 There is certainly no power given by the Constitution to the Federal Government to establish or maintain colonies bordering on the United States or at a distance, to be ruled and governed at its own pleasure; nor to enlarge its territorial limits in any...  The Life of Stephen A. Douglas - Page 485by James Washington Sheahan - 1860 - 528 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Campaign literature - 1900 - 584 pages
...principle has been laid down by the Supreme Court of the United States, in the famous Dred Scott decision: "There is certainly no power given by the Constitution...in any way except by the admission of new States. That power is plainly given ; and if a new State is admitted, it needs no further legislation by Congress,... | |
 | James Wells Stillman - United States - 1900 - 30 pages
...this subject in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, 19 Howard, 393, 446, 447, in which it said : — "There is certainly no power given by the Constitution...in any way, except by the admission of new States. That power is plainly given ; and if a new State is admitted, it needs no further legislation by Congress,... | |
 | James Wells Stillman - United States - 1900 - 37 pages
...this subject in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, 19 Howard, 393, 446, 447, in which it said : — " There is certainly no power given by the Constitution...in any way, except by the admission of new States. That power is plainly given ; and if a new State is admitted, it needs no further legislation by Congress,... | |
 | William Jennings Bryan - Campaign literature - 1900 - 636 pages
...from the court's opinion. [Supreme Court. Opinions of the court. Dred Scott vs. Sandford.] There la certainly no power given by the Constitution to the...in any way except by the admission of new States. That power la plainly given; and if a new State Is admitted it needs no further legislation by Congress,... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1900 - 568 pages
...famous Dred Scott decision : "There is certainly no power given by the Constitution to the FederaI Government to establish or maintain colonies bordering...in any way except by the admission of new States. That power is plainly given ; and if a new State is admitted, it needs no further legislation by Congress,... | |
 | Law - 1900 - 862 pages
...in the territories as in the States. (Taney, Ch. J., in the Dred Scott case, pp. 449-450.) Hence '' there is certainly no power given by the Constitution...or at a distance, to be ruled and governed at its (congress) own pleasure." (Id., p. 446.) The nationalist contention always was that the nation, not... | |
 | William Jennings Bryan - Campaign literature - 1900 - 666 pages
...place* over which the Government extends.—(Loughborough vs. Blake, per Marshall, CJ, 5 Wheat., 323.) There is certainly no power given by the Constitution...States or at a distance, to be ruled and governed at Ita own pleasure. * * * It (the new acquisition) is required to become a State and not to be held as... | |
 | United States - 1901 - 1234 pages
...trust requiring ultimate admission as a State. The language used by Chief ffustice Taney is as follows: "There is certainly no power given by the Constitution...in any way, except by the admission of new States. -That power is plainly given, and if a new State is admitted it needs no further legislation by Congress,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 648 pages
...following expressions, upon which great reliance is placed by the plaintiff in this case (p. 446) : " There is certainly no power given by the Constitution...distance, to be ruled and governed at its own pleasure ; . . . and if a new State is admitted, it needs no further legislation by Congress, because the Constitution... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Colonies - 1901 - 196 pages
...following expressions, upon which great reliance is placed by the plaintiff in this case (p. 446): "There is certainly no power given by the Constitution...distance, to be ruled and governed at its own pleasure ; and if a new State is admitted, it needs no further legislation by Congress, because the Constitution... | |
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