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AMERICAN HISTORY From the Debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act ( 1764-1765 ) to the Debates in Congress at the Close of the Taft Administration ( 1912-1913 EDITED BY MARION MILLS MILLER , LITT.
AMERICAN HISTORY From the Debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act ( 1764-1765 ) to the Debates in Congress at the Close of the Taft Administration ( 1912-1913 EDITED BY MARION MILLS MILLER , LITT.
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... to take into consideration that portion of the governor's address which referred to certain unconstitutional laws passed at the late session of Congress , and that he would then move certain resolutions on the subject .
... to take into consideration that portion of the governor's address which referred to certain unconstitutional laws passed at the late session of Congress , and that he would then move certain resolutions on the subject .
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II The Kentucky Resolutions were provoked by the act of Congress passed in the violent anti - French reaction of 1798 , produced by the publication of the X. Y. Z. dispatches . These acts , consisting of what have come to be known as ...
II The Kentucky Resolutions were provoked by the act of Congress passed in the violent anti - French reaction of 1798 , produced by the publication of the X. Y. Z. dispatches . These acts , consisting of what have come to be known as ...
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It is as follows : " To be explicit , sir , I consider the co - States to be alone parties to the Federal compact , and solely authorized to judge in the last resort of the power exercised under the compact - Congress being not a party ...
It is as follows : " To be explicit , sir , I consider the co - States to be alone parties to the Federal compact , and solely authorized to judge in the last resort of the power exercised under the compact - Congress being not a party ...
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... the opinion of the author of the Kentucky resolutions upon the same point : " The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union , assembled by their deputies in convention , at the call of Congress , or of two - thirds of the States .
... the opinion of the author of the Kentucky resolutions upon the same point : " The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union , assembled by their deputies in convention , at the call of Congress , or of two - thirds of the States .
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