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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... territory as an independent State until the Constitution could be set in operation . Their delegate went back disgusted and angry , believing " they would immediately separate from the Union . " Hamilton , when urging his Fund- ing and ...
... Territories . Not afraid of experiments ; a mind of extraordinary synthetic powers ; an idealist who fully believed in the possible realization of the Golden Rule ; cautious in action but prompt in a crisis , Jefferson in politics was ...
... territorial child , Kentucky . This was done not only at the suggestion of Jefferson himself , but in the main the Resolutions were the work of his hand . They de- clared that where powers were assumed by the national government which ...
... territories . " The provocation was extreme , as every citizen of the United States will now allow . And we shall not be far apart in our judgment of the value of a Union that would permit such arbitrary exercise of power . Citizen ...
... territory is unconstitutional and void . ( 4 ) The Missouri Compromise Act of March , 1820 is unconstitutional and void . This was probably a verifiable opinion -- but the final court of appeals was the people ; and they negatived it ...
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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 |