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The independence and sovereignty of the States , the respective powers of the ordinary government of the States and the State in sovereign convention became , under the vague conditions of a half - digested political theory , the staple ...
The independence and sovereignty of the States , the respective powers of the ordinary government of the States and the State in sovereign convention became , under the vague conditions of a half - digested political theory , the staple ...
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... being sovereign and independent , have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and a nullification by these sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy .
... being sovereign and independent , have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and a nullification by these sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy .
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Each is sovereign within its own province . The distribution of power between them presupposes that these authorities will move in harmony with each other . The members of the State and general Governments are all under oath to support ...
Each is sovereign within its own province . The distribution of power between them presupposes that these authorities will move in harmony with each other . The members of the State and general Governments are all under oath to support ...
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PROTEST OF GEORGIA In her sovereign character the State of Georgia protests against the act of the last session of Congress , entitled " An act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports , " as deceptive in its title ...
PROTEST OF GEORGIA In her sovereign character the State of Georgia protests against the act of the last session of Congress , entitled " An act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports , " as deceptive in its title ...
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They are necessarily remitted to their own sovereign will , deliberately expressed , in the exercise of those reserved rights of sovereignty , the delegation of which would have been an act of political suicide .
They are necessarily remitted to their own sovereign will , deliberately expressed , in the exercise of those reserved rights of sovereignty , the delegation of which would have been an act of political suicide .
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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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