The True Doctrine of State Rights: With an Examination of the Record of the Democratic and Republican Parties in Connection with SlaveryJameson & Morse, Printers, 1880 - 83 páginas |
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... stitution , is considered as a sovereign body , independent of all others . The act , therefore , establishing the constitution , will not be a national , but a federal act - the act of the people as forming so many independent states ...
... stitution , is considered as a sovereign body , independent of all others . The act , therefore , establishing the constitution , will not be a national , but a federal act - the act of the people as forming so many independent states ...
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... stitution , to decide in the last resort . ' In his letter of 1831 to Mr. Trist , he said : " It will not escape notice that the judicial authority of the United States , when overruling that of a state , is complained of as subjecting ...
... stitution , to decide in the last resort . ' In his letter of 1831 to Mr. Trist , he said : " It will not escape notice that the judicial authority of the United States , when overruling that of a state , is complained of as subjecting ...
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... stitution which has been circulated , ever since its publication , far and wide througout the Union . This work is quoted by Judge Story as one of the earliest and highest authorities on many questions of constitutional law ...
... stitution which has been circulated , ever since its publication , far and wide througout the Union . This work is quoted by Judge Story as one of the earliest and highest authorities on many questions of constitutional law ...
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... character of the con- stitution of the United States over any local constitution of any one of the states of the Union . " The resolution reported by the com- 66 99 mittee of thirteen was rejected by a vote of eighty 48.
... character of the con- stitution of the United States over any local constitution of any one of the states of the Union . " The resolution reported by the com- 66 99 mittee of thirteen was rejected by a vote of eighty 48.
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... stitution to be broken . With a conscious distrust of getting what he asked for , he appealed to his party to make good the oath , which he admitted they had violated , in the following words : " All mem- bers of Congress swear their ...
... stitution to be broken . With a conscious distrust of getting what he asked for , he appealed to his party to make good the oath , which he admitted they had violated , in the following words : " All mem- bers of Congress swear their ...
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6th Article admission of Missouri adopted amendment American Annapolis Convention approved arising Articles of Confederation authority bound citizens colonies colored committee compact compromise of 1850 convention decide decision declared delegated Democratic denounce depart doctrine Douglas enforce England established execution exercise existence favor Federal Government Federalist formed fugitive slave clause House importation of slaves independent Jefferson and Madison Judge judicial power judiciary Justice Kansas-Nebraska act Kansas-Nebraska bill legislative Legislature letter liberty Lincoln Lord Stowell Louisiana majority Massachusetts ment Missouri compromise Missouri territorial mulatto nation North nullify oath obiter dictum opinion ordinance Orleans territory passed peace person pledge political President principle proclaimed prohibited proposition provision question race referred repeal Republican party resolutions and report resolutions of 1798 restriction against slavery restrictionists Rhode Island Senate South South Carolina Southern sovereign sovereignty stitution Supreme Court tion tional treaty unanimous uncon unconstitutional Union United violation vote words
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Página 7 - ... 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.
Página 38 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 7 - That the good people of this commonwealth, having ever felt, and continuing to feel the most sincere affection for their brethren of the other States ; the truest anxiety for establishing and perpetuating the Union of all ; and the most scrupulous fidelity to that Constitution, -which is the pledge of mutual friendship, and the instrument of mutual happiness...
Página 74 - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor...
Página 22 - If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred : in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute ; the intention of the people to the intention of their agents.
Página 80 - That the principle and construction contended for by sundry of the state legislatures, that the general government is the exclusive judge of the extent of the powers delegated to it, stop nothing short of despotism— since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers...
Página 5 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Página 13 - In America the powers of sovereignty are divided between the government of the Union and those of the States. They are each sovereign with respect to the objects committed to it, and neither sovereign with respect to the objects committed to the other.
Página 22 - The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body.
Página 74 - I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying. I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do myself.