If at any time an opposition is organized to it, the result must either be, the reduction of the opposition or the destruction of the confederation.
Victoria C. Woodhull
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Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin, was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for president of the United States in the 1872 election. While many historians and authors agree that Woodhull was the first woman to run for the presidency, some disagree with classifying it as a true candidacy because according to the Constitution she would have been too young to be president if elected.
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The governing power, though superior to all, must itself be subject to the common law of justice.
All governments, to be able to contribute to the public welfare, must exist upon general similar principles and act by similar means.
For this the Constitution must be referred to to find wherein, if at all, its organization is defective.
If the conferment of power by the organization is complete, then it must be concluded that those who administer its organic force either fail to comprehend the extent of its application or to perform their duty in applying it.
It is, however, held to be apparent, that if a general bankrupt and election law is to be preferred to thirty-seven different ones, general laws upon all other subjects are also preferable.
It is a logical conclusion that the “public welfare” would be promoted if Congress should pass general laws for the whole country, to cover all cases and causes that are general to the whole country, leaving for the States such legislation…
It is not surprising that well instructed jurists of foreign countries have no faith in our existence as a consolidated nation.
A house divided against itself cannot stand” they hold to equally apply to nations.
If it is found that its power under the Constitution to remedy such evils is doubtful, amendments granting it should be at once proposed and submitted.
Whatever opposition there might be on the part of present State Legislatures and officials the people will welcome any measure looking to the eradication of the cause of internal agitation.
Charity, with its long cloak of justice escaped, has long enough covered a multitude of sins.