 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1859 - 674 pages
...all of the amendments, was laid before Congress, and after a spirited debate was adopted : ARTICLE 1. The style of this confederacy shall be, " The United...severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Democracy - 1859 - 644 pages
...Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. ARTICLE I. The style of this confederacy shall be " The United States of America." ARTICLE II. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1859 - 1086 pages
...Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia ARTICLE 1. The style of this confederacy shall be : "The United States of America," ART. 2. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction... | |
 | Ezra B. Chase - Slavery - 1860 - 526 pages
...Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. ARTICLE 1. The style of this Confederacy shall be " The United...severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general... | |
 | James Spence - Secession - 1861 - 398 pages
...Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. ART. 1. The style of this Confederacy shall be " The United States of America." AUT. 2. Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction,... | |
 | 1861 - 736 pages
...assembled:" And to render themselves each doubly secure in this particular, it is next declared, that, " The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general... | |
 | Nathaniel Carter Towle - Constitutional history - 1861 - 460 pages
...Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. ARTICLE I. The style of this Confederacy shall be "The United States of America." ART. II. Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction,... | |
 | Charles Chauncey Burr - Constitutional history - 1862 - 108 pages
...was preserved. us to understand the objects contemplated in its formation. Article I. declares : " The style of this confederacy shall be ' The United States of America.' " " Article II. Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - Canada - 1862 - 650 pages
...Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. ARTICLE 1. The style of this confederacy shall be, "The United States of America." ART. 2. Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction,... | |
 | 1862 - 914 pages
...war, are the next step in the growth of the actual Constitution. We read there as follows : — "Art. 1. The style of this Confederacy shall be, ' The United States of America.' "Art. 2. Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction,... | |
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The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties and their mutual and general welfare : binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered... 
