The Constitutional and Political History of the United States: 1750-1833. State sovereignty and slavery. 1889Callaghan, 1877 - Constitutional history |
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... completely understand , because it cannot be grasped by the judgment ; it can only be felt , and in order to feel it , one's flesh and blood must be filled with the national sentiment . But , however often my shot may have missed the ...
... completely understand , because it cannot be grasped by the judgment ; it can only be felt , and in order to feel it , one's flesh and blood must be filled with the national sentiment . But , however often my shot may have missed the ...
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... completely independent of one another , because they were in no wise dependent on one another as colonies , is not at all tenable . Calhoun relies , in this instance , as in so many others , on a logical abstraction , undisturbed by the ...
... completely independent of one another , because they were in no wise dependent on one another as colonies , is not at all tenable . Calhoun relies , in this instance , as in so many others , on a logical abstraction , undisturbed by the ...
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... completely . The question now was one of facts , and the facts were as related above . Even in the regulation and transformation of their in- ternal affairs , the individual colonies did not take the in- itiative , although they refused ...
... completely . The question now was one of facts , and the facts were as related above . Even in the regulation and transformation of their in- ternal affairs , the individual colonies did not take the in- itiative , although they refused ...
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... completely unnoticed . Patrick Henry of Virginia showed how this was at once the irresistible conclusion of reason , and the only right policy . In the congress of 1774 he thus solemnly expressed himself : " Government is dis- solved ...
... completely unnoticed . Patrick Henry of Virginia showed how this was at once the irresistible conclusion of reason , and the only right policy . In the congress of 1774 he thus solemnly expressed himself : " Government is dis- solved ...
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... completely overlooked . The legislatures were not purely revolutionary bodies existing only as de facto governments . Their powers had a legal character and were strictly deter- mined by the constitutions which the people of the several ...
... completely overlooked . The legislatures were not purely revolutionary bodies existing only as de facto governments . Their powers had a legal character and were strictly deter- mined by the constitutions which the people of the several ...
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Page 150 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the States, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 292 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 167 - The use of force against a state would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by the party attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound.
Page 155 - ... the General Assembly doth solemnly appeal to the like dispositions in the other states, in confidence that they will concur with this commonwealth in declaring, as it does hereby declare, that the acts aforesaid are unconstitutional ; — and that the necessary and proper measures will be taken by each for co-operating with this state, in maintaining unimpaired the authorities, rights, and liberties, reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Page 426 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs. America, North and South, has a set of interests distinct from those of Europe, and peculiarly her own. She should therefore have a system of her own, separate and apart from that of Europe. While the last is laboring to become the domicile of despotism, our endeavor should surely be, to make our hemisphere that of freedom.
Page 499 - It is not the intention of the court to say that no individual can be guilty of this crime who has not appeared in arms against his country. On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose...
Page 478 - ... commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. The foregoing Declaration was, by order of Congress, engrossed, and signed by the following members...
Page 151 - 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 several states who formed that instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction; and, That a Nullification by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the...
Page 208 - We are now arrived at the inquiry, What is this power ? It is the power to regulate ; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Page 195 - The Executive, in seizing the fugitive occurrence which so much advances the good of their country, have done an act beyond the Constitution. The Legislature, in casting behind them metaphysical subtleties and risking themselves like faithful servants, must ratify and pay for it, and throw themselves on their country for doing for them unauthorized what we know they would have done for themselves had they been in a situation to do it.