 ... and support. Were we mistaken, my countrymen, in attaching this importance to the Constitution of our country ? Was our devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy contrivance, which this new doctrine would make it? Did we pledge ourselves...  Cobbett's Weekly Register - Page 1831833Full view - About this book
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - 1850 - 422 pages
...importance to the Constitution of our country ? Was our devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy contrivance which this new doctrine would make it...Did the name of Washington sanction, did the states ratify, such an anomaly in the history of fundamental legislation? No. We were not mistaken. The letter... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1853 - 544 pages
...importance to the constitution of our country ? Was our devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy contrivance which this new doctrine would make it...of Washington sanction, did the states deliberately ratify, such an anomaly in the history of fundamental legislation ? No. We were not mistaken. The letter... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1854 - 586 pages
...devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy contrivance which this new doctrine would make it 1 Did we pledge ourselves to the support of an airy...of Washington sanction, did the states deliberately ratify, such an anomaly in the history of fundamental legislation 1 No. We were not mistaken. The letter... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - Political Science - 1857 - 672 pages
...importance to the Constitution of our country ? Was our devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy contrivance which this new doctrine would make it...constitutional reform was intrusted? Did the name of >Vashington sanction, did the states deliberately ratify, such an anomaly in the history of fondamental... | |
 | James Parton - Presidents - 1860 - 896 pages
...importance to the Constitution of our country ? Was our devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy contrivance, which this new doctrine would make it...patriots, to whom the task of constitutional reform was entrusted ? Did the name of Washington sanction, did the States ratify such an anomaly in the history... | |
 | George Washington - 1862 - 40 pages
...devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy contrivance which this new doctrine would make it 1 Did we pledge ourselves to the support of an airy...patriots, to whom the task of constitutional reform wa* intrusted ? Did the name of Washington sanction — did the States deliberately ratify such an... | |
 | George Washington - Nullification (States' rights) - 1862 - 36 pages
...support of an airy nothing — a bubble that must be blown away by the first breath of disaffection 1 Was this self-destroying, visionary theory the work...Washington sanction — did the States deliberately ratify such an anomaly in the history of fundamental legislation ? No. We were not mistaken. The letter... | |
 | George Washington - 1862 - 40 pages
...importance to the Constitution of our country ? Was our devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy contrivance which this new doctrine would make it...be blown away by the first breath of disaffection 1 Was this self-destroyiug, visionary theory the work of the profound statesmen, the exalted patriots,... | |
 | James M. Hiatt - United States - 1865 - 304 pages
...importance to the Constitution of our country ? Was our devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy, contrivance which this new doctrine would make it...bubble that must be blown away by the first breath of dissatisfaction? Was this self-destroying, visionary theory, the work of the profound statesmen, the... | |
 | Slavery - 1866 - 288 pages
...importance to the Constitution of our country ? Was our devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy contrivance, which this new doctrine would make it...Did the name of Washington sanction, did the States deliberatety ratify, such an anomaly in the history of fundamental legislation? No. We were not mistaken.... | |
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