...48. Mr. Madison in the Virginia Report of January, 1800, asserts (pp. 6, 7) that " tho States being parties to the constitutional compact, and in their...sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity that there can bo no tribunal nbovo their authority to decide, in the last resort, whether the compact inndc by them...

...authority, of the constitution, that it resta upon this legitimate and solid foundation. The states, then, find a precedent to justify proceedings in the south,...along, to load his precedents. By way of defending decide, in the last resort, such questions as mav be of sufficient magnitude to require tiieir interposition."...

...the rather obscure, and possibly objectionable, doctrine. " The States," meaning the people, "then, being the parties to the constitutional compact, and...authority to decide, in the last resort, whether the contract made by them be violated, and consequently that as the parties to it they must themselves...

...there can be no tribunal above their authority to decide, in the last resort, whether the contract made by them be violated, and consequently that as...they must themselves decide in the last "resort." It is to be noticed that the resolution carefully limits the decision of the people or States to "...

...most prominent in framing the Constitution, had used this language, " The States being parties to the compact and in their sovereign capacity, it follows...made by them be violated, and consequently that, as parties to it, they must decide in the last resort such questions as may be of sufficient magnitude...

...formed by the sanction of the States, given by each in its sovereign capacity. The States, then, being parties to the constitutional compact and in their...they must themselves decide, in the last resort, such ques? tions as may be of sufficient magnitude to require their interposition." An assemblage of citizens...

...formed by the sanction of the States, given by each in its sovereign capacity. The States, then, being parties to the constitutional compact and in their...no tribunal above their authority to decide, in the lasl resort, whether the compact made by them be violated, and consequently that, as the parties to...

...States then being the ' Ante, Vol. VI., p. 341. parties to the const1' compact, and in their highest sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity, that there can be no tribunal above their authy' to decide in the last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated; and, consequently...

...say whether the t In 1898, Mr. Madison, in a report to the Virginia Legislature, said : "The States, being the parties to the Constitutional Compact, and...resort whether the compact made by them be violated." 15 South, believing as she did, was not justified in the forum of conscience in doing what she did....

...the parties to the constitntional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of neeessity that there can be no tribunal above their authority...made by them be violated; and, consequently, that, äs the parties to it, they must themselves decide, in the last resort, such questions äs may be of...