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" That the several states who"' -'formed that instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction; and, That a Nullification by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument... "
Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) - Page 68
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 564 pages
...constitution] being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under colour of that instrument is the rightful remedy." North American Review, Id. 503; 4 Elliot's Debates,...
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The Christian Review, Volume 17

Baptists - 1852 - 652 pages
...independent, have the unquestionable nght to judge of its infraction ; and a nullification by these sovereignties of all unauthorized acts, done under...color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy." A copy of this resolution was forwarded by Mr. Jefferson to Mr. Nicholas, who introduced the same into...
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The Statutes at Large of South Carolina: Acts, records, and documents of a ...

South Carolina - Law - 1836 - 476 pages
...instrument, being sovereign and independent, hare the unquestionable right to judge if the infraction: and that a NULLIFICATION by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under colimi of that instrument, is the rightful remedy. This is in full conformity to the doctrine laid...
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History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to ...

Alden Bradford - History - 1840 - 498 pages
...Constitution, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction, and that a nullification by those sovereignties of...by far the safest, and the least liable to abuse. But there is one point of view, in which this matter presents itself to my mind with irresistible force....
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History of the Federal Government for Fifty Years : from March, 1789 to ...

Alden Bradford - Canada History War of 1812 - 1840 - 494 pages
...Constitution, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction, and that a nullification by those sovereignties of...by far the safest, and the least liable to abuse. But there ia one point of view, in which this matter presents itself to my mind with irresistible force....
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History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to ...

Alden Bradford - History - 1840 - 496 pages
...Constitution, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction, and that a nullification by those sovereignties of...will be dangerous. Sir, I insist, that of all the cheeks that have been provided by the Constitution, this is by far the safest, and the least liable...
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A Eulogy Upon the Life and Character of the Late Hon. Robert Y. Hayne ...

George McDuffie - 1840 - 82 pages
...compact,) being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction, and that a nullification by those sovereignties of...color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy." Mr. JEFFERSON adds on another occasion, "it is the peculiar felicity of our constitution, to have provided...
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Lectures on Constitutional Law: For the Use of the Law Class at the ...

Henry St. George Tucker - Constitutional law - 1843 - 256 pages
...resolution, declaring, that the federal states had a right to judge of any infraction of the constitution, and, that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under colour of that instrument is the rightful remedy. North American Review, Id. 503. Mr. Madison, in the...
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Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 7

Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction, and that a NULLIFICATION by those sovereignties of...color of that instrument, is THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY." These States, therefore, proceed to pronounce the acts in question "as no law, and altogether void...
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Memoirs of the Administrations of Washington and John Adams ..., Volume 2

George Gibbs - United States - 1846 - 572 pages
...instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and that a nullification, by those sovereignties,...color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy." Meantime the preparations for levying the additional regiments went on, though, owing to many causes,...
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