OF THE AMERICAN UNION CONSIDERED IN THEIR RELATIONS CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES BY ་་ J. L. M. CURRY AUTHOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN SPAIN 66 ESTABLISH- "" COPYRIGHT, 1894 BY J. L. M. CURRY Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by ΤΟ THE SURVIVING SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, WHO FOUGHT IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, WHO RESPECT THE PATRIOTISM AND COURAGE OF THEIR FOES, WITH EQUAL READINESS, UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION; TO ALL AMERICANS WHO LOVE JUSTICE AND TRUTH, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. CONTENTS. Introduction-Conclusions tested by authentic historical facts-Early use of the terms the "North" and the Relation of the Colonies to one another-Each separate, making its own laws, with common dependence upon the English Crown and amenability to English Fruitless efforts for a closer union, with a view to protec- tion against the Indians and the French-Claim of sovereignty by Great Britain-Hostile legislation of Parliament-The stamp tax-Patriotic conduct of Boston-Remonstrances of the Colonies-Decisive action of Virginia-Followed by other Colonies- Activity of South Carolina and Georgia-The Con- gress of 1765-Repeal of the Stamp Act-Assertion |