 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 pages
...that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of the Confederation, in 1778; and, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing...states be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect thau before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. "It follows from these views... | |
 | 1866 - 278 pages
...engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1778; and, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing...the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less than before. the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views... | |
 | Slavery - 1866 - 288 pages
...engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1778 ; and, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing...the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1866 - 222 pages
...by the Articles of the Confederation in 1778 ; and finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for establishing the Constitution was to form a more perfect...the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less than i before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these... | |
 | United States - 1868 - 422 pages
...engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1778 ; and, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing...the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element oi perpetuity. It follows from these views... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1888 - 990 pages
...engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing...Constitution was, "to form a more perfect Union." But if destruction of the Union by one, or by a part only, of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is... | |
 | Erastus Buck Treat - United States - 1872 - 386 pages
...engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1778; and, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing...the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views... | |
 | Erastus Buck Treat - 1872 - 404 pages
...engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1778 ; and, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing...the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1778; and, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing...the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows from these views... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 780 pages
...object* for ordaining ami establishing the Constitution was ' to form a mart perfect union.' " But if destruction of the Union by one, or by a part only, of the States, be lawfnllr possible, the Union is less perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital clement... | |
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It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence, in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1778. And... 
