 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
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...merely, can it, as a contract, b« peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so to speak...itself. The Union is much older than the Constitution. I» was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1891 - 858 pages
...merely, can it, as a contract, be )>eaccably uiimadu by less than all the parties who made it f One party to a contract may violate it, break it, so to speak,...rescind it ? " Descending from these general principles, wo find the projiosilion that, in l.-giil contemplation, the Union is per|K-tiiul, confirmed by the... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - Biography & Autobiography - 1891 - 412 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 ? ... It follows from these views, that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 268 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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 72 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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 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,... | |
 | George Parker Winship - Cibola, Seven Cities of - 1894 - 182 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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 782 pages
...merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made jig? 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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 448 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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 280 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 by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured,... | |
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