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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... compact . " Dissenting entirely from Mr. Spence on this subject , we propose briefly to analyze the Con- stitution , in order to ascertain how far he is justified in his conclusions . We cannot agree with those who say that the time for ...
... compact . " Dissenting entirely from Mr. Spence on this subject , we propose briefly to analyze the Con- stitution , in order to ascertain how far he is justified in his conclusions . We cannot agree with those who say that the time for ...
Side 39
... compact has a right to revoke that compact , the doctrine itself has had respectable advocates . The possibility of a question of this nature proves the necessity of laying the foundations of our national Go- vernment deeper than in the ...
... compact has a right to revoke that compact , the doctrine itself has had respectable advocates . The possibility of a question of this nature proves the necessity of laying the foundations of our national Go- vernment deeper than in the ...
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... compact adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union . " " " There is clearly , " Mr. Spence adds , no authority here to frame a new system , or effect organic change , but simply to make ' alterations and ...
... compact adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union . " " " There is clearly , " Mr. Spence adds , no authority here to frame a new system , or effect organic change , but simply to make ' alterations and ...
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... We , the States 6 * If the States be not the agents of this compact , it must be one great consolidated The American Union , 225. Our Italics . National Government of the people of all the States . REPLY OF MADISON . 63.
... We , the States 6 * If the States be not the agents of this compact , it must be one great consolidated The American Union , 225. Our Italics . National Government of the people of all the States . REPLY OF MADISON . 63.
Side 64
... compact between States ? If they had , this would be a Confederation ; it is , otherwise , most clearly a consolidated Government . The whole question turns , sir , on that poor little thing the expression , We , the People , instead of ...
... compact between States ? If they had , this would be a Confederation ; it is , otherwise , most clearly a consolidated Government . The whole question turns , sir , on that poor little thing the expression , We , the People , instead of ...
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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...
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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.