 It follows from these views that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union,— that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void...  James Sidney Rollins, Memoir - Page 143by William Benjamin Smith - 1891 - 317 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 pages
...Union is less perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. 1J It follows from these views that no State, upon its...consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, (he Union is unbroken; and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself... | |
 | History, Modern - 1861 - 456 pages
...Union is less perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. ^f It follows from these views that no State. upon its...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... | |
 | United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views that no State, upon its...motion, can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves or ordinances to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence, within any State or States,... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 210 pages
...lost the vital element of perpetuity. " It follows from these views that no State, upon its own me-e motion, can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves...to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of vio lence within any State or States against the authority of the United States are insurrectionary... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...the Union is lest perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital elemeut of perpetuity. It follows, from these views, that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of tho Union ; that retoltet and ordinances to that effect art legally void , and that acts of violence,... | |
 | William D. Jones - United States - 1864 - 276 pages
...citizens in the several States." The Constitution, he said, " contemplates the Union to be perpetual ;" " no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union ;" and " acts of violence within any State against the authority. of the United States are insurrectionary... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1865 - 670 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views that no State, upon its...circumstances. I therefore consider that, in view of theConstitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1865 - 234 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views that no State upon its...of violence within any State or States against the United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. I therefore consider,... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1865 - 704 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views that no State, upon its...acts of violence within any State or States against tho authority of the United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1865 - 676 pages
...the Union is leu perfect than before, the Constitution having lust the vital element of perpetuity. It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolve» and ordinances to that effect are legally void , and that acts of violence, within any State... | |
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