 kept steadily in view was the consolidation of the Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the convention...  The Works of William H. Seward - Page 255by William Henry Seward - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Constitutional law - 1834 - 284 pages
...tee Icept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of the Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety,—perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1835 - 1166 pages
...view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity,...magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected." This, sir, is Gen. Washington's consolidation. This is the true constitutional consolidation. I wish... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - United States - 1836 - 534 pages
...kept steadily in our view that which appeared to us the greatest interest of every true American,— the consolidation of the Union, — in which is involved...led each state, in the Convention, to be less rigid, in points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected. And thus the Constitution... | |
 | Charles Sitgreaves - 1836 - 380 pages
...view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union; in which is involved our prosperity, felicity,...important consideration seriously and deeply impressed our minds; and led each State in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...view that which appears to us the greatest iutrr,.*of every true American, the consolidation of the in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety,...important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed upon our minds, led each state in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1888 - 576 pages
...yiew that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity,...magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected. And thus tlie Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - Parliamentary practice - 1838 - 90 pages
...view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American—the consolidation of our Union; in which is involved our prosperity, felicity,...magnitude than might have been otherwise expected; and thus the Constitution which we now present is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual... | |
 | Calvin Colton - Abolitionists - 1839 - 346 pages
...we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of the Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, &c. There are four things which I humbly conceive are essential to the well-being, I may even venture... | |
 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Constitutional history - 1840 - 712 pages
...view that which appeared to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity,...led each State in the Convention to be less rigid in points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected. And thus the Constitution... | |
 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Constitutional history - 1840 - 698 pages
...view that which appeared to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity,...led each State in the Convention to be less rigid in points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected. And thus the Constitution... | |
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