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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... Freedom of Religion ; Freedom of the Press ; Freedom of Commerce . " THOMAS JEFFERSON . THE LAWBOOK EXCHANGE , LTD . Union , New Jersey Second printing 2004 Printed in the United States of America 2002 NULLIFICATION AND Front Cover.
... Freedom of Religion ; Freedom of the Press ; Freedom of Commerce . " THOMAS JEFFERSON . G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK 27 WEST TWENTY - THIRD STREET LONDON 24 BEDFORD STREET , STRAND The Knickerbocker Press COPYRIGHT , 1897 BY G. P. ...
... Freedom declared na- tional - Slavery declared national - Abolition of Com- promises in 1854 - Election of Lincoln - Secession War - Free Labor triumphs - Slavery as a Social prin- ciple abrogated by civilization - The Indissolubility ...
... ) Extract from Hon . T. M. Cooley on Centralization . ( 2 ) Ex- tract from Hon . Thomas F. Bayard on Individual Freedom . INDEX . PAGE 4II · 453 NULLIFICATION AND SECESSION IN THE UNITED STATES INTRODUCTORY . CHAPTER Contents xi.
... Freedom of religion , freedom of the press , freedom of commerce , no suspen- sion of habeas corpus , and no standing army . " He also objected to the eligibility of the President to re- election . Besides the eleven Articles of ...
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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 |