Nullification and Secession in the United States: A History of the Six Attempts During the First Century of the RepublicThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2002 - 461 strani 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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... Madison's report on these Resolutions , 1799 . PAGE CHAPTER III . PLOT FOR A NORTHERN CONFEDERACY IN 1803-4 . Jefferson elected , and Federalists out of power in 1800 -Effort to prevent the Presidency from being given to Jefferson - The ...
... Madison its brains . Bancroft , speaking of the Confederacy , says , " But with all its faults it contained the elements for the evo- lution of a more perfect Union . " This was demon- strated in the Convention of 1787 ; for the ...
... Madison , and Jefferson , among the great leaders of the hour , seemed to be alone in their entire faith in popular government . Washington , with superb poise of character , stood between sections and between factions . " Washington ...
... Madison , and by those who afterwards became Republicans . There was a deal of thinking going on , and fortu- nately for the young nation the civil service had not be- come subordinated to party fealty ; so that the people had the ...
... Madison , Hamilton , Washington , Adams , while moulding the Republic , could themselves grow into larger views and learn by trial and experience . In fact they felt their way through dangers not now comprehensible . The natural drift ...
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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 Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1898 |
Nullification and Secession in the United States: A History of the Six ... Edward Payson Powell Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1897 |