 | United States - 1836 - 494 pages
...from the opinion of Chief Justice Taney : "The words, 'people of the United States' and * citizens ' are synonymous terms and mean the same thing. They...sovereignty, and who hold the power and conduct the Q-overnment through their representatives. They are what we familiarly call the sovereign people,'... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1857 - 688 pages
...examine the case as presented by the pleadings. The words "people of the United States" and "citizens" are •synonymous terms, and mean the same thing....Government through their representatives. They are what we familiarly call the "sovereign people," and every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - African Americans - 1857 - 260 pages
...examine the case as presented by the pleadings. The words "people of the United States" and "citizens" are synonymous terms, and mean the same thing. They...Government through their representatives. They are what we familiarly call the "sovereign people," and every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Chew Howard - African Americans - 1857 - 260 pages
...examine the case as presented by the pleadings. The words "people of the United States" and "citizens" are synonymous terms, and mean the same thing. They...Government through their representatives. They are what we familiarly call the "sovereign people," and every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1858 - 820 pages
...States, the Supreme Court has decided that " the words ' people of the United States' and ' citizens' are synonymous terms, and mean the same thing. They...conduct the government through their representatives." In the preamble to the Constitution it is declared, that the " people of the United States," for the... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - Law - 1858 - 678 pages
...of the Court, " The words ' people of the United States' and ' citizens' are synonymous terms, aud mean the same thing. They both describe the political...Government through their representatives. They are what we familiarly call the ' sovmode than those known to these Constitutions and the laws and usages which... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - Law - 1858 - 778 pages
...Howard's R., 404. Opinion of the Conrt, " The words 1 people of the United States ' and 1 citizens ' are synonymous terms, and mean the same thing. They...hold the power and conduct the Government through thoir representatives. They are what we familiarly call the 1 sovTHE CONSTITUTING PEOPLE. 413 mode... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - Law - 1858 - 694 pages
...Howard's B,, 404. Opinion of the Court, " The words 1 people of the United States ' and ' citizens ' are synonymous terms, and mean the same thing. They...both describe the political body who, according to onr republican institutions, form the sovereignty, and who hold the power and conduct the Government... | |
 | Ezra B. Chase - Slavery - 1860 - 558 pages
...into this country and sold as slaves. ****** The words " people of the United States" and " citizens" are synonymous terms, and mean the same thing. They...government through their representatives. They are what we familiarly call the " sovereign people," and every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent... | |
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The words people of the United States and citizens are synonymous terms, and mean the same thing. They both describe the political body who, according to our republican institutions, form the sovereignty, and who hold the power and conduct the Government... 
