State Sovereignty: And a Certain Dissolution of the UnionOpposes Calhoun's claims that an individual state has the right and the power to nullify laws of the United States. |
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... Washington , on the several occasions of my official duties there . I have listened to your " sen- timents , " on the floor of Congress , with pleasure ; and the promptness of your subsequent answers to my several written communications ...
... Washington , on the several occasions of my official duties there . I have listened to your " sen- timents , " on the floor of Congress , with pleasure ; and the promptness of your subsequent answers to my several written communications ...
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... Washington's farewell address . To proceed . The Colonists began their research of a new Sovereign , at the true fountain head of all le- gitimate authority . THE WHOLE PEOPLE ; and have finally constituted and " consolidated ...
... Washington's farewell address . To proceed . The Colonists began their research of a new Sovereign , at the true fountain head of all le- gitimate authority . THE WHOLE PEOPLE ; and have finally constituted and " consolidated ...
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... Washington was beaten in every direction . Our war of defence dragged on heavily , from the tardy supplies of the several Sovereignties , and at the be- gining of the Winter of 1777 , our little reduced army was in full retreat ...
... Washington was beaten in every direction . Our war of defence dragged on heavily , from the tardy supplies of the several Sovereignties , and at the be- gining of the Winter of 1777 , our little reduced army was in full retreat ...
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... Washington is one of I will further the brightest examples , in its pursuit ! remark here , that , our free trade , and uninterupted in- tercourse between the states , by land and water , now free from " imports " and other taxation ...
... Washington is one of I will further the brightest examples , in its pursuit ! remark here , that , our free trade , and uninterupted in- tercourse between the states , by land and water , now free from " imports " and other taxation ...
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... Washington , Franklin , and Madison were among them , regularly , delegated and instructed , by their local and separate state Sov- ereignties , then in full power and authority . You , repeatedly , and nineteen times over , insist that ...
... Washington , Franklin , and Madison were among them , regularly , delegated and instructed , by their local and separate state Sov- ereignties , then in full power and authority . You , repeatedly , and nineteen times over , insist that ...
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Page 27 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our 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.
Page 27 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
Page 28 - ... consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish.
Page 47 - It is obviously impracticable, in the federal government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all.
Page 46 - ... accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 27 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 40 - ... that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 45 - ... the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.
Page 46 - ... remember especially that for the efficient management of your common interests, in a country so extensive as ours, a Government of as much vigor as is consistent with the perfect security of Liberty is indispensable. Liberty itself will find in such a Government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest Guardian.
Page 40 - The resolution supposes that dangerous powers not delegated, may not only be usurped and executed by the other departments, but that the judicial department also may exercise or sanction dangerous powers beyond the grant of the Constitution ; and consequently that the ultimate right of the parties to the Constitution, to judge whether...