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly... | |
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