| Agénor comte de Gasparin - Great Britain - 1862 - 450 pages
...imperil the liberties and happiness of the millions of men who compose the Union, cannot be recognized. To say that a State can separate at will from the Union, is to say that the United States are not a nation." The illustrious Henry Clay, of Kentucky, held no less decided language ; here are... | |
| Agénor comte de Gasparin - Great Britain - 1862 - 452 pages
...imperil the liberties and happiness of the millions of men who compose the Union, cannot be recognized. To say that a State can separate at will from the Union, is to say that the United States are not a nation." The illustrious Henry Clay, of Kentucky, held no less decided language ; here are... | |
| 1866 - 278 pages
...compact, but it is an offense against the whole Union. To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States is not a nation ; because it would be a solecism to contend that any part of a nation might dissolve its connection... | |
| Slavery - 1866 - 288 pages
...compact, but it is an offense against the whole Union. To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States is not a nation ;' because it would be a solecism to contend that any part of a nation might dissolve its connection... | |
| United States - 1868 - 422 pages
...compact, but it is an offense against the whole Union. To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States is not a nation ; because it would be a solecism to contend that any part of a nation might dissolve its connection... | |
| David Xavier Junkin - 1871 - 618 pages
...break a league, but destroys the unity of a nation. To say that any State may, at pleasure, secede from the Union, is to say that the United States is not a nation." And, having shown that secession by force is treason, he shows, that any other refusal to abide by... | |
| Erastus Buck Treat - United States - 1872 - 386 pages
...compact, but it is an offense against the whole Union* To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States is not a nation ; because it would be a solecism to contend that any part of a nation might dissolve its connection... | |
| Erastus Buck Treat - 1872 - 404 pages
...compact, but it is an offense against the whole Union. To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States is not a nation ; because it would be a solecism to contend that any part of a nation might dissolve its connection... | |
| Erastus Otis Haven - United States - 1882 - 582 pages
...compact, but it is an offense against the whole Union. To say that any State may at pleasare secede from the Union, is to say that the United States is not a nation ; because it would be a solecism to contend that any part of a nation might dissolve its connection... | |
| Samuel Stambaugh Bloom - 1883 - 284 pages
...contract; but it is an offence against the whole Union. To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States is not a nation; because it would be a solecism to contend that any part of a nation might dissolve its connection with... | |
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