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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... represented an extraordinary fail- ure on the part of the national Government , and particu- larly of the President and ... represent hostility to the Constitution so much as the tendency to read into that document greater powers than a ...
... represented an extraordinary fail- ure on the part of the national Government , and particu- larly of the President and ... represent hostility to the Constitution so much as the tendency to read into that document greater powers than a ...
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... The convention deliberated in secret for three weeks , until January 5 , 1815 , when it adopted a report to the legislature and counties represented . REPORT OF THE CONVENTION [ ABRIDGED ] The convention is 16 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
... The convention deliberated in secret for three weeks , until January 5 , 1815 , when it adopted a report to the legislature and counties represented . REPORT OF THE CONVENTION [ ABRIDGED ] The convention is 16 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
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... represented the conduct of the Eastern States , in relation to the war , in as reprehen- sible a light as the force of language would enable him . For the facts to support his statements , he relied prin- cipally upon a partisan book ...
... represented the conduct of the Eastern States , in relation to the war , in as reprehen- sible a light as the force of language would enable him . For the facts to support his statements , he relied prin- cipally upon a partisan book ...
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... represented in the audience by its ablest statesman . Upon the conclusion of Senator Hayne's first speech on nullifica- tion ( that containing his eulogy of South Carolina ) the Southern statesmen and newspapers hailed the effort as one ...
... represented in the audience by its ablest statesman . Upon the conclusion of Senator Hayne's first speech on nullifica- tion ( that containing his eulogy of South Carolina ) the Southern statesmen and newspapers hailed the effort as one ...
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... its original character and become a general controversy between the North and the South , represented in the particular States of Massachusetts and South Carolina , on the questions of nullification 40 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
... its original character and become a general controversy between the North and the South , represented in the particular States of Massachusetts and South Carolina , on the questions of nullification 40 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
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