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... delegated to the Confe- derate Government . Moreover , it would be an endorsement of all the calumnies of her enemies , the admission that Europe knows her internal condition and interests better than herself , and is actuated by higher ...
... delegated to the Confe- derate Government . Moreover , it would be an endorsement of all the calumnies of her enemies , the admission that Europe knows her internal condition and interests better than herself , and is actuated by higher ...
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... delegates in Congress assembled at Philadelphia in September 1774 . When the colonies sent their delegates to this general Congress at Philadelphia , alleging that the English Government had deprived them of a part of their inalienable ...
... delegates in Congress assembled at Philadelphia in September 1774 . When the colonies sent their delegates to this general Congress at Philadelphia , alleging that the English Government had deprived them of a part of their inalienable ...
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... delegates no instructions whatever were given , except to attend the Congress . This was true in the case of New Jersey and New York . The chief ground of complaint was , notoriously , the fact that taxes had been imposed upon the ...
... delegates no instructions whatever were given , except to attend the Congress . This was true in the case of New Jersey and New York . The chief ground of complaint was , notoriously , the fact that taxes had been imposed upon the ...
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... delegated to the Congress of Philadelphia , known in American history as the Old Continental Congress . ' Conformably to these powers , certain Articles of Confederation ' were framed and adopted by Congress , which were intended to ...
... delegated to the Congress of Philadelphia , known in American history as the Old Continental Congress . ' Conformably to these powers , certain Articles of Confederation ' were framed and adopted by Congress , which were intended to ...
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... delegated to the United States in Congress assembled . ' No room is here left for doubt . Not only was the sovereignty of each State acknowledged by all the others , but , by the unequivocal terms of this league , this sovereignty was ...
... delegated to the United States in Congress assembled . ' No room is here left for doubt . Not only was the sovereignty of each State acknowledged by all the others , but , by the unequivocal terms of this league , this sovereignty was ...
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Page 6 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 7 - Confederation are submitted to them. And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.
Page 19 - ... not as individuals composing one entire nation; but as composing the distinct and independent States to which they respectively belong. It is to be the assent and ratification of the several States, derived from the supreme authority in each State, the authority of the people themselves. The act therefore establishing the Constitution, will not be a national but a federal act.
Page 146 - The fact is so; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths, such were our Gothic ancestors, such in our days were the Poles, and such will be all masters of slaves who are not slaves themselves. In such a people, the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible.
Page 18 - The proposed Constitution, therefore, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal Constitution, but a composition of both. In its foundation it is federal, not national ; in the sources from which the ordinary powers of the government are drawn, it is partly federal and partly national ; in the operation of these powers, it is national, not federal ; in the extent of them, again, it is federal, not national ; and, finally, in the authoritative mode of introducing amendments, it is neither...
Page 17 - The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should bo added ; and, as extending the ground of public confidence in the government will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution...
Page 20 - Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act.
Page 69 - The fact is that our Union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war. If it can not live in the affections of the people, it must one day perish. Congress possesses many means of preserving it by conciliation, but the sword was not placed in their hand to preserve it by force.
Page 21 - But if the government be national with regard to the operation of its powers, it changes its aspect again when we contemplate it in relation to the extent of its powers. The idea of a national government involves in it not only an authority over the individual citizens, but an indefinite supremacy over all persons and things, so far as they are objects of lawful government.
Page 68 - ... Constitution delegated to Congress the power to coerce a State into submission which is attempting to withdraw or has actually withdrawn from the Confederacy? If answered in the affirmative, it must be on the principle that the power has been conferred upon Congress to declare and to make war against a State.