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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... true solution is certainly to be found in the personality of John Breckinridge , the mover , his active interest in the matter itself , and the probability that he initiated the whole plan of campaign . 1 1 Palladium , Frankfort ...
... true solution is certainly to be found in the personality of John Breckinridge , the mover , his active interest in the matter itself , and the probability that he initiated the whole plan of campaign . 1 1 Palladium , Frankfort ...
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... true nature of the democracy of which he was then believed , and has ever since been be- lieved , to be the protagonist , Mr. Jefferson sought to safeguard popular government by erecting a barrier to the Federal Government in the States ...
... true nature of the democracy of which he was then believed , and has ever since been be- lieved , to be the protagonist , Mr. Jefferson sought to safeguard popular government by erecting a barrier to the Federal Government in the States ...
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... true spirit of the Constitution , lest an apparent acquiescence in the system of protecting duties should be drawn into precedent , do , in the name of the Com- monwealth of South Carolina , claim to enter upon the journals of the ...
... true spirit of the Constitution , lest an apparent acquiescence in the system of protecting duties should be drawn into precedent , do , in the name of the Com- monwealth of South Carolina , claim to enter upon the journals of the ...
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... true , retained his chair , but no business of moment was or could be attended to ; members all rushed in to hear Mr. Web- ster , and no call of the House or other parliamentary proceed- ings could compel them back . The floor of the ...
... true , retained his chair , but no business of moment was or could be attended to ; members all rushed in to hear Mr. Web- ster , and no call of the House or other parliamentary proceed- ings could compel them back . The floor of the ...
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... true wisdom to adopt a system of measures looking to the final relinquishment of these lands on the part of the United States to the States in which they lie , on such terms and conditions as may fully indemnify us for the cost of the ...
... true wisdom to adopt a system of measures looking to the final relinquishment of these lands on the part of the United States to the States in which they lie , on such terms and conditions as may fully indemnify us for the cost of the ...
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