 We, the people, do ordain,' &c. " The key to the mystery," he continues, " is precisely in this appellation, United States, which is not the name of the country, for its distinctive name is America, but a name expressive of its political organization....  The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny - Page 217by Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1866 - 439 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Alexander Jameson - Political Science - 1867 - 594 pages
...they would have said, ' We, the people, do ordain,' &c. " The key to the mystery," he continues, " is precisely in this appellation, United States, which...for there is no union where there is nothing united. 1 ^ 62. In concluding this discussion of sovereignty in the United States, it should be stated that,... | |
 | John Alexander Jameson - Political Science - 1867 - 596 pages
...they would have said, ' We, the people, do ordain,' &c. " The key to the mystery," he continues, " is precisely in this appellation, United States, which...States, for there is no union where there is nothing united.1 § 62. In concluding this discussion of sovereignty in the United States, it should be stated... | |
 | John Alexander Jameson - History - 1867 - 582 pages
...they would have said, < We, the people, do ordain,' &c. " The key to the mystery," he continues, " is precisely in this appellation, United States, which...for there is no union where there is nothing united. 1 § 62. In concluding this discussion of sovereignty in the United States, it should be stated that,... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - Literature - 1885 - 610 pages
...The term united is not part of a proper name, but is simply an adjective qualifying states, and hasv its full and proper sense. Hence while the sovereignty...body, not in the members, though the body could not exisj; if it had no members ; so the sovereignty is in the union, not in the states severally ; but... | |
 | John Alexander Jameson - Constitutional conventions - 1887 - 730 pages
...they would have said, » We, the people, do ordain,' &c. •' The key to the mystery," he continues, "is precisely in this appellation, United States,...there is no union where there is nothing united." t § 62. In concluding this discussion of sovereignty in the United States, it should be stated that... | |
 | John Alexander Jameson - Constitutional conventions - 1887 - 726 pages
...proper sense. Hence, while the sovereignty is and must be in the States, it is in the States_united, not in the States severally, precisely as we have...there is no union where there is nothing united." 1 § 62. In concluding this discussion of sovereignty in the United States, it should be stated that... | |
 | Eugene Campbell Barker, Herbert Eugene Bolton - Southwest, New - 1916 - 488 pages
...and, if independently of State organization, they would have said, "We, the people do ordain," etc. The key to the mystery is precisely in this appellation,...collectively, or as society, not in the people individually. For another statement of the theory, see Kurd, Theory of our National Existence. For the history of... | |
 | William Whatley Pierson - State rights - 1916 - 110 pages
...and, if independently of State organization, they would have said, "We, the people do ordain," etc. "The key to the mystery is precisely in this appellation,...collectively, or as society, not in the people individually." For another statement of the theory, see Hurd, Theory of our National Existence. For the history of... | |
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