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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... resistance , which is revolution , or rebellion , on the other . I say the right of a State to annul a law of Congress cannot be maintained but on the ground of the inalienable right of man to resist oppression ; that is to say upon the ...
... resistance , which is revolution , or rebellion , on the other . I say the right of a State to annul a law of Congress cannot be maintained but on the ground of the inalienable right of man to resist oppression ; that is to say upon the ...
Page 54
... resistance to the laws of the Union is advised . Open resistance to the laws , then , is the constitu- tional remedy , the conservative power of the State , which the South Carolina doctrines teach for the redress of political evils ...
... resistance to the laws of the Union is advised . Open resistance to the laws , then , is the constitu- tional remedy , the conservative power of the State , which the South Carolina doctrines teach for the redress of political evils ...
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... resistance any more lawful . In maintaining these sentiments , sir , I am but assert- ing the rights of the people . I state what they have declared , and insist on their right to declare it . They have chosen to repose this power in ...
... resistance any more lawful . In maintaining these sentiments , sir , I am but assert- ing the rights of the people . I state what they have declared , and insist on their right to declare it . They have chosen to repose this power in ...
Page 72
... resistance in such cases ; and so would I , and so would all of us . But such resistance would , according to his doctrine , be rev- olution ; it would be rebellion . According to my opinion , it would be just , legal , and ...
... resistance in such cases ; and so would I , and so would all of us . But such resistance would , according to his doctrine , be rev- olution ; it would be rebellion . According to my opinion , it would be just , legal , and ...
Page 76
... resistance to the oppressive tariff by their States , even to the point of secession from the Union . Thomas Clayton , a Representative from Georgia , said : " The South is attached , warmly attached , to the Union ; not , it is true ...
... resistance to the oppressive tariff by their States , even to the point of secession from the Union . Thomas Clayton , a Representative from Georgia , said : " The South is attached , warmly attached , to the Union ; not , it is true ...
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