...colonies submitted of necessity. It was this de facto union which Lincoin had in mind when he said: "The Union is older than any of the States, and in fact it created them as States." The Declaration of Independence made no change in the legal status of the government of the Union....

...240. » Quoted in ibid, p. 254. have their status in the Union and they have no other legal status. The Union is older than any of the states and in fact created them as states," — which is undoubtedly untrue as a matter of history. Now the expression...

...this, they can only do so against law and by revolution. The Union, and not themselves separately, procured their independence and their liberty. By...the Union gave each of them whatever of independence or liberty it has. The Union is older than any of the states, and, in fact, it created them as states....

...status * * *. The Union, and not themselves separately, procured their independence and liberty. * * * The Union is older than any of the States and, in fact, created them as States. Following the successful defense of the Union the question of right of secession...

.... . The Union, and not themselves separately, procured their independence and their liberty. . . . The Union is older than any of the states, and, in fact, it created them as states. ' ' 118 Most jurists were agreed, however, that whatever may have been the legal situation prior to...

...this, they can only do so against law and by revolution. The Union, and not themselves separately, procured their independence and their liberty. By...than any of the States, and, in fact, it created them at States. Originally, some independent colonies made the Union ; and, in tnm, the Union threw off...

...the other hand, espoused the national theory of the Constitution. "The Union," said Abraham Lincoln, "is older than any of the states and, in fact, it created them as States. . . . The Union and not the states separately produced their independence and their liberty. . . ....

...Congress, "have their status IN the Union, and they have no other legal status." Furthermore, he continued, "the Union gave each of them, whatever of independence,...any of the States; and, in fact, it created them as States."5 This interpretation naturally found no sympathy among the seceding states on the other side...

...law of the land. The states have their status in the Union, and they have no other legal status.... The Union is older than any of the states; and, in fact it created them as states."44 He continued, "This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of Union, it is a struggle...

...under the Constitution, which was basically an instrument of national union. As Lincoln expressed it: "The Union is older than any of the States; and in fact it created them as States." Thus "[o]ur States have neither more, nor less power, than that reserved to them, in the Union, by...