Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) |
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If we suppose the case of such conflicting legislation sustained by the corresponding executive and judicial authorities , patriotism and philanthropy turn their eyes from the condition in which the parties would be placed , and from ...
If we suppose the case of such conflicting legislation sustained by the corresponding executive and judicial authorities , patriotism and philanthropy turn their eyes from the condition in which the parties would be placed , and from ...
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In the year 1821 he expressed himself in this emphatic manner : " It is a fatal heresy to suppose that either our State governments are superior to the Federal or the Federal to the State ; neither is authorized literally to decide ...
In the year 1821 he expressed himself in this emphatic manner : " It is a fatal heresy to suppose that either our State governments are superior to the Federal or the Federal to the State ; neither is authorized literally to decide ...
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And one would suppose that his object , in this reference to Massachusetts , was to find a precedent to justify proceedings in the South , were it not for the reproach and contumely with which he labors , all along , to load these ...
And one would suppose that his object , in this reference to Massachusetts , was to find a precedent to justify proceedings in the South , were it not for the reproach and contumely with which he labors , all along , to load these ...
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Let us suppose the State of South Carolina to express the same opinion by the voice of her legislature . That would be very imposing ; but what then ? Is the voice of one State conclusive ? It so happens that , at the very moment when ...
Let us suppose the State of South Carolina to express the same opinion by the voice of her legislature . That would be very imposing ; but what then ? Is the voice of one State conclusive ? It so happens that , at the very moment when ...
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Who did the venerable Connecticut Senator suppose was to decide that question ? The State legislatures ? Certainly not . No such sentiment ever escaped his lips . Let us follow up , sir , this New England opposition to the embargo laws ...
Who did the venerable Connecticut Senator suppose was to decide that question ? The State legislatures ? Certainly not . No such sentiment ever escaped his lips . Let us follow up , sir , this New England opposition to the embargo laws ...
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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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