 Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of...  President Lincoln; Self-pourtrayed - Page 36by John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - 1866 - 239 pagesFull view - About this book
 | History, Modern - 1861 - 456 pages
...among the States to compose a new Union, as to produce harmony only, and prevent renewed secession? Plainly, the central idea of secession is the essence...as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible : so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1861 - 580 pages
...among the States to compose a new Union as to produce harmony only, and prevent renewed secession ? Plainly, the central idea of secession is the essence...as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left. I... | |
 | Charles Lempriere - United States - 1861 - 336 pages
...among the States to comprise a new Union as to produce harmony only and prevent renewed secession ? Plainly, the central idea of secession is the essence...as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible. So that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left. "... | |
 | Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 pages
...among the States to compose a new Union, as to produce harmony only, and prevent renewed secession? Plainly, the central idea of secession is the essence...rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholl)' inadmissible ; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy Or despotism in some form... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 586 pages
...secession is the essence of anarcby. A majority, held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitation^ and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only trne sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it, does, of necessity, fly to anarcby or to despotism.... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...among the States to compose a new Union as to produce harmony only, and prevent renewed secession ? Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence...anarchy. " A majority held in restraint by constitutional check and limitation, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments,... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...the States to compose a new Union, as to produce harmony only, and prevent renewed secession ? * / Plainly, the central idea of secession is the essence...as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible ; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left.... | |
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