 | Kenneth M. Stampp - 1981 - 342 pages
...in its stated aim "to form a more perfect Union." As Lincoln argued in his first inaugural address, "if destruction of the Union, by one, or by a part...the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity."19 The Supreme Court found the preamble decisive on this point: "It is difficult to convey... | |
 | Bernard L. Brock, Robert Lee Scott, James W. Chesebro - 1989 - 524 pages
...which contradicts the Constitution, and therefore is absurd," is eliminated and reason is substituted: "The Union is less perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of its perpetuity." Lincoln sometimes chose the longer statement in preference to the sharp, pointed word... | |
 | Thomas W. Benson - 1993 - 272 pages
...which contradicts the Constitution, and therefore is absurd," is eliminated and reason is substituted: "The Union is less perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of its perpetuity." Lincoln sometimes chose the longer statement in preference to the sharp, pointed word... | |
 | Mark E. Brandon - 1998 - 278 pages
...and Articles of Confederation, to the Constitution, whose Preamble stated its object to be "to form a more perfect Union." "But if destruction of the...Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity." 2" Third, he insisted that the Constitution did not confer on the president the authority "to fix terms... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 2004 - 574 pages
...objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution, was "to form a more perfect Union. " [14] But if destruction of the Union, by one, or by a part...Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity. [15] It follows from these views that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the... | |
 | James M. McPherson - 1995 - 188 pages
...a more perfect union.'" But if one or more states can lawfully destroy the Union, Lincoln asserted, "the Union is less perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity." At this point Lincoln's history becomes a bit problematic, because the Constitution says nothing explicitly... | |
 | Daniel A. Farber - 2003 - 272 pages
...more perfect union." But, Lincoln continued, if the Union could be destroyed by one or more states, "the Union is less perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity."22 True, Lincoln admitted, if a majority deprived a minority "of any clearly written constitutional... | |
 | Sonja Puntscher Riekmann, Monika Mokre, Michael Latzer - 2004 - 364 pages
...in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution, was >to form a more perfect union<. But if destruction of the Union,...Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity« (Lincoln 1861/1989: 218). There is little doubt that if a member state decided to secede from the EU... | |
 | Mel Friedman, Lina Miceli, Robert Bell, Michael Lee, Sally Wood, Adel Arshaghi, Suzanne Coffield, Michael McIrvin, Anita Price Davis, Research & Education Association, George DeLuca, Joseph Fili, Marilyn Gilbert, Bernice E. Goldberg, Leonard Kenner - 2005 - 886 pages
...objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was “to form a more perfect Union.” 60 But if destruction of the Union by one or by a part...perpetuity. It follows from these views that no State 65 upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that... | |
 | John Channing Briggs - 2005 - 396 pages
...Finally, in 1 787, one of die declared objects of ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to form a more perfect union." But if destruction of the Union,...Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity. (4.265) Such a change, Lincoln argues, is inconceivable if the Union is to exist as perpetual — as... | |
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Confederation, in 1778. And, finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was, 'to form a more perfect Union. 
