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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... leaders , especially in New England , devoted to England — The Jay Treaty with Great Britain - Hamilton clashes with President Adams - Passage of partisan measures by Federals in 50 Congress - The new Naturalization law - The Alien and vii.
... 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 , " says Jefferson in a letter to Martin Van ...
... leaders of the two schools of politics . They were masters well pitted . Hamilton's eleven propositions in the Constitutional Convention were indicative of his tendencies of thought . Jefferson can be best comprehended by a study of the ...
... leaders of the Federal party entertained principles unfriendly to our system of gov- ernment I have been thoroughly convinced ; that they meant to work a change in it by taking advantage of favorable circumstances I am equally satisfied ...
... leaders dare not trust the people ; the people too fully trusted the leaders . That the Hamilton party should first come to the front was inevitable for several reasons . The sym- pathies of Washington were in favor of considerable ...
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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 |