 | John Jortin - Religion - 1847 - 212 pages
...above all things a government, was so far taken, unwittingly, by this kind of chaff, as to say — " The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the...pure, original, fountain of all legitimate authority." (Federalist, XXII.) So generally prevalent, in short, and so unquestioningly received is this kind... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hallett - Constitutional history - 1848 - 84 pages
...alone." And so said Alexander Hamilton, a statesman sufficiently conservative for any party :— " The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the content of the people. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure, original... | |
 | Maryland. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1851 - 620 pages
...their welfare." — [Story's Commentaries, vol. i, page 320 ] Hamilton (Federalist, No. 22,) says : "The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the...pure original fountain of all legitimate authority." Jay, chiel'justice of the United States Supreme Court, says: "At the revolution, the ^огп'п'сл/;/... | |
 | Constitutional law - 1852 - 528 pages
...the foundations of our national government deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the...pure original fountain of all legitimate authority. PUBLIUS. NUMBER XXIII. BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON. i| THE NECESSITY OF A GOVERNMENT, AT LEAST EQUALLY ENERGETIC... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1853 - 574 pages
...the foundations of our national government deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE." Such is the language, Sir, addressed to the people, while they yet had the Constitution under consideration.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - Legislators - 1854 - 554 pages
...the foundations of our national government deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the eonsent of the people." Such is the language, sir, addressed to the people, while they yet had the... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1864 - 960 pages
...and had eloquently approved in the Federalist.! " The fabric of American empire," he there said, " ought to rest on the solid basis of the CONSENT OF...from that PURE ORIGINAL FOUNTAIN OF ALL LEGITIMATE AUIn conformity to the wishes of his friends at Philadelphia, he wrote to Governor Jay, on the seventh... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1860 - 576 pages
...the foundations of our national government deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CQNSENT OF THE PEOPLE." Such is the language, Sir, addressed to the people, while they yet had the... | |
 | Presbyterian church in the U.S.A. - 1863 - 712 pages
...the foundations of our national government deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the...pure original fountain of all legitimate authority."! In the State Conventions the antifederal 'or State rights party rallied all its strength to oppose... | |
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The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority. 
