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He has crossed the border , he has invaded the State of South Carolina , is making war upon her citizens and endeavoring to overthrow her principles and her institutions . Sir , when the gentleman provokes me to such a conflict , I meet ...
He has crossed the border , he has invaded the State of South Carolina , is making war upon her citizens and endeavoring to overthrow her principles and her institutions . Sir , when the gentleman provokes me to such a conflict , I meet ...
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... revolutionary and other merits , meets my hearty concurrence . I shall not acknowledge that the honorable member goes before me in regard for whatever of distinguished talent or distinguished character South Carolina has produced .
... revolutionary and other merits , meets my hearty concurrence . I shall not acknowledge that the honorable member goes before me in regard for whatever of distinguished talent or distinguished character South Carolina has produced .
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In the same publication we find the following : " Previously to our Revolution , when the arm of oppression was stretched over New England , where did our Northern brethren meet with a braver sympathy than that which sprung from the ...
In the same publication we find the following : " Previously to our Revolution , when the arm of oppression was stretched over New England , where did our Northern brethren meet with a braver sympathy than that which sprung from the ...
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The gentleman's opinion may be that the right ought not to have been lodged with the general Government ; he may like better such a constitution as we should have under the right of State interference ; but I ask him to meet me WEBSTER ...
The gentleman's opinion may be that the right ought not to have been lodged with the general Government ; he may like better such a constitution as we should have under the right of State interference ; but I ask him to meet me WEBSTER ...
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State interference ; but I ask him to meet me on the plain matter of fact ; I ask him to meet me on the Constitution itself ; I ask him if the power is not found there , clearly and visibly found there ? But , sir , what is this danger ...
State interference ; but I ask him to meet me on the plain matter of fact ; I ask him to meet me on the Constitution itself ; I ask him if the power is not found there , clearly and visibly found there ? But , sir , what is this danger ...
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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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