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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... Southern character , we should be hurried beyond the bounds of a cold and calculating prudence , who is there with one noble and generous sentiment in his bosom that would not be disposed , in the language of Burke , to exclaim : " You ...
... Southern character , we should be hurried beyond the bounds of a cold and calculating prudence , who is there with one noble and generous sentiment in his bosom that would not be disposed , in the language of Burke , to exclaim : " You ...
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... Southern nullificationists would no longer be tolerated . " It is my painful duty to state that , in one quarter of the United States , opposition to the revenue laws has risen to a height which threatens to thwart their execution , if ...
... Southern nullificationists would no longer be tolerated . " It is my painful duty to state that , in one quarter of the United States , opposition to the revenue laws has risen to a height which threatens to thwart their execution , if ...
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... Southern Senators as a " force " bill , a " bloody " bill , etc. The bill became a law on March 2 , 1833 . The chief speakers in the debate in the Senate on this bill were Senator Wilkins , Felix Grundy [ Tenn . ] , and Daniel Webster ...
... Southern Senators as a " force " bill , a " bloody " bill , etc. The bill became a law on March 2 , 1833 . The chief speakers in the debate in the Senate on this bill were Senator Wilkins , Felix Grundy [ Tenn . ] , and Daniel Webster ...
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... Southern and other sections . The latter , having a decided majority , must habitually be possessed of the powers of the Government , both in this and in the other House ; and , being governed by that instinctive love of power so ...
... Southern and other sections . The latter , having a decided majority , must habitually be possessed of the powers of the Government , both in this and in the other House ; and , being governed by that instinctive love of power so ...
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... Southern Senators resigned their seats , William H. Seward [ N. Y. ] again presented the bill in the Senate and it passed by a vote of 36 to 16. On January 28 , on motion of Mr. Grow , the House passed the bill by a vote of 119 to 42 ...
... Southern Senators resigned their seats , William H. Seward [ N. Y. ] again presented the bill in the Senate and it passed by a vote of 36 to 16. On January 28 , on motion of Mr. Grow , the House passed the bill by a vote of 119 to 42 ...
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