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" Government, as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties; as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact ; as no farther valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact,... "
A Vindication of the Recent and Prevailing Policy of the State of Georgia ... - Page 53
by Augustin Smith Clayton - 1827 - 82 pages
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Commentaries on the Constitution, 1790-1860

Elizabeth Kelley Bauer - Constitutional history - 1999 - 402 pages
...legislature of 1798, it was resolved, 'that this assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government...from the compact, to which the states are parties'." According to Story, the word " alone " originally appeared after states, but was struck out when, in...
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A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War

Harry V. Jaffa - Presidents - 2004 - 574 pages
...resolution closely resembles Jefferson's above. That this assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government...of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that in case of...
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The Political Philosophy of James Madison

Garrett Ward Sheldon - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 324 pages
...resolution is in the words following: That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government...by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constiruting the compact— as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in...
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Power Versus Liberty: Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, and Jefferson

James H. Read - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 228 pages
...say, as Jefferson did, that the federal government is the creation of the states; he viewed instead the "powers of the federal government, as resulting...from the compact to which the states are parties," which is a rather different thing. A single, though complex, American people can draw up a "compact...
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The Papers of John C. Calhoun, Volume 28

John Caldwell Calhoun, Clyde Norman Wilson - Biography & Autobiography - 1959 - 270 pages
...national government. Among other things, these resolutions affirm that, "it (the General Assembly) views the powers of the federal government, as resulting...of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact;— and that in case...
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John C. Calhoun: Selected Writings and Speeches

John Caldwell Calhoun - History - 2003 - 766 pages
...national government. Among other things, these resolutions affirm that, "it (the General Assembly) views the powers of the federal government, as resulting...of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; — and that in case...
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Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History ...

Clement A. Evans - History - 2004 - 784 pages
...by Madison, puts this very clearly — "That this assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal government...of the instrument constituting that compact ; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in the compact ; and that in case of...
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The Library of Original Sources: Volume VIII (1800 - 1833)

Oliver J. Thatcher - History - 2004 - 476 pages
...others, the following resolutions : "The General Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government,...of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that in case...
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Conceived in Liberty: The Struggle to Define the New Republic, 1789-1793

Lance Banning - History - 2004 - 116 pages
...operation of a federal law. Nevertheless, Virginia's legislature did "peremptorily declare," with Madison, that it views the powers of the federal government...parties; as limited by the plain sense and intention ot the instrument constituting that compact; as no farther valid than they are authorised by the grants...
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Cracking the AP U. S. History, 2004-2005

Tom Meltzer - Education - 2004 - 372 pages
...principle; the 1920s were a pro-business era. 68. "[This legislative body declares] that it views the power of the Federal Government as resulting from the compact to which the states are parties, as limited by plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact... and that, in case of a deliberate,...
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