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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... REPUBLIC BY EDWARD PAYSON POWELL 55 An Indissoluble Union under one Federal Head . " GEORGE WASHINGTON , 1788 . " A Federal Republic in which States Form the Central Principle . " GEORGE CLINTON . 66 Freedom of Religion ; Freedom of the ...
... Republic / by Edward Payson Powell . p . cm . Originally published : New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons , 1897 . Includes index . ISBN 1-58477-132-1 ( cloth : alk . paper ) 1. Secession . 2. Nullification . 3. Constitutional history - United ...
... REPUBLIC BY EDWARD PAYSON POWELL V4 An Indissoluble Union under one Federal Head . " George Washington , 1788 . ' A Federal Republic in which States Form the Central Principle . " GEORGE CLINTON . " Freedom of Religion ; Freedom of the ...
A History of the Six Attempts During the First Century of the Republic Edward Payson Powell. PREFACE HIS book is undeniably written for a purpose ... Republic . E. P. P. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY The difficulties involved in ...
A History of the Six Attempts During the First Century of the Republic Edward Payson Powell. NULLIFICATION AND SECESSION IN THE UNITED STATES INTRODUCTORY . CHAPTER I DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN BUILD- ING THE REPUBLIC N the unwritten ...
Contents
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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 |