 | 1896 - 284 pages
...government of the Union, although limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action. * » * it is the government of all; its powers are delegated by all; it represents all. and acts for all. * * * The nation on those subjects on which it can act must necessarily bind its component parts. *... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1896 - 812 pages
...universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this : that the government of the Union, theugh limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action. This would secm to result necessarily from its nature. It is the government of all ; its powers are delegated... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency - 1897 - 626 pages
...that justly celebrated decision, and which apply as well to an international as to a national bank. action. This would seem to result necessarily from...delegated by all; it represents all, and acts for all. POWERS CONFERRED BY THE CONSTITUTION. The nature of the Constitution requires that only its great outlines... | |
 | Bar Association of the State of Kansas - 1898 - 702 pages
...emanates from them; its powers are granted by them and are to be exercised on them, and for their benefit. 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." No words... | |
 | Brazil. Congresso Nacional. Câmara dos Deputados - 1898 - 498 pages
...Governo da Uniao, aínda que limitado era seus poderes, é supremo dentro da sua esphera de acçao — though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action», coucluindo por esta forma sna admiravel exposivfio: «Admittimos, como devenios admittir, que os poderes... | |
 | Lawrence Boyd Evans - 1898 - 702 pages
...powers, legislative, executive, and judicial. "The government of the Union," said Chief Justice Marshall, "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." "Among... | |
 | Charles Alexander Gardiner - 1899 - 66 pages
...universal assent of mankind," that the government of the Union "is supreme within its sphere of action. * * It is the government of all ; its powers are delegated by all ; it represents all ; and acts for all." (4 Wheat. 405.) Chief Justice Chase reiterated this sentiment : " The people of the United States constitute... | |
 | Emlin McClain - 1900 - 1126 pages
...question, the court has no doubt. As was said by Chief Justice Marshall, in the great case of McCulloch v. Maryland, "The government of the Union, though...its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action." "No trace is to be found in the Constitution of an intention to create a dependence of the government... | |
 | Edwin Eustace Bryant - 1901 - 480 pages
...imposing a tax on a branch of the United States Bank, held invalid. M'Culloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat., 316. "The government of the Union, though limited in its...delegated by all ; it represents all, and acts for all. The nation, on those subjects on which it can act, must necessarily bind its component parts. But this... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901 - 724 pages
...command universal assent: "That the government of the Union though limited in its powers, is unlimited within its sphere of action. This would seem to result...is the government of all; its powers are delegated to all; it represents all and acts for all. Though any one State may be willing to control its operations,... | |
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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. 
