...expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.' Article 13 provides that the Articles ' shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual.' These Articles were agreed to by the several States acting in their separate capacities, and were finally...

...application of the powers actually conferred by the constitution, and not substantively to create them.") 180 And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably...afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, art. 13. Contrast US CONST, art VII ("The Ratification of the Conventions...

...between the States so ratifying the Same.7 Now contrast Article XIII of the Articles of Confederation: And the Articles of this confederation shall be inviolably...afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state. These provisions are undeniably inconsistent. The Constitution speaks of nine states; the Articles,...

...submitted to them. AND the Articles of this confederation shall be INVIOLABLY (too sacred to tamper with) by every state, and the union shall be PERPETUAL;...unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress (constitutional congress) of the united states, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of...

...the other states, so long as they continued to perform their own, with good faith. The Federalist" * The articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the upion shall be perpetual i nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them ;...

...convention process, rather than a legislative means, to secede."18 This is as it should be. Perpetual Union The Articles of this confederation shall be inviolably...hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration Ix* agreed to in a congress of the united states, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of...

...Articles of Confederation read as follows: nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made ... unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress...afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state. 4 Many of the delegates predicted that getting approval from Congress would be very difficult; but...

...United states in congress assembled, on all questions which by this confederation are submitted to them. And the Articles of this confederation shall be inviolably...afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state. And "Whereas it ¿ath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures...

...States in Congress assembled, on all questions which, by this Confederation, are submitted to them. And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably...Union shall be perpetual. Nor shall any alteration at anytime hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to, in a Congress of the...

...difficulty. Such bold assumption of powers not conferred violated article 13 of the Articles, which stated: "nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be...any of them: unless such alteration be agreed to in Congress of the United States and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state." If the...