 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 672 pages
...Constitution, §§ 354, 355, 356, 360.) In Marvin v. Hunter (1 Wheat., 304, 324), the Supreme Court said : " The Constitution of the United States was ordained...established, not by the states in their sovereign capacity, but emphatically, as the preamble of the Constitution declared, by the people of the United... | |
 | Jonas Mills Bundy - State rights - 1870 - 62 pages
...to his position upon the Supreme Bench. Says he, in " Martin vs. Hunter's Lessee." 1 Wheaton, 304: " The Constitution of the United States was ordained...sovereign capacities, but emphatically, as the Preamble declares, by " the people of the United States." There can be no doubt, that it was competent to the... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1870 - 708 pages
...Lessees, (1 Wheaton's SC Reports, 304,) Mr. Justice Story, delivering the opinion of the Court, says: "The Constitution of the United States was ordained...in their sovereign capacities, but emphatically, as thepreamble of the Constitution declares, by the people of the United States." Beyond all cavil, the... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - States' rights (American politics) - 1871 - 156 pages
...case of Martin vs. Hunter's Lessee, decided in 1816, the Supreme Court of the United States said : " The Constitution of the United States was ordained...Constitution declares, by 'the people of the United States.'" — W/ieaton's fieports, Vol. I, p. 324. CHAPTER XI. Kenfs Commentaries. KENT says : " The association... | |
 | United States. Congress - Electronic journals - 1871 - 708 pages
...relations of all private rights. Says Mr. Justice Story, in the case of Martin vs. Hunter, in 1 Wheaton : "The Constitution of the United States was ordained...preamble of the Constitution declares, by ' the people of tho United States.' There can be no doubt that it was competent to the people to invest tho General... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - Federal government - 1871 - 148 pages
...the United States said : "The Constitution of the United States was ordained and established, not Tby the States in their sovereign capacities, "but emphatically,...declares, by 'the people of the United States.'"— Wheaton^s Reports, Vol. I, p. 324, CHAPTER i. Kent' s Commentaries. says : " The association of the... | |
 | California - California - 1872 - 732 pages
...construction.— The State of Rhode Island vs. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 12 Peters, p. 657. The Constitution of the United States was ordained and established, not by the United States in their sovereign capacities, but, as the preamble declares, by the people of the United... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 780 pages
...assent or agreement of minds. In Martin v. Hunter, (1 Wheat. R. 304, 324,} the Supreme Court said, " The Constitution of the United States was ordained...as the preamble of the Constitution declares, ' by ihe people of the United States.' " To the same effect is the reasoning of Mr. Chief Jusriee Marshall,... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 786 pages
...appropriate to this part of our subject. " The Constitution of the United States," say the court, " was ordained and established, not by the States in...Constitution declares, by the people of the United States.3 There can be no doubt that it was competent to the people to invest the general government... | |
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The constitution of the United States was ordained and established, not by the states in their sovereign capacities, but, emphatically, as the preamble of the constitution declares, by " the people of the United States. 
