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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... amended as to remove the more radical features , but enough remained to give point to all that was said against the acts themselves and the party that enacted them . Mr. Jefferson had already separated himself from the traditions of the ...
... amended as to remove the more radical features , but enough remained to give point to all that was said against the acts themselves and the party that enacted them . Mr. Jefferson had already separated himself from the traditions of the ...
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... amendment of the Constitution— according as one or the other , or all , may be required to remedy . the evil complained of ; whereas nullification claims that a sin- gle State may , of its own motion , nullify any act of the Federal ...
... amendment of the Constitution— according as one or the other , or all , may be required to remedy . the evil complained of ; whereas nullification claims that a sin- gle State may , of its own motion , nullify any act of the Federal ...
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... amendment to the Constitution to grant the doubtful power , and by promising for the State and imposing upon the citizens of the State an acquiescence in the acts ' which we have declared to be a usurpation ' ' until the legislature ...
... amendment to the Constitution to grant the doubtful power , and by promising for the State and imposing upon the citizens of the State an acquiescence in the acts ' which we have declared to be a usurpation ' ' until the legislature ...
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... amendments as might render it in all respects perfect , would be a task which this con- vention has not thought proper to assume . They have confined their attention to such as experience has demonstrated to be es- sential , and , even ...
... amendments as might render it in all respects perfect , would be a task which this con- vention has not thought proper to assume . They have confined their attention to such as experience has demonstrated to be es- sential , and , even ...
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... amendment proposed relates to the apportionment of representatives among the slaveholding States . This cannot . be claimed as a right . Those States are entitled to the slave representation by a constitutional compact . It is therefore ...
... amendment proposed relates to the apportionment of representatives among the slaveholding States . This cannot . be claimed as a right . Those States are entitled to the slave representation by a constitutional compact . It is therefore ...
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