Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861)Marion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
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... Northern statesmen , the threats of secession by the South quieted down and re- mained in abeyance . However , in various debates , the Southern statesmen expressed their adherence to the theory of nullification . The most notable of ...
... Northern statesmen , the threats of secession by the South quieted down and re- mained in abeyance . However , in various debates , the Southern statesmen expressed their adherence to the theory of nullification . The most notable of ...
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... Northern brethren meet with a braver sympathy than that which sprung from the bosoms of Carolinians ? We had no extortion , no oppression , no collision with the king's ministers , no navigation interests springing up in envious rivalry ...
... Northern brethren meet with a braver sympathy than that which sprung from the bosoms of Carolinians ? We had no extortion , no oppression , no collision with the king's ministers , no navigation interests springing up in envious rivalry ...
Page 107
... Northern Democrat who was understood to be in sympathy with Senator Douglas's opposition to the Lecompton constitution , was left to decide . English submitted a plan to the joint committee by which the people of Kansas were to vote ...
... Northern Democrat who was understood to be in sympathy with Senator Douglas's opposition to the Lecompton constitution , was left to decide . English submitted a plan to the joint committee by which the people of Kansas were to vote ...
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... Northern public opinion , not to care whether slavery is voted down or voted up . This shows exactly where we now are , and partially , also , whither we are tending . It will throw additional light on the latter , to go back and run ...
... Northern public opinion , not to care whether slavery is voted down or voted up . This shows exactly where we now are , and partially , also , whither we are tending . It will throw additional light on the latter , to go back and run ...
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... Northern States in one body against the South , to excite a sectional war between the free States and the slave States , in order that the one or the other may be driven to the wall . MR . LINCOLN . - When a man hears himself somewhat ...
... Northern States in one body against the South , to excite a sectional war between the free States and the slave States , in order that the one or the other may be driven to the wall . MR . LINCOLN . - When a man hears himself somewhat ...
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