 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 586 Seiten
...sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it, does, of necessity, fly to anarcby or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible. The rule of a minority, as...inadmissible ; so that rejecting the majority principle, anarcby or despotism in some form is all that is left. " I do not forget the position assumed by some... | |
 | Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 Seiten
...sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it, does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholl)' inadmissible ; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy Or despotism in some form... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - 1862 - 888 Seiten
...decisions (ante, p. 245, n.). President Lincoln, in his Inaugural, March 4, 1861, has said : — " I do not forget the position assumed by some, that...deny that such decisions must be binding in any case opon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 514 Seiten
...say. Must Congress protect shivery in the Territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. Prom questions of this class spring all our constitutional...majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form ia all that is left. I do not forget the position assumed by some, that constitutional questions are... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1864 - 694 Seiten
...sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it, does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as...Supreme Court, nor do I deny that such decisions must bo binding in any case upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1864 - 462 Seiten
...sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it, does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a> minority,...decided by the Supreme Court ; nor do I deny that sach .decision must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit,... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1865 - 704 Seiten
...sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it, does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a minority,...Supreme Court, nor do I deny that such decisions must bo binding in any case upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - 1865 - 300 Seiten
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a majority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible....decisions must be binding in any case upon the parties tc a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - 1865 - 296 Seiten
...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a majority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible....decisions must be binding in any case upon the parties tc a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 840 Seiten
...sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it, does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as...Supreme Court ; nor do I deny that such decisions mast be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they... | |
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A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does, of necessity, fly to anarchy... 
