Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) |
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The advocates of Mr. Breckinridge's claim assert that Mr. Jefferson was old , in failing health , and never generous in admitting the debts he owed to his colleagues and lieutenants . More recent discussion turns upon a very simple set ...
The advocates of Mr. Breckinridge's claim assert that Mr. Jefferson was old , in failing health , and never generous in admitting the debts he owed to his colleagues and lieutenants . More recent discussion turns upon a very simple set ...
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It is also fair and proper , in this connection , to call the reader's special attention to a letter of December 24 , 1825 , 1 " ' Of its own force . " from Jefferson to Madison , which has never hitherto ...
It is also fair and proper , in this connection , to call the reader's special attention to a letter of December 24 , 1825 , 1 " ' Of its own force . " from Jefferson to Madison , which has never hitherto ...
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from Jefferson to Madison , which has never hitherto received the prominence which it deserves . It is on the subject of internal improvements . He regards opposition to the new system as ' desperate , ' but proposes a new series of ...
from Jefferson to Madison , which has never hitherto received the prominence which it deserves . It is on the subject of internal improvements . He regards opposition to the new system as ' desperate , ' but proposes a new series of ...
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Conscious of their high responsibility to God and their country , solicitous for the continuance of the Union , as well as the sovereignty of the States , unwilling to furnish obstacles to peace - resolute never to submit to a foreign ...
Conscious of their high responsibility to God and their country , solicitous for the continuance of the Union , as well as the sovereignty of the States , unwilling to furnish obstacles to peace - resolute never to submit to a foreign ...
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The ending of the war by the Treaty of Ghent rendered such a further convocation untimely , and thereafter the New England States never , by the slightest intimation , indicated that they contemplated secession , but , on the contrary ...
The ending of the war by the Treaty of Ghent rendered such a further convocation untimely , and thereafter the New England States never , by the slightest intimation , indicated that they contemplated secession , but , on the contrary ...
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