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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... sovereign convention became , under the vague conditions of a half - digested political theory , the staple of debate and the occasion of much windy rhetoric . Mr. Jefferson pursued his main policy with sufficient detachment from the ...
... sovereign convention became , under the vague conditions of a half - digested political theory , the staple of debate and the occasion of much windy rhetoric . Mr. Jefferson pursued his main policy with sufficient detachment from the ...
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... sovereign and independent , have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and a nullification by these sovereign- ties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instru- ment is the rightful remedy . The Virginia ...
... sovereign and independent , have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and a nullification by these sovereign- ties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instru- ment is the rightful remedy . The Virginia ...
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... sovereign powers . The legislative authority of the whole is exercised by Congress , under authority granted them in the common Con- stitution . The legislative power of each State is exercised by assemblies deriving their authority ...
... sovereign powers . The legislative authority of the whole is exercised by Congress , under authority granted them in the common Con- stitution . The legislative power of each State is exercised by assemblies deriving their authority ...
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... 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 im- ports , " as deceptive in its title , fraudulent in its ...
... 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 im- ports , " as deceptive in its title , fraudulent in its ...
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... sovereign members of this confederacy . 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 man- ner of resistance , on the other , to ...
... sovereign members of this confederacy . 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 man- ner of resistance , on the other , to ...
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