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 69
... Look at our own experience on this subject . Virginia and Kentucky , so far back as '98 , avowed the principles for which I have been contending principles which have never since been abandoned ; and no instance has yet oc- curred in ...
... Look at our own experience on this subject . Virginia and Kentucky , so far back as '98 , avowed the principles for which I have been contending principles which have never since been abandoned ; and no instance has yet oc- curred in ...
Page 71
... look to the Constitution , and when called upon , by the sovereign authority of the State , to preserve and protect the rights secured to them by the charter of their liberties , they will succeed in defending them , or " perish in the ...
... look to the Constitution , and when called upon , by the sovereign authority of the State , to preserve and protect the rights secured to them by the charter of their liberties , they will succeed in defending them , or " perish in the ...
Page 82
... Look for a moment to the consequence . If South Carolina considers the revenue laws unconstitutional , and has a right to prevent their execution in the port of Charleston , there would be a clear con- stitutional objection to their ...
... Look for a moment to the consequence . If South Carolina considers the revenue laws unconstitutional , and has a right to prevent their execution in the port of Charleston , there would be a clear con- stitutional objection to their ...
Page 86
... look with complacency on objects which , not long since , you would have regarded with horror . Look back to the arts which have brought you to this state ; look forward to the consequences to which it must inevitably lead ! Look back ...
... look with complacency on objects which , not long since , you would have regarded with horror . Look back to the arts which have brought you to this state ; look forward to the consequences to which it must inevitably lead ! Look back ...
Page 89
... look to and provide for all possible con- tingencies . In your own limits your own courts of judicature must not only be supreme , but you must look NULLIFICATION 89.
... look to and provide for all possible con- tingencies . In your own limits your own courts of judicature must not only be supreme , but you must look NULLIFICATION 89.
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