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" While I make no recommendation of amendments, I fully recognize the rightful authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised in either of the modes prescribed in the instrument itself; and I should, under existing circumstances, favor... "
The Life of Abraham Lincoln: From His Birth to His Inauguration as President - Page 535
by Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 547 pages
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America from Washington to ...

John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 524 pages
...Constitution amended. While I make no recommendation of amendment, I fully recognize the full authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised...opportunity being afforded the people to act upon it. " My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be...
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The National Handbook of Facts and Figures: Historical, Statistical ...

United States - 1868 - 422 pages
...Constitution amended. While I make no recommendation of amendment, I fully recognize the full authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised...favor, rather than oppose, a fair opportunity being aiforded the people to act upon it. I will venture to add, that to me the convention mode seems preferable,...
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The National Political Manual: Comprising Facts and Figures, Historical ...

Erastus Buck Treat - United States - 1872 - 386 pages
...Constitution amended. While I make no recommendation of amendment, I fully recognize the full authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised...it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject propositions originated by others not...
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The National Political Manual

Erastus Buck Treat - 1872 - 404 pages
...Constitution amended. While I make no recommendation of amendment, I fully recognize the full authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised...it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject propositions originated by others not...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 786 pages
...Constitution amended. While I make no recommendation of amendments, I fully recognize the rightful authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised...it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only allowing them to take or reject propositions originated by others, not...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 780 pages
...Constitution amended. While I make no recommendation of amendments, I fully recognize the rightful authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised...existing circumstances, favor rather than oppose' a ftiir opportunity being afforded the people to act npon it. I will venture to add, that to me the convention...
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The history of England, by D. Hume, continued by T. Smollett, and ..., Volume 4

David Hume - 1876 - 944 pages
...I make no recommendation of amendment, I fully recognise the full authority of the penple over tho whole subject, to be exercised in either of the modes...itself ; and I should, under existing circumstances, favour, rather than oppose, a fair opportunity being afforded the people to uc't upon it. "I will venture...
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The United States Reader[, Embracing Selections from Eminent American ...

John Jacob Anderson - 1878 - 450 pages
...Constitution amended. While I make no recommendation of amendment, I fully recognize the full authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised...existing circumstances, favor, rather than oppose, a fair opportunity's being afforded the people to act upon it. 2. I will venture to add, that to me the convention...
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American Patriotism: Speeches, Letters, and Other Papers which Illustrate ...

Orators - 1880 - 698 pages
...Constitution amended. While I make no recommendation of amendment, I fully recognize the rightful authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised in either of the modes I rcscribed in the instrument itself, and I should, under existing circumstances, favor, rather than...
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American Patriotism: Speeches, Letters and Other Papers which Illustrate the ...

Orators - 1881 - 710 pages
...Constitution amended. While I make no recommendation of amendment, I fully recognize the rightful authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised...it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject propositions originated by others, not...
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