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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... question of State versus National rights , as enunciated by such Southern statesmen as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early history of the republic , and to the threats of separation from the Union made in the Hart- ford ...
... question of State versus National rights , as enunciated by such Southern statesmen as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early history of the republic , and to the threats of separation from the Union made in the Hart- ford ...
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... question of pres- ent and temporary expediency ; nothing more than a mere mat- ter of profit and loss . The Union to ... questions of nullification 40 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
... question of pres- ent and temporary expediency ; nothing more than a mere mat- ter of profit and loss . The Union to ... questions of nullification 40 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
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... question , and has been satisfied with throwing the weight of his authority into the scale , I do not deem it necessary to do more than to throw into the opposite scale the authority on which South Carolina relies , and there , for the ...
... question , and has been satisfied with throwing the weight of his authority into the scale , I do not deem it necessary to do more than to throw into the opposite scale the authority on which South Carolina relies , and there , for the ...
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... question involved in these resolutions . That question was decided by the people , and by that decision the Constitution was , in the emphatic language of Mr. Jefferson , " saved at its last gasp . " Resting on authority like this , I ...
... question involved in these resolutions . That question was decided by the people , and by that decision the Constitution was , in the emphatic language of Mr. Jefferson , " saved at its last gasp . " Resting on authority like this , I ...
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... question whether , at this time - that is to say , in 1828 , South Carolina has any collision with the King's ministers , any oppression or extortion , to fear from England ? Whether , in short , England is not as naturally the friend ...
... question whether , at this time - that is to say , in 1828 , South Carolina has any collision with the King's ministers , any oppression or extortion , to fear from England ? Whether , in short , England is not as naturally the friend ...
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