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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... stands . I hold it to be a popular Government , erected by the people ; those who administer it , responsible to the people ; and itself capable of being amended and modified , just as the people may choose it should be . It is as ...
... stands . I hold it to be a popular Government , erected by the people ; those who administer it , responsible to the people ; and itself capable of being amended and modified , just as the people may choose it should be . It is as ...
Page 60
... stand or fall . " Sir , I deny this power of State legislatures altogether . It cannot stand the test of examination . Gentlemen may say that , in an extreme case , a State government might protect the people from intolerable oppression ...
... stand or fall . " Sir , I deny this power of State legislatures altogether . It cannot stand the test of examination . Gentlemen may say that , in an extreme case , a State government might protect the people from intolerable oppression ...
Page 86
... stand ! First , a diminution of the value of your staple commodity , lowered by over - production in other quarters , and the consequent diminution in the value of your lands , were the sole effect of the tariff laws . " The effect of ...
... stand ! First , a diminution of the value of your staple commodity , lowered by over - production in other quarters , and the consequent diminution in the value of your lands , were the sole effect of the tariff laws . " The effect of ...
Page 100
... stand altogether it cannot stand in parts ; and if the laws cannot be executed everywhere they cannot long be executed anywhere . The gentle- man very well knows that all duties and imposts must be uni- form throughout the country . He ...
... stand altogether it cannot stand in parts ; and if the laws cannot be executed everywhere they cannot long be executed anywhere . The gentle- man very well knows that all duties and imposts must be uni- form throughout the country . He ...
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... Stand the inty Hurral delighted the D Humson . never will cease resistance until the act is erased from the stat- ute book . To suppose that the entire power of the Union may be placed in the hands of this Government , and that all the ...
... Stand the inty Hurral delighted the D Humson . never will cease resistance until the act is erased from the stat- ute book . To suppose that the entire power of the Union may be placed in the hands of this Government , and that all the ...
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