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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Page 55
... votes of her public men , in and out of Congress , may be explored ; it will all be in vain . The Carolina doctrine can derive from her neither countenance nor support . She rejects it now ; she always did reject it ; and till she loses ...
... votes of her public men , in and out of Congress , may be explored ; it will all be in vain . The Carolina doctrine can derive from her neither countenance nor support . She rejects it now ; she always did reject it ; and till she loses ...
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... voted . I decline her umpir- age . I have not sworn to support the Constitution according to her construction of its clauses . I have not stipulated , by my oath of office or otherwise , to come under any 60 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
... voted . I decline her umpir- age . I have not sworn to support the Constitution according to her construction of its clauses . I have not stipulated , by my oath of office or otherwise , to come under any 60 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
Page 61
... votes , con- form to the Constitution of the country . And , sir , if we look to the general nature of the case , could anything have been more preposterous than to make a government for the whole Union . and yet leave its powers ...
... votes , con- form to the Constitution of the country . And , sir , if we look to the general nature of the case , could anything have been more preposterous than to make a government for the whole Union . and yet leave its powers ...
Page 66
... arresting the progress of the evil , " by a vote of three - fourths ? But the Con- stitution does not permit a minority to submit to the people a proposition for an amendment to the Constitution . Such a 66 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
... arresting the progress of the evil , " by a vote of three - fourths ? But the Con- stitution does not permit a minority to submit to the people a proposition for an amendment to the Constitution . Such a 66 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
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... voted for Governor John Floyd , of Virginia , a pronounced nullificationist . On November 24 , 1832 ( two weeks after the presi- dential election ) , the people of South Carolina in con- vention assembled issued an ordinance of ...
... voted for Governor John Floyd , of Virginia , a pronounced nullificationist . On November 24 , 1832 ( two weeks after the presi- dential election ) , the people of South Carolina in con- vention assembled issued an ordinance of ...
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