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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... establish a Government that should not be obliged to act through State agency , or depend on State opinion and State ... established that authority . How has it accomplished this great and essential end ? By declaring , sir , that " the ...
... establish a Government that should not be obliged to act through State agency , or depend on State opinion and State ... established that authority . How has it accomplished this great and essential end ? By declaring , sir , that " the ...
Page 61
... established by all , responsible to all , with power to decide for all , shall constitutional questions be left to four and twenty popular bodies , each at liberty to decide for itself and none bound to respect the decisions of others ...
... established by all , responsible to all , with power to decide for all , shall constitutional questions be left to four and twenty popular bodies , each at liberty to decide for itself and none bound to respect the decisions of others ...
Page 64
... established it , shall choose to continue it . If they shall become convinced that they have made an injudicious or inexpedient partition and distribution of power between the State governments and the general Govern- ment , they can ...
... established it , shall choose to continue it . If they shall become convinced that they have made an injudicious or inexpedient partition and distribution of power between the State governments and the general Govern- ment , they can ...
Page 68
... establish , beyond a doubt , that it was the first object of the great fathers of our Federal system to interpose effectual checks to prevent that over - action which is the besetting sin of all governments , and which has been the ...
... establish , beyond a doubt , that it was the first object of the great fathers of our Federal system to interpose effectual checks to prevent that over - action which is the besetting sin of all governments , and which has been the ...
Page 70
... established , the Federal Government is bound to acquiesce in a solemn decision of a State , acting in its sovereign capacity , at least so far as to make an appeal to the people for an amend- ment to the Constitution . This solemn ...
... established , the Federal Government is bound to acquiesce in a solemn decision of a State , acting in its sovereign capacity , at least so far as to make an appeal to the people for an amend- ment to the Constitution . This solemn ...
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