...destruction. None of the papers detained have been forwarded to me, and I cannot judge fur myself Lheir character and tendency ; but you inform me, that they...and the circumstances by which you are surrounded. * The obligation that we owe to the community in which we live requires us to conform to its laws,...

...We owe an obligation to the laws, but a higher one to the communities in which we live, and if \\\& former be perverted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism...and the circumstances by which you are surrounded. * The obligation that we owe to the community in which we Jive requires us to conform to its laws,...

...higher one to the communities in which we live, and if the^/brmer be perverted to destroy the tatter, it is patriotism to disregard them.* Entertaining...and the circumstances by which you are surrounded. * The obligation that we owe to the community in which we live requires us to conform to its laws,...

...you to deliver the papers of -which you speak. None of the papers detained have been forwarded to me. Your justification must be looked for in the character of the papers detained, and the circumstance? by whjch you are sur* rounded." That is to say, though I have no power to determine what...

...used as the instrument of their destruction. None of the papers detained have been forwarded to me, and I cannot judge for myself of their character and...letter contains. If, according to his ideas of the du. ties of patriotism, every postmaster, may constitute himself a judge of the laws, and suspend their...

...to the lnu:i, but a higher one to the communities in which we live, and if the fanner be permitted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism to disregard...and the circumstances by which you are surrounded." Other Postmasters followed the example of the Postmaster at Charleston. The measure of suppression...

...perverted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism to disregard them. Entertaining these views, I can not sanction, and will not condemn the step you have taken....and the circumstances by which you are surrounded. •'t I am, etc., " AMOS KKNDAIX." This was a palpable shirking of the responsibility. The postmaster...

...obligation to the laws, but a higher one to the communities in which we live, and if the former be permitted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism to disregard...and the circumstances by which you are surrounded. — Ibid, p. 418. PRESIDENT JACKSON, in his annual message. December, 1835, used these words in discussing...

...to the laws, but a higher one to the communities in which we live ; and, if the former be permitted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism to disregard...and the circumstances by which you are surrounded." Governor Seward has been widely charged and credited with the anthorehip of the "higher law" doctrine;...

...to the laws, but a higher one to the communities in which we live ; and, if the former be permitted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism to disregard...and the circumstances by which you are surrounded." Governor Seward has been, widely charged and credited with the authorship of the " higher law " doctrine...