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... of liberty survived , and South Carolina ( sustained by the example of her Sumters and her Marions ) proved by her conduct that , though her soil might be overrun , the spirit of her people was invincible .
... of liberty survived , and South Carolina ( sustained by the example of her Sumters and her Marions ) proved by her conduct that , though her soil might be overrun , the spirit of her people was invincible .
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Sir , if , in acting on these high motives , if , animated by that ardent love of liberty which has always been the most prominent trait in the Southern character , we should be hurried beyond the bounds of a cold and calculating ...
Sir , if , in acting on these high motives , if , animated by that ardent love of liberty which has always been the most prominent trait in the Southern character , we should be hurried beyond the bounds of a cold and calculating ...
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happened to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood ; when I refuse , for any such cause , or for any cause , the homage due to American talent , to elevated patriotism , to sincere devotion to liberty and the ...
happened to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood ; when I refuse , for any such cause , or for any cause , the homage due to American talent , to elevated patriotism , to sincere devotion to liberty and the ...
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To coin money is another exercise of sovereign power ; but no State is at liberty to coin money . Again , the Constitution says that no sovereign State shall be so sovereign as to make a treaty . These prohibitions , it must be ...
To coin money is another exercise of sovereign power ; but no State is at liberty to coin money . Again , the Constitution says that no sovereign State shall be so sovereign as to make a treaty . These prohibitions , it must be ...
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In one sense , indeed , sir , said Mr. W. , this is assuming an attitude of open resistance in favor of liberty . But what sort of liberty ? The liberty of establishing their own opinions , in defiance of the opinions of all others ...
In one sense , indeed , sir , said Mr. W. , this is assuming an attitude of open resistance in favor of liberty . But what sort of liberty ? The liberty of establishing their own opinions , in defiance of the opinions of all others ...
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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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