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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A History of the Six Attempts During the First Century of the Republic Edward Payson Powell. COPYRIGHT , 1897 BY G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS The Knickerbocker Press , New York To the South as well as the North , to.
... North , to the West as well as the East , with a spirit of equal justice to all , this book is dedicated- -our common land — our indissoluble Union . " With malice toward none ; with charity for all . " Abraham Lincoln . PREFACE HIS ...
... North or South to perceive the blunders in action and defects of character of the opposite section ; it is diffi- cult to generously measure each other's achievements ; and to help atone for each other's errors . In writing a history of ...
... North Carolina . While a member one day was read- ing documents to prove that public opinion was in favor of the measure , Mr. Hewes suddenly started up- right , and lifting up both hands to Heaven as if in a trance , cried out : ' It ...
... - mony with Georgia or even Virginia ? Our corn and our agriculture as well as our simplest social conditions are wholly unlike . The North and the South can never work in harness . John Adams noted that not ΙΟ Nullification and Secession.
Contents
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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 |