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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... Legislature on " Independent Action , or Coöperation with Other Cotton States ' : in favor of the former , Mr. MULLINS ; of the latter , Mr. McGowan . Speech of EDWARD RUFFIN ( Va . ) at Columbia , S. C .: " Vir- ginia Will Join the ...
... Legislature on " Independent Action , or Coöperation with Other Cotton States ' : in favor of the former , Mr. MULLINS ; of the latter , Mr. McGowan . Speech of EDWARD RUFFIN ( Va . ) at Columbia , S. C .: " Vir- ginia Will Join the ...
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... legislature should support the General Government . He , however , had qualified this recommendation by proceed- ing to suggest that the legislature should protest against " all unconstitutional laws and impolitic proceedings " ; and he ...
... legislature should support the General Government . He , however , had qualified this recommendation by proceed- ing to suggest that the legislature should protest against " all unconstitutional laws and impolitic proceedings " ; and he ...
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... legislature . The true solution is certainly to be found in the personality of John Breckinridge , the mover , his active interest in the matter itself , and the probability that he initiated the whole plan of campaign . 1 1 Palladium ...
... legislature . The true solution is certainly to be found in the personality of John Breckinridge , the mover , his active interest in the matter itself , and the probability that he initiated the whole plan of campaign . 1 1 Palladium ...
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... legislatures , and the authorship of the first draft of the resolutions offered in Kentucky . The first point is not very significant , perhaps , but it has a bearing on the initiative in the whole campaign . The facts that resolutions ...
... legislatures , and the authorship of the first draft of the resolutions offered in Kentucky . The first point is not very significant , perhaps , but it has a bearing on the initiative in the whole campaign . The facts that resolutions ...
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... legislature and resolutions intro- duced there by John Breckinridge , and that Mr. Madison should be interested in the movement and should be con- sulted with reference to a further development of the plan . It would also appear that a ...
... legislature and resolutions intro- duced there by John Breckinridge , and that Mr. Madison should be interested in the movement and should be con- sulted with reference to a further development of the plan . It would also appear that a ...
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