It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the \... Selections from the Works of Abraham Lincoln - Page 160by Abraham Lincoln - 1921 - 262 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It follows from these views that no state, upon its...insurrectionary, or revolutionary, according to circumstances. I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and, to... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 586 pages
...possible, the Union is lea than before — the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetnity. . "It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. " I, therefore, consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is uubroken, and,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1861 - 580 pages
...the Union is less perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. I, therefore, consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and,... | |
| Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 pages
...Union is less perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. 1J It follows from these views that no State, upon its...insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. ^[ I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, (he Union is unbroken; and,... | |
| Charles Lempriere - United States - 1861 - 336 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. " It follows from these views that no State, upon its...insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to... | |
| History, Modern - 1861 - 456 pages
...Union is less perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. ^f It follows from these views that no State. upon its...mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union; that résolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence, within any State... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1862 - 910 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. " It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. " I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and,... | |
| Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. "It follows from these views that no State, upon its...insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. " I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union 114 115 is unbroken,... | |
| United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...possible, the Union is less than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views that no State, upon its...motion, can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves or ordinances to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence, within any State or States,... | |
| Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...contract may violate it, break it, so to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it? . . . no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get...insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the... | |
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