...as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so to speak — but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it? ... It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the...

...emancipated race by their former masters and by the general government the duties of both are obvious in the general principles we find the proposition that in...is perpetual confirmed by the history of the union it was not a question of my seeking but was a proposition from the people of santo domingo and all...

...be peaceably unmade, by less than all the parties who made it?" he asked. "One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it?"31 The conciseness of this objection to secession does not detract from its significance. From...

...who, in his First Inaugural Address, adapted Story's theoretical history for identical political ends: 1 774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1 776. It was further matured...

...as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so to speak — but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it? CHARLESTON MERCURY EXTRA: f'tixxfd iinnniiinmslii al 1.15 o'clock, jP. •«, December I, IS«0. AA...

...these general principles," Lincoln contended that the history of the Union confirmed its perpetuity. "The Union is much older than the Constitution." "It was formed in fact" in 1774 by the Articles of Association, "matured and continued" by the Declaration of Independence,...

...as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it. One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so to speak — but does...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 thirteen...

...a contract, be peaceably onmade by less than all the parties who made it ? One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so to speak, but does...Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Assoeiation in 1TT4, It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1T76. It was...

...States when lawfully demanded, for whatever cause—as cheerfully to one section as to another. 45 . . . Descending from these general principles, we find...much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in 50 fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of...

...States when lawfully demanded, for whatever cause — as cheerfully to one section as to another. 45 ... Descending from these general principles, we find...itself. The Union is much older than the Constitution. lt was formed, in 50 fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. lt was matured and continued by...