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on the " Theory of Compact " between the States in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions , as opposed to the Theory of Nullification held by Senator JOHN C. CALHOUN ( S. C. ) . Senator ROBERT Y. HAYNE ( S. C. ) , on the " Treason of New ...
on the " Theory of Compact " between the States in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions , as opposed to the Theory of Nullification held by Senator JOHN C. CALHOUN ( S. C. ) . Senator ROBERT Y. HAYNE ( S. C. ) , on the " Treason of New ...
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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 authorized to judge in the last resort of the power exercised under the compact - Congress being not a party ...
It is as follows : " To be explicit , sir , I consider the co - States to be alone parties to the Federal compact , and solely authorized to judge in the last resort of the power exercised under the compact - Congress being not a party ...
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V It is important to keep in mind that the Kentucky Resolutions distinctly state that the several States are united by compact , and that " to this compact each State acceded as a State , its co - States forming as to itself the other ...
V It is important to keep in mind that the Kentucky Resolutions distinctly state that the several States are united by compact , and that " to this compact each State acceded as a State , its co - States forming as to itself the other ...
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It is scarcely necessary to emphasize the difference between this and the view so frequently asserted in later years , that the general Government was constituted by a compact to which it was itself a party , each State forming as to ...
It is scarcely necessary to emphasize the difference between this and the view so frequently asserted in later years , that the general Government was constituted by a compact to which it was itself a party , each State forming as to ...
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That , in case of a deliberate , palpable , and dangerous exercise of powers not granted by the compact , the States who are parties thereto have a right , and are in duty bound , to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil ...
That , in case of a deliberate , palpable , and dangerous exercise of powers not granted by the compact , the States who are parties thereto have a right , and are in duty bound , to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil ...
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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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