 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
 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Constitutional history - 1840 - 710 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... | |
 | Andrew White Young - Economics - 1839 - 472 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." § 182. The above resolution in favor of a national government was strenuously opposed by several members... | |
 | Andrew White Young - Constitutional history - 1842 - 374 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." § 182. The above resolution in favor of a national government was strenuously opposed by several members... | |
 | Andrew White Young - Constitutional history - 1842 - 350 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." § 182. The above resolution in favor of a national government was strenuously opposed by several members... | |
 | Law - 1833 - 514 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... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - Constitutional law - 1844 - 336 pages
...Constitution agreed on by the Convention, says, that the aim of that body was, " the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence." The great end of enlarging the powers of the federal government was to perfect the union of the thirteen... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional law - 1845 - 672 pages
...view that which appeared to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of oar 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... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional law - 1845 - 688 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... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1846 - 396 pages
...which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American—the consolidation of our Union—in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety,...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... | |
 | Sarah Mytton (Hughes) Maury ("Mrs. William Maury, "), Sarah Mytton Maury - Statesmen - 1847 - 282 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 General Washington's consolidation. This is the true constitutional consolidation. I... | |
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