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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... Slavery declared national - Abolition of Com- promises in 1854 - Election of Lincoln - Secession War - Free Labor triumphs - Slavery as a Social prin- ciple abrogated by civilization - The Indissolubility of the Union , except by ...
... Slavery dis- courages arts and manufactures . The poor despise labor when performed by slaves . Slaves prevent the immigration of whites who really enrich a country . They produce the most pernicious effect on manners . Every master of ...
... slavery are considerations belonging to the States themselves . " So at the very outset South Carolina and New England were of affili- ated temper ; destined always after to be most cordial friends , or most bitter foes . The ...
... Slavery The offspring and the nurse ; Of mad Ambitiou The pamper'd minion ; Of Liberty The scourge and victim . Α Hypogriff In form was not more terrible ; A harpy Not more vile , rapacious , Or Insatiate . The shores of fertile Nile ...
... slavery . It is a very partial and a very partisan reading of American history that fails to see that from the acceptance of the Constitution in 1790 , there has been a tendency to assert the right of States to nullify national ...
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 |