 | Alexander Hamilton Stephens - 1868 - 720 páginas
...have the highest veneration for those gentlemen; but, sir, give me leave to demand, What right had they to say, ' We, the people ?' My political curiosity,...ask, who authorized them to speak the language of, 1 We, the people,' instead of, ' We, the States ?' States are the characteristics and the soul of a... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1873 - 568 páginas
...gentlemen ; but, Sir, give me leave to demand, What right had they to say, ' We, the people1? .... Who authorized them to speak the language of ' We, the people,' instead of ' We, the States '?"1 And again, at another stage of the debate, the same patriotic opponent of the Constitution declared... | |
 | 1864 - 426 páginas
...ordained and established by the people themselves."! " Who authorised them," cried Patrick Henry, " to speak the language of ' we, the people,' instead...we, the States ? States are the characteristics and source of a confederation. If the States are not the agents of the compact, it must be one great consolidated... | |
 | John Alexander Jameson - 1867 - 582 páginas
...the highest veneration for those gentlemen; but, sir, give me leave to demand, what right they had to say, We the people ? My political curiosity, exclusive...We the States ? States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation. If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1873 - 786 páginas
...Henry said, " That this is a consolidated government is demonstrably clear." " The language [is] * We, the people/ instead of ' We, the States.' States...are the characteristics and soul of a confederation. If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great consolidated national government... | |
 | Henry Wikoff - 1875 - 488 páginas
...against this innovation. " Who authorized them, the Members of the Federal Convention," he demanded, " to speak the language of, * We, the people,' instead of ' We, the States ' ? If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great consolidated national government... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1877 - 562 páginas
...is demonstrably clear Give me leave to demand, What right had they to say, We, the people ? . . . . Who authorized them to speak the language of We, the people, instead of We, the States? . ... If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great consolidated National government... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1880 - 108 páginas
...have the highest veneration for those gentlemen ; but, sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, ' we the people ' ? My political curiosity,...we the States' ? States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation. If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1880 - 106 páginas
...have the highest veneration for those gentlemen ; but, sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, ' we the people ' ? My political curiosity,...public welfare, leads me to ask. who authorized them to i the language of * it* ike ptppkC ''av^f^A of ' ypf the States '? States ETC the characteristics and... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - 1881 - 782 páginas
...highest veneration for those gentlemen [its authors] ; but, sir, give me leave to demand, What right had they to say, We, the people ? My political curiosity,...We, the States ? States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation. If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great... | |
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My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them to speak the language of "We, the People," instead of "We, the States"? States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation.... 
