 | George Sewall Boutwell - 1884 - 264 pagina’s
...disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formally attempted. I hold that, in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - 1884 - 430 pagina’s
...disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 718 pagina’s
...Jersey, February, 1861.) The intention of the lawgiver is the law. (First Inaugural Address.) I hold that in the contemplation of universal law and of...Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. (First... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1888 - 600 pagina’s
...disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - 1886 - 800 pagina’s
...sentiment would be found in nearly all his public speeches. In the course of his address he said : " No State upon its own mere 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... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1889 - 214 pagina’s
...disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is... | |
 | Lewis Appleton - 1889 - 244 pagina’s
...of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that in the eye of universal law, and of the constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual." At the onset of this terrific conflict Mr. Richard promptly sounded the note of alarm in the columns... | |
 | Frederick W. Osborn - 1890 - 68 pagina’s
...difficulties. A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that in the contemplation of universal law and of...Constitution, the union of these states is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 600 pagina’s
...In his inaugural address the President had laid down the following propositions: " I hold that, in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. . . It... | |
 | William Benjamin Smith - 1891 - 344 pagina’s
...States when lawfully demanded for whatever cause, as cheerfully to one section as to another. I hold that in the contemplation of universal law and of...Constitution the Union of these States is perpetual. It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union... | |
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I hold that, in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all National Governments. It is safe to assert that no Government proper... 
