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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... says , " But with all its faults it contained the elements for the evo- lution of a more perfect Union . " This was demon- strated in the Convention of 1787 ; for the ultimate Constitution was in fact but a ripening and perfecting of ...
... favor of a separate nationality . Laboulaye , in his Moral and Political Studies , says , " The new - born Republic just missed dying in its cradle . " It became at the very outset clear Í 2 Nullification and Secession.
... say that if the appropriation bills failed to pass they would " throw up the game . ' Dexter was an avowed believer that the ... says Jefferson in a letter to Martin Van Buren , was sincerely a friend to the republican principle of our ...
... says of his experience in Washington's cabinet , Hamilton and I were pitted against each other every day in the cabinet , like two fighting- cocks . " Washington stood not only between the two to moderate and soften antagonism , but to ...
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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 |