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 54
... favor of liberty . But what sort of liberty ? The liberty of establishing their own opinions , in defiance of the opinions of all others ; the liberty of judging and deciding exclusively themselves , in a matter in which others have as ...
... favor of liberty . But what sort of liberty ? The liberty of establishing their own opinions , in defiance of the opinions of all others ; the liberty of judging and deciding exclusively themselves , in a matter in which others have as ...
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... favor . The opinions of Massachusetts were otherwise . They had been expressed in 1798 , in answer to the resolutions of Virginia , and she did not depart from them , nor bend them to the times . Misgoverned , wronged , oppressed , as ...
... favor . The opinions of Massachusetts were otherwise . They had been expressed in 1798 , in answer to the resolutions of Virginia , and she did not depart from them , nor bend them to the times . Misgoverned , wronged , oppressed , as ...
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... favor of such laws , could prevent the States from declaring them null and void , and protecting their citizens from their operation ? Sir , if Congress should ever attempt to enforce any such laws , they would put themselves so clearly ...
... favor of such laws , could prevent the States from declaring them null and void , and protecting their citizens from their operation ? Sir , if Congress should ever attempt to enforce any such laws , they would put themselves so clearly ...
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... favor of union . Sir , I cordially respond to that appeal . I will yield to no gentleman here in sincere attachment to the Union ; but it is a union founded on the Constitution , and not such a union as that gentleman would give us ...
... favor of union . Sir , I cordially respond to that appeal . I will yield to no gentleman here in sincere attachment to the Union ; but it is a union founded on the Constitution , and not such a union as that gentleman would give us ...
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... Favor , William H. Wilkins [ Pa . ] , Felix Grundy [ Tenn . ] , Daniel Webster [ Mass . ] ; Opposed , John Tyler [ Va . ] , and John C. Calhoun [ S. C . ] — Submission of South Carolina . T HREATS of secession arose again in 1832 , when ...
... Favor , William H. Wilkins [ Pa . ] , Felix Grundy [ Tenn . ] , Daniel Webster [ Mass . ] ; Opposed , John Tyler [ Va . ] , and John C. Calhoun [ S. C . ] — Submission of South Carolina . T HREATS of secession arose again in 1832 , when ...
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