 | Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - 664 pagina’s
...existence of the Union, contradicted expressly hy t'te letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by it* spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which...founded, and destructive of the great object for which it teas formed. After this general view of the leading principle, we must examine the particular application... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - 1879 - 368 pagina’s
...consider then," sa\;s the President, "the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union; contradicted...destructive of the great object for which it was formed. " No act of violent opposition to the laws has yet been committed, but such a state of things is hourly... | |
 | 1880 - 698 pagina’s
...destroy it. I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...destructive of the great object for which it was formed. After this general view of the leading principle, we must examine the particular application of it... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - 1880 - 410 pagina’s
...States, assumed by one state, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THK EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY KV THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS...DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED. After this general view of the leading principle, we must examine the particular application of it... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - 1880 - 414 pagina’s
...consider then the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THK EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BV ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT... | |
 | Michael A. Leeson, Damon Clark - 1881 - 974 pagina’s
...from the following extract: (322) " I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...was founded, and destructive of the great object for wLich it was formed. To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union is to say that the... | |
 | Walter Raleigh Houghton - 1882 - 592 pagina’s
...following: "I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...destructive of the great object for which it was formed." In South Carolina the proclamation was characterized as " the edict of a dictator." The Governor urged... | |
 | William Graham Sumner - 1882 - 458 pagina’s
...important in it : "I consider the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...destructive of the great object for which it was formed." This proclamation voiced the opinion and feeling of the whole country, except the nullifiers in South... | |
 | William Graham Sumner - 1882 - 422 pagina’s
...important in it : "I consider the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...destructive of the great object for which it was formed." This proclamation voiced the opinion and feeling of the whole country, except the nullifiers in South... | |
 | 1882 - 954 pagina’s
...political parties under one leader. " The power to annul a law of the United States," he says, "is incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it is founded, and destructive to the great object for which it was formed. To say that any State may... | |
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I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle... 
