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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... stitution commences with this form of expression : ' We , the people of the United States , ' not we the thirteen States of America . " He proceeded to declare that " to the judiciary , and the judiciary alone , it belongs to de- clare ...
... stitution commences with this form of expression : ' We , the people of the United States , ' not we the thirteen States of America . " He proceeded to declare that " to the judiciary , and the judiciary alone , it belongs to de- clare ...
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... stitution . To enumerate all the improvements of which that instru- ment is susceptible , and to propose such amendments as might render it in all respects perfect , would be a task which this con- vention has not thought proper to ...
... stitution . To enumerate all the improvements of which that instru- ment is susceptible , and to propose such amendments as might render it in all respects perfect , would be a task which this con- vention has not thought proper to ...
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... sense of the Southerners not to enter into a conflict in which , by an anomaly of the Con- stitution , there was no competent judge , and the Federal Government would be compelled to support its claim by force 26 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
... sense of the Southerners not to enter into a conflict in which , by an anomaly of the Con- stitution , there was no competent judge , and the Federal Government would be compelled to support its claim by force 26 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
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... stitution . The legislative power of each State is exercised by assemblies deriving their authority from the constitution of the State . Each is sovereign within its own province . The distribution of power between them presupposes that ...
... stitution . The legislative power of each State is exercised by assemblies deriving their authority from the constitution of the State . Each is sovereign within its own province . The distribution of power between them presupposes that ...
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... stitution , in the numbers of The Federalist ( which is cited only because the Supreme Court has recognized its authority ) , it is clear that the power to regulate commerce was considered by the convention as only incidentally ...
... stitution , in the numbers of The Federalist ( which is cited only because the Supreme Court has recognized its authority ) , it is clear that the power to regulate commerce was considered by the convention as only incidentally ...
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