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 80
... meet it . " The legislature of South Carolina , which met in De- cember , 1832 , elected Senator Robert Y. Hayne gov- ernor and , in obedience to his message , resumed sov- ereign powers which the State had resigned to the Fed- eral ...
... meet it . " The legislature of South Carolina , which met in De- cember , 1832 , elected Senator Robert Y. Hayne gov- ernor and , in obedience to his message , resumed sov- ereign powers which the State had resigned to the Fed- eral ...
Page 84
... meet and discuss its provisions , and acting in separate conven- tions when they ratified those provisions ; but the terms used in its construction show it to be a Government in which the people of all the States collectively are ...
... meet and discuss its provisions , and acting in separate conven- tions when they ratified those provisions ; but the terms used in its construction show it to be a Government in which the people of all the States collectively are ...
Page 113
... meet and overthrow the power of that dynasty is the work now before all who would prevent that con- summation . That is what we have to do . How can we best do it ? There are those who denounce us openly to their own friends , and yet ...
... meet and overthrow the power of that dynasty is the work now before all who would prevent that con- summation . That is what we have to do . How can we best do it ? There are those who denounce us openly to their own friends , and yet ...
Page 115
... meet them . I know they deny the alliance , but yet these men who are trying to divide the Democratic party for the purpose of electing a Republican Sena- tor in my place are just so much the agents and tools of the supporters of Mr ...
... meet them . I know they deny the alliance , but yet these men who are trying to divide the Democratic party for the purpose of electing a Republican Sena- tor in my place are just so much the agents and tools of the supporters of Mr ...
Page 139
... meet just such false arguments as he has been adducing . That , first , not only the people of the Territories should do as they pleased , but that , when they come to be ad- mitted as States , they should come into the Union with or ...
... meet just such false arguments as he has been adducing . That , first , not only the people of the Territories should do as they pleased , but that , when they come to be ad- mitted as States , they should come into the Union with or ...
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