 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 - 1855 - 466 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...compact made by them be violated ; and, consequently, as parties to it, they must themselves decide, in the last resort, such questions as may be of sufficient... | |
 | 1864 - 340 pages
...Madison's report to the Virginia House of Delegates, at the session of 1800, he said : " The States, then, being the parties to the Constitutional compact, and...be no tribunal above their authority, to decide, in tke last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated ; and consequently, that as the parties... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton Stephens - 1868 - 1514 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...capacity, it follows of necessity, that there can be no tuaunal above their authority, to decide in the last resort, whettei the compact made by them be violated... | |
 | 1830 - 578 pages
...whether the bargain made (the Constitution) has been pursued or violated." Again : " the States then being the parties to the constitutional compact, and...in their sovereign capacity it follows of necessity there can be no tribunal over their authority to decide in the last resort, Whether the com pact made... | |
 | 1868 - 718 pages
...chairman. The Report of this Committee declares that the people of the several States have the right " to decide in the last resort whether the compact made by them be violated ; " that this ultimate right extends " to the violation by one delegated authority as well as another,... | |
 | 1830 - 476 pages
...capacity, it follow« of necessity, lhat there can be no tribunal above their authority, to dévide in the last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated, and consequently, lhat « (he parties to it, they mast themselves decide, in the last resort, such questions as may be... | |
 | 1912 - 1078 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 in their sovereign capacity, its follows, of necessity, that there can be no tribunal above their authority, to decide in the last... | |
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