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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... adopt measures for their own defence . The President of the United States has re- fused to consider the expense of the militia detached by State authority , for the indispensable defence of the State , as charge- able to the Union , on ...
... adopt measures for their own defence . The President of the United States has re- fused to consider the expense of the militia detached by State authority , for the indispensable defence of the State , as charge- able to the Union , on ...
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... adopted as coincident with pop- ular prejudice , and subservient to the main object , party power . Connected with these must be ranked erroneous and distorted estimates of the power and resources of those nations , of the probable ...
... adopted as coincident with pop- ular prejudice , and subservient to the main object , party power . Connected with these must be ranked erroneous and distorted estimates of the power and resources of those nations , of the probable ...
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... adoption of the Constitution , a certain balance of power among the original parties was considered to exist , and there was at that time , and yet is , among those parties a strong affinity between their great and general interests ...
... adoption of the Constitution , a certain balance of power among the original parties was considered to exist , and there was at that time , and yet is , among those parties a strong affinity between their great and general interests ...
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... adopt the same attitude . However , this call was not heeded , since there was a general ex- pectation that a Southern man , Andrew Jackson [ Tenn . ] would be chosen President in the fall election and that he would uphold the cause of ...
... adopt the same attitude . However , this call was not heeded , since there was a general ex- pectation that a Southern man , Andrew Jackson [ Tenn . ] would be chosen President in the fall election and that he would uphold the cause of ...
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... adopted by the Federal Government , for the following reasons : 1. Because the good people of this commonwealth believe that the powers of Congress were delegated to it in trust for the accomplishment of certain specified objects which ...
... adopted by the Federal Government , for the following reasons : 1. Because the good people of this commonwealth believe that the powers of Congress were delegated to it in trust for the accomplishment of certain specified objects which ...
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