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| Peter Stephen Du Ponceau - Constitutional law - 1834 - 148 pages
...assembled. It proceeded to define the confederation itself to be a league of friendship between the states for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare; and lastly the states bound themselves, in their sovereign and independent capacities,... | |
| Edward Deering Mansfield - Constitutional law - 1834 - 284 pages
...Confederation, the nature of it was defined, and characterized as a " firm league of friendship for each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and general welfare." The powers of the Confederation, or League, were vested in a Congress, without a... | |
| Edward Deering Mansfield - Constitutional law - 1834 - 284 pages
...Confederation, the nature of it was defined, and charac-terized as a " firm league of friendship for each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and general welfare." The powers of the Confederation, or League, were vested in a Congress, without a... | |
| Francis Fellowes - Constitutional law - 1835 - 214 pages
...confederation expressly delegated to the United States in congress assembled. ART. III. The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with...sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever. ART. IV. The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 474 pages
...States of America ;" by which they entered " into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their defence, the security of their liberties, and their...welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all.force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty,... | |
| New York (N.Y.) - 1839 - 604 pages
...beginning of those celebrated articles of confederation and perpetual union, it is declared that " they do severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for the common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare ; binding... | |
| South Carolina - Law - 1836 - 476 pages
...The style of this Confederacy shall be, " the United Stales of America." III. The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with...account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence'Whatever. IV. Sect. 1st. The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse... | |
| Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...Confederation, the nature of it was denned, and charac-terized as a "firm league of friendship for each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and general welfare." The powers of the Confedera-tion, or League, were vested in a Congress, without a... | |
| Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...confederation expressly delegated to the United States in congress assembled. ART. III. The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with...sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever. ART. IV. The better to secure aud perpetuate mutual friendship and mtercourse among the people of the different... | |
| Henry Baldwin - Constitutional history - 1837 - 230 pages
...present purposes it is necessary to refer only to three articles. " Art. 3. The said states, hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with...account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretext whatever." " Art. 9. The United States, in congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive... | |
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