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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... Supreme Court- Plots of Hamilton with Great Britain to attack Spanish possessions - Adams opposes and establishes a treaty with France - The Federal party rent into fragments . APPENDIX TO CHAPTER II .— ( 1 ) The Alien Act , June 25 ...
... supreme judicial authority of the United States to be vested in judges , to hold their offices during good behavior , with adequate and permanent salaries . This court ... court to consist of the chief , or senior judge of the superior court ...
... Supreme Court decision of 1816 says : " The Convention which framed the Con- stitution was indeed elected by the State legislatures . But the instrument when it came from their hands was a mere proposal , without obligation , or ...
... Supreme Court , or Mr. Webster , or Andrew Jackson , finds it necessary to insist on a dis- tinction between " the people " and the State " or " the government , " then we must refer to another " ( 1 " " chapter of history . The ...
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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 |