Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861)Marion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 75
Page 19
... attempts at the epoch of the war . Commerce , the vital spring of New England's prosperity , was annihilated . Taxes , of a description and amount unprecedented in this country , are in a train of imposition , the burden of which must ...
... attempts at the epoch of the war . Commerce , the vital spring of New England's prosperity , was annihilated . Taxes , of a description and amount unprecedented in this country , are in a train of imposition , the burden of which must ...
Page 43
... attempted to throw ridicule upon the idea that a State has any constitutional remedy , by the exercise of its sovereign authority , against " a gross , palpable , and deliberate violation of the Constitution . " He called it " an idle ...
... attempted to throw ridicule upon the idea that a State has any constitutional remedy , by the exercise of its sovereign authority , against " a gross , palpable , and deliberate violation of the Constitution . " He called it " an idle ...
Page 59
... attempt to maintain the Constitution under which we sit . But , sir , the people have wisely provided , in the Constitution itself , a proper , suitable mode and tribunal for settling questions of constitutional law . There are in the ...
... attempt to maintain the Constitution under which we sit . But , sir , the people have wisely provided , in the Constitution itself , a proper , suitable mode and tribunal for settling questions of constitutional law . There are in the ...
Page 71
... attempt should be made to carry such a law into effect , by force , in what would the case differ from an attempt to carry into effect an act nullified by the courts , or to do any other unlawful and unwarrantable act ? Suppose Congress ...
... attempt should be made to carry such a law into effect , by force , in what would the case differ from an attempt to carry into effect an act nullified by the courts , or to do any other unlawful and unwarrantable act ? Suppose Congress ...
Page 78
... attempted to be taken , the courts of this State shall proceed to execute and enforce their judgments , according to the laws and usages of the State , without reference to such attempted appeal , and the person or persons attempting to ...
... attempted to be taken , the courts of this State shall proceed to execute and enforce their judgments , according to the laws and usages of the State , without reference to such attempted appeal , and the person or persons attempting to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Lincoln admit adopted Alfred Iverson amendment appeal attempt authority believe bill Black Republican Charleston citizens compact Confederacy Congress constitutional right convention declare delegated Democratic party deny doctrine Dred Scott decision duty election equal evil exclude slavery execution existence fathers who framed favor Federal Government force Fugitive Slave Fugitive Slave Law gentleman Harper's Ferry honorable Senator Illinois institutions Jefferson Jefferson Davis John Brown Judge Douglas Kentucky Lecompton constitution legislation legislature liberty Lincoln means ment Mississippi Missouri Missouri compromise nation negro never non-intervention North Northern opinion peace platform political popular sovereignty President principle prohibition proper proposition protection purpose question Republican party resistance resolutions secede secession Senator Douglas sentiment slaveholding slavery South Carolina Southern sovereign sovereignty speech stand stitution suppose Supreme Court tariff Territories thing tion unconstitutional Union United violation Virginia vote whole