The Cradle of the Confederacy: Or, The Times of Troup, Quitman, and Yancey. A Sketch of Southwestern Political History from the Formation of the Federal Government to A.D. 1861 |
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... sovereign , still in- dependent , and still capable , should the occasion require , to resume the exercise of its functions in the most unlimited extent . " TUCKER'S Blackstone [ 1803. ] The growth of the southwest was looked upon with ...
... sovereign , still in- dependent , and still capable , should the occasion require , to resume the exercise of its functions in the most unlimited extent . " TUCKER'S Blackstone [ 1803. ] The growth of the southwest was looked upon with ...
Page 67
... and carry into effect its sovereign will , and that no independent State ever yet submitted to a Judge upon the bench the true con- 66 struction of a compact between itself and another sov- THE CRADLE OF THE CONFEDERACY . 67.
... and carry into effect its sovereign will , and that no independent State ever yet submitted to a Judge upon the bench the true con- 66 struction of a compact between itself and another sov- THE CRADLE OF THE CONFEDERACY . 67.
Page 68
... sovereign parties " to the Constitution , the decisions of the other depart- 66 ments , not carried by the forms of the Constitution " before the judiciary , must be equally authoritative " and final with the decisions of that ...
... sovereign parties " to the Constitution , the decisions of the other depart- 66 ments , not carried by the forms of the Constitution " before the judiciary , must be equally authoritative " and final with the decisions of that ...
Page 84
... sovereigns should be continued by the general Government , and that the States being precluded from making treaties , could not properly deal with the Indian people , and could not legally alienate the lands they occupied . The question ...
... sovereigns should be continued by the general Government , and that the States being precluded from making treaties , could not properly deal with the Indian people , and could not legally alienate the lands they occupied . The question ...
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... sovereign power of a State . If the title be plainly deduced from a Legislative Act , which the " Legislature might constitutionally pass , if the act be " clothed with all the requisite favors of a law , a court , sitting as a court of ...
... sovereign power of a State . If the title be plainly deduced from a Legislative Act , which the " Legislature might constitutionally pass , if the act be " clothed with all the requisite favors of a law , a court , sitting as a court of ...
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Page 70 - ... 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 5 - There is, however, a circumstance attending these colonies which, in my opinion, fully counterbalances this difference and makes the spirit of liberty still more high and haughty than in those to the northward.
Page 77 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States : Fixing the standard of weights and measures throughout the United States : Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians...
Page 409 - Inasmuch as differences of opinion exist in the Democratic party as to the nature and extent of the Powers of a Territorial Legislature, and as to the powers and duties of Congress, under the Constitution of the United States, over the institution of Slavery within the territories : 2. Resolved, That the Democratic party will abide by the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States on the questions of Constitutional law.
Page 340 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Page 471 - Nay : we hold, with Jefferson, to the inalienable right of communities to alter or abolish forms of government that have become oppressive or injurious ; and, if the Cotton States shall decide that they can do better out of the Union than in it, we insist on letting them go in peace.
Page 95 - The contract between Georgia and the purchasers was executed by the grant. A contract executed, as well as one which is executory, contains obligations binding on the parties. A grant, in its own nature, amounts to an extinguishment of the right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to reassert that right. A party is, therefore, always estopped by his own grant.
Page 393 - But if we could do as our fathers did — organize "committees of safety" all over the cotton States (and it is only in them that we can hope for any effective movement) — we shall fire the Southern heart, instruct the Southern mind, give courage to each other, and, at the proper moment, by one organized, concerted action, we can precipitate the cotton States into a revolution.
Page 5 - Freedom is to them not only an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege. Not seeing there that freedom, as in countries where it is a common blessing, and as broad and general as the air, may be united with much abject toil, with great misery, with all the exterior of servitude, liberty looks, among them, like something that is more noble and liberal.
Page 5 - ... them, like something that is more noble and liberal. I do not mean, sir, to commend the superior morality of this sentiment, which has at least as much pride as virtue in it, but I cannot alter the nature of man.