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... he might perhaps say the insuperable , difficulty of causing their sentiments and feelings to be made known so as to be understood and appreciated by their fellow citizens in other quarters of the Union . Viewing the United States ...
... he might perhaps say the insuperable , difficulty of causing their sentiments and feelings to be made known so as to be understood and appreciated by their fellow citizens in other quarters of the Union . Viewing the United States ...
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... sentiments of our constituents should be expressed in the most deliberate and imposing form , in a manner no longer to be misunderstood or misrepresented . The legislature of South Carolina , coming directly from the people ...
... sentiments of our constituents should be expressed in the most deliberate and imposing form , in a manner no longer to be misunderstood or misrepresented . The legislature of South Carolina , coming directly from the people ...
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Senator Webster expressed his deep regret and pain at hearing the sentiments of the Senator from South Carolina . I am aware that these and similar opinions are espoused by certain persons out of the Capitol and out of this Government ...
Senator Webster expressed his deep regret and pain at hearing the sentiments of the Senator from South Carolina . I am aware that these and similar opinions are espoused by certain persons out of the Capitol and out of this Government ...
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The tendency of all these ideas and sentiments is obviously to bring the Union into discussion , as a mere question of present and temporary expediency ; nothing more than a mere matter of profit and loss .
The tendency of all these ideas and sentiments is obviously to bring the Union into discussion , as a mere question of present and temporary expediency ; nothing more than a mere matter of profit and loss .
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The experience of every day confirms these sentiments . Men who act from such motives are not to be discouraged by trifling obstacles nor awed by any dangers . They know the limit of constitutional opposition ; up to that limit ...
The experience of every day confirms these sentiments . Men who act from such motives are not to be discouraged by trifling obstacles nor awed by any dangers . They know the limit of constitutional opposition ; up to that limit ...
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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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