The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States... The Civil War from a Southern Standpoint - Page 40by William Robertson Garrett, Robert Ambrose Halley - 1905 - 553 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1861 - 580 pages
...contract may violate it — break it, so to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it? Descending from these general principles, we find...1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of... | |
| Charles Lempriere - United States - 1861 - 336 pages
...may violate it — break it, so to speak — but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it ? " Descending from these general principles, we find...formed, in fact, by the. Articles of Association in 1744. It was matured and continued in the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured,... | |
| History, Modern - 1861 - 456 pages
...contract may violate it — break it, so to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it? ^f Descending from these general principles, we find...much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in act, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence... | |
| Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 pages
...does it not require all to lawfully rescind it? ^j Descending from these general principles, we lind the proposition that, in legal contemplation, the...much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in act, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 586 pages
...contract -may violate it, break it, so to speak, but does it not reqnire all to lawfully res' .in '1 it? Descending from these general principles, we find...proposition that, in legal contemplation, the Union is perpetnal, confirmed by the history of the Union itself. The Union is much older than the Constitution.... | |
| United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...compact may violate it, break it, so to speak, but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it ? Descending from these general principles, we find...1776; it was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1862 - 910 pages
...contract may violate it — break it, so to speak — but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it? Descending from these general principles, we find...Association in 1774. It was matured and continued in the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then 13... | |
| Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...contract may violate it — break it, so to speak ; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it ? Descending from these general principles, we find...Association in 1774. It was matured and continued in the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...contract may violate it—break it, so to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it ? * Descending from these general principles, we find...1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then Thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of... | |
| Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...Descending from thesogeneral principles, we find the proposition that, in legal contemplation, Hie Union is perpetual, confirmed by the history of the...1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of... | |
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