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 pages 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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... Federalists out of power in 1800 -Effort to prevent the Presidency from being given to Jefferson - The Federal party consists of Hamilton- ians ; friends of Adams ; and the Essex Junto ; all believers in the rule of the Best - The third ...
... . But King and Gerry soon were converted in Massachu- setts , and brought over that State . The federalists did mighty work in New York , and won the State from apparently hopeless antagonism to favor the new Union . New Introductory I I.
... Federalist were along this line ; and were among the ablest political papers ever produced . Some of these were written by Hamilton , others by Madison , and by those who afterwards became Republicans . There was a deal of thinking ...
... Federalist party of his administration should have shown so little political wisdom , and carried so high a hand . Adams was no more than installed before Hamilton issued an address , " message , " Adams called it , to Congress ...
... Federalist , allows that " so small in many instan- ces was the majority for the Constitution , as to afford strong ground for the opinion that had the influence of character been removed , the intrinsic merits of the in- strument would ...
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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 |