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" Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression... "
The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War - Page 15
by Kenneth M. Stampp - 1981 - 320 pages
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Journal, acts and proceedings, of the convention ... which formed the ...

United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pages
...to decide thereon—Do, in the name and in behalf of the people of Virginia, declare and make known, that the powers granted under the constitution, being...shall be perverted to their injury or oppression, and that every power not granted thereby, remains with them, and at their will: that therefore no right...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and ...

United States - 1833 - 670 pages
...which Virginia claimed her rights when she adopted the constitution; when she " declared and made known that the powers granted under the constitution, being...people of the United States, may be resumed by them whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury and oppression." •• And whenever abuses and...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading ..., Volume 9; Volume 56

United States. Congress - Law - 1838 - 684 pages
...ratification, declared that the powers granted under the constitution arc derived from the people, " and may be resumed by them, whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression;" " and that every power not granted remains with them, and at their will: that no right, of any denomination,...
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Fourth of July Orations, Volume 1

1863 - 538 pages
...the act of ratification. That preamble declares it to be an " impression " of the people of Virginia, that the powers granted under the Constitution, being...from the people of the United States, may be resumed uv THEM, whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression. The ordinance of secession...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 3; Volume 8; Volume 55

United States. Congress - Law - 1832 - 756 pages
...to decide thereon, do, in the name and in behalf of the people of Virginia, declare and make known that the powers granted under the constitution, being...shall be perverted to their injury or oppression, &c. "With these impressions, &c., and under the conviction that whatsoever imperfections may exist...
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th ..., Volume 2

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1832 - 988 pages
...that the powers granted 'ibder th- Constitution, being derived from the people of the United Slates, may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression, and that every power not granted thereby remains with them, and at their will: that therefore no right...
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Documents of the Senate of the State of New York, Volume 2

New York (State). Legislature. Senate - Government publications - 1833 - 614 pages
...to decide thereon ; DO, in the name and in behalf of the people of Virginia, declare and make known, that the powers granted under the Constitution, being...same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression ; and that every power not granted thereby, remains with them, and at their will. That therefore, no...
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Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Volume 56, Issues 1-2

New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - New York (State) - 1833 - 636 pages
...of Virginia, &.c. do, in the name and in behalf of the people of Virginia, declare and make known, that the powers granted under the Constitution being...United States; may be resumed by them, 'whensoever the samq shall be perverted to their injury or oppression, and that every power not granted thereby, remains...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 540 pages
...itself. On the contrary, that of Virginia, which speaks most pointedly to the topic, merely declares, " that the powers granted under the constitution, being...people of the United States, may be resumed by them [not by any one of the states] whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression."...
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Register of Debates in Congress: 22nd Congress, 2nd session, pt. 1. Dec. 3 ...

United States. Congress - United States - 1833 - 684 pages
...ratify the constitution, " in the name and behalf of the people of Virginia, declare and make known, that the powers granted under the constitution, being...people of the United States, may be resumed by them whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression." Is this language which describes...
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