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" I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the State governments extends over the several States. "
pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as ... - Page 188
by George Washington - 1855
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - 1814 - 274 pages
...coercive po\ver. I do not conceive we can subsist long as a nation, without lodging somewhere a pawer which will pervade the whole union in as energetic...of the state governments extends over the several slates. To be fearful of investing Congress, constituted as that body is, with ample authorities for...
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A Complete History of the United States of America: Embracing the Whole ...

Frederick Butler - 1821 - 472 pages
...intervention of coercive power. I do not conceive that we can exist long as a nation, without lodging somewhere a power, which will pervade the whole union...state governments extends over the several states, &c. " What astonishing changes a few years are capable of producing! I am told that even respectable...
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A Complete History of the United States of America: Embracing the Whole ...

Frederick Butler - 1821 - 474 pages
...intervention of coercive power. I do not conceive that we can exist long as a nation, without lodging somewhere a power, which will pervade the whole union...state governments extends over the several states, &c. " What astonishing changes a few years are capable of producing ! I am told that even respectable...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading ..., Volume 9; Volume 56

United States. Congress - 1838 - 684 pages
...it to Congress." Again he says, " I do not see that we can long exist as a nation, without lodging somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union,...State Governments extends over the several States." We see that he believed this controlling power to be essential to the preservation of our independence....
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading ..., Volume 1; Volume 8

United States. Congress - 1833 - 746 pages
...to Congress." — Id. do. Again: "I do not see that we can long exist as a nation, without lodging somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union,...State Governments extends over the several States." Id. 95. " Suppose, as has been contended, that the federal power of taxation were to be confined to...
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Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, Volume 16

1836 - 440 pages
...1 do not conceive," he said in the year 1786, "that we can exist long as. a nation, without lodging somewhere a power which will pervade the whole union...authority of the state governments extends over the •2 Marsh. Life of Washington, 75. f Address of Congress to the States. 1835.] niNNKY'S EULOGY ON...
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A Political and Civil History of the United States of America ..., Volume 2

Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 552 pages
...intervention of coercive power. " I do not conceive, we can exist long as a nation, without lodging somewhere, a power, which will pervade the whole union,...manner, as the authority of the state governments extend over the several states. To be fearful of investing congress, constituted as that body is, with...
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A Political and Civil History of the United States of America ..., Volume 2

Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 562 pages
...pervade the whole union, in as energetic a manner, as the authority of the state governments extend over the several states. To be fearful of investing...congress, constituted as that body is, with ample authority for national purposes, appears to me, the climax of popular absurdity and madness. Could...
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Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, Volume 16

1835 - 472 pages
...1 do not conceive," he said in the year 1786, "that we can exist long as I nation, without lodging somewhere a power which will pervade the whole union in as energetic a manner, >> the authority of the state governments extends over the •2 Msrsh. Life of Washington, 75. f Address...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - 1832 - 278 pages
...intervention of coercive power. I do not conceive we can subsist long as a nation, without lodging somewhere a power which will pervade the whole union...of the state governments extends over the several states.—To be fearful of investing congress, constituted as that body is, with ample authorities...
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