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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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The convention feels it its duty to enumerate the abuses of the Federal Government which have contributed to its downfall from the high estate it held under George Washington and John Adams . First . - A deliberate and extensive system ...
The convention feels it its duty to enumerate the abuses of the Federal Government which have contributed to its downfall from the high estate it held under George Washington and John Adams . First . - A deliberate and extensive system ...
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Mass meetings were held in these States , at which speeches were made and resolutions passed threatening secession from the Union unless the bill were repealed , and calling on the other Southern States to adopt the same attitude .
Mass meetings were held in these States , at which speeches were made and resolutions passed threatening secession from the Union unless the bill were repealed , and calling on the other Southern States to adopt the same attitude .
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... unconstitutional laws , was held by the enlightened citizens of Boston who assembled in Faneuil Hall on the 25th January , 1809. They V state , in that celebrated memorial , that " they 44 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
... unconstitutional laws , was held by the enlightened citizens of Boston who assembled in Faneuil Hall on the 25th January , 1809. They V state , in that celebrated memorial , that " they 44 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
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The South is acting on a principle she has always held sacred - resistance to unauthorized taxation . These , sir , are the principles which induced the immortal Hampden to resist the payment of a tax of twenty shillings .
The South is acting on a principle she has always held sacred - resistance to unauthorized taxation . These , sir , are the principles which induced the immortal Hampden to resist the payment of a tax of twenty shillings .
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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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