...union, because a faithful observance of them, can alone secure its existence, and the public happiness. That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily...constituting that compact; as no farther valid than they are authorised by the grants enumerated in that compact, and that in case of a deliberate, palpable and...

...impartial, requires some such expedient as I contend for. To Thomas Jefferson, 24 Oct. 1787 PJM 10:210-11 That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily...constituting that compact; as no farther valid than they are authorised by the grants enumerated in that compact, and that in case of a deliberate, palpable and...

...popular action.64 After an expression of Virginia's "warm attachment to the Union," the Assembly did "peremptorily declare" that it views the powers of...constituting that compact; as no farther valid than they are authorised by the grants enumerated in that compact, and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and...

...to that effect, passed by the Legislature, in 1835. 3 The third of these Resolutions is as follows: "That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily...States are parties, as limited by the plain sense of the instrument constituting that compact; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous...

...different periods. In the resolutions of Mr. Taylor, in the Virginia legislature of 1798, it was resolved, 'that this assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily...from the compact, to which the states are parties'." According to Story, the word " alone " originally appeared after states, but was struck out when, in...

...1831 to 1861. Madison's language in the key Virginia resolution closely resembles Jefferson's above. That this assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily...of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that in case of...

...existence, and the public happiness hereon depending. The third resolution is in the words following: That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily...by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constiruting the compact— as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in...

...say, as Jefferson did, that the federal government is the creation of the states; he viewed instead the "powers of the federal government, as resulting...from the compact to which the states are parties," which is a rather different thing. A single, though complex, American people can draw up a "compact...

...national government. Among other things, these resolutions affirm that, "it (the General Assembly) views the powers of the federal government, as resulting...of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact;— and that in case...

...national government. Among other things, these resolutions affirm that, "it (the General Assembly) views the powers of the federal government, as resulting...of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; — and that in case...