 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 72 pages
...Thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of the Confederation, in 1778 ; and finally, in 1787, one...Constitution was to form a more perfect Union. But if the destruction of the Union by one or by a part only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 270 pages
...objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to form a more perfect Union." But if the destruction of the Union by one or by a part only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Morgan - Citizenship - 1895 - 376 pages
...thirteen states expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of the Confederation, in 1778; and finally, in 1787, one...the Constitution was to form a more perfect Union. — Abraham Lincoln. The Constitution of the United States forms a government, not a league, and whether... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1896 - 502 pages
...thirteen states expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of the Confederation, in 1778; and, finally, in 1787, one...Constitution was to form a more perfect union. But if the destruction of the Union by one or by part only of the states be lawfully possible, the Union is... | |
 | Edward Payson Powell - Mathematics - 1897 - 488 pages
...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...of the States, be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect than before ; the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 796 pages
...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,...only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is tess perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows... | |
 | Alexander Johnston, James Albert Woodburn - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1897 - 504 pages
...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,...of the States, be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. - It follows,... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1897 - 858 pages
...engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And finally, in 178 7, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing...only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 300 pages
...thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of the Confederation, in 1778. And, finally, in 1787, one...Constitution was "to form a more perfect Union." But if the destruction of the Union by one, or by a part only, of the States be lawfully possible, the Union... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 602 pages
...contract may violate it — break it, so to speak — but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it ? But if destruction of the Union by one or by a part...only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect than before — the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows... | |
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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,... 
