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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... existence and contin- uance of the emergency , the whole militia may be converted into a standing army disposable at the will of the President of the United States . Had the troops already raised , and in great numbers V - 2 STATE RIGHTS ...
... existence and contin- uance of the emergency , the whole militia may be converted into a standing army disposable at the will of the President of the United States . Had the troops already raised , and in great numbers V - 2 STATE RIGHTS ...
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... existence as a State - because the valuable products of her soil , the blessings by which Divine Providence seems to have designed to compensate for the great disadvantages under which she suffers in other respects , are among the very ...
... existence as a State - because the valuable products of her soil , the blessings by which Divine Providence seems to have designed to compensate for the great disadvantages under which she suffers in other respects , are among the very ...
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... blow at the prosperity of South Carolina ( dependent as she must ever continue upon agriculture and commerce ) , but which threatens her very existence as a State . CHAPTER II THE UNION : SEPARABLE OR INSEPARABLE ? Debates STATE RIGHTS 35.
... blow at the prosperity of South Carolina ( dependent as she must ever continue upon agriculture and commerce ) , but which threatens her very existence as a State . CHAPTER II THE UNION : SEPARABLE OR INSEPARABLE ? Debates STATE RIGHTS 35.
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... existence . This important consideration , seriously and deeply impressed on our minds , led each State in the conven- tion to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected . ' This , sir , is ...
... existence . This important consideration , seriously and deeply impressed on our minds , led each State in the conven- tion to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected . ' This , sir , is ...
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... existence is made sure , it will stand , in the end , by the side of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked ; it will stretch forth its arm , with whatever of vigor it may still retain , over the friends who may gather round it ...
... existence is made sure , it will stand , in the end , by the side of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked ; it will stretch forth its arm , with whatever of vigor it may still retain , over the friends who may gather round it ...
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