 | United States. Congress - United States - 1833 - 686 pages
...liberty to themselves and their posterity.' The assent of the States, in their sovereign capacity, is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting...people. But the people were at perfect liberty to acceptor reject it; and their act was final. It required not the affirmance, and could not be negatived... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1833 - 684 pages
...liberty to themselves and their posterity.' The assent of the States, in their sovereign capacity, is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting...people. But the people were at perfect liberty to acceptor reject it; and their act was final. It required not the affirmance, and could not be negatived... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1833 - 264 pages
...Conventions and submitting the Constitution to the consideration of the People ; but the People of each State were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it, and their act was final : — the Constitution required not the affirmance of the State Governments, and could not be negatived... | |
 | John Hohnes - 1833 - 682 pages
...of the States, in their sovereign capacity, is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting1 that instrument to the people. But the people were at perfect liberty to acceptor reject it; and their act was final. It required not the affirmance, and could not be negatived... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - Constitutional history - 1837 - 230 pages
...the constitution derives its whole authority. The assent of the states, in their sovereign capacity, is implied in calling a convention; and thus submitting...constitution, when thus adopted, was of complete obligation; bound the state sovereignties; and the government proceeded directly from the people." 4 Wh. 40.3,... | |
 | Henry Baldwin - Constitutional law - 1837 - 236 pages
...the constitution derives its whole authority. The assent of the states, in their sovereign capacity, is implied in calling a convention; and thus submitting...constitution, when thus adopted, was of complete obligation; bound the state sovereignties; and the government proceeded directly from the people." 4 Wh. 403, 4.... | |
 | John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1839 - 762 pages
...liberty to themselves and to their posterity." The assent of the states in their sovereign capacity is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting...adopted, was of complete obligation, and bound the state sovereignties. * It has been said that the people had already surrendered all their powers to the state... | |
 | George Washington Frost Mellen - Constitutional history - 1841 - 452 pages
...liberty to themselves and their posterity.'' " The assent of the States in their- sovereign capacity is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting...when thus adopted, was of complete obligation, and '-iiiin.il the State sovereignties.'' " To the formation of a league, such as was the confederation,... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1854 - 588 pages
...of McCulloch vs. Maryland, when he says that " the assent of the States, in their sovereign capacity is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting...instrument to the people" — " but the people were at liberty to accept or reject it ; and their act was final. It required not the affirmance and could... | |
 | Lysander Spooner - Slavery - 1845 - 168 pages
...(that is, the hands of the convention,) was a mere proposal, without obligation or pretension to it." " The people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it ; and their act was final." — SfCuttock vs. Maryland, — 1 Whealon 403-4. tate of both law and common sense.* The instrument... | |
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The assent of the States in their sovereign capacity is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting that instrument to the people. But the people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it, and their act was final. It required not the affirmance,... 
