 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1861 - 580 pages
...of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then...ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to farm a more perfect union." But if destruction of the Union by one, or by a part only, of the States,... | |
 | 1861 - 456 pages
...of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then...for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "io form a more perfect union." ^f But if destruction of the Union, by one, or by a part only, of the... | |
 | Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 pages
...of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then...for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "<o form a mart perfect union."' Tf But if destruction of the Union, by one, or by a part only, of... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 586 pages
...Association in 1774. It was matured and continned in the Declaration 'of Independence in 1 7715. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then...Confederation in 1778 ; and, finally, in 1787 one of the de Glared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was, ' to form a more perfect Union.'... | |
 | 1862 - 200 pages
...of association, in 1774; it was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776; it was further matured, and the faith of all the then...Articles of Confederation in 1778, and, finally, in 1789. " One of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was to form a more... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1864 - 462 pages
...of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then...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... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 492 pages
...of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then...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 po'ssible, the Union... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 514 pages
...matured, and the faith of all Ae then Thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should bo perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778....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... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued in the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then...engaged 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... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 518 pages
...objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was " to form a more perfect union." But if destruction of the Union, by one, or by a part only,...the States, be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. It follows, from... | |
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The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. 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... 
