| Emma Willard - 1843 - 500 pages
...they tion. had commenced. After a series of reasoning to convince them of their error, he added, " I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, inFiret, he compatible with the existence of the Union, — contradicted shows' the expressly by the... | |
| John Stockton Littell - 1844 - 400 pages
...consequences which would follow a perseverance in the course they had adopted. "I consider," said he, "the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed...existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the Constitution, unauthorised by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded,... | |
| Emma Willard - 1844 - 342 pages
...approve*. 8. On the 10th of December, President Jackson published a proclamation, in which he said, " I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the...States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the Oct. 10. existence of the Union, — contradicted expressly by Pje^ent the constitution, — unauthorized... | |
| Emma Willard - 1844 - 352 pages
...^p'o^! 8. On the 10th of December, President Jackson published a proclamation, in which he said, " 1 consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United...States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the Oct. 10. existence of the Union, — contradicted expressly by Preside* the constitution, — unauthorized... | |
| 1845 - 288 pages
...pursuit of an impracticable theory, could alone have devised one that is calculated to destroy it. I consider then the power to annul a law of the United...AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FOR5IED. After this general view of the leading principle, we must examine the particular application... | |
| 1845 - 436 pages
...pursuit of an impracticable theory, could alone have devised one that is calculated to destroy it. I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the...OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER Or THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS... | |
| Emma Willard - 1845 - 508 pages
...they tion. had commenced. After a series of reasoning to convince them of their error, he added, " I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the...with the existence of the Union, — contradicted the expressly by the constitution, — unauthorized by its spirit, — mconsistent w'th every principle... | |
| Emma Willard - 1845 - 508 pages
...the expressly by the constitution, — unauthorized by its spirit, — ihei'r 'error in*50nsiStent with every principle on which it was founded, and...destructive of the great object for which it was formed." AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT MEETS A CRISIS. 377 In conclusion, the* president told them, that the laws of... | |
| John Stilwell Jenkins - 1847 - 306 pages
...pursuit of an impracticable theory, could alone have devised one that is calculated to destroy it. I consider then the power to annul a law of the United...IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FQR WHICH IT WAS FORMED. After this general view of the leading principle, we must examine the particular... | |
| Edward Deering Mansfield - 1852 - 582 pages
...will show the principles and object of that instrument. " I consider, then," says the President, " the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed...and destructive of the great object for which it was formed.2 " This, then, is the position in which we stand. A small majority of the citizens of one state... | |
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