 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
 | United States - 1868 - 422 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,... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 604 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,... | |
 | Erastus Buck Treat - United States - 1872 - 386 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,... | |
 | Erastus Buck Treat - 1872 - 404 pages
...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;...is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, ia fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued in the Declaration of... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 786 pages
...in the family of nations. " The Union," it is said in the inaugural address of President Lincoln, " is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact by the Articles of Association of 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence of 1776. It was further matured,... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 780 pages
...family of nations. "The Union," it is said in the inaugural address of President Lincoln, "is ranch older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact by the Articles of Association of 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence of 1776. It was further matured,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1874 - 1956 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,... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - United States - 1876 - 542 pages
...be intended, (March 4.) The most striking passage in the president's address was the following : " We find the proposition that in legal contemplation...formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1 774. It was matured and continued in the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured,... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - United States - 1876 - 538 pages
...be intended, (March 4.) The most striking passage in the president's address was the following : u We find the proposition that in legal contemplation...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,... | |
 | David Hume - 1876 - 944 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 all to lawfully rescind it f Descending from these general principles, we find the proposition that in the legal contemplation... | |
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