 In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence....  North and South - Page 77by Hiram Fuller - 1863 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 452 pages
...which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety,...inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise ex. pected : and thusthc constitution, which we now present, is- the result of a spirit of amity, and... | |
 | William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 452 pages
...which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety,...inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise ex. pected : and thusthc constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and... | |
 | William Graydon - Law - 1803 - 730 pages
...situation, extent, habits, and particular interests. riously and deeply impressed on ouv minds, R-ii each state in the Convention to be less rigid on points...magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected ; aod thus the Constitution, which we now present," is th* result of a spirit of amity, and of that... | |
 | Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...perhap,s our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed upon our minds, led each State in the Convention to be less rigid oh points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected ; and thus the Constitution,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety,...consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led cfach State in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been... | |
 | United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pages
...which appeared to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety,...led each state in the convention to be less rigid in points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected. And thus the constitution... | |
 | United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1821 - 328 pages
...which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety,...which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation... | |
 | Maine - 1822 - 802 pages
...us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is ivolved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national...which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1823 - 462 pages
...existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed in our minds, led each slate in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior...which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety;...magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected." This, sir, is General Washington's consolidation. This is the true constitutional consolidation. I... | |
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