 Again, if the United States be not a government proper, but an association of States in the nature of contract merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it ? One party to a contract may violate it — break...  The American Crisis Considered - Page 229by Charles Lempriere - 1861 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mrs. P. A. Hanaford - 1865 - 230 pages
...peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it,—break it, so to speak ; but does it not require all to lawfully...formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued in the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured,... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 498 pages
...peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it ? One party to a contract may violate it—break it, so to speak ; but does it not require all to lawfully...formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued in the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured,... | |
 | Stella S. Coatsworth - Chicago (Ill.) - 1865 - 636 pages
...peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it ? One party to a contract may violate itbreak it, so to speak ; but does it not require all to lawfully...formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured,... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Presidents - 1865 - 322 pages
...unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it — break it, BO to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully...formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued in the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured,... | |
 | Thomas Mears Eddy - Illinois - 1865 - 642 pages
...merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it — . break it, so to...is perpetual, confirmed by the history of the Union itselt The Union la much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so to speak...contemplation, the Union is perpetual, confirmed by tho history of the Union itself. The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact,... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1865 - 704 pages
...it being impossible to destroy it except by some action not provided for in the instrument itself. proposition that in legal contemplation the Union...formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued in the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured,... | |
 | Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 680 pages
...merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so to speak...find the proposition that, in legal contemplation, tlie Union is perpetual, confirmed by the history of the Union itself. The Union is much older than... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it—break it, so to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully...contemplation, the Union is perpetual, confirmed by thn history of the Union itself. The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...merely, can it, as a contract, b« peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it T\ One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so to speak...rescind it! Descending from these general principles, wo find the proposition that, in legal contemplatiorij_the Union Is perpetual, confirmed by the history... | |
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