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To accept the Constitution for what it was , and to limit its meaning strictly to what it said , and to secure the largest freedom of action to the people and to the States became the settled policy of the Jeffersonian era .
To accept the Constitution for what it was , and to limit its meaning strictly to what it said , and to secure the largest freedom of action to the people and to the States became the settled policy of the Jeffersonian era .
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... initial step.1 The controversy with reference to the authorship grew out of the effort of partisans to secure Mr. Jefferson's prestige for their interpretation of the resolutions , and is largely dependent upon the letter written by ...
... initial step.1 The controversy with reference to the authorship grew out of the effort of partisans to secure Mr. Jefferson's prestige for their interpretation of the resolutions , and is largely dependent upon the letter written by ...
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... affecting the sovereignty of the State and liberties of the people , it is not only the right , but the duty of such a State to interpose its authority for their protection in the manner best calculated to secure the end .
... affecting the sovereignty of the State and liberties of the people , it is not only the right , but the duty of such a State to interpose its authority for their protection in the manner best calculated to secure the end .
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... affecting the sovereignty of a State , and liberties of the people ; it is not only the right but the duty of such a State to interpose its authority for their protection , in the manner best calculated to secure that end .
... affecting the sovereignty of a State , and liberties of the people ; it is not only the right but the duty of such a State to interpose its authority for their protection , in the manner best calculated to secure that end .
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A deliberate and extensive system for effecting a combination among certain States , by exciting local jealousies and ambition , so as to secure to popular leaders in one section of the Union the control of public affairs in perpetual ...
A deliberate and extensive system for effecting a combination among certain States , by exciting local jealousies and ambition , so as to secure to popular leaders in one section of the Union the control of public affairs in perpetual ...
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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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