 The States, then, being the parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows, of necessity, that there can be no tribunal above their authority, to decide, in the last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated,...  The Old Guard: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Principles of 1776 and 1787 - Page 511863Full view - About this book
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1863 - 438 pages
...other things, that the people of the States — acting in their sovereign capacity, have the right " to decide, in the last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated ;" and shows, conclusively, that, without it, and the right of the States to interfere to protect themselves... | |
 | Lucius Eugene Chittenden - 1864 - 644 pages
...Constitutional coopact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity, that there £e» be no tribunal above their authority, to decide, in the last resort, whet^ the compact made by them be violated, and consequently that, as the part1" to it, they must themselves... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - 1865 - 558 pages
...authority of the Constitution, that it rests on this legitimate and solid foundation. The States, then, being the parties to the constitutional compact, and...consequently, that, as the parties to it, they must themselves [that is the States] decide, in the last resort, such questions as may be of sufficient magnitude to... | |
 | James Madison - 1865 - 768 pages
...rightful judges in the last resort, whether the bargain made has been pursued or violated. The States being the parties to the constitutional compact, and...authority to decide in the last resort whether the com * For the extracts see the Richmond Whig, September 17, 1833. pact made by them be violated; and,... | |
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1866 - 472 pages
...It followed, then, that having been adopted by the States in their sovereignty capacity, there was no tribunal above their authority, to decide in the...whether the compact made by them be violated; and that they alone were the sole judges. The people of South Carolina assumed that, their sovereignty... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton Stephens - 1868 - 720 pages
...authority of the Constitution, that it rests on this legitimate and solid foundation. The States, then, being the parties to the constitutional compact, and...to decide in the last resort, whether the compact madij by them be violated ; and, consequently, that, as the parties to it, they must themselves decide... | |
 | 1868 - 412 pages
...authority of the Constitution, that it rests on this legitimate and solid foundation. The States, then, being the parties to the Constitutional compact, and...of necessity, that there can be no tribunal above Oieir autiurrily to decide, in the last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated ; and... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1873 - 780 pages
...43. Mr. Madison, in the Virginia Report of January, 1800, asserts (p. 6, 7) that, " the States being parties to the constitutional compact, and in their...it, they must themselves decide in the last resort each questions as may be of sufficient magnitude to acquire their interposition." Id. p. 8, 9. [In... | |
 | 1881 - 668 pages
...states, having no common superior, " it follows of necessity " (to borrow the language of Mr. Madison) "that there can be no tribunal above their authority,...and consequently that, as the parties to it, they mu.n themselves decide, in the last resort, such questions as may be of sufficient magnitude to require... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1883 - 462 pages
...the authority of the Constitution, that it rests on this solid foundation. The States, then, being parties to the constitutional compact, and in their...necessity that there can be no tribunal above their authoiity to decide, in the last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated ; and, consequently,... | |
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