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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 77 (search)
in nomination, and acceded to:-- Vice-Presidents. W. B. Astor, Greene C. Bronson, Peter Cooper, W. M. Evarts, W. C. Bryant, Pelatiah Perit, Geo. Bancroft, John A. King, Moses Taylor, James Boorman, Stewart Brown, John J. Phelps, R. B. Minturn, Henry Grinnell, O. D. F. Grant, W. E. Dodge, Watts Sherman, Edwin Crosswell, L. G. B. Cannon, John D. Wolfe, Seth B. Hunt, Edwin Dobbs, Joseph Stuart, R. H. McCurdy, Joseph W. Alsop, E. E. Morgan, Willis Blackstone, Nath. Hayden, John Lloyd, Chas. H. Russell, Robt. Ray, Benj. L. Swan, John Q. Jones, David Hoadley, Robt. J. Taylor, Jas. N. Phelps, Jas. Low, John Ewen, Jas. A. Briggs, John D. Jones, Wm. C. Bryce, Henry F. Vail, Frederick Bronson, F. A. Conkling, A. J. Williamson, D. H. Arnold, Geo. Folsom, Andrew Carrigan, A. C. Kingsland, Isaac Ferris, J. Auchincloss, M. Franklin, D. R. Martin, Wm. Chauncey, H. B. Chaflin, Wm. Bryce, A. S. Hewitt, S. B.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 152 (search)
federacy. In the very preamble to the instrument are inserted the vital words which show its character: We, the people of the United States, to ensure a more perfect union, and to secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution. Sic volo, sic jubeo. It is the language of a Sovereign solemnly speaking to the world. It is the promulgation of a great law, the norma agendi of a new commonwealth. It is no compact. A compact (says Blackstone) is a promise proceeding from us. Law is a command directed to us. The language of a compact is, We will or will not do this; that of a law is, Thou shalt or shalt not do it. --(1 B. 38, 44, 45.) And this is throughout the language of the Constitution. Congress shall do this; the President shall do that; the States shall not exercise this or that power. Witness, for example, the important clauses by which the Sovereign States are shorn of all the great attributes of sovereignty:--no St