| Edward Deering Mansfield - 1836 - 304 páginas
...Confederation, the nature of it was denned, and charac-terized as a "firm league of friendship for each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and general welfare." The powers of the Confedera-tion, or League, were vested in a Congress, without a... | |
| Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 236 páginas
...confederation expressly delegated to the United States in congress assembled;" and by the third article, " the said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other," &c.; that there then existed an unity of political power, in the people and government... | |
| Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 230 páginas
...confederation expressly delegated to the United States in congress assembled;" and by the third article, " the said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other," &c.; that there then existed an unity of political power, in the people and government... | |
| L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 376 páginas
...and Georgia. ARTICLE 1. The style of this confederacy shall be, "The United States of America." Art. 2. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and...to the United States, in Congress assembled. Art. S. The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their... | |
| 1839 - 556 páginas
...article, degraded from its place as the second, the firm league of friendship of these several states with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare. In the debates upon these articles of confederation, between the 7th of October, and... | |
| Andrew White Young - 1840 - 348 páginas
...be very imperfect. The states had severally entered, as expressed in one of the articles, " into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their...security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare." But as it was a mere league was the state of the country at the close of the war... | |
| George Washington Frost Mellen - 1841 - 452 páginas
...freedom, and independence, and all powers which were not expressly delegated to congress. It was a " league of friendship with each other, for their common...security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare," &c. And, "the better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among... | |
| 1842 - 680 páginas
...not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled. A»T. 1H. The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship -.••iil, each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual... | |
| Henry St. George Tucker - 1843 - 256 páginas
...The latter purported on their face to be a mere confederacy. The language of the third article was, ' The said states hereby severally enter into a firm...friendship with each other for their common defence, &-c. binding themselves to assist each other.' And the ratification was by delegates of the state legislatures,... | |
| Henry St. George Tucker - 1843 - 254 páginas
...before were separate. 4. The act of uniting is styled a confederacy, and the 3d article declares that " the said states hereby SEVERALLY enter into a firm LEAGUE of friendship for common defence, &c., binding themselves to assist each other, and thus distinctly recognizing their... | |
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