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" The fabric of American Empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of National power ought to flow immediately from that pure original fountain of all legitimate authority. "
State Papers on Nullification: Including the Public Acts of the Convention ... - Page 179
by Massachusetts. General Court. Committee on the Library - 1834 - 381 pages
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Charles Sumner: His Complete Works, Volume 16

Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1900 - 384 pages
...taxes " ; and still further, in words which harmonized with the Declaration of Independence, that " the fabric of the American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people." a In kindred spirit, Schuyler announced "the necessity of a supreme and coercive power in the government...
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A Library of Universal Literature: In 4 Parts, Comprising Science ..., Volume 7

Speeches, addresses, etc - 1900 - 448 pages
...foundations of our national government deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people.'' Such is the language, sir, addressed to the people, while they yet had the Constitution under consideration....
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Orations: American orators

Speeches, addresses, etc - 1900 - 448 pages
...foundations of our national government deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people.'' Such is the language, sir, addressed to the people, while they yet had the Constitution under consideration....
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Liberty Documents: With Contemporary Exposition and Critical Comments Drawn ...

Albert Bushnell Hart - Political Science - 1901 - 496 pages
...of our national government deeper, than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of...pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority." JOSEPH STORY, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. 103. JA JAMESON (1866) The Constitution...
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The Federalist: A Collection of Essays

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1901 - 520 pages
...foundations of our national government deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of...pure original fountain of all legitimate authority. PUBLIUS. No. XXIII AN ENERGETIC GOVERNMENT NECESSARY TO THE SAFETY OF THE UNION THE necessity of a...
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The Federalist: A Collection of Essays by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and ...

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1901 - 536 pages
...foundations of our national government deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of...pure original fountain of all legitimate authority. PUBLIUS. No. XXIII AN ENERGETIC GOVERNMENT NECESSARY TO THE SAFETY OF THE UNION THE necessity of a...
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The Yale Review, Volume 9

George Park Fisher, George Burton Adams, Henry Walcott Farnam, Arthur Twining Hadley, John Christopher Schwab, William Fremont Blackman, Edward Gaylord Bourne, Irving Fisher, Henry Crosby Emery, Wilbur Lucius Cross - American literature - 1901 - 504 pages
...been contended that the same authority might repeal the law by which it was ratified. The fabric of American Empire ought to rest on the solid basis of...pure original fountain of all legitimate authority." Nevertheless that constitution has stood the test of time, the strain of national adversity, and the...
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Autobiography: With Reports and Documents

Elizur Brace Hinsdale - Lawyers - 1901 - 350 pages
...The purity of the ballot-box is the chief cornerstone of our system of government. Hamilton said : " The fabric of the American empire ought to rest on...basis of the consent of the people. The streams of power ought to flow immediately from that pure original fountain of all legitimate authority." It is...
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Autobiography: With Reports and Documents

Elizur Brace Hinsdale - Lawyers - 1901 - 346 pages
...The purity of the ballot-box is the chief cornerstone of our system of government. Hamilton said : " The fabric of the American empire ought to rest on...basis of the consent of the people. The streams of power ought to flow immediately from that pure original fountain of all legitimate authority." It is...
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The State, Specially the American State, Psychologically Treated

Denton Jaques Snider - Political science - 1902 - 590 pages
...People. Another great expounder of the Constitution was Alexander Hamilton, who says: " The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis Of...PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority." (Federalist, No. 22.) Hamilton further...
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