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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... expression than was deemed wise . The general agreement of the revised resolutions with the Virginia Resolutions seems to me to indicate the Vir- ginia attitude of mind , while the assertion of the position by Mr. Breckinridge in debate ...
... expression than was deemed wise . The general agreement of the revised resolutions with the Virginia Resolutions seems to me to indicate the Vir- ginia attitude of mind , while the assertion of the position by Mr. Breckinridge in debate ...
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... expression : ' We , the people of the United States , ' not we the thirteen States of America . " He proceeded to declare that " to the judiciary , and the judiciary alone , it belongs to de- clare what acts of legislature are law and ...
... expression : ' We , the people of the United States , ' not we the thirteen States of America . " He proceeded to declare that " to the judiciary , and the judiciary alone , it belongs to de- clare what acts of legislature are law and ...
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... expressed by Jefferson and Madison in the resolutions , was made a basis of the claim of the " Secessionists " of a later period , although they found more logical grounds in the theory of Cal- houn that the " compact " was between the ...
... expressed by Jefferson and Madison in the resolutions , was made a basis of the claim of the " Secessionists " of a later period , although they found more logical grounds in the theory of Cal- houn that the " compact " was between the ...
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... expression of her opinion will be carefully preserved among the archives of the Senate ; and in justification of her character to the present generation , and to posterity , if , unfortunately , Congress , disregarding the protest , and ...
... expression of her opinion will be carefully preserved among the archives of the Senate ; and in justification of her character to the present generation , and to posterity , if , unfortunately , Congress , disregarding the protest , and ...
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... expressed in the most deliberate and imposing form , in a manner no longer to be misunderstood or misrepresented . The legislature of South Carolina , coming directly from the people , have , at their late session , with a unanimity ...
... expressed in the most deliberate and imposing form , in a manner no longer to be misunderstood or misrepresented . The legislature of South Carolina , coming directly from the people , have , at their late session , with a unanimity ...
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