| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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."... | |
| 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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