Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) |
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Not only so , but they represented an extraordinary failure on the part of the national Government , and particularly of the President and the Federal party , to read the signs of the times . Instead of taking advantage of the wholesome ...
Not only so , but they represented an extraordinary failure on the part of the national Government , and particularly of the President and the Federal party , to read the signs of the times . Instead of taking advantage of the wholesome ...
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... Mr. Jefferson sought to safeguard popular government by erecting a barrier to the Federal Government in the States . The independence and sovereignty of the States , the respective powers of the ordinary government of the States and ...
... Mr. Jefferson sought to safeguard popular government by erecting a barrier to the Federal Government in the States . The independence and sovereignty of the States , the respective powers of the ordinary government of the States and ...
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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 ... of the States to the national Government , and that as such they supplied a popular plan of campaign .
It is as follows : " To be explicit , sir , I consider the co - States to be alone parties to the Federal compact , and solely ... of the States to the national Government , and that as such they supplied a popular plan of campaign .
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The Union of the States is a compact , by which each State delegates to the Federal Government definite powers , reserving to itself the residuary mass of right to its own selfgovernment . When , therefore , the Federal Government ...
The Union of the States is a compact , by which each State delegates to the Federal Government definite powers , reserving to itself the residuary mass of right to its own selfgovernment . When , therefore , the Federal Government ...
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... the initiative in impeaching any objectionable action of the Federal Government , and to ask her co - States to coöperate in procuring the repeal of a law , a change of policy , or an amendment of the Constitutionaccording as one or ...
... the initiative in impeaching any objectionable action of the Federal Government , and to ask her co - States to coöperate in procuring the repeal of a law , a change of policy , or an amendment of the Constitutionaccording as one or ...
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| Title | Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) Volume 5 of Great Debates in 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), Marion Mills Miller |
| Editor | Marion Mills Miller |
| Contributors | United States. Congress, Great Britain. Parliament |
| Publisher | Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Oct 2010 |
| ISBN | 0810803860, 9780810803862 |
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