The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

“This nation has become a giant, who is no
longer content with the nursery rimes which were
sung around his cradle.”[5]
“In the right to acquire territory is found the
right to govern; and as the right to govern is
sovereign and unlimited, the right to govern is a
sovereign right, and I maintain is not limited in the
Constitution. I think it must be admitted that the
right to govern is sovereign and unlimited. ...
Governments derive their just powers from the
consent of some of the governed.”[6]
“The Declaration of Independence was made to
suit a particular existing condition of things. The
Declaration meant simply that the colonies had
become tired of the British domination, deeming it
oppressive, and intended to set up a government of
their own by the right of revolution. They were not
laying down a principle for anybody except
themselves, and they had no conception of the
‘consent of the governed’ as it is proclaimed by
Mr.--and the generally hypocritical gang who are
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