 Whatever form of government any society of people adopts ; whoever they acknowledge as their sovereign, we consider that government or that sovereign as the one to be acknowledged by us. We have invariably abstained from assuming a right to decide in...  The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay ... - Page 93by Henry Clay - 1843Full view - About this book
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1827 - 452 pages
...us. We have invariably abstained from assuming a right to decide in favour of the sovereign dcjure, and against the sovereign de facto. That is a question...determine. And so far as we are concerned, the sovereign tie facto is the sovereign de jure. Our own revolution stands on the basis of the right of a people... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1837 - 738 pages
...from assuming a right to decide in favor of the sovereign de jure, and against the sovereign de faclo. That is a question for the nation in which it arises to determines and, so far as we are concerned, the sovereign de faclo is the sovereign de jure. Our own... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1842 - 518 pages
...us. We have invariably abstained from assuming a right to decide in favor of the sovereign de jure, and against the sovereign de facto. That is a question...basis of the right of a people to change their rulers. He- did not maintain that every immature revolution — every usurper, before his power was consolidated,... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1842 - 518 pages
...us. We have invariably abstained from assuming a right to decide in favor of the sovereign de jure, and against the sovereign de facto. That is a question...concerned, the sovereign de facto is the sovereign dejure. Our own revolution stands on the basis of the right of a people to change their rulers. He... | |
 | Epes Sargent - History - 1852 - 498 pages
...nbstuined from assuming a right lo decide in favor of the sovercign dr jure, and against the sovercign de facto. That is a question for the nation in which...to determine. And so far as we are concerned, the sovercign de facto is the sovercign de jure. Our own revolution stands on the basis of the right of... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1854 - 716 pages
...us. We have invariably abstained from assuming a right to decide in favor of the sovereign de jure, and against the sovereign de facto. That is a question...the nation in which it arises to determine. And, so is far as we are concerned, the sovereign defacto the sovereign de jure. Our own revolution stands... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1854 - 708 pages
...us. We have invariably abstained from assuming a right to decide in favor of the sovereign de jure, and against the sovereign de facto. That is a question...the nation in which it arises to determine. And, so is far as we are concerned, the sovereign defacto the sovereign de jure. Our own revolution stands... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1854 - 732 pages
...arises to determine. And, so is far as we are concerned, the sovereign de facto the sovereign dejure. Our own revolution stands on the basis of the right of a people to change their rulers. He did not maintain that every immature revolution — every usurper, before his power was consolidated,... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1854 - 714 pages
...us. We have invariably abstained from assuming a right to decide in favor of the sovereign de jure, and against the sovereign de facto. That is a question for the nation m which it arises to determine. And, so is far as we are concerned, the sovereign de facto the sovereign... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1858 - 756 pages
...us. We have invariably abstained from assuming a right to decide in favor of the sovereign de jure, and against the sovereign de facto. That is a question...basis of the right of a people to change their rulers. He did not maintain that every immature revolution — every usurper, before his power was consolidated,... | |
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