 Should a popular insurrection happen in one of the confederate states, the others are able to quell it. Should abuses creep into one part, they are reformed by those that remain sound. The state may be destroyed on one side, and not on the other; the...  The Spirit of Laws - Page 129by Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Constitutional law - 1802 - 344 pages
...The state may be destroyed on one " side, and not on the other ; the confederacy may be dis" solved, and the confederates preserve their sovereignty. " As this government is composed of small republics, it " enjoys the internal happiness of each, and with respect to " its external situation,... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1826 - 736 pages
...are able to quell it. Should abus" es creep into one part, they are reformed by those that re" main sound. The state may be destroyed on one side, and...their sovereignty. " As this government is composed of small republics, it en" joys the internal happiness of each, and with respect to iti " external situation,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - United States - 1831 - 758 pages
...insurrection happen in one of the confeder" ate states, the others are able to quell it. Should abuses cteep " into one part, they are reformed by those that remain...their sovereignty. " As this government is composed of small republics, it enjoys " the internal happiness of each, and with respect to its external " situation,... | |
 | George Bowyer - Jurisprudence - 1854 - 424 pages
...usurpation. Should a popular insurrection happen in one of the confederated states, the others would be able to quell it. Should abuses creep into one part,...their sovereignty. As this government is composed of small republics, it enjoys the internal happiness of each, and with respect to its external situation,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1856 - 512 pages
...able to withstand an external force, may support itself without any internal corruption. . . . As it is composed of petty Republics, it enjoys the internal happiness of each ; and with respect to its external situation, it is possessed by means of the association of many, of the advantages... | |
 | Henry Barton Dawson - Constitutional law - 1863 - 770 pages
...that remain sound. The State may be de" stroyed on one side, and not on the other ; the Confed" eracy may be dissolved, and the Confederates preserve "...their Sovereignty. " As this Government is composed of small Repub* Spirit of Laws, Vol. I. Book IX. Chap. I. — Publius. " lies, it enjoys the internal... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1864 - 850 pages
...supposed to have an equal authority and credit in all the confederate states. Were he to have too great influence over one, this would alarm the rest. Were...their sovereignty. " As this government is composed of small republics, it enjoys the internal happiness of each, and with respect to its external situation,... | |
 | United States - 1864 - 786 pages
...that remain sound. The State may be de" stroyed on one side, and not on the other ; the Confed" eracy may be dissolved, and the Confederates preserve "...their Sovereignty. " As this Government is composed of small Repub* Spirit of Laws, Vol. I. Book IX. Chap. I. — PubUus. . " lies, it enjoys the internal... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1864 - 776 pages
...that remain sound. The State may be de" stroyed on one side, and not on the other ; the Confed" eracy may be dissolved, and the Confederates preserve "...their Sovereignty. " As this Government is composed of small Repub* Spirit of Laws, Vol. I. Book IX. Chap. I. — Publius. " lies, it enjoys the internal... | |
 | 1865 - 696 pages
...that remain sound. The State may be de" stroyed on one side, and not on the other ; the Confed" eracy may be dissolved, and the Confederates preserve "...their Sovereignty. " As this Government is composed of small Repub* Spirit of Laws, Vol. I. Book IX. Chap. I. — Publius. " lies, it enjoys the internal... | |
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