...by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent...destructive of the great object for which it was formed. * * * To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States...

...by all who claim to be supporters of the rights of the States — " as contradicted by the letter of the Constitution; unauthorized by its spirit; inconsistent with every principle on which it was foimded; destructive of all the objects for whichit wasframed;" utterly ii ble with the very existence...

...by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent...destructive of the great object for which it was formed." Gov. Ilayne, of South Carolina, issued a counter-proclamation, and a few days afterward Calhoun resigned...

...the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle upon which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed." Some of the nullifiers were quite willing to destroy that object, but more were not. The President...

...of the Constitution, unauthorized by its tpirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it \oas founded, and destructive of the great object for which...After this general view of the leading principle, we most examine the particular application of it which is made in the ordinance. The preamble rests its...

...the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle upon which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed." This message he followed up by sending General Scott to take command in Charleston, dispatching two...

...by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent...and destructive of the great object for which it was framed." President Jackson was equally clear and forcible in his historic proclamation against the...

...by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent...which it was founded, and destructive of the great objects for which it was formed." These were solemn words, and they were made more impressive by a...

...inconsistent leitk every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for whidi it was formed. " After this general view of the leading...application of it which is made in the ordinance. " 'I'ln- preamble rests its justification on those grounds : It assumes, as a fact, that tho obnoxious...

...contradicted exprcsaly by the leitrr of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent u-ith every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for irhich it was formed. " After this general view of the leading principle, we must examine the particular...