TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 13 P22

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 13 P22 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 196 CIVIL RIGHTS PRIMARY DOCUMENTS SLAVERY DRED SCOTT V. SANDFORD and to accomplish its objects. But it must be remembered that at that time there was no Government of the United States in existence with enumerated and limited powers what was then called the United States were thirteen separate sovereign independent States which had entered into a league or confederation for their mutual protection and advantage and the Congress of the United States was composed of the representatives of these separate sovereignties meeting together as equals to discuss and decide on certain measures which the States by the Articles of Confederation had agreed to submit to their decision. But this Confederation had none of the attributes of sovereignty in legislative executive or judicial power. It was little more than a congress of ambassadors authorized to represent separate nations in matters in which they had a common concern. It was this Congress that accepted the cession from Virginia. They had no power to accept it under the Articles of Confederation. But they had an undoubted right as independent sovereignties to accept any cession of territory for their common benefit which all of them assented to and it is equally clear that as their common property and having no superior to control them they had the right to exercise absolute dominion over it subject only to the restrictions which Virginia had imposed in her Act of Cession. There was as we have said no Government of the United States then in existence with special enumerated and limited powers. The territory belonged to sovereignties who subject to the limitations above mentioned had a right to establish any form of government they pleased by compact or treaty among themselves and to regulate rights of person and property in the territory as they might deem proper. It was by a Congress representing the authority of these several and separate sovereignties and acting under their authority and command but not from any .

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