...itself." In this connection occurs a passage which has often been cited, judicially and otherwise : " It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void." State-Lapse; or, State-Suicide. ereignty continues until it may be interrupted by conquest, or by revolution,...

...itself." In this connection occurs a passage which has often been cited, judicially and otherwise : " It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union ; that raolcc* and ordinances to that effect are legally void." See language very similar to this in Chase's...

...also asserted that the Union is perpetual; that secession resolves or ordinances are legally void; that acts of violence, within any State or States,...United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary ; and that to the extent of his ability he should cause the laws to be faithfully executed in all the...

...Union, by one, or by a part only, of the States, be lawfully possible, the Union is lets perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element...of perpetuity. It follows, from these views, that nn State, npon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of tho Union ; that retulum and ordinances...

...destruction of the Union by one or by a party only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element...of violence within any State or States against the United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. " I therefore consider...

...motion can lawfully get out of the Union ; resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and acts of violence within any State or States, against...insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances." Then followed a declaration that, in his view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union was unbroken,...

...motion, lawfully get out of the Union : resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and acts of violence within any State or States against...are insurrectionary or revolutionary according to the circumstances." MARCH 4. R- GLADSTONE in an eloquent speech in defence of a foreign policy sympathetic...

...Union, by one, or by a part only, of the States, be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element...States, against the authority of the United States, arc insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. I therefore consider that, in view...

...lawfully possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element ol perpetuity. It follows from these views that no State,...of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that en'ect, are legally void ; and that acts of violence within anj State or States against the authority...

...the Union perfectly understood the attitude of the new Administration when they heard or read — " That no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully...; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legaily void ; and that acts of violence within any State or States, against the authority of the United...