 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
 | Orators - 1880 - 698 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,... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - United States - 1882 - 582 pages
...than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it — break it, BO to epeak; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it...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 - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may n iolate it — break it, so to speak ; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it? Descending from thesegeneral principles, we find the proposition that, in legal contemplation, the Union is perpetual,... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 266 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;...was 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,... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 264 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...was 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,... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1884 - 430 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 the histoiy of the Union itself. The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact,... | |
 | Frank Abial Flower - Republican Party - 1884 - 662 pages
...forever, it being impossible to destroy it, except by some action not provided for in tlie instrument itself. The Union is much older than the Constitution....formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued in the Declaration of Independence in 177U. It was further matured,... | |
 | John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...some action not provided for in the instrument itself. 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,... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - United States - 1888 - 602 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,... | |
 | United States - 1894 - 580 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,... | |
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