American Dis-union: Constitutional Or Unconstitutional?: A Reply to Mr. James Spence Upon the Question "Is Secession a Constitutional Right?" Discussed in His Recent Work, "The American Union."R. Hardwicke, 1862 - 228 sider |
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... authority of the United States , shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby , any thing in the con- stitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding . " - CONSTITUTION OF ...
... authority of the United States , shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby , any thing in the con- stitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding . " - CONSTITUTION OF ...
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... authority . What did the framers of the Constitution themselves mean , and how was that document understood by their contemporaries ? Hence the profuseness of quotation from the letters , speeches , and works of the leading men of the ...
... authority . What did the framers of the Constitution themselves mean , and how was that document understood by their contemporaries ? Hence the profuseness of quotation from the letters , speeches , and works of the leading men of the ...
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... authority . They were written by Hamilton , Madison , and Jay , for the express purpose of expounding and re- commending the Constitution , just then fresh from the Convention , to their fellow - citizens . Distinguished by remarkable ...
... authority . They were written by Hamilton , Madison , and Jay , for the express purpose of expounding and re- commending the Constitution , just then fresh from the Convention , to their fellow - citizens . Distinguished by remarkable ...
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... authorities in masterly support of his reasoning , and has grouped them with a temperate and logical clearness that cannot fail to convince . He writes with the discretion of a judge who has all the evidence before him , strong and ...
... authorities in masterly support of his reasoning , and has grouped them with a temperate and logical clearness that cannot fail to convince . He writes with the discretion of a judge who has all the evidence before him , strong and ...
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... authorities which , when faithfully examined , appear to us totally opposed to him , he would persuade his readers , that " secession is a just and clear constitutional right of the States , and no violation of any enactment of the ...
... authorities which , when faithfully examined , appear to us totally opposed to him , he would persuade his readers , that " secession is a just and clear constitutional right of the States , and no violation of any enactment of the ...
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Side 204 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Side 205 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Side 95 - No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility. 2. No state shall, without the consent of the congress, lay any imposts or duties on Imports or exports except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection...
Side 198 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Side 188 - ... and welfare of the United States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a Commander-in-Chief of the army or navy, unless nine States assent to the same...
Side 212 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation, and to recommend to your frequent review, some sentiments, which are the result of much reflection, of no inconsiderable observation, and which appear to me all-important to the permanency of your felicity as a people.
Side 214 - But these considerations, however powerfully they address themselves to your sensibility are greatly outweighed by those which apply more immediately to your Interest. Here every portion of our country finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the Union of the whole. The North, in an unrestrained intercourse with the South, protected by the equal Laws of a common government, finds in the productions of the latter, great additional resources of Maritime and commercial...
Side 194 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Side 204 - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Side 180 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.