Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) |
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The 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 .
The 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 .
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But , by a remarkable failure to clearly penetrate the true nature of the democracy of which he was then believed , and has ever since been believed , to be the protagonist , Mr. Jefferson sought to safeguard popular government by ...
But , by a remarkable failure to clearly penetrate the true nature of the democracy of which he was then believed , and has ever since been believed , to be the protagonist , Mr. Jefferson sought to safeguard popular government by ...
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all that in them lies to preserve and perpetuate the Union of the States and the liberties of which it is the surest pledge - but feeling it to be their bounden duty to expose and to resist all encroachments upon the true spirit of the ...
all that in them lies to preserve and perpetuate the Union of the States and the liberties of which it is the surest pledge - but feeling it to be their bounden duty to expose and to resist all encroachments upon the true spirit of the ...
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The Speaker , it is true , retained his chair , but no business of moment was or could be attended to ; members all rushed in to hear Mr. Webster , and no call of the House or other parliamentary proceedings could compel them back .
The Speaker , it is true , retained his chair , but no business of moment was or could be attended to ; members all rushed in to hear Mr. Webster , and no call of the House or other parliamentary proceedings could compel them back .
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... to sow the seeds of dissolution ; to produce jealousy among the different portions of the Union , and finally to sap the very foundations of the Government itself . j Would it not be sound policy and true wisdom to adopt a system of ...
... to sow the seeds of dissolution ; to produce jealousy among the different portions of the Union , and finally to sap the very foundations of the Government itself . j Would it not be sound policy and true wisdom to adopt a system of ...
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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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