 State, having its own government, and endowed with all the functions essential to separate and independent existence," and that "without the States in union, there could be no such political body as the United States." Not only, therefore, can there be...  Civil Rights: Hearings...on S. 1725 and S. 1734 - Page 316by United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1951 - 136 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oregon - Law - 1892 - 1154 pages
...v. Wolney, IS IIo\v. 347. The union of the states is indissoluble by the act of any portion of them. The constitution, in all its provisions, looks to...indestructible union, composed of indestructible states: Texas v. While, 7 Wall. 724. For all the purposes of the national government, the people of the United... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - United States - 1893 - 756 pages
...distinct and individual existence, or of the right of self-government by the States. ... It may.be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the...indestructible Union composed of indestructible States. When, therefore, Texas became one of the United States she entered into an indissoluble relation. .... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - United States - 1893 - 754 pages
...of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union and the maintenance of the national governmeut. The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to...indestructible Union composed of indestructible States. When, therefore, Texas became one of the United .States she entered into an indissoluble relation.... | |
 | 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 - 1894 - 528 pages
...autonomy to the States, through their union under the constitution, but it may not unreasonably be said that the preservation of the States and the maintenance...indestructible union composed of indestructible States." With still greater emphasis, the Chief Justice in Lane County \. Oregon, said : "The people of the... | |
 | James Bradley Thayer - Constitutional law - 1894 - 470 pages
...doubt upon the question of authority. The other allegation presents a question of jurisdiction. . . . The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to...indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States. When, therefore, Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation.... | |
 | Roger Foster - Constitutional history - 1895 - 730 pages
...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." 4 Every clause in the Constitution in which it differed from the Articles of Confederation was designed... | |
 | Roger Foster - Constitutional history - 1895 - 730 pages
...separate and independent autonomy to the States, through their union under the Constitution, but it may he not unreasonably said that the preservation of the...indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States."* Every clause in the Constitution in which it differed from the Articles of Confederation was designed... | |
 | Chauncey F. Black, Samuel B. Smith - Constitutional history - 1895 - 808 pages
...provisions are found within it contemplating such a result. As aptly stated by Chief Justice Chase, "the Constitution in all its provisions looks to an...indestructible Union composed of indestructible States." Its government was clothed with the means to give effect to all its measures, which none have been... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - History - 1900 - 868 pages
...White, which determined the status of the Southern states during the war. "The Constitution," he said, " in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union composed of indestructible states." Hence the acts of the seceding legislature were null, but although the obligations of Texas were not... | |
 | Ohio State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1896 - 268 pages
...purposes." And the same Chief Justice, after quoting the above in Texas v. White, 7 Wall., 701, 724, said: "Not only, therefore, can there be no loss of separate...indestructible union, composed of indestructible states." * * * And then speaking of the Union as indissoluble, he adds : "Except through revolution, or through... | |
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