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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... become a military , rather than a happy and flourishing , people . These considera- tions , which it would be easy to augment , call loudly for the limitation proposed in the amendment . Another amendment , subordinate in importance ...
... become a military , rather than a happy and flourishing , people . These considera- tions , which it would be easy to augment , call loudly for the limitation proposed in the amendment . Another amendment , subordinate in importance ...
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... become necessary , therefore- indispensably necessary - that the sentiments of our constituents should be expressed in the most deliberate and imposing form , in a manner no longer to be misunderstood or misrepresented . The legislature ...
... become necessary , therefore- indispensably necessary - that the sentiments of our constituents should be expressed in the most deliberate and imposing form , in a manner no longer to be misunderstood or misrepresented . The legislature ...
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... lost its original character and become a general controversy between the North and the South , represented in the particular States of Massachusetts and South Carolina , on the questions of nullification 40 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
... lost its original character and become a general controversy between the North and the South , represented in the particular States of Massachusetts and South Carolina , on the questions of nullification 40 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
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... become absolutely des- perate that further forbearance could not be indulged . " Such , sir , are the high and imposing authorities in support of the " Carolina doctrine , " which is , in fact , the doctrine of the Virginia resolutions ...
... become absolutely des- perate that further forbearance could not be indulged . " Such , sir , are the high and imposing authorities in support of the " Carolina doctrine , " which is , in fact , the doctrine of the Virginia resolutions ...
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... becomes oppressive and intolerable , and erect a better in its stead . We all know that civil institutions are established for the public benefit , and that , when they cease to answer the ends of their existence , they may be changed ...
... becomes oppressive and intolerable , and erect a better in its stead . We all know that civil institutions are established for the public benefit , and that , when they cease to answer the ends of their existence , they may be changed ...
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