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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... present condition of the Southern States is the great , he might perhaps say the insuperable , difficulty of causing their sentiments and feelings to be made known so as to be under- stood and appreciated by their fellow citizens in ...
... present condition of the Southern States is the great , he might perhaps say the insuperable , difficulty of causing their sentiments and feelings to be made known so as to be under- stood and appreciated by their fellow citizens in ...
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... present , his position forbidding him to engage in senatorial discussion [ Mr. Calhoun , Vice - President of the United States and President of the Senate ] . The generous spirit of Mr. Hayne came to the defence of friends who could not ...
... present , his position forbidding him to engage in senatorial discussion [ Mr. Calhoun , Vice - President of the United States and President of the Senate ] . The generous spirit of Mr. Hayne came to the defence of friends who could not ...
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... present , I am perfectly willing to leave the controversy . The South Carolina doctrine , that is to say , the doctrine contained in an exposition reported by a committee of the legislature in December , 1828 , and published by their au ...
... present , I am perfectly willing to leave the controversy . The South Carolina doctrine , that is to say , the doctrine contained in an exposition reported by a committee of the legislature in December , 1828 , and published by their au ...
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... present complaints ; not a step further than the statesmen from New England were disposed to go under similar circumstances ; no further than the Senator from Massachusetts himself once considered as within " the limits of a ...
... present complaints ; not a step further than the statesmen from New England were disposed to go under similar circumstances ; no further than the Senator from Massachusetts himself once considered as within " the limits of a ...
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... present form no longer than the people , who 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 ...
... present form no longer than the people , who 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 ...
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