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" Secession is nothing but revolution. The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities, if it was intended to be broken by every member of the... "
Chronicles from the Diary of a War Prisoner in Andersonville and Other ... - Page 14
by John Worrell Northrop - 1904 - 228 pages
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 106

American essays - 1910 - 964 pages
...framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities,...it was intended to be broken by every member of the Confederation at will. It was intended for " perpetual union, "so expressed in the preamble,' — Lee...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 34

Literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities,...broken by every member of the Confederacy at will. It is intended for ' perpetual union,' so expressed in the preamble, and for the establishment of a government,...
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Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee

John William Jones - 1875 - 596 pages
...framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities,...only be dissolved by revolution, or the consent of all the people in convention assembled. It is idle to talk of secession. Anarchy would have been established,...
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Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee

John William Jones - Generals - 1875 - 586 pages
...so much labor, wisdom, and for* bearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards j and securities, if it was intended to be broken by...government, not a compact, which can only be dissolved A by revolution, or the consent of all the people in convention assembled. It is Hie to talk of secession....
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Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee

John William Jones - History - 1875 - 564 pages
...framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities,...member of the Confederacy at will. It was intended for c perpetual union,' so expressed in the preamble, and for the establishment of a government, not a...
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Across the Continent with the Fifth Cavalry

Apache Indians - 1883 - 734 pages
...Secession is nothing but revolution. . . . The framers of the Constitution provided for a perpetual Union and for the establishment of a government — not...only be dissolved by revolution or the consent of all the people in convention assembled. ... It is idle to talk of secession." An officer of the regiment,...
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Memoirs of Robert E. Lee: His Military and Personal History, Embracing a ...

Armistead Lindsay Long, Marcus Joseph Wright - Generals - 1886 - 760 pages
...framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities,...broken by every member of the Confederacy at will. It is intended for ' perpetual union, ' so expressed in the preamble, and for the establishment of a government,...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 48; Volume 111

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1888 - 916 pages
...framers of our constitution never exhausted so much labor and wisdom and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities,...broken by every member of the confederacy at will. It is intended for 'perpetual union,' so expressed in the preamble, and for the establishment of a government,...
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Murray's Magazine, Volume 4

English literature - 1888 - 912 pages
...framers of our constitution never exhausted so much labour and wisdom and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities,...broken by every member of the confederacy at will. It is intended for ' perpetual union,' so expressed in the preamble, and for the establishment of a government,...
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Southern Historical Society Papers

Southern Historical Society - Confederate States of America - 1889 - 458 pages
...and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities, if it were intended to be broken by every member of the Confederacy at will. It is intended for perpetual union, so expressed in the preamble, and for the establishment of a government...
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