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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... adopted were stricken out by Mr. Breckinridge on Mr. Jefferson's re- vision of his original proposal . The chief omission is that of the eighth resolution of the draft : a long , labored , and turgid diatribe , the au- thorship of which ...
... adopted were stricken out by Mr. Breckinridge on Mr. Jefferson's re- vision of his original proposal . The chief omission is that of the eighth resolution of the draft : a long , labored , and turgid diatribe , the au- thorship of which ...
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... adopted to the Sen- ate , because of its well - known antagonism to the princi- ples advocated . The shrewdness of ... adopt . Thus he kept himself free from such entanglements as would have prevented his developing as he did the implied ...
... adopted to the Sen- ate , because of its well - known antagonism to the princi- ples advocated . The shrewdness of ... adopt . Thus he kept himself free from such entanglements as would have prevented his developing as he did the implied ...
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... adopted through the influence of political and judicial action . It is important , however , to note that the view of the nature of the general Government , which may be re- garded as having the support of the best authority at the ...
... adopted through the influence of political and judicial action . It is important , however , to note that the view of the nature of the general Government , which may be re- garded as having the support of the best authority at the ...
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... adopted by a body of intelligent men in opposition to the policy of Mr. Madi- son as President : " In case of deliberate , dangerous , and palpable infraction of the Constitution affecting the sovereignty of the State and liberties of ...
... adopted by a body of intelligent men in opposition to the policy of Mr. Madi- son as President : " In case of deliberate , dangerous , and palpable infraction of the Constitution affecting the sovereignty of the State and liberties of ...
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... deliberated in secret for three weeks , until January 5 , 1815 , when it adopted a report to the legislature and counties represented . REPORT OF THE CONVENTION [ ABRIDGED ] The convention is 16 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
... deliberated in secret for three weeks , until January 5 , 1815 , when it adopted a report to the legislature and counties represented . REPORT OF THE CONVENTION [ ABRIDGED ] The convention is 16 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
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