 | 1819 - 660 Seiten
...opposition, must be settled. If any one proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this — that the government of...its nature. It is the government of all; its powers The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws,... | |
 | Ohio. General Assembly. Joint Committee on the Communication of the Auditor of State - 1821 - 76 Seiten
...propositions stand in a perfectly natural and logical connection, though not thus arranged in the opinion : " The government of the Union, though limited, in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action." "It is of the very essence of supremacy to remove all obstacles to its action within its own sphere,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1838 - 684 Seiten
...opposition, must be settled. " If any one proposition could command Ihe universal assent of mankind, we mighl expect it would be this: that the Government of the...supreme within its sphere of action . This would seem lo result necessarily from ils nalure. It is the Government of all; its powers are delegated by all;... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1833 - 686 Seiten
...of mankind, we might expect it would be this: that the Government of the Union, though limited ¡n its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action....all, and acts for all. Though any one State may be »¡Hing to control its operations, no State is willing to allow fillers to control them. The nation,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1833 - 684 Seiten
...we might expect it would be this: that the Government of the Union, though limited in its powers, u supreme within its sphere of action . This would seem...Government of all; its powers are delegated by all; it repreients all, and acts for all. Though any one State may be willing to control its operations, no... | |
 | George Washington Frost Mellen - 1841 - 452 Seiten
...for their benefit." ' "-If any proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this, — that the government of...its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action." " But this question is not left to mere reasoning. The people have, in expressed terms, decided it... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1848 - 414 Seiten
...acquiesced under for a period of years, fixes its construction.—Stuart vs. Laird, 1 Cranch, 099. The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made in pursuance of the constitution, form the supreme law of the land.—McCulloch... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1859 - 674 Seiten
...acquiesced under for a period of years, fixes its construction. — Stuart vs. Laird, 1 Cranch, 299. The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made in pursuance of -the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land. —McOulloch... | |
 | Richard Peters - 1860 - 836 Seiten
...them; its powers are granted by them, and are to be exercised directly on them, and for their benefit. The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the constitution, form the supreme law of the land. Ibid. 24.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1874 - 726 Seiten
...bank? The answer is very manifest, and is stated by Chief Justice Marshall in McCidluch v. Maryland.* "The government of the Union, though limited in its...State is willing to allow others to control them." Again: "It has also been insisted that, as the power of taxation in the General and State governments... | |
| |
If any one proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this— that the Government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action. 
