Who are the parties to it? The people — but not the people as composing one great body; but the people as composing thirteen sovereignties. Were it, as the gentleman asserts, a consolidated government, the assent of a majority of the people would be... Exploring American History - Página 173por D. H. Montgomery - 2007 - 360 páginasVista previa limitada - Acerca de este libro
| 1872 - 786 páginas
...great body, but the people as composing thirteen sovereignties. Were it, as the gentleman asserts, a consolidated government, the assent of a majority of the people would be sufficient to its establishment, and as a majority have adopted it already, then the remaining States would be... | |
| Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - 692 páginas
...great body ; but the people as composing thirteen sovereignties. Were it, as the gentleman asserts, a consolidated government, the assent of a majority of the people would he sufficient for its establishment ; and, as a majority have adopted it already, the remaining states... | |
| 1877 - 510 páginas
...great body, but the people as composing thirteen HovereignUts. Were it, as the gentleman^ asserts, a consolidated government, the assent of a majority...States would be bound by the act of the majority." * * * "It would be now binding on the people of this State without having had the privilege of debating... | |
| 1877 - 510 páginas
...one great body, but the people as composing Unrleen Kovereignties. Were it, aa the gentleman asserts, a consolidated government, the assent of a majority...people would be sufficient for its establishment, and us a majority have adopted it already, the remaining States would be bound by the act of the majority."... | |
| Jefferson Davis - 1881 - 782 páginas
...but the people as composing thirteen sovereignties : were it, as the gentleman [Mr. Henry] asserts, a consolidated government, the assent of a majority...be bound by the act of the majority, even if they unanimously reprobated it : were it such a government as is suggested, it would be now binding on the... | |
| jefferson davis - 1881 - 778 páginas
...but the people as composing thirteen sovereignties: were it, as the gentleman [Mr. Henry] asserts, a consolidated government, the assent of a majority...be bound by the act of the majority, even if they unanimously reprobated it : were it such a government as is suggested, it would be now binding on the... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 páginas
...great body, but the people as composing thirteen sovereignties. Were it, as the gentleman asserts, a consolidated government, the assent of a majority...be bound by the act of the majority, even if they unanimously reprobated it Were it such a government as is suggested, it would be now binding on the... | |
| George Ticknor Curtis - 1889 - 800 páginas
...composing one great society, but the people as composing thirteen sovereignties. If it were a purely consolidated government, the assent of a majority of the people would be sufficient to establish it. But it was to be binding on the people of a state only by their own separate consent;... | |
| Hugh Blair Grigsby - 1890 - 410 páginas
...thirteen sovereignties. Were it, as the gentleman asserts, a consolidated government, the assent of the majority of the people would be sufficient for its establishment ; and as a majority has adopted it already, the remaining States would be bound by the act of the majority, even if they... | |
| |