Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) |
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Jefferson and his school would have looked upon forcible resistance by a single State to an oppressive Federal law as . . . revolutionary . . It was so stated in 1829-30 by Edward Livingston , the devoted adherent of Jefferson in 1798 .
Jefferson and his school would have looked upon forcible resistance by a single State to an oppressive Federal law as . . . revolutionary . . It was so stated in 1829-30 by Edward Livingston , the devoted adherent of Jefferson in 1798 .
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Necessity alone can sanction this , and the resistance must not be extended beyond the exigency , it being left to the people , in calmer moments and after full deliberation , to reform the abuses by a change of the Constitution .
Necessity alone can sanction this , and the resistance must not be extended beyond the exigency , it being left to the people , in calmer moments and after full deliberation , to reform the abuses by a change of the Constitution .
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It does not , however , consist with respect and forbearance due from a Confederate State toward the general Government to fly to open resistance upon every infraction of the Constitution . The mode and the energy of the opposition ...
It does not , however , consist with respect and forbearance due from a Confederate State toward the general Government to fly to open resistance upon every infraction of the Constitution . The mode and the energy of the opposition ...
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In proportion to its dangers should be our solicitude to avoid it by abstaining , on the one hand , from acts of doubtful legislation , as well as by the manner of resistance , on the other , to those which ...
In proportion to its dangers should be our solicitude to avoid it by abstaining , on the one hand , from acts of doubtful legislation , as well as by the manner of resistance , on the other , to those which ...
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The South is acting on a principle she has always held sacred - resistance to unauthorized taxation . These , sir , are the principles which induced the immortal Hampden to resist the payment of a tax of twenty shillings .
The South is acting on a principle she has always held sacred - resistance to unauthorized taxation . These , sir , are the principles which induced the immortal Hampden to resist the payment of a tax of twenty shillings .
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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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