 I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle...  American Annual Register - Page 321edited by - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Erastus Otis Haven - United States - 1882 - 582 pages
...destroy it. I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unautliorized by its ipirit, inconsistent with, every principle on which it was founded, and destructive... | |
 | George Fitch - Political parties - 1883 - 276 pages
...given. Of the right to nullify, he says: "I consider the power to annul a law of the United States incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...which it was founded, and destructive of the great objects for which it was formed." * * * " To say that any State may at its pleasure secede from the... | |
 | Saint Clair County (Mich.) - 1883 - 818 pages
...political parties under one leader. " The power to annul a law of the United States" he says, " is incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it is founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed. To say that any State may... | |
 | Saint Clair County (Mich.) - 1883 - 818 pages
...law of the United States" he says, " is incompatible with the existence of the Union, contra dieted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized...spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it is founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed. To say that any State may... | |
 | Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, Thomas W. Handford - 1884 - 564 pages
...following : " I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...destructive of the great object for which it was formed." In South Carolina the proclamation was characterized as "the edict of a dictator." The Governor urged... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 696 pages
...•unambiguous terms : "I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with, the existence of the Union, contradicted...by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by itt spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it wag founded, and destructive of the great... | |
 | Charles Van Doren, Charles Lincoln Van Doren, Robert McHenry - History - 1971 - 1530 pages
...Proclamation, 1832 / consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...destructive of the great object for which it was formed. 687,502 to 530,189. Van Buren is elected Vice-President with 189 electoral votes. Nov. 24. Despite... | |
 | Jonathan M. Atkins - Political culture - 1997 - 398 pages
...demagogues"; in December, he publicized his official response in a proclamation declaring the doctrine to be "incompatible with the existence of the Union,...and destructive of the great object for which it was formed."3 After arguing against the legitimacy of both nullification and secession, Jackson warned... | |
 | Stephen Skowronek - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 592 pages
...Carolina radicals, he pronounced "the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...destructive of the great object for which it was formed."^ He followed up a few weeks later with a proposal to Congress, which became known as the Force Bill,... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1999 - 588 pages
...power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OP THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF...PRINCIPLE ON 'WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OP THE GREAT OBJECT FOR •WHICH IT WAS FORMED. examine the particular application of it which is made... | |
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