...sappers and miners constantly working underground " to convert the constituiion " from a coiirdi nation of a general and special government to a general and supreme one alone." 1 English Constitution, chap. 6. ' Works, vol. 7, p. 192. Lincoln spent his best years and delivered...

...love the people as wolves love the sheep." In an 1810 letter to Ritchie he said, "The judiciary ... is the subtle corps of sappers and miners, constantly...working under ground to undermine the foundations of our confedera ted fabric, . . . Having found from experience that impeachment is an impracticable thing,...

...— eleven years after Mr. Jefferson left the presidency, — he wrote Thomas Ritchie: "The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric. They are construing our constitution...

...bitterness of Jefferson had not died out when fifteen years later, he wrote to Ritchie: "The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric." A fifth influence to be overcome...

...bitterness of Jefferson had not died out when, fifteen years later, he wrote to a friend:1 "The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric. They are construing our Constitution...

...judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric....and special government to a general and supreme one alona . . . An opinion is huddled up in conclave, — perhaps by a majority of one, — delivered as...

...date of Monticello, December 25, 1820, he writes to Thomas Ritchie as follows : * * * "The Judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers...miners constantly working under ground to undermine the foundation of our confederated fabric. They are construing our constitution from a co-ordination of...

...working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric. They are construing the Constitution from a co-ordination of a general and...special government to a general and supreme one alone. . . . Having found from experience that impeachment is an impracticable thing, a mere scarecrow, they...

...most to fear. Taxes and short elections will \ keep them right. The judiciary of the United States j is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly...working under ground to undermine the foundations l of our confederated fabric. They are construing our « Constitution from a co-ordination of a general...

...Those who live in our time are fond of quoting the words of Jefferson, who wrote this: "The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric. They are construing the Constitution...