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" The use of force against a state would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by the party attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound. "
Counting Electoral Votes: Proceedings and Debates of Congress Relating to ... - Page 218
by United States. Congress - 1877 - 807 pages
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The American union; its effect on national character and policy [&c.].

James Spence - 1861 - 398 pages
...State would be more like a declaration of war, than an infliction of punishment, and would probahly be considered by the party attacked, as a dissolution of all previous compacts : a union of States containing such an ingredient seemed to provide for its own destruction." Again,...
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The History of the Union, and of the Constitution ...: With ... Appendix ...

Charles Chauncey Burr - 1862 - 108 pages
...destruction. The use of force against a State would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by...attacked, as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound. He hoped that such a system might be framed as might render this resource...
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The Comprehensive History of the Southern Rebellion and the War ..., Volume 1

Orville James Victor - 1862 - 554 pages
...— ' The use of force against a State would look more like a deciaration of war than an infliction of punishment; and would probably be considered by...attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might bo bound.' Upon his motion, the clause was unanimously postponed, and was neve"r,...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volumes 111-112

1862 - 628 pages
...that ' the use of force against a State would be more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by...attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts.' Hamilton said, 'To coerce a State would be one of the maddest projects ever devised : no State would...
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American Dis-union: Constitutional Or Unconstitutional?: A Reply to Mr ...

Charles Edward Rawlins - 1862 - 252 pages
...declared, that the use of force against a State would be more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by...attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts : a union of States contain1 The American Union, 218. ing such an ingredient seemed to provide for...
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The War in America: Being an Historical and Political Account of the ...

Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1862 - 438 pages
...destruction. The use of force against a state would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment ; and would probably be considered by...attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound. " Mr. Alexander Hamilton, of the convention, said — " It has been observed,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 111

1862 - 602 pages
...that ' the use of force against a State would be more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by...attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts.' Hamilton said, ' To coerce a State would be one of the maddest projects ever devised : no State would...
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The American Question, and how to Settle it

Charles Tennant - 1863 - 330 pages
...words:—" The use of force against a State would be more like a declaration of war, than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by...attacked, as a dissolution of all previous compacts: a union of States containing such an ingredient seemed to provide for its own destruction." Again,...
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of ..., Volume 5

Jonathan Elliot - 1863 - 680 pages
...destruction. The use of force against a state would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by...attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound. He hoped that such a system would be framed as might render this resource...
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The Sectional Controversy: Or, Passages in the Political History of the ...

William Chauncey Fowler - 1863 - 284 pages
...destruction. The use of force against a State would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by...attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound. He hoped such a system might be framed as would render this resource unnecessary,...
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