 | United States. President - United States - 1854 - 586 pages
...pursuit of an impracticable theory, could alone have devised one that is calculated to destroy it. I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the...contradicted expressly by the letter of the constitution, unaut1torized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive... | |
 | George Robertson - Kentucky - 1855 - 422 pages
...Jackson, in 1832, in which, after arguing ngainst it with irresistible force, he concluded as follows: "I consider then the power to annul a law of the United...constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with usual, appropriate, and unprohibited means for effecting the ends of thu national bud express power... | |
 | Emma Willard - United States - 1856 - 590 pages
...they tion. had commenced. After a series of reasoning to convince them of their error, he added, " I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, inFirst, h« compatible with the existence of the Union, — contradicted »!»•»;« the expressly... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - Political Science - 1857 - 672 pages
...pursuit of an impracticable theory, ¡ could alone nave devised one that is calculated to destroy it. e application to be admitted a citizen thereof, may,...United States without having made the declaration After this general view of the leading principle, we must examine the particular application of it... | |
 | George Tucker - United States - 1857 - 526 pages
...Articles of the Confederation, and those of the present Constitution ; from which he concludes that " the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by an individual State, is incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1858 - 440 pages
...States, assumed by one state, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THK LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT,...DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED. After this general view of the leading principle, we must examine the particular application of it... | |
 | George Tucker - United States - 1858 - 524 pages
...Articles of the Confederation, and those of the present Constitution ; from which he concludes that " the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by an individual State, is incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1859 - 822 pages
...imposing duties on imports, or any other law of the United States, when assumed by a single State, Is "incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...destructive of the great object for which it was formed;" that the people of these United States are, for the purposes enumerated in their constitution, one... | |
 | Emma Willard - United States - 1859 - 442 pages
...Ippro"" 8. On the 10th of December, President Jackson published a proclamation, in which he said, " I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the...States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the Oct. 10 existence of the Union, — contradicted expressly by Fresidew the constitution, — unauthorized... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1859 - 822 pages
...imposing duties on imports, or any other law of the United States, when assumed by a •ogle Slate, is " incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...by the letter of the constitution, unauthorized by in spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great... | |
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I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle... 
