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" I hold that, in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all National Governments. It is safe to assert that no Government proper... "
A Memorial of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States - Page 117
by Boston (Mass.) - 1865 - 153 pages
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The Law Magazine and Law Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of ..., Volume 22

Law - 1867 - 384 pages
...President of the United States, as firmly asserted the opposite doctrine : — "I hold," he says, " that in the contemplation of universal law and of...constitution, the union of these states is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. If the...
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
.... . A disruption of the federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that in the contemplation of universal law and of...Constitution the union of these states is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It follows...
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Das Staatsarchiv, Volume 1

History, Modern - 1861 - 456 pages
...before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. ^f It follows from these views that no State. upon its own 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...
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The American Crisis Considered

Charles Lempriere - United States - 1861 - 336 pages
...disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that, in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is...
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress. Repr. . 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1861 - 580 pages
...disruption of the federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted . I hold that, in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is...
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Annual Register, Volume 103

Edmund Burke - History - 1862 - 910 pages
...difficulties. " A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that, in the contemplation of universal law and of...Constitution, the union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national Governments. It is...
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The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, with ..., Volume 1

Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...difficulties. " A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that in the contemplation of universal law and of...Constitution, the union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is...
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The Rebellion in the United States: Or, The War of 1861; Being a ..., Volume 1

United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...years, under grave and peculiar difficulties. menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that, in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments; it is...
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The North-western Monthly: A Magazine Devoted to University ..., Volume 8

Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...with no purpose to construe the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules. . . . I hold that in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. . . ....
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...difficulties. A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that in the contemplation of universal law and of...Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is...
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