...Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured and the faith of all the then...Constitution, was "to form a more perfect union"... It follows from these views that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union,—that...

...matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured and the faith of the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged...and establishing the Constitution, was "to form a wore perfect union." But if destruction of the Union, by one, or by a part only, of the States, be...

...Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued in the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then...engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of the Confederation, in 1778 ; and, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing...

...Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776, It was further matured and the faith of all the then...Constitution, was "to form a more perfect Union." . . . It follows from these views that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfullv get out of...

...Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured and the faith of all the then...perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. "M The Constitution, then, was the culmination of a long process of consolidation that had been going...

...Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured and the faith of all the then...union. " But if destruction of the Union, by one, or by apart only, of the States, be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect than before the Constitution,...