Nullification and Secession in the United States: A History of the Six Attempts During the First Century of the RepublicThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2002 - Počet stran: 461 A study of sucession and nullification movements in the United States from the nullification resolutions of 1798 to the American Civil War. Powell proposes that the secession of the southern states in 1861 was not a unique event in American history, but the culmination of a tradition as old as the nation. Indeed, he argues, it was an expression of the "intense individualism which was the most potent factor in the creation of the republic" (Preface). Sensitive to the continued animosity between the North and South, Powell hoped that the historical context provided by his study would help to promote a spirit of reconciliation. The six attempts at nullification and secession that he examines are: - the Nullification Resolutions of 1798 - the plot for a northern confederacy (1803-1804) - the Burr plot (1805-1806) - New England nullification and the Hartford Convention (1812-1814) - South Carolina's attempts at nullification (1832) - the secession of 11 states and creation of the confederacy (1861). |
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... Constitution was in fact but a ripening and perfecting of the Articles of Confederation ; as they had previously been born of the Articles of Association . In the Constitutional Convention of 1787 , Washing- ton unquestionably had in ...
... Constitution . " In fact , the Constitution never would have been adopted had not New Englanders come to the rescue . Ellsworth of Connecticut retorted that , “ As he had never owned a slave he could not judge of the effect of slavery ...
... Constitution as finally adopted by the Conven- tion was not held by any one to be ideally perfect ; but probably the best that could be secured . Washington , standing with pen in hand to sign it , said : “ Should the States reject this ...
... Constitution unani- mously , chiefly as a safeguard against her neighbor's unjust taxes . But New York voted ratification on the declared premise that " the powers of government may be reassumed by the people whensoever it shall become ...
... Constitution could be set in operation . Their delegate went back disgusted and angry , believing " they would immediately separate from the Union . " Hamilton , when urging his Fund- ing and Assumption Bills , professed to be convinced ...
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June 25 1798 2 The Sedition Act July 14 1798 | 97 |
CHAPTER III | 105 |
ugees in New York 2 Letter of Hamilton to | 150 |
PAGE | 153 |
tory to the United States Senate 2 President Jef | 198 |
SOUTH CAROLINA NULLIFICATION IN 1832 | 241 |
Proposal of Canning 2 President Monroes Mes | 294 |
CHAPTER VII | 328 |
CONCLUDING | 435 |
from Hon T M Cooley on Centralization 2 | 449 |
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Nullification and Secession in the United States: A History of the Six ... Edward Payson Powell Zobrazení fragmentů - 1898 |
Nullification and Secession in the United States: A History of the Six ... Edward Payson Powell Zobrazení fragmentů - 1897 |