State Sovereignty: And a Certain Dissolution of the UnionOpposes Calhoun's claims that an individual state has the right and the power to nullify laws of the United States. |
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... yielded to the general government . The state Sovereignties , before they ratified the ar- ticles of confederation , had restricted the powers of Congress , in making war and peace , in borrowing mo- nies , in the formation of treaties ...
... yielded to the general government . The state Sovereignties , before they ratified the ar- ticles of confederation , had restricted the powers of Congress , in making war and peace , in borrowing mo- nies , in the formation of treaties ...
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... fact . No important State authority , which they ever exercised , under the Old Confedera- tion , except their adventitious and most destructive individual Sovereignty , was yielded to the general Government , ( 23 )
... fact . No important State authority , which they ever exercised , under the Old Confedera- tion , except their adventitious and most destructive individual Sovereignty , was yielded to the general Government , ( 23 )
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And a Certain Dissolution of the Union Benjamin Romaine. individual Sovereignty , was yielded to the general Government , that is yielded to themselves collectively ; and in the most ample manner and form , with full powers to enforce ...
And a Certain Dissolution of the Union Benjamin Romaine. individual Sovereignty , was yielded to the general Government , that is yielded to themselves collectively ; and in the most ample manner and form , with full powers to enforce ...
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... how hopeless it is to expect that it can be yielded by those who have embraced it . That Congress are not only restricted by the limitations imposed , but by the nature and object of the granted powers them- selves ( 47 )
... how hopeless it is to expect that it can be yielded by those who have embraced it . That Congress are not only restricted by the limitations imposed , but by the nature and object of the granted powers them- selves ( 47 )
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... yielding to the present boisterous and tumultuous displays of a few , may be , " brave and desperate leaders . " Sedi- tion is encouraged by a relaxtion in the power to punish it . If this yielding , is yet expected to effect ...
... yielding to the present boisterous and tumultuous displays of a few , may be , " brave and desperate leaders . " Sedi- tion is encouraged by a relaxtion in the power to punish it . If this yielding , is yet expected to effect ...
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State Sovereignty: And a Certain Dissolution of the Union - Primary Source ... Benjamin Romaine No preview available - 2013 |
State Sovereignty, and a Certain Dissolution of the Union (Classic Reprint) Benjamin Romaine No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 27 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Page 27 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
Page 28 - ... consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish.
Page 47 - It is obviously impracticable, in the federal government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all.
Page 46 - ... accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 27 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 40 - ... that 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 45 - ... the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.
Page 46 - ... remember especially that for the efficient management of your common interests, in a country so extensive as ours, a Government of as much vigor as is consistent with the perfect security of Liberty is indispensable. Liberty itself will find in such a Government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest Guardian.
Page 40 - The resolution supposes that dangerous powers not delegated, may not only be usurped and executed by the other departments, but that the judicial department also may exercise or sanction dangerous powers beyond the grant of the Constitution ; and consequently that the ultimate right of the parties to the Constitution, to judge whether...