 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 Channing - United States - 1908 - 684 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, safety, perhaps our national existence." Furthermore, they proposed a method of ratification of the new instrument which was in itself unconstitutional... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - History - 1915 - 632 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... | |
 | New England - 1904 - 850 pages
...that which appeared to •us the greatest imiterest 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,... | |
 | Henry Campbell Black, Herbert Francis Wright - Constitutional law - 1917 - 504 pages
...that which appears to us as the greatest interest of every true American,—the consolidation of our union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. * * * It is liable to as few objections as could reasonably be expected. We hope and believe that it... | |
 | New England - 1903 - 820 pages
...which appeared to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our umiion, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.” This brief review of the proceedings of the Convemition appears to justify certain conclusions: (i) That... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - United States - 1921 - 650 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... | |
 | Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler - Constitutional history - 1924 - 424 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, safety, perhaps our national existence." In reading this letter one discerns, as it were, the fine statement of their purpose made by Chief... | |
 | Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler - Constitutional history - 1924 - 424 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, safety, perhaps our national existence." In reading this letter one discerns, as it were, the fine statement of their purpose made by Chief... | |
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