 | Walter Raleigh Houghton - Political parties - 1882 - 592 pages
...letter of the constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed." In South Carolina the proclamation was characterized as " the edict of a dictator." The Governor urged... | |
 | William Graham Sumner - History - 1882 - 458 pages
...letter of the .Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed." This proclamation voiced the opinion and feeling of the whole country, except the nullifiers in South... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - United States - 1882 - 582 pages
...letter of the Constitution, unautliorized by its ipirit, inconsistent with, every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed. After this general view of the leading principle, we must examine the particular application of it... | |
 | William Graham Sumner - 1882 - 422 pages
...letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed." This proclamation voiced the opinion and feeling of the whole country, except the nullifiers in South... | |
 | Saint Clair County (Mich.) - 1883 - 818 pages
...letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it is founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed. To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States are not... | |
 | Saint Clair County (Mich.) - 1883 - 818 pages
...letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it is founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed. To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States are not... | |
 | Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, Thomas W. Handford - 1884 - 564 pages
...letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed." In South Carolina the proclamation was characterized as "the edict of a dictator." The Governor urged... | |
 | John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded and destructive of the great object for which it was formed. * * * To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - America - 1887 - 834 pages
...letter of the constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed." Gov. Ilayne, of South Carolina, issued a counter-proclamation, and a few days afterward Calhoun resigned... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1887 - 900 pages
...letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed. After this general view of the leading principle, we must examine the particular application of it... | |
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I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle... 
