 | jefferson davis - 1881 - 778 pages
...and proposed governments is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent, derivative authority of the Legislatures of the States,...is derived from the superior power of the people." * It must be remembered that this was spoken by one of the leading members of the Convention which... | |
 | Constitutional history - 1881 - 688 pages
...and proposed governments is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent derivative authority of the legislatures of the states ; whereas this is derived from the superior power-of the people. If we look at the manner in which alterations are to be made in it, the same idea... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - Confederate States of America - 1881 - 782 pages
...Legislatures of the * Elliott's " Debates " (Washington edition, 1836), vol. iii, p. 54. f Ibid., p. 72. States, whereas this is derived from the superior power of the people." * It must be remembered that this was spoken by one of the leading members of the Convention which... | |
 | Hugh Blair Grigsby - Virginia - 1890 - 406 pages
...and proposed governments is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent derivative authority of the legislatures of the States...degree attended to. By the new system a majority of the Slates cannot introduce amendments; nor are all the States required for that purpose. Three-fourths... | |
 | Alexander Johnston, James Albert Woodburn - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1896 - 442 pages
...and proposed governments is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent, derivative authority of the legislatures of the States...; nor are all the States required for that purpose ; three fourths of them must concur in alterations ; in this there is a departure from the federal... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1900 - 778 pages
...existing and proposed government is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent derivative authority of the legislatures of the states;...nor are all the states' required for that purpose. * * In this there is a departure from the federal idea. The members of the National House of Representatives... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1902 - 462 pages
...and proposed governments is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent, derivative authority of the Legislatures of the States...superior power of the people. If we look at the manner i in which alterations are to be made in it, the same idea is in some degree attended to. By the new... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1903 - 458 pages
...and proposed governments is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent, derivative authority of the Legislatures of the States...States cannot introduce amendments; nor are all the »f States required for that purpose; three-fourths of them must concur in alterations; in this there... | |
 | Alexander Johnston, James Albert Woodburn - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1904 - 440 pages
...and proposed governments is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent, derivative authority of the legislatures of the States...nor are all the States required for that purpose; three fourths of them must concur in alterations ; in this there is a departure from the federal idea.... | |
 | Samuel Bannister Harding - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1909 - 570 pages
...and proposed governments is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent, derivative authority of the legislatures of the States...attended to. By the new system, a majority of the States can not introduce amendments; nor are all the States required for that purpose; three- fourths of them... | |
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The existing system has been derived from the dependant, derivative authority of the legislatures of the states ; whereas this is derived from the superior power of the people. If we look at the manner in which alterations are to be made in it, the same... 
