..."I do not conceive that we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner...State governments extends over the several States." Thomas Jefferson is generally cited as the advocate of large local powers against a central federal...

...wrote Washington, "that we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power which will pervade the whole union in as energetic a manner...state governments extends over the several states." Such was the form of government under which the new nation embarked upon its first voyage — a central...

..."I do not conceive that we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the State governments extend over the several states." Nevertheless, the Congress of the Confederation, in spite of its.jn$ager...

...power. I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation without having lodged some where a power, which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner,...Congress, constituted as that body is, with ample authorities for national purposes, appears to me the very climax of popular absurdity and madness....

...conceive that we can exist long as a nation without lodging somewhere the power which will pervade the Union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the state government extends over the several states." M'EC IAI. ADDRESS. put himself at the head of the army...

...fighting a war or even existing as a nation without, he wrote, "having lodged somewhere a power which will pervade the whole union in as energetic a manner...state governments extends over the several states." Washington had tried to persuade his New Jersey troops to swear allegiance to the union and they had...

...a nation without having lodged somewhere a power which will pervade the whole union in an energetic manner as the authority of the state governments extends over the several states." It was that lack of power that made the confederation wholly inadequate. In a recently published work,...

...conceive," he asserted, "we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner...state governments extends over the several states." There was indeed a growing body of men who were determined to arrange for a general convention. In...

...occurring: I do not conceive we can exist long as a Nation, without having lodged somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a Manner, as the authority of the different State governments extends over the several States. To be fearful of vesting Congress, constituted...

...coercive power. I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation, without lodging somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner...Congress, constituted as that body is, with ample authorities for national purposes, appears to me .the very climax of popular absurdity and madness....