 | Michael W. Cluskey - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1860 - 830 pages
...pursuit of an impracticable tneory. could alone nave devised one that is calculated to destroy it. I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the...the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of th*1 Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded,... | |
 | United States Congress. House. Select Committee of Five - 1861 - 100 pages
...the language of President Jackson, "It is incompatible with the existence of the Union; contradicted by the letter of the Constitution; unauthorized by...which it was founded ; and destructive of the great objects for which it was formed." Since secession is thus hostile to the existence of the government,... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...with the existence of the Union, contradicted by the letter of the Constitntion, unanthorized by the spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great objects for which it was formed. ' " Since Secession is thus hostile to the existence of the Government,... | |
 | George Washington - 1862 - 40 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...OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OP THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS... | |
 | George Washington - Nullification (States' rights) - 1862 - 36 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...assumed by one State, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OP THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPIIESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT,... | |
 | Southern statesman - Campaign literature - 1863 - 20 pages
...United States, issued a proclamation, in which the following memorable sentences occur : I consider the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed...spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it is founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed : The President, in the same... | |
 | Southern statesman - Campaign literature - 1863 - 24 pages
...United States, issued a proclamation, in which the following memorable sentences occur : I consider the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed...letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistentfwith every principle on which it is founded, and destructive of the great object for which... | |
 | J. H. Estcourt - United States - 1863 - 36 pages
...constitution was formed, but formed in vain if this fatal doctrine (of nullification and secession) prevails. I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the...existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by ftie letter of the constitution, unauthorised by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which... | |
 | J. H. Estcourt - Slavery - 1863 - 38 pages
...constitution was formed, but formed in vain if this fatal doctrine (of nullification and secession) prevails. I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, 11 . • • incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 694 pages
...to practice." General Jackson summed up his objections to Nullification in these unambiguous terms : "I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assnmed by one State, incompatible with the existence of tkt ITnion, contradicted expressly by the... | |
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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... 
