Do the fundamental principles of government give the right to any section of a nation at its own option to secede from that nation? If a province may do this, so may a county, so may a town. Scotland, Wales, Ireland, might severally separate from Great... The American War - Page 15by Newman Hall - 1862 - 31 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sunday school teachers - 1813 - 1368 pages
...general consent of the empire of which it forms a part, is destructive to all nationality." And that, "If a province may do this, so may a county, so may...Britain ; then Yorkshire, or Surrey, or this borough of Sonthwark I "—p. 11. But the Federation of the United States cannot surely be with any propriety... | |
| Sunday school teachers - 1813 - 1404 pages
...general consent of the empire of which it forms a part, is destructive to all nationality." And that, "If a province may do this, so may a county, so may a town. Scotland, V\ ales, Ireland, might severally separate from Great Britain : then Yorkshire or Surrey, or this borough... | |
| Newman Hall - Confederate States of America - 1863 - 52 pages
...up hen hands in supplication and says — u How long, 0 Lord, how long ! " I. HAD THE SOUTH A BIGHT TO SECEDE? • If they had, it was either a constitutional...Britain ; then Yorkshire, or Surrey, or this borough of South wark ! There could be no such thing as nationality were such secession to be recognized as lawful.... | |
| Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 pages
...published, and to which I am largely indebted. The rev. and eloquent lecturer says : — "Do the fundamantal principles of government give the right to any section...from Great Britain ; then Yorkshire, or Surrey, or the borough of Southwark. There could be no such thing as nationality were such secession recognised... | |
| 1863 - 396 pages
...he has just published, and to which I am largely indebted. The rev. and eloquent lecturer says : — "Do the fundamental principles of government give...from Great Britain ; then Yorkshire, or Surrey, or the borough of Southwark. There could be no such thing as nationality were such secession recognised... | |
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