PINCKNEY, CHARLES-continued. The system a federal republic, States the The character of, and pleas for Union, id. States the parties to the government, 117, States confederate on equal terms, 118. The government founded on equal compact Only expressly delegated powers in the gov- All reserved are with the States, id., id. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHERS. Testimony to POLITICIANS. Panderings and perversions, Unprincipled partisanship, 165. Absurdities regarding sovereignty, 306, 307. The true, is government of States by them- According to the writers of the Federalist, Essential idea of, 191. Exposition by James Wilson, 303. Of the rising States, 350, 351. Main object of the federal, 359, 360. What founded on, 361. Symbolized, 365, 366. As described by the founders, 367, 368 Rests on sacred international faith, 379, 427. The sovereign, resides with the people, 10, The people are the fountain of all, 10, 306. The dissolving as well as constituent, belongs Delegations of, by the States in the Union Of encroachment on reserved, in a republic, When, constrains a State, freedom is gone, No, of restraint or constraint given the fede- The rightful central, 429. POWERS. Alleged distribution of, 42, 172. All, not delegated are reserved, 85 et seq., 172, All federal, derivative and remain such, 150, Distribution of, by the States, 181. Grants of, subject to recall, 192, 364, 389. POWERS - continued. And rights are not sovereignty, 306, 307. Delegated to the United States, 364. Federal abuse of delegated, 312, 373, 380 et seq. Perverted, may be withdrawn, 389. Action of the federal convention on, 201, And Article VII. true rendering of, 322. PROVINCIALIZED. The States, according to An indissoluble union means States, 155, 357. PUBLICISTS, THE. On sovereignty, 7, 306. RANDOLPH, GOV. R. The Government a crea- Right to coerce States, most absurd and On the accession of Virginia, 111. Plan of government submitted, in federal Coercion ought not to be directed against a Federal laws to operate on individuals, not The State governments and federal usurpa- Was adoption - the only acts ordaining and Done in State conventions, each free to re- The act of Massachusetts, 88; of Connecticut, Ordinances of, received by Congress as proof On receiving nine acts of, Congress declared Of constitutional amendments provided for, What such provision necessitates, id., 825. Was by States only, 167, 169, 172, 189, 190. RATIFICATION - continued. Ordinances of, show States only possible Exposition, with criticism of the consolida- The instrument of, was an ordinance, not a The ordinances of, only delegate powers for Power of enactment, and that of repeal com- Has not" operated to pass something," 193, The assenting phrases of the ordinances, 191, Used in the sense of acceding to, 205, 206. Barely carried in several States, such the ap- Of the Constitution involved no transfer of Vote of New York was in confidence of Declaration of New York on ratifying, id. Is the exercise of sovereignty, 108. Was by the people as organized societies, or RAWLE, W. On secession, 33. sideration of the question, Were the con- REPUBLIC. Government in, not sovereign, Suffrage the exercise of sovereignty in, 7. 17. Averments of facts as to, 55, 56. Sole cohesive force of the, 56. A society of people for self-government, 55, Principle it is founded on, 281. God's form of polity, id. Right of expatriation vital to, 282. The germ of, 292. Our federal, exists through the States, 331. Government of, is the State itself, 365. REPUBLICS. The basis of all, 352. Established by the federal compact, 186. A society of commonwealths, 184. Vattel and Montesquieu on, 22, 298. 332, 347. The understanding of the fathers, 255 SCHOFIELD, GEN. The army the safety of SECESSION. A chapter on, and coercion, 22. Was by States, not persons, 23. 36. Right of, inherent and inalienable, 27 [Note, Not inconsistent with the Constitution, 23, And the jus gentium, 24, 26, 422. Right of, and State sovereignty taken for Errors regarding, 267 et seq. No question as to right, for 40 years, 32. 33. Uncle Sam taught Davis and Lee, id. Will, act, and criminal intent required to How declared, 37, 38. The whole argument against, dissipated, 95, The power to dissolve commensurate with the Right of, taken for granted by the fathers, The act of, and the right thereof, 267, 268. Conservative influence of the admitted right, The late, too precipitate, 268. Right to abolish or repeal involved in that to Not prohibited by the recent amendments, The right spurned, or condemned now, 268. Fallacies of certain political clerics, 290. Naturally States can undo what they do, 423. The States the highest authority on the right What the fathers say: Dr. Johnson, of Con- SELF-DEFENCE― continued. Judge Parsons, id.; Ames, id.; Gov. Ran- can polity, 65, 66, 127, 144 [Diagram], 147, Alone distinguishes a State from a province, Federal, exercised by the States through the Right of, not impaired by the delegating of An indissoluble union of States fatal to, 155. Capacity for and right to, 281, 286, 347. And the commonwealth, 348. In States, or bodies-politic, federating, id. Responsibility for the use of, is in individu- Rights and responsibilities of, 408. Possible only in the collective form, 409. Of man the germinal idea of all republican- SENATE, THE. Represents the sovereignty of the States: Senators partake of the SETTLER Status and rights of, in the terri- SEWARD, W. H. His threat to keep the peace for States, 14. His little bell, id. Basis of our federal republic, 65, 331. tuted by sovereign States, 46, 47, 89. SOCIAL COMPACT. See Compact, Social. Object of, 281, 408. Monarchical and republican, 281. Of people vs. society of States, 282. People in, constitute the body politic, id. What causes society, 286, 408. The constituting of, vs. constituting govern- Exists by consent, 290, 291, 294. And its self-government separate ideas, 289, As sovereign, 296. The State the only political, of the American The, called the commonwealth, how