Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) |
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I understand the honorable gentleman from South Carolina to maintain that it is a right of the State legislatures to interfere whenever , in their judgment , this Government transcends its constitutional limits , and to arrest the ...
I understand the honorable gentleman from South Carolina to maintain that it is a right of the State legislatures to interfere whenever , in their judgment , this Government transcends its constitutional limits , and to arrest the ...
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I understand the gentleman to maintain that , without revolution , without civil commotion , without rebellion , a remedy for supposed abuse and transgression of the powers of the general Government lies in a direct appeal to the ...
I understand the gentleman to maintain that , without revolution , without civil commotion , without rebellion , a remedy for supposed abuse and transgression of the powers of the general Government lies in a direct appeal to the ...
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We begin to understand all this delusion , and we are awake to the sufferings you have insidiously inflicted upon us by the talisman of union . If you will not withdraw your exactions , if you will not live with us upon the terms of ...
We begin to understand all this delusion , and we are awake to the sufferings you have insidiously inflicted upon us by the talisman of union . If you will not withdraw your exactions , if you will not live with us upon the terms of ...
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... the course which duty will require me to pursue , and , appealing to the understanding and patriotism of the people , warn them of the consequences that must inevitably result from an observance of the dictates of the convention .
... the course which duty will require me to pursue , and , appealing to the understanding and patriotism of the people , warn them of the consequences that must inevitably result from an observance of the dictates of the convention .
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... confederation a form of government dependent for its existence on the local interest , the party spirit of a State , or of a prevailing faction in a State ? Every man of plain , unsophisticated understanding who hears the question ...
... confederation a form of government dependent for its existence on the local interest , the party spirit of a State , or of a prevailing faction in a State ? Every man of plain , unsophisticated understanding who hears the question ...
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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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