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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... feelings and sectional jealousies . But , sir , the task has been forced upon me , and I proceed right onward to the performance of my duty ; be the consequences what they may , the responsibility is with those who have im- posed upon ...
... feelings and sectional jealousies . But , sir , the task has been forced upon me , and I proceed right onward to the performance of my duty ; be the consequences what they may , the responsibility is with those who have im- posed upon ...
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... feeling , than Massachusetts and South Caro- lina . Would to God that harmony might again return ! Shoul- der to shoulder they went through the Revolution - hand in hand they stood round the administration of Washington , and felt his ...
... feeling , than Massachusetts and South Caro- lina . Would to God that harmony might again return ! Shoul- der to shoulder they went through the Revolution - hand in hand they stood round the administration of Washington , and felt his ...
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... feeling of justice " ; that is to say , that it is not to be controlled at all : for one who is to follow his own feelings is under no legal control . Now , however men may think this ought to be , the fact is that the people of the ...
... feeling of justice " ; that is to say , that it is not to be controlled at all : for one who is to follow his own feelings is under no legal control . Now , however men may think this ought to be , the fact is that the people of the ...
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... feeling ? And that feeling , too , not the feeling of the people who established the Constitution , but the feeling of the State governments . In another of the South Carolina addresses , having premised that the crisis requires " all ...
... feeling ? And that feeling , too , not the feeling of the people who established the Constitution , but the feeling of the State governments . In another of the South Carolina addresses , having premised that the crisis requires " all ...
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... feelings . Be it so ; her heat or her anger did not , nevertheless , betray her into infidelity to the Government . The gentleman labors to prove that she disliked the embargo as much as South Carolina dislikes the tariff , and ...
... feelings . Be it so ; her heat or her anger did not , nevertheless , betray her into infidelity to the Government . The gentleman labors to prove that she disliked the embargo as much as South Carolina dislikes the tariff , and ...
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