...TOP-HEAVY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND A SELF-SERVING AND SELF-PERPETUATING BUREAUCRACY. LINCOLN NOTED THAT: "IT IS SAFE TO ASSERT THAT NO GOVERNMENT PROPER EVER HAD A PROVISION IN THE ORGANIC LAW FOR ITS OWN 4 TERMINATION." PERHAPS THAT IS WHY PROGRAMS TEND TO GROW, BUT LINCOLN...

...precipitated19 the most important restructuring in American constitutional history when he declared in 1861: "I hold that in contemplation of universal law, and...of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual."20 He did not say "the Supreme Court has held" or "I infer from the Constitution and/or...

...Lincoln insists that the survival and prosperity of the parts of the Union are contingent upon the whole. "Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments," and, conversely, "the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy" (AL, 4:264, 268). The "great...

...constitutional norms. Abraham Lincoln posed the issue in stark form in his First Inaugural Address: "Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental...ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination."85 One might also question whether it would be coherent for a constitution to contemplate...

...the ties of the Union with them. Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States of America (1 861} I hold that, in contemplation of universal law and...in the fundamental law of all national governments. Again, if the United States be not a government proper, but an association of states in the nature...

...1861, his notions were far narrower: in his first inaugural address, 4 March 1861, Lincoln declared, "I hold that in contemplation of universal law, and...Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual." Thus he relegated the slavery question to a secondary (if not negligible) status (Lincoln III, 268)....

...Lincoln, in his own inauguration speech, on March 4, 1861, explained the current state of affairs: I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and...Constitution, the Union of these states is perpetual.... The power confided to me, will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property, and places belonging...

...their security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. "I hold that in contemplation of universal law and...Constitution, the union of these states is perpetual. It is safe to assert that no government ever had a provision in its organic law for its termination....

...address the following reason for making war on the seceding states: "I hold that, in consideration of universal law and of the Constitution, the Union...provision in its organic law for its own termination." 7 Lincoln's argument assumes that the American federation of states is a unitary state grounded in...

...address the following reason for making war on the seceding states: "I hold that, in consideration of universal law and of the Constitution, the Union...ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination."7 Lincoln's argument assumes that the American federation of states is a unitary state...