 Louisiana, but shall admit an independent community, invested with sovereignty, into .the confederation ; and can the treaty-making power do this ? Can it receive foreign nations, however vast, to the Union ? Does not the question carry its own answer...  The Works of William E. Channing, D.D. - Página 235por William Ellery Channing - 1841Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Ellery Channing - 1843 - 686 páginas
...willing, for the sake of universally acknowledged public interests, that additions of territory ehould be made to our country. But can it be admitted, that...in case of the annexation of Texas, to say to the Slave- holding States, " We regard this act as the dissolution of the Union. The essential conditions... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1848 - 512 páginas
...annexation of Texas, to say to * Works, Vol. II., pp. 204-209. t Ibid., pp. 183-260. t Ibid., p. 238. the Slaveholding States, ' We regard this act as the...conditions of the national compact are violated.' " * Dr. Channing valued the Union, indeed, as an " inestimable good, to be prized not merely or chiefly... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1849 - 424 páginas
...existing circumstances, might present a very different question."* • North American Review, July, 1336 It is true, that, as a general rule, the right to...Texas, to say to the Slave-holding States, " We regard tbjs act as the dissolution of the Union. The essential conditions of the national compact are violated.... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 676 páginas
...surprise. With him a dissolution of the Union had become a fixed idea. On pages 237 and 238, he says — " To me it seems not only the right, but the duty of...regard this act as the dissolution of the Union.' * * * A pacific division in the first instance seems to me to threaten less contention than a lingering,... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 638 páginas
...surprise. With him a dissolution of the 'Union had become a fixed idea. On pages 237 and 238, he says — " To me it seems not only the right, but the duty of...regard this act as the dissolution of the Union.' * * * A pacific division in the first instance seems to me to threaten less contention than a lingering,... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 712 páginas
...surprise. With him a dissolution of the Union had become a fixed idea. On pages 237 and 238, he says — " To me it seems not only the right, but the duty of...regard this act as the dissolution of the Union.' * * * A pacific division in the first instance seems to me to threaten less contention than a lingering,... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 666 páginas
...surprise. With him a dissolution of the Union had become a fixed idea. On pages 237 and 238, he says — "To me it seems not only the right, but the duty of...regard this act as the dissolution of the Union.' * * * A pacific division in the first instance seems to me to threaten less contention than a lingering,... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 650 páginas
...surprise. With him a dissolution of the Union had become a fixed idea. On pages 237 and 238, he says — " To me it seems not only the right, but the duty of...annexation of Texas, to say to the Slaveholding States, 6 We regard this act as the dissolution of the Union/ * * * A pacific division in the first instance... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1854 - 844 páginas
...existing circumstances, might present a very different question." * * North American Review, July, I83':. It is true, that, as a general rule, the right to...essential conditions of the national compact are violated. Tp you we will faithfully adhere, but will not join ourselves to this new and iniquitous acquisition.... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1862 - 854 páginas
...under existing circumstances, might present a very different question." * • North American Review " It is true, that, as a general rule, the right to...the national compact are violated. To you we will "aithfully adhere, but will not join ourselves to this new and iniq-iitous acquisition. We will not... | |
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