...actually withdrawn from the Confederacy? If answered in the affirmative, it must be on the principle that the power has been conferred upon Congress to declare...war against a State. After much serious reflection 1 have arrived at the conclusion that no such power has been delegated to Congress or to any other...

...Congress the power to coerce a State which is attempting to withdraw or has actually withdrawn ... ? After much serious reflection I have arrived at the...to any other department of the Federal government. He ended by suggesting mildly that the whole matter could be cleared up by a set of constitutional...

...should feel myself recreant to my duty were I not to express an opinion on this important subject. After much serious reflection, I have arrived at the...to any other department of the federal government. It is manifest, upon an inspection of the Constitution, that this is not among the specific and enumerated...

...question whether you possess the power by force of arms to compel a State to remain in the Union." Having "arrived at the conclusion that no such power has...to any other department of the Federal Government," he proposed that Congress should call a constitutional convention, or ask the states to call one, for...