 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
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1865 - 692 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...require all to lawfully rescind it? Descending from thos'j general principles, \ve find the proposition that in legal contemplation the Union is perpetual,... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1865 - 676 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...require all to lawfully rescind it? Descending from thesegeneral principles, we find the proposition that, in legal contemplation, tlie Union is perpetnal,... | |
 | 1865 - 138 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 ; but does it not require to all lawfully rescind it"? Descending from these general principles, we find the proposition that... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1866 - 222 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...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,... | |
 | Slavery - 1866 - 288 pages
...merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by lees than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so to speak...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,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 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;...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,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - History - 1866 - 628 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...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,... | |
 | 1866 - 278 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,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 510 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...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,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 524 pages
...by less than all the parties who made it ? One party to a contract may violate it, — break it, ao 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,... | |
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