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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... honor of commencing the work of establish- ing the Constitution . There is not a brighter jewel in the coronet that adorns her brow . " Washington was the soul of the new movement ; Madison its brains . Bancroft , speaking of the ...
... inhabitants of the several Colonies whom we represent , firmly agree and associate under the sacred ties of virtue , honor , and love of our country , as follows : First . That from and after the first day of Introductory 31.
... fortunes , and our sacred honor . DIGEST OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION Article I. The style of this Confederacy shall be , " The United States of America . " Art . II . Each State retains its sovereignty , Introductory 43.
... honor . But when the treaty was received it was kept locked up till the Senate could be called together to act on it . That body then saw fit to meet with closed doors . Pro- tests came in from every quarter . But the Federal ...
... honors but holds the sword of the community ; the legislature not only commands the purse but prescribes the rules by which the duties and rights of every citizen are to be regulated ; the judiciary on the contrary has no influence over ...
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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 |