 A state, like a merchant, makes a contract ; a dishonest state, like a dishonest merchant, wilfully refuses to discharge it. The latter is amenable to a court of justice upon general principles of right. Shall the former, when summoned to answer the fair...  Hunt's Merchants' Magazine - Pagina 25geredigeerd door - 1845Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1845 - 604 pagina’s
...— if engagements are not fulfilled — is it, upon general principles of right, less proper in me case of a great number than in the case of an individual,...assume a new appearance, and to insult him and justice, by declaring, li I am a sovereign state !" Surely not. Before a claim so contrary, in its first appearance,... | |
 | 1845 - 604 pagina’s
...all this, why may not an aggregate of free men, a collection of original sovereigns, do likewise 7 If the dignity of each singly is undiminished, the...assume a new appearance, and to insult him and justice, by declaring, " I am a sovereign state !" Surely not. Before a claim so contrary, in its first appearance,... | |
 | 1845 - 604 pagina’s
...original sovereigns, do likewise ? If the dignity of each singly is undiminished, the dignity of aU jointly must be unimpaired. A state, like a merchant,...assume a new appearance, and to insult him and justice, by declaring, " I am a sovereign state !" Surely not. Before a claim so contrary, in its first appearance,... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, Alexander James Dallas, William Cranch, United States. Supreme Court, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard - 1870 - 708 pagina’s
...may do all this, why may not an aggregate of free men, a collection of original sovereigns, do this likewise ? If the dignity of each singly is undiminished,...assume a new appearance, and to insult him and justice by declaring I am a sovereign State ? Surely not. Before a claim so contrary, in its first appearance,... | |
 | 1876 - 860 pagina’s
...in substance, the definition of a state quoted by us from his lectures, held otherwise, saying : " A state, like a merchant, makes a contract ; a dishonest...assume a new appearance, and to insult him and justice by declaring, ' I am a sovereign state?' Surely not." In 1790, the law professorship was established... | |
 | 1921 - 494 pagina’s
...justice is not done ; if engagements are not fulfilled, is it upon general principles of right, no less proper, in the case of a great number, than in...assume a new appearance, and to insult him and justice, by declaring I am a sovereign State? Surely not." He then drew together the branches of the argument... | |
 | 1876 - 870 pagina’s
...substance, the definition of a state quoted by us from his lectures, held otherwise, saying: " A 17 state, like a merchant, makes a contract; a dishonest...assume a new appearance, and to insult him and justice by declaring, ' I am a sovereign state ? ' Surely not." In 1790, the law professorship was established... | |
 | 1884 - 428 pagina’s
...that a State, any more than the men who compose it, ought not to do justice and fulfill engagements? A State, like a merchant, makes a contract. A dishonest State, like a dishonest merchant, willfully refuses to discharge it. The merchant is amenable to a Court of justice. Upon general principles... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1888 - 502 pagina’s
...the purposes of the Union, retained it to themselves. Therefore, Georgia is not a sovereign State." " A State like a merchant makes a contract; a dishonest...shall the former, when summoned to answer the fair demand of its creditor, be permitted Proteus-like to assume a new appearance, and to insult him and... | |
 | Alexander James Dallas - 1906 - 458 pagina’s
...may do all this, why may not an aggregate of free men, a collection of original sovereigns, do this likewise? If the dignity of each, singly, is undiminished;...assume a new appearance, and to insult him and justice, by declaring I am a sovereign state ? Surely not. Before a claim, so contrary, in its first appearance,... | |
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