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 expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally,... History of the United States: From 1492 to 1872 - Page 417by Samuel Eliot - 1876 - 507 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Lempriere - United States - 1861 - 336 pages
...expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778 ; and finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects...lawfully possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. " It follows from these views that no... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1861 - 580 pages
...expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects...ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to farm a more perfect union." But if destruction of the Union by one, or by a part only, of the States,... | |
| Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 pages
...expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1778. And finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects...for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "<o form a mart perfect union."' Tf But if destruction of the Union, by one, or by a part only, of... | |
| History, Modern - 1861 - 456 pages
...expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1778. And finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects...for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "io form a more perfect union." ^f But if destruction of the Union, by one, or by a part only, of the... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 586 pages
...be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778 ; and, finally, in 1787 one of the de Glared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was, ' to form a more perfect Union.' Bat, if the destruction of the Union, by one or by a part only of the States, be lawfully possible,... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1862 - 910 pages
...expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778; and, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects...lawfully possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. " It follows, from these views, that... | |
| Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1778 ; and, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects...lawfully possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. "It follows from these views that no... | |
| United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778, and, finally, in 1789. " One of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing...Constitution was to form a more perfect Union ; but if destruction by one, or by a part only, of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less than before... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 694 pages
...expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1778; and, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects...lawfully possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views that no State,... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of the Confederation, in 1778 ; and, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects...lawfully possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views that no State,... | |
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