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... leaders of the movement which was , through these resolutions , to find definite organization as the Democratic - Republican party . " The choice of Kentucky as the place where the scene should be enacted is somewhat remarkable .
... leaders of the movement which was , through these resolutions , to find definite organization as the Democratic - Republican party . " The choice of Kentucky as the place where the scene should be enacted is somewhat remarkable .
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Not only so , but they represented an extraordinary failure on the part of the national Government , and particularly of the President and the Federal party , to read the signs of the times . Instead of taking advantage of the wholesome ...
Not only so , but they represented an extraordinary failure on the part of the national Government , and particularly of the President and the Federal party , to read the signs of the times . Instead of taking advantage of the wholesome ...
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It is as follows : " To be explicit , sir , I consider the co - States to be alone parties to the Federal compact , and solely authorized to judge in the last resort of the power exercised under the compact - Congress being not a party ...
It is as follows : " To be explicit , sir , I consider the co - States to be alone parties to the Federal compact , and solely authorized to judge in the last resort of the power exercised under the compact - Congress being not a party ...
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... object was to overthrow the Federal party and to discredit what he believed to be its extreme extension of the powers of the general Government , in order that he might come to power at the head of a permanent party organization .
... object was to overthrow the Federal party and to discredit what he believed to be its extreme extension of the powers of the general Government , in order that he might come to power at the head of a permanent party organization .
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pact among parties having no common judge , each party . has an equal right to judge for itself as well of infrac tions as of the mode and measure of redress . " It is scarcely necessary to emphasize the difference between this and the ...
pact among parties having no common judge , each party . has an equal right to judge for itself as well of infrac tions as of the mode and measure of redress . " It is scarcely necessary to emphasize the difference between this and the ...
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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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