| Law - 1867 - 384 pages
...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... | |
| 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...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... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1861 - 580 pages
...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... | |
| Charles Lempriere - United States - 1861 - 336 pages
...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... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 586 pages
...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... | |
| United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...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... | |
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