...loss of distinct and individual existence, or of the right of self-government by the States. ... It may be not unreasonably said that the preservation...the States and the maintenance of their governments arc u much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union and the...

...autonomy to the States, through their union under the constitution, but it may not unreasonably be said that the preservation of the States and the maintenance...indestructible union composed of indestructible States." With still greater emphasis, the Chief Justice in Lane County \. Oregon, said : "The people of the...

...doubt upon the question of authority. The other allegation presents a question of jurisdiction. . . . The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to...indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States. When, therefore, Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation....

...Missouri is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States; and as effect as if it had been signed by the Governor; but in all such cases the necessary to an indestructible Union, and were intended to coexist with it, the Legislature la not...

...separate and independent autonomy to the States, through their union under the Constitution, but it may he not unreasonably said that the preservation of the...indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States."* Every clause in the Constitution in which it differed from the Articles of Confederation was designed...

...existence, and without the States in Union there could be no such political body as the United States. The preservation of the States and the maintenance of their Governments are as much within the care and design of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union and the maintenance of the National...

...provisions are found within it contemplating such a result. As aptly stated by Chief Justice Chase, "the Constitution in all its provisions looks to an...indestructible Union composed of indestructible States." Its government was clothed with the means to give effect to all its measures, which none have been...

...White, which determined the status of the Southern states during the war. "The Constitution," he said, " in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union composed of indestructible states." Hence the acts of the seceding legislature were null, but although the obligations of Texas were not...

...Missouri is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States; and as the preservation of the States and the maintenance of their governments are necessary to an indestructible Union, and were intended to coexist with it, the Legislature is not...

...separate and independent autonomy to the states, through their union under the constitution, but it may be not unreasonably said, that the preservation...indestructible union, composed of indestructible states." * * * And then speaking of the Union as indissoluble, he adds : "Except through revolution, or through...