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" If any one proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this, — that the government of the union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action. "
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States - Page 44
by United States. Supreme Court - 1874
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Niles' National Register, Volume 16

1819 - 660 pages
...proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this — that the government of the -union, though limited in its...its nature. It is the government of all; its powers The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws,...
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Construction Construed, and Constitutions Vindicated

John Taylor - 1820 - 378 pages
...supreme " in its sphere of action. This would seem necessarily to result " from its sphere of action. It is the government of all; its " powers are delegated by all, it represents all, and it acts for " all." " The powers of sovereignty are divided between the " government of the union and...
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Report of the Joint Committee of Both Houses of the General Assembly of Ohio ...

Ohio. General Assembly. Joint Committee on the Communication of the Auditor of State - 1821 - 76 pages
...propositions stand in a perfectly natural and logical connection, though not thus arranged in the opinion : " The government of the Union, though limited, in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action." "It is of the very essence of supremacy to remove all obstacles to its action within its own sphere,...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 1; Volume 9; Volume 56

United States. Congress - 1838 - 684 pages
...one proposition could command Ihe universal assent of mankind, we mighl expect it would be this: that the Government of the Union, though limited in its...supreme within its sphere of action . This would seem lo result necessarily from ils nalure. It is the Government of all; its powers are delegated by all;...
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The Congressional Globe

United States. Congress - 1833 - 686 pages
...of mankind, we might expect it would be this: that the Government of the Union, though limited ¡n its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action....all, and acts for all. Though any one State may be »¡Hing to control its operations, no State is willing to allow fillers to control them. The nation,...
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Register of Debates in Congress: 22nd Congress, 2nd session, pt. 1. Dec. 3 ...

United States. Congress - 1833 - 684 pages
...we might expect it would be this: that the Government of the Union, though limited in its powers, u supreme within its sphere of action . This would seem...Government of all; its powers are delegated by all; it repreients all, and acts for all. Though any one State may be willing to control its operations, no...
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of ..., Volume 4

Jonathan Elliot - 1836 - 680 pages
...them, and are to be exercised directly on them, anil lor their benefit. Ibid. 74. The government ol' the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action ; und its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme laws of the laud. Unil....
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An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Embracing an Abstract of ...

George Washington Frost Mellen - 1841 - 452 pages
...proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this, — that the government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action." " But this question is not left to mere reasoning. The people have, in expressed terms, decided it...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 160

1845 - 436 pages
...necessarily, from the nature of the General Government, that it should be supreme within its sphere of action. It is the government of all ; its powers are delegated by all ; it represents all ; and it acts for all, and upon all. Though any one state may be willing to control its operations, no other...
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Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American ...

Benson John Lossing - 1848 - 414 pages
...acquiesced under for a period of years, fixes its construction.—Stuart vs. Laird, 1 Cranch, 099. The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made in pursuance of the constitution, form the supreme law of the land.—McCulloch...
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