 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...commerce; they cannot lay imposts; they cannot coin money. If this constitution, sir, be the creature of state legislatures, it must be admitted that it...They have made it a limited government. They have denned its authority. They have restrained it to the exercise of such powers as are granted; and all... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...commerce; they cannot lay imposts; they cannot coin money. If this constitution, sir, be the creature ; it is neither more nor less than strengthening the...consolidation; and in which sense I adopt and cherish it. They thev bestow on it. They have made it a limited Government. They have defined its authority. They have... | |
 | 1830 - 570 pages
...the People, who established the Constitution, but the feeling of the State Governments." Again:— " The People, then, Sir, erected this Government. They...They have made it a limited Government. They have denned its authority. They have restrained it to the exercise of such powers as are granted; and all... | |
 | John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...commerce; they cannot lay imposts; they cannot coin money. If this Constitution, sir, be the creature of State Legislatures, it must be admitted that it...strange control. over the volitions of its creators. 261 LESSON CXXXVHI. * . ' * The same continued. 1. The people, then, sir, erected this Government.... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 540 pages
...in a very condensed and powerful form. The following passage is selected, as peculiarly appropriate: "The people, then, sir, erected this government. They...have restrained it to the exercise of such powers, ns are granted ; and all others, they declare, are reserved to the states, or the people. But, sir,... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 564 pages
...a very condensed and powerful form. The following passage is selected, as peculiarly appropriate: " The people, then, sir, erected this government. They...They have made it a limited government. They have defmed its authority. They have restrained it to the exercise of such powers, as are granted ; and... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - United States - 1836 - 680 pages
...commerce ; they cannot lay imposts; they cannot coin money. If this Constitution, sir, be the creature of state legislatures, it must be admitted that it has obtained a strange control over the volition of its creators. The people, then, sir, erected this government. They gave it a Constitution,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...commerce ; they cannot lay imposts ; they cannot coin money. 6. If this constitution, sir, be the creature of state legislatures, it must be admitted that it...bestow on it. They have made it a limited government. 7. They have defined its authority. They have restrained it to the exercise of such powers as are granted... | |
 | Robert Young Hayne - Foot's resolution, 1829 - 1852 - 90 pages
...commerce ; they cannot lay imposts ; they cannot coin money. If this constitution, sir, be the creature of state legislatures, it must be admitted that it...that constitution they have enumerated the powers whic they bestow on it. They have made it a limited government. They hav defined its authority. They... | |
 | Daniel Webster - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1853 - 206 pages
...commerce; they cannot lay imposts; they cannot coin money. If this constitution, sir, be the creature of state legislatures, it must be admitted that it has obtained a strange control over the volition of its creators. The people then, sir, erected this government. They gave it a constitution,... | |
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States cannot now make war; they cannot contract alliances; they cannot make, each for itself, separate regulations of commerce; they cannot lay imposts; they cannot coin money. If this constitution, sir, be the creature of State legislatures, it must... 
