 | Alexander Hamilton Stephens - History - 1868 - 702 pages
...fabric " ought to rest on the solid basis of ihe consent of the people." All political power, said he, "ought to flow, immediately, from that pure original fountain of all legitimate authority." Among the advocates in the Convention for submitting the Constitution to the people of the States,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1869 - 184 pages
...and the " Democratic Union." ers from the consent of the governed." It has been forcibly said that " the fabric of American empire ought to rest on the...from that pure original fountain of all legitimate authority."2 By the Constitution the House of Representatives is composed of members " chosen every... | |
 | James Alexander Hamilton - History - 1869 - 672 pages
...first impulse to the power of the people in obedience to that sublime maxim announced by Hamilton, ' The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people. The stream oí national power ought to flow from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.'... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1869 - 856 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 or THE PEOPLE. The Btreams_of national power— ought— to— flow immediately from that pure originaHbuntain... | |
 | Jonas Mills Bundy - State rights - 1870 - 62 pages
...foundations of our national govern-f ment deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority./ The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the...original fountain of all legitimate authority." The only function which the States performed in their governmental capacity, in relation to the Constitution,... | |
 | William O. Bateman - Constitutional law - 1876 - 416 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...original fountain of all legitimate authority.' The Federalist, No. 22, p. 103.— Hamilton. ' The States, in their corporate capacities, and through the... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1877 - 562 pages
...still further, in words which harmonized with the Declaration of Independence, that " the fabric of the American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people." 2 In kindred spirit, Schuyler announced "the necessity of a supreme and coercive power in the government... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1877 - 558 pages
...still further, in words which harmonized with the Declaration of Independence, that " the fabric of the American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people." 2 In kindred spirit, Schuyler announced "the necessity of a supreme and coercive power in the government... | |
 | Law - 1877 - 510 pages
...of our National Government deeper than the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of the American Empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE." (Hamilton, No. 22, Federalist). This latter vice is that with which we have now to deal. The confederation... | |
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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. 
