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" The existing system has been derived from the dependant, derivative authority of the legislatures of the states ; whereas this is derived from the superior power of the people. If we look at the manner in which alterations are to be made in it, the same... "
Select American Speeches: Forensic and Parliamentary, with Prefatory Remarks ... - Page 148
by Stephen Cullen Carpenter - 1815 - 488 pages
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and ...

1833 - 670 pages
...and proposed Governments is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent derivative authority of the Legislatures of the States;...is derived from the superior power of the people." Mr. Madison says the Government is neither wholly federal, nor wholly a consolidated Government, but...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 1

1827 - 532 pages
...not completely consolidated ; nor is it entirely federal. Who are the parties to it ? The people — not the people as composing one great body, but the...; nor are all the states required for that purpose ; three fourths of them must concur in alterations; in this there is a departure from the federal idea....
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 1

1827 - 524 pages
...completely consolidated ; nor is it entirely federal. Who are the parties to it ? The people—not the people as composing one great body, but the people...nor are all the states required for that purpose; three fourths of them must concur in alterations; in this there is a departure from the federal idea....
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 1

1827 - 526 pages
...reprobated it. Were it such a government as is suggested, it would be now binding on the people cf this state, without having had the privilege of deliberating...; nor are all the states required for that purpose ; three fourths of them must concur in alterations; in this there is a departure from the federal idea....
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An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Embracing an Abstract of ...

George Washington Frost Mellen - 1841 - 452 pages
...present and proposed government is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent derivative authority of the legislatures of the States...superior power of the people. If we look at the manner alterations are to be made in it, the same idea is in some degree attended to. By the new system, a...
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American Eloquence: a Collection of Speeches and Addresses: By the ..., Volume 1

1857 - 624 pages
...and proposed governments, is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent, derivative authority of the legislatures of the States...; nor are all the States required for that purpose ; three fourths of them must concur in alterations ; in this there is a departure from the federal...
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American Eloquence: a Collection of Speeches and Addresses: By the ..., Volume 1

1857 - 668 pages
...and proposed governments, is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent, derivative authority of the legislatures of the States...manner in which alterations are to be made in it, tho same idea is in some degree attended to. By the new system, a majority of the States cannot introduce...
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American Eloquence : a Collection of Speeches and Addresses: By ..., Volume 1

Frank Moore - 1858 - 658 pages
...derivative authority of the legislatures of tLc States ; whereas this is derived from the suj>erior power of the people. If we look at the manner in which alterations arc to be made in it, the same idea is in some degree attended to. By the new system, a majority of...
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American Eloquence: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses, by the ..., Volume 1

Frank Moore - 1859 - 618 pages
...and proposed governments, is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent, stitution designates. But let there be now system, a majority of the States cannot introduce amendments ; nor are all the States required...
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of ..., Volume 3

Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - 692 pages
...and proposed governments is very material. The existing system has been derived from the dependent derivative authority of the legislatures of the states...same idea is, in some degree, attended to. By the new svstem, a majority of the states cannot introduce amendments ; nor are all the states required for...
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