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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... executive in its functions , without certified warrant , it declared the independence of the colonies and won it . It laid taxes , it conducted war , it negotiated treaties ; its only credentials of authority being the exigencies of the ...
... executive , and judicial functions worked disastrously in practice . " Washington , as commander - in - chief of the armies , had especially felt the evils of this loose system ; for the ap- propriations of Congress and levies of troops ...
... executive , and one branch of the legislative depart- ment ; while the Senate still stood for the Common- wealth of States . The judicial department , quite apart from popular election , was to be the creation of the President and the ...
... he shall , upon the demand of the governor or executive power of the State from which he fled , be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence . Full faith and 44 Nullification and Secession.
... executive authority , or lawful agent of any State in controversy with another , shall present a petition to Congress , stat- ing the matter in question , and praying for a hearing , notice thereof shall be given by order of Congress to ...
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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 |