formed Sovereignty of organized,- how it manifests The authority for ordering its political con- Our only monarch for allegiance is, 414. SOUTH CAROLINA. Federalizes herself, 115. Strong opposition and much discussion, 115 The new system as explained by its chief sup- A convention called to ratify or reject, 119, Ordaining words of the ratification, 120. Expose of Mr. Curtis's fallacy concerning the SOVEREIGN, CORPORATE, The general gov- SOVEREIGN MIND OR WILL. Of the State Where dwells, 152, 285, 294, 308, 324. How manifested in our republican govern- Of the State, and the federal pact, 301, 302, "SOVEREIGN POWERS." Incorrect phrases An excusable misnomer of the fathers, 317, SOVEREIGNTY. American, when and how Of the States acknowledged by England, 4, 388. Declared, eo nomine, to be in the States, 31, A unit and indivisible, 3, 305, 306, 308 et seq. Inherent in the people as organized societies, Dwells in the societies after as well as before, Governmental, in a republic a solecism, 324. Right of secession natural, and involved in No question for forty years of, State, and the Seat of, according to the fathers, 10, 11, 42- 48. SOVEREIGNTY - continued. Of the States and the tenth amendment, 46, Cannot be predicated of government in a Solecistic absurdities, 37, 307, 308. Of the States, and the second article first fed- What is meant by, 127, 283, 305-308, 319 Is inalienable and indivisible, 142, 147, 193, How and when, of State lost, 142, 216, 286, Vs. government, 142, 192, 283, 306 [note, p. States the real, 147, 302, 305, 330, 331. Is above and beyond government, 147, 216, 217, 299. Exercise of its rights of government is func- Not to be confounded with the powers of Is not diminished by delegating powers, 4, Not dependent on compacts, 4, 216, 217. Guaranty of, to each State, 258, 259, 359. Supreme, and always the same, 298. No, in the Constitution, 147, 301, 302, 305, 308. Society's, its sway, adjuncts, etc., Not subject to reservation, 319-322. When lost by the State? Points that must Of the soil, 62, 63, 338 340, 342 et seq. States held together by a central, according SPENCER, JUDGE. Federal laws must oper- SQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY. The fallacy of, 322. STATE-continued. The word was convertible with State govern- The genesis of a, 273 et seq., 278. Or nation, 65, 149, 169, 279. Each American, had every characteristic of a Continued existence of the, 149, 152, 286, 325, Acts functionally and voluntarily, 73, 286, Self-preservation a duty of the, 257, 258, Grades of authority in, 294, 295, 300, 301. The alleged loss of sovereignty, 169, 300, 328 The word as applied by the fathers, 149, 169, Is the ultimate arbiter, 355 et seq. Right of self-defence, 355 et seq., 394, 408, Duties of the, under reciprocal relations, The political suicide of a, id., 416, 417. Endows her members with suffrage, 29. May command the armed defence of her citi- Is the palladium of private and personal Cannot be coerced even judicially, 385, 386. The government of a, stands between public liberty and federal encroachment, 391-393. Defending one's, is self-defence, 394, 408, The American, status, political action, at- 415. The, and citizenship, allegiance and treason, Makes and unmakes the offence of treason, Withdrawal, the natural action of an un- Withdrawal is, as to a State, the natural and Sovereign American, from British colonies, Regarded as the sole source of power by the Senators, representatives, and president Equal and voluntary, joined in federal league, Sophistry of not coercing, but persons, id. STATES-continued. No distinction in the Constitution between The southern, in seceding exercised an indis- The southern, fought for independence, the The northern, coerced the southern back un- The principle established that seceding, may Secession and war not by citizens, but by, 28, Make voters as means of ascertaining the Suffrage exclusively given and controlled by, The ultimate authority for the citizens to Treason a crime against, id. Coercion of, is war, 31, 75, 383 et seq. The only nation is composed of, 31, 32, 179, Alone responsible for secession and war, 37. Severalty and sovereignty of, recognized, 45- Alone delegate and reserve, 54, 155, 181. The people politically exist and act only as, They are the people, and the people the, 61, The, always above government, 61 et seq., Only by their will is the Constitution law in, A clear conception of the, 65, 66, 286. Are distinct entities, 78, 145, 286, 335, Are so many republics, 127, 136, 275, 297. The chief aims of, in federating, 75, 76, 136, The principal changes in the federal polity Federalized, not nationalized, themselves, 76, Gave existence to the government and feder- Are sovereigns in the Union, 127, 142, 147, Proof of their continued sovereignty, 86, 142, Are the real sovereignty and government, No evidence of their consolidation, or change, Assert and hold lordship of the soil, 62, 63, STATES-continued. Pre-existent and supreme, 42, 142, 149, 154, All elections and powers are of, 149, 150, 179, The restrictions on, 154, 172. Are named in the Constitution, 174, 175. Did not subject themselves, but their citi- As parties to a constitutional compact, ac- Sovereignty of, is above the Constitution, Webster's concession and Massachusetts's Voice of American History regarding, 286, The united, are the government, 294, 299, "National sovereignty " cannot be enforced Respective action of, upon State and federal Are sovereigns yet: established facts, 325, Equal sovereigns in convention of 1787, 328. The absolute existence of the, constitute the The, alone have inherent rights and original What the fathers assumed of, and aimed to Guaranty of all to protect each, 359, 360, Right of self-defence, 355, 358, 373, 388 et seq. Self-defence vital to small, 384. Jurisdiction of suits between, and by indi- The fathers on self-defence of, 338 et seq. Articles of the early faith regarding, 419, 420. STATES, THE NEW. Northwestern admitted Sovereignty in the [other], 347 et seq. 853. |