Nullification and Secession in the United States: A History of the Six Attempts During the First Century of the RepublicA study of sucession and nullification movements in the United States from the nullification resolutions of 1798 to the American Civil War. Powell proposes that the secession of the southern states in 1861 was not a unique event in American history, but the culmination of a tradition as old as the nation. Indeed, he argues, it was an expression of the "intense individualism which was the most potent factor in the creation of the republic" (Preface). Sensitive to the continued animosity between the North and South, Powell hoped that the historical context provided by his study would help to promote a spirit of reconciliation. The six attempts at nullification and secession that he examines are: - the Nullification Resolutions of 1798 - the plot for a northern confederacy (1803-1804) - the Burr plot (1805-1806) - New England nullification and the Hartford Convention (1812-1814) - South Carolina's attempts at nullification (1832) - the secession of 11 states and creation of the confederacy (1861). |
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... Convention- Resolutions looking towards separation — The triumph of American diplomacy at Ghent , and of American arms at New Orleans . APPENDIX TO CHAPTER V .- ( 1 ) Report of the Hartford Convention . ( 2 ) Resolutions of the Hart ...
... Convention of 1787 ; for the ultimate Constitution was in fact but a ripening and perfecting of the Articles of Confederation ; as they had previously been born of the Articles of Association . In the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ...
... Convention : that of Virginia , which was national ; that of New Jersey , which was federative . To compromise and harmonize these two plans required all the self - restraint , tact , and patience of the Conven- tion . The idea of ...
... Convention to cut loose entirely from aristocratic methods , and trust absolutely to the com- mon - sense and self - restraint of the people . Jefferson was strenuously opposed to the appointment of judges beyond a limited term . As ...
... Convention . Let us go back to a monarchy , said some ; " Monarchy and order . " The long - continued clerical control of New England had fostered a faith in government by classes . " The people : " The people " were not trusted . There ...
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June 25 1798 2 The Sedition Act July 14 1798 | 97 |
CHAPTER III | 105 |
ugees in New York 2 Letter of Hamilton to | 150 |
PAGE | 153 |
tory to the United States Senate 2 President Jef | 198 |
SOUTH CAROLINA NULLIFICATION IN 1832 | 241 |
Proposal of Canning 2 President Monroes Mes | 294 |
CHAPTER VII | 328 |
CONCLUDING | 435 |
from Hon T M Cooley on Centralization 2 | 449 |