 My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask, Who authorized them to speak the language of ' We, the people,' instead of ' We, the States ' ? States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation....  Speech and Scrap Book for Speakers - Page 2281924 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1861 - 684 pages
...leave to demand, What right had they to say, We, the people ? My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me...language of, We, the people, instead of, We, the states ? I States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation. If the states be not the agents... | |
 | John Lothrop Motley - 1861 - 38 pages
...[says Henry], is demonstrably clear. The language is ' We, the people,' instead of 'We, the States.' It must be one great, consolidated, national Government of the people of all the States." And the Supreme Court of the United States, after the Government had been established, held this language... | |
 | John Lothrop Motley - 1861 - 36 pages
...(said Henry) is demonstrably clear. The language is, 4 we the people,' instead of c we the states.' It must be one great consolidated national government of the people of all the states." And the Supreme Court of the United States, after the government had been established, held this language... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1862 - 892 pages
...' Wt, the Statet t" States are the characteristic and the soul of a Confederation. If the States bo not the agents of this compact, it must be one great...National Government of the people of all the States." Mason, who was also in the opposition, said, "Whether the Constitution be good or bad, the present... | |
 | Charles Edward Rawlins - 1862 - 252 pages
...shows Mr. Henry's idea to be perfectly correct. Mr. Henry thus put it, "My political curiosity * * * leads me to ask who authorized them to speak the language...of ' We, the People,' instead of ' We, the States ' * * * jj? the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great consolidated 1 The American... | |
 | Charles Chauncey Burr - 1862 - 108 pages
...continued,) are the characteristics and soul of a confederacy. If the States be not the agent of the compact, it must be one great, consolidated, national government of the people of all the States." Mr. Madison replied — " Who are the parties to the government ? The people ; but not the people as... | |
 | 1863 - 728 pages
...to' demand, what right had they to say, ' We, the people ?' My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me...language of We, the people, instead of We, the States f States are the characteristics, and the soul of a confederation. If the States be not the agents... | |
 | Charles Chauncey Burr - 1863 - 120 pages
...continued,) are the characteristics and soul of a confederacy. If the States be not the agent of the compact, it must be one great, consolidated, national government of the people of all the States." Mr. Madison replied — " Who are the parties to the government ? The people ; but not the people as... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1863 - 700 pages
...the characteristics and the soul of a confederation. If States were not to be the agents of this new compact, it must be one great, consolidated, national government of the people of all the States. This perilous innovation, altogether beyond the powers of the Convention which had proposed it, had... | |
 | J. H. Estcourt - 1863 - 36 pages
...laws'made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land." The great Patrick Henry said — " It must be one great consolidated national government of the people of all the United States." The Supreme Court of the United States, in " Gibbons v. Ogden," held this language... | |
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