...constitution, but it may he not unreasonably said, that the preservation of the States, and the maintainance of their governments, are as much within the design...indestructible Union composed of indestructible States." And the present Chief-Justice Waite, speaking for the court in ItfT.1), in Cruikshank's case, in 02...

...Constitution as the preservation of the Union and the maintenance of the national Government point. The Constitution, in all its provisions looks to an...indestructible Union composed of indestructible States. Mr. ARCHIBALD. — That judgment was given just after the war. Mr. GROOM. — And the war proved the...

...made an utterance as felicitous and striking as was that by Lincoln describing democracy. It said: "The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an...indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States." When the War of Secession had been closed, there were adopted by the States certain amendments of the...

...community . . . established by the consent of the governed." Elsewhere in the same case, he observes : " The preservation of the States and the maintenance...indestructible Union composed of indestructible States." In this statement, the sovereignty in the United States, wherever located and whether divided or a...

...case of Texas vs. White, formulated this famous description of the Constitution of the United States: The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to...indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States. QUESTIONS. 1. What two views have been held in regard to the location of sovereignty? 2. What do you...

...and that "without the States in union, there could be no such political body as the United States."* Not only, therefore, can there be no loss of separate...indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States. Opinion of the court. When, therefore, Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble...

...therefore, can there be no loss of separate and independent autonomy to 450 JUDICIAL DECISIONS, ETC. 451 the States, through their union under the Constitution,...indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States. When, therefore, Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation....

...distinct and individual existence, or of the right of self-government, by the states. On the contrary, it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation...indestructible Union, composed of indestructible states. 6. When Texas became one of the United States she entered into an indissoluble relation. The union...

...Oregon. 450 Page 69] JUDICIAL DECISIONS, ETC. the States, through their union under the Con- ; stitution, but it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation...indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States. When, therefore, Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation....

...distinct and individual existence, or of the right of selfgovernment by the States. On the contrary, it may be not unreasonably said, that the preservation...an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible Stales. 6. When Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation. The